Calc wars

From: Huw Davies <H.Davies_at_latrobe.edu.au>
Date: Wed Mar 4 21:18:11 1998

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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