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i added one to your hp wiki and made one for the 41
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A serious one for the HP-15C:
Near-flawless scientific calculator; extended derivative of HP-11C and HP-34C.
And a contentious one:
Value and ease: Hall of Fame! Putting 41C to shame.
-- KS
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HP 15C:
Great portrait-size scientific/programmable calculator, made in 1982.
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I like this one.
tenwordwiki:
a website where words are described with ten words, duh
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Someone had already added a definition for "41cx"
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When the very best is only just barely good enough.
I couldn't let that stand, so I added this:
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Geeky cult classic calculator/computer. Built by engineers for engineers.
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Nice,
How about this one for the
42s :
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Penultimate Hewlett Packard calculator. Expensive on ebay- good birth control.
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Allen, what in the world does "good birth control" mean?
Don
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you don't have to splain it to me lucy. i got that treatment when i paid about $280 for a cx and survey module back in '83, and it was worth it. mmmmmm, that new hp smell.
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I think he means spending that much for a grown man's toy may bring the wife to anger...
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Hard to get pregnant when you're counting lines of code, or calculating how many numbers of the form x^6 have a 4 and 6 digit but no 5. :)
This is a variation on Pauli's exclusion principle where wife and calculator can not exist in the same hand due to different energy levels and spin.
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So, calculator as condom. Wouldn't that be an interesting research project!
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On another forum (not calculator-related either!) someone posted a picture of a man lying on their bed with his HP calculator and his half-naked wife (hopefully wife) there unable to get his attention. It was funny but I'll refrain from re-posting. You'll have to imagine.
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Quote:
... hopefully wife ...
No birth control without a wife. We don't want to leave the topic, do we? d;-)