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stellar_muddleHmmm, the average life expectancy of any calculator I own seems to be about 6-8 years.
Thoughts on this oddball statement are brought on by the fact that the current casio fx-82 I own now needs to be shaken slightly and occasionally to get the screen to display. This may indicate impending death (its, not mine). Not too bad a run out of it though. Was bought in 1996 (?) cause I thought I had lost my previous calculator, but that was refound, so this one languished in a drawer for a while. This calculator finally saw the light in 1999, when the previous calculator was discovered to be dead as I came out of the last exam I ever sat. Just as well I hadn't actually needed it durring that (Remote Sensing in Atmospheres, IIRC - ick...). It had lasted since about 1990, with only one change of batteries.
In any case, this means getting a new calculator. Some may ask, in this day and age with the not inconsiderable computing power at my fingertips, not to mention on the desk at my back, currently playing the cd I am listening to...Why?!? Yes I can set up a spreadsheet to do large amounts of repeat calculations or IDL (or MATLAB if I had it here). But for the odd 2 min calculation, checking numbers, it is nice to have the calculator. And I know the computer desktop has a calculator - I just don't have a clue where it is on a solaris system. (Yes, I know, bad me). But it is nice to not look at the computer screen occasionally, and do the occasional odds and sods when the computer system is down and/or you just want to resort to pen and paper. It probably is just psychological. The equivalent of FTB enabled?
Now, to find a scientific calculator without graphing capabilities...
*My procrastinatory attempt for the day... You would attempt to put off checking line lists against spectra too, be honest. And I do use the calculator for work. And I am running out of excuses here aren't I...
And oh look, its morning tea time. Porridge time.
Thoughts on this oddball statement are brought on by the fact that the current casio fx-82 I own now needs to be shaken slightly and occasionally to get the screen to display. This may indicate impending death (its, not mine). Not too bad a run out of it though. Was bought in 1996 (?) cause I thought I had lost my previous calculator, but that was refound, so this one languished in a drawer for a while. This calculator finally saw the light in 1999, when the previous calculator was discovered to be dead as I came out of the last exam I ever sat. Just as well I hadn't actually needed it durring that (Remote Sensing in Atmospheres, IIRC - ick...). It had lasted since about 1990, with only one change of batteries.
In any case, this means getting a new calculator. Some may ask, in this day and age with the not inconsiderable computing power at my fingertips, not to mention on the desk at my back, currently playing the cd I am listening to...Why?!? Yes I can set up a spreadsheet to do large amounts of repeat calculations or IDL (or MATLAB if I had it here). But for the odd 2 min calculation, checking numbers, it is nice to have the calculator. And I know the computer desktop has a calculator - I just don't have a clue where it is on a solaris system. (Yes, I know, bad me). But it is nice to not look at the computer screen occasionally, and do the occasional odds and sods when the computer system is down and/or you just want to resort to pen and paper. It probably is just psychological. The equivalent of FTB enabled?
Now, to find a scientific calculator without graphing capabilities...
*My procrastinatory attempt for the day... You would attempt to put off checking line lists against spectra too, be honest. And I do use the calculator for work. And I am running out of excuses here aren't I...
And oh look, its morning tea time. Porridge time.
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Date: 2005-06-28 01:09 am (UTC)