Re: Nerd's calculator -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Nerd's calculator
From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2017 12:12:41 -0500
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On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 10:51 AM, PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Someone once got a thrill when someone wanted to borrow his RPN
calculator... and the borrower couldn't find the = key! (:

I knew an instructor who swore by HP calculators precisely because
most people would learn not to borrow it.

Similar thing with people using Dvorak keyboard layout on the computer.

And nowadays, manual-shift automobiles.

John Y.

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