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Nigel Bamber Offline
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11-04-2009, 08:35 AM

In yesterday's Lomdon Evening Standard , there was a picture of Stephen Hester at his desk at RBS on which there was a HP voyager calculator - no doubt a HP12C.


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Richard Reed Offline
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11-04-2009, 09:41 AM

Jewelry. I hope he never used it. Think of HP's reputation!

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Don Shepherd Offline
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11-04-2009, 09:49 AM

Ah, the gold standard.

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John B. Smitherman Offline
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11-04-2009, 09:55 AM

Does the 12c have enough digits to calculate his bonus? ;-)


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11-04-2009, 10:09 AM

Does it have enough digits to calculate the RBS losses?

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11-04-2009, 10:17 AM

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Does it have enough digits to calculate the RBS losses?


At 9,999,999,999 - the answer is no !

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11-04-2009, 10:49 AM

Sounds like you should re-open the Tower of London.

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11-04-2009, 12:00 PM

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At 9,999,999,999 - the answer is no !



At least the 12C can be used to display the number of Lehman Brothers options owned by RBS (approx.)
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Dia C. Tran Offline
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11-05-2009, 07:50 PM

Oh he used engineering notation.

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Walter B Offline
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11-06-2009, 12:40 AM

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Oh he used engineering notation.
... provided he knows the meaning of this.
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