4 Mar
1998
4 Mar
'98
9:18 p.m.
At 02:38 PM 04-03-98 -0800, Tim Shoppa wrote:
As a nuclear physicist, I find very little need for a
hand calculator.
Just about all the math I need to do falls into one of two categories:
1. Can be done on the blackboard.
2. Needs a supercomputer to solve.
Shouldn't that read "needs next year's supercomputer to solve" :-)
Personally I miss my HP25. I've still got it but the battery has died and
HP say that it's not economical to fix (ie cheaper to buy this year's model).
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