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(...) Ja, der Markus und der Lindsay haben recht. Besonders weil die Europäer das meistens wissen von LEGO (es ist ja doch ein Europäische spiel!). Ein Deutscher auswanderer, Gary Istok (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What I always love is the way people look for a way to clear the display on an RPN calculator so they can start a new calculation (one of the things I like best about an RPN calculator is that when you start a new calculation, and suddenly you (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Because HP had a patent on them, and by the time the patent ran out, there just wasn't enough market (I suspect most people real attached to RPN would also be fairly HP loyal). (...) What I want is a <$25 fairly simple calculator. I don't (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Heh, not only remedial math students, but any fellow students who use a TI or some other brand. "Can I borrow your calculator? Oh, wait, you have an HP. Never mind..." I know some people who never got used to their HP's last year, and carry (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I wonder why RPN calculators are so rare...When I was in elementary school, the only calculator in our house was a RPN HP with a 3-level stack (but it only displayed the top of the stack) It was bigger than most modern graphing calculators and (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Not only that, but your remedial math students are a lot less likely to try to borrow your calculator when they forget to bring theirs to class! : ) Maggie C. (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Bram Lambrecht wrote in message <20000326.125628.509...no.com>... (...) So true, though these days I mostly use a non-RPN calculator. I keep watching for a modestly priced RPN calculator, but it just doesn't seem like it will ever happen (HP's (...) (26 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I use one of those (48G). Once you've used Reverse Polish Notation, you can't ever go back... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ambiguity is half the fun in playing the complete-the-sentence game (especially on CEO quotage-fodder :-). ...We forsee for this year 2000 to become history with strong results. ...To forsee continued fun, for this year, 2000, which we (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Larry's bag is more of the "wind" variety. ;) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun) !
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Maggie Cambron wrote in message (...) recall (...) You can also do multiplication and division (and addition and subtraction I think - don't remember what all scales are on the rule). Also roots and powers (in fact most calculators perform roots (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's what we used them for-- mainly logarithms as I recall (and I don't recall much!). Maggie (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, interesting site! As it turns out my calculator wasn't one of the earliest after all but a second generation (now I don't feel so old!). But what really surprises me is that the one I use now (HP 15C) has been discontinued for over ten (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ...and engines and directional control surfaces. That's a dirigible; see below. :) Otherwise it's a barrage balloon of the variety used near the front in WWI--no power, but a gondola for observers and a machine gun or two. If you've played (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Never steal second base without a good pair of shin protectors. --Todd (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Gee - in the last year or so I threw out my HP 9830A because something fell on the keyboard and broke a few key caps off beyond repair... brought tears to my eyes to find it broken from an avalance in storage... I had the plotter and the wide (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ja Mein freund, Ich verstehe ein bischen deutsch. Meine Vader und Mutter heise Fritz und Helga Wolf. WIR SIND DEUTSCHE LEUTE! Aber das "Italienisch?" kann mich nicht verstehen. Ich habe Kartoffel Salat zschwischen meinen oren. My apologies to (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) i do use the web Shiri but i tend 2 read by NG In Batches Of 20 ib reversese Chronological order Ravi (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, dang! Thanks for the correction! So, what then was the airship in the 3rd IJ movie? I don't have it on viddy and unfortunately it hasn't been burned into my brain yet like the 1st IJ movie. --Todd (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (Insert random crude Olestra joke here.) 'nuff said. LFB (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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