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To: mph who wrote (50222)8/17/2006 1:13:56 AM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 90947
 
Are you paid by the word, counselor? :-)

Honey, a whole lot more science and math went into those slipsticks than you even suspect. And a whole lot more into electronic calculators. That do the same jobs. The reason they're so much easier to use and you need to nothing of what goes on is because a bunch od engibeers made that way.

Oh, BTW, I was sure you wouldn't know the answer. :-)

Sheesh! You guys make something simple like multiplying 6 x 8
far more complicated than it needs to be:-)

Maybe. But suppose its sin(2*p + 8*e)? A bridge your driving not falling down might depend on a calculation like that.