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Article #1137Re: One Step... (long!)
From: Darin Johnson
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1989 03:26
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1989 03:26
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In article <530@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) writes: >Hmm.... I don't know about you, but more often than not, I'd rather >have a note pad and a pencil than anything else. It's usually pretty >difficult to get simple arithmetic done quickly on a computer keyboard, >particularly without a desk calculator type program always accessible. How about using a light pen to draw out number on top of each other, and then when you draw the magic line under the group, they automatically get added together (unless you put a -, x, / next to them). All the advantages of paper and pen, except you don't have to do the actual arithmetic. If you're a stickler for detail, the computer can put in the carry marks in your own handwriting. -- Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com) "You can't fight in here! This is the war room.."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!ames!amdahl!pyramid!leadsv!laic!darin From: darin@laic.UUCP (Darin Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: One Step... (long!) Message-ID: <396@laic.UUCP> Date: 3 Jan 89 03:26:19 GMT References: <263@gloom.UUCP> <908@quintus.UUCP> <530@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu> Reply-To: darin@laic.UUCP (Darin Johnson) Organization: Lockheed AI Center, Menlo Park Lines: 16