Re: green stars

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Date	2015-10-09 22:04 -0700
From	The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com>
Newsgroups	rec.arts.sf.written, sci.physics, sci.math
Subject	Re: green stars
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The Starmaker wrote:
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> The Starmaker wrote:
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> > The Starmaker wrote:
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> > > Greg Goss wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >I think all of us who went through engineering in the 80's and 90's had
> > > > >to deal with brain-dead method of teaching. The teachers weren't ready
> > > > >yet for the new world of calculators and computers, and they were
> > > > >actively resisting it. People in the late 90's and beyond probably
> > > > >didn't have to go through this problem.
> > > >
> > > > 80s and 90s?  I got a scientific calculator in grade 10 in 1973.
> > > > There was resistance to using it up to 75.  I never ran into any
> > > > objections to using it in college after 1975.
> > > >
> > > > The "rubber book" I got cheap in 1975 because it was the previous
> > > > edition was, I think, the last edition to include log and trig tables.
> > > > The next edition was a fifth the size because you were expected to do
> > > > trig on your calculator.
> > > >
> > > > Was there still resistance in the 80s to calculators?  Really?  Where?
> > > > --
> > > > We are geeks.  Resistance is voltage over current.
> > >
> > > you don't have a resistance if you don't know how to calculate...
> > >
> > > people who didn't know hot to add 3+2 were very happy with calculators..
> > >
> > > Now, those other symbols on the calculator...had no use for it.
> > >
> > > a waste of space if you ask me.
> >
> > after I figured out the + and the - sign on the calculator..
> > it took years before i figured out what the * was for...nevermind the /
> > sign...
> >
> > i mean...hows is one suppose to know it's giving the right answers????
> >
> > i know i must have press the CE button a million times!!!!
> 
> the problem with these little devices is that it is doing the thinking
> for you...
> 


besides...those calculators..make mistakes.

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green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-02 01:17 -0700
  Re: green stars Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 08:19 -0500
    Re: green stars john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 06:30 -0700
      Re: green stars Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 08:59 -0500
        Re: green stars benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 12:24 -0400
          Re: green stars HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 10:19 -0700
        Re: green stars Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-10-03 12:14 +0200
  Re: green stars Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-10-02 14:40 -0400
    Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-02 22:18 +0000
      Re: green stars Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 17:45 -0500
        Re: green stars Angelo <patrizio.pan-2002@libero.it> - 2015-10-05 08:30 -0700
      Re: green stars Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 16:02 -0700
        Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-03 02:29 +0000
          Re: green stars Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 22:29 -0700
          Re: green stars Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2015-10-03 23:49 -0300
            Re: green stars "Mike Dworetsky" <platinum198@pants.btinternet.com> - 2015-10-04 08:48 +0100
              Re: green stars Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 11:07 -0500
                Re: green stars "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-10-04 12:50 -0400
                Re: green stars Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 10:54 -0700
                Re: green stars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 13:21 -0400
                Re: green stars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-04 11:15 -0600
                Re: green stars Stumpy <perilmung@spamnet.con> - 2015-10-05 13:39 -0700
            Re: green stars "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com> - 2015-10-04 09:27 -0400
            Re: green stars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 16:45 -0400
        Re: green stars Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-10-03 17:40 -0400
          Re: green stars Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 14:51 -0700
          Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-03 21:54 +0000
            Re: green stars Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 17:24 -0700
            Re: green stars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-04 06:46 -0400
              Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-04 13:15 +0000
                Re: green stars jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-04 14:27 +0000
                Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-04 16:53 +0000
                Re: green stars jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-05 13:02 +0000
                Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-05 14:39 +0000
                Re: green stars jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-06 13:34 +0000
                Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-06 14:24 +0000
                Re: green stars jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-07 13:18 +0000
                Re: green stars Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-10-07 19:27 -0400
                Re: green stars "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-10-07 19:43 -0400
                Re: green stars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-08 01:58 -0600
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-08 01:11 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-08 13:49 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-08 21:20 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-09 22:04 -0700
                Re: green stars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-08 08:19 -0400
                Re: green stars pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-10-08 08:59 -0700
                Re: green stars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-09 00:10 -0600
                Re: green stars William Vetter <mdhangton@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 13:19 -0400
                Re: green stars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-09 21:27 -0400
                Re: green stars Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2015-10-10 20:12 -0600
                Re: green stars Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 19:08 -0500
                Re: green stars Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-10-05 17:20 -0700
                Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-06 01:09 +0000
                Re: green stars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 22:21 -0400
                Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-06 02:33 +0000
                Re: green stars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 23:03 -0400
                Re: green stars Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2015-10-05 22:03 -0700
                Re: green stars Wayne Brown <fwbrown@bellsouth.net> - 2015-10-08 19:38 +0000
                Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-08 22:19 +0000
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-08 16:14 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-08 16:16 -0700
                Re: green stars pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-10-08 17:33 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-08 19:33 -0700
                Re: green stars pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-10-08 19:59 -0700
                Re: green stars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 21:36 -0400
                Re: green stars djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2015-10-09 04:19 +0000
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-09 11:12 -0700
                Re: green stars scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-10-09 14:05 +0000
                Re: green stars "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 18:57 -0400
                Re: green stars jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-10-06 13:34 +0000
                Re: green stars Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 10:57 -0700
              Re: green stars "Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@csuohio.edu> - 2015-10-04 10:41 -0400
                Re: green stars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-04 13:43 -0400
      Re: green stars wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) - 2015-10-02 22:38 -0400
      Re: green stars Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-10-03 17:37 -0400
        Re: green stars Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 14:52 -0700
        Re: green stars Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 17:36 -0500
          Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-05 01:39 -0700
            Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-05 01:55 -0700
        Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-05 01:17 -0700
          Re: green stars Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2015-10-05 14:04 -0400
            Re: green stars Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-05 13:07 -0500
            Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-05 12:58 -0700
              Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-05 23:52 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-06 10:24 -0700
                Re: green stars pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-10-06 11:39 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-06 12:35 -0700
                Re: green stars pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-10-06 13:20 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-06 15:15 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-06 15:31 -0700
                Re: green stars pnalsing@gmail.com - 2015-10-06 15:58 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-06 23:12 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-06 23:34 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-07 00:49 -0700
                Re: green stars The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-08 21:24 -0700
  Re: green stars "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 13:26 -0700
    Re: green stars "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 09:58 -0700
  Re: green stars Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 07:53 -0500

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