[sdiy] math question - somewhat OT

[john mahoney]

> I never got into the TIs. I got started in Casio and ended up with a
HP. That
> still does the important stuff despite the portable computer I drag
along with
> me wherever I go to "work". That I do my economical calculations in
Maxima is
> another thing...


Ha! A Casio would have gotten you laughed out of class, compared to a
TI. ;-) Actually, I do have a Casio graphing calculator around here,
someplace (why?), so you can have the last laugh.


> Yeah, but that was the way we divided the crowd you know... if
people can
> handle the RPN they can handle whatever crap we toss their way, and
giving the
> crap we tend to toss away not even half-finished we bloody need
them!

In fact, the kid with the HP was one of the smartest in the class.


> > Oh, the memories. (Bad pun, I know!)
>
> Yeah, we are suppries you had any left, we tought you ruled it out!
> (Now how was that for a bad pun? Calculated?)


More "brute force" than elegant, but I'd give you a passing grade. :-)
--
john