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On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Matthew Ross wrote:
> > A slide rule, or in-the-head calculation, might be faster than a
> > calculator, but neither will ever be as precise or definitive -- you
> > can't get more than about 3 significant digits from the slide rule.
>
> You can, it's just a matter of what method you use. Given some of the
> results I've gotten from calculators and their shortcut tables, I don't
> know how signifigant we can consider their digits.
Please tell us more about this. It's a remarkable claim.
> I was home schooled, and my mother didn't believe in calculators, which
> helped my math skills a lot.
She didn't believe in using calculators? I hope she believes that it's OK
once you've learned to do the arithmetic by hand. Calculators are good
things!
Mike
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