On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:38:30 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> 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.

Sometimes a simpler tool is a better tool. :)

Jim

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