>> It still amuses me when I see people in the lab sitting in front of a PC
>> with a 3 GHz dual-core 64-bit processor, and using a desktop calculator
>> to work out what numbers to key into the computer. ;-)
>
> It's all about familiarity.  They probably are much faster on a
> calculator keypad. :)

Well, at least you don't have to worry about it lagging out because the 
scheduled antivirus scan just kicked in... Even so, there's something 
deeply broken about purchasing a powerful computational device and then 
purchasing another one to do the actual math for you.

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