Re: how would you detect a math expression

Google also gets it a bit wrong (that's the problem with heuristics, and in-band signalling in general). There's a big health initiative in the UK to get people to eat more portions of fruit and vegetables.

Here's a search to find out more: 5 a day

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Re^2: how would you detect a math expression by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 19, 2007 at 16:25 UTC
Intriguing. Reminds me of that old US game show that I've never seen for real, but only through frequent reference in other tv shows and movies: Jeopardy If 5.78703704 × 10^-5 hertz is the answer, what was the question? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]
Re^3: how would you detect a math expression by Anonymous Monk on Mar 20, 2007 at 16:32 UTC
5 a day	[reply]
Re^2: how would you detect a math expression by gnoitall (Novice) on Feb 19, 2007 at 16:31 UTC
I dunno; I think Google got it precisely right. You gave it a frequency in non-standard units, and it responded by displaying the frequency in Hertz. Google++. And it did offer to execute the phrase as a search.	[reply]