11 May
2003
11 May
'03
7:10 p.m.
In message <Pine.GSO.4.21.0305111203330.5409-100000(a)lanshark.lmi.net>et>, "Fred
Ci
sin (XenoSoft)" writes:
What IS the definition being applied? What grounds are
being used to
exclude an abacus? I would guess that there are many that are still in
use for HUNDREDS of years.
One of my abaci (abacuses?) is still regularly applied once a month
to balance my checkbook. It keeps me from getting too rusty. Of
course, I don't have any that are themselves hundreds of years old,
but the design is still in use.
Brian L. Stuart