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From: Michelle Steiner <foo@bar.com>
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Subject: Re: Spotlight & Other Changes in Mavericks
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:33:07 -0700
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In article <151120130913562310%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name
<YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> I've never seen a point in using Spotlight (nor Google) for calucations
> either - that's what the Calculator application is for and that does
> let you copy results from it, and paste numbers into it. If it still
> exists in Lion, etc., then putting the Calculator in the Dock means
> it's always handy (as is the numeric keypad if you do lots of number
> crunching) - you could even define a keyboard shortcut to run it.

I find it more convenient to use the Applescript script editor to do
simple calculations.