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01-09-07, 02:18 PM | #21 |
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I remember when I was at school (about 11 years ago now) and had forgotten my calculator for a maths lesson - I thought I'd try to use my initiative and work it out on paper instead but needed the teacher to go over a technique for me (I think it was long division or something) - the teacher flat out refused and told me to borrow a calculator. I guess the manual working-out stuff must be disappearing off the national curriculum...
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01-09-07, 02:52 PM | #22 |
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01-09-07, 03:55 PM | #23 |
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Yea, its quite bad actualy. Eveyone reaches for the calculator nowadays, but what gets me is when its for something very simple, a simple sum you can do in your head if you just put a little effort in and think clearly for one moment.
It would be great to learn how to use a slide rule, just incase my calculator dies I do need the logarithmic function alot though, so a scientific calculator is quite a must for me Matt |
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01-09-07, 04:01 PM | #25 |
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01-09-07, 04:04 PM | #26 |
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Got mine in Boots, but that was in 1970.
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01-09-07, 04:24 PM | #27 |
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Most pilot supplies shops will sell you a circular one, slide rule on one side and wind drift and speed calculations on the other, and even a scale to work out your Mach No.
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Technology today is wonderful stuff, but most people seem to forget that garbage in still equals garbage out, however quickly and accurately it's been processed.
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Exaclty! Matt |
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