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Hank Higgens
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What do I need for creating a calculator that is better than the
abacus I have to use?
PCs are to dumb for correct calculations.
abacus I have to use?
PCs are to dumb for correct calculations.
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Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su
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"Hank Higgens" <hank2018151212@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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back there on vacation last year. He said that China is an anachronism,
he saw all these people, who are all using cell phones, still using an
abacus to do their calculations, even tho calculators are really cheap
over there.
So don't underestimate its capabilities.
I wonder how well an abacus would work on the space shuttle, in zero-G?
;-)
BTW, you will have a hard time getting your homebrew calculator to run
on 200 microwatts, which is what the usual LCD calculator takes.
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One of the guys at work, who came from China when he was a kid, wentWhat do I need for creating a calculator that is better than the
abacus I have to use?
PCs are to dumb for correct calculations.
back there on vacation last year. He said that China is an anachronism,
he saw all these people, who are all using cell phones, still using an
abacus to do their calculations, even tho calculators are really cheap
over there.
So don't underestimate its capabilities.
I wonder how well an abacus would work on the space shuttle, in zero-G?
;-)
BTW, you will have a hard time getting your homebrew calculator to run
on 200 microwatts, which is what the usual LCD calculator takes.
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Boris Mohar
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 05:40:56 -0700, "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark
Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:
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Boris Mohar
Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:
Hank Higgens is a troll with no imagination."Hank Higgens" <hank2018151212@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:3963ecce.0404072050.62ac1fa6@posting.google.com...
What do I need for creating a calculator that is better than the
abacus I have to use?
PCs are to dumb for correct calculations.
One of the guys at work, who came from China when he was a kid, went
back there on vacation last year. He said that China is an anachronism,
he saw all these people, who are all using cell phones, still using an
abacus to do their calculations, even tho calculators are really cheap
over there.
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Boris Mohar
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JW
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On 7 Apr 2004 21:50:32 -0700 hank2018151212@yahoo.com.au (Hank Higgens)
wrote in Message id: <3963ecce.0404072050.62ac1fa6@posting.google.com>:
wrote in Message id: <3963ecce.0404072050.62ac1fa6@posting.google.com>:
It must be spring vacation...What do I need for creating a calculator that is better than the
abacus I have to use?
PCs are to dumb for correct calculations.