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Stranded on a deserted island - John W Kercheval - 12-14-2014 12:15 PM

If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could only have one of the three which would you choose & why:

1) An HP41CX with Edu-Calc Port Extender, all the accessories, and unlimited batteries;

2) An HP71B with all the accessories and unlimited batteries;

3) Jennifer Love Hewitt with a TI-58C.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Marcus von Cube - 12-14-2014 12:23 PM

#3 w/o the TI. Wink


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Gerald H - 12-14-2014 01:24 PM

(12-14-2014 12:15 PM)John W Kercheval Wrote:  If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could only have one of the three which would you choose & why:

1) An HP41CX with Edu-Calc Port Extender, all the accessories, and unlimited batteries;

2) An HP71B with all the accessories and unlimited batteries;

3) Jennifer Love Hewitt with a TI-58C.

I guess you omitted the fourth choice, a WP 34S, as the voting would then have been too skewed.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Steve Simpkin - 12-14-2014 06:37 PM

(12-14-2014 12:15 PM)John W Kercheval Wrote:  3) Jennifer Love Hewitt with a TI-58C.

John, did anyone ever tell you that you have a cruel streak.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - vk6ti - 12-15-2014 01:10 AM

I will sort a program on my 42S, to get an answer / choice for me, I have to work on an input value for the latter

It may take a while :-)
More importantly how did I manage to get stranded?


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - John Galt - 12-15-2014 02:15 AM

#3 and bet JLH that can't skip the TI on the water like a stone.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Francois Lanciault - 12-16-2014 09:29 PM

Difficult choice...

Does the TI has unlimited battery life too ?

:-) :-)


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Dave Britten - 12-17-2014 10:58 PM

I've already got a TI-58C, so I'm like halfway there already.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Garth Wilson - 12-17-2014 11:23 PM

I have a 41cx and a 71B (actually two 71's) with a load of accessories, and I use the 41 every day but seldom the 71. If I could only keep one, it would be the 41. Actually I've had a 58c also but no use for it today. As for Jennifer Love Hewitt, I have no knowledge or interest in who she even is.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - rprosperi - 12-18-2014 01:37 AM

(12-17-2014 11:23 PM)Garth Wilson Wrote:  I have a 41cx and a 71B (actually two 71's) with a load of accessories, and I use the 41 every day but seldom the 71. If I could only keep one, it would be the 41. Actually I've had a 58c also but no use for it today. As for Jennifer Love Hewitt, I have no knowledge or interest in who she even is.

You have no interest exactly because you have no knowledge...


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Namir - 12-18-2014 01:43 AM

(12-14-2014 12:15 PM)John W Kercheval Wrote:  If you were stranded on a deserted island and you could only have one of the three which would you choose & why:

1) An HP41CX with Edu-Calc Port Extender, all the accessories, and unlimited batteries;

2) An HP71B with all the accessories and unlimited batteries;

3) Jennifer Love Hewitt with a TI-58C.

Jennifer Love Hewlett Packard(????? :=\) And the TI-58C!


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Garth Wilson - 12-18-2014 05:17 AM

(12-18-2014 01:37 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  
(12-17-2014 11:23 PM)Garth Wilson Wrote:  I have a 41cx and a 71B (actually two 71's) with a load of accessories, and I use the 41 every day but seldom the 71. If I could only keep one, it would be the 41. Actually I've had a 58c also but no use for it today. As for Jennifer Love Hewitt, I have no knowledge or interest in who she even is.

You have no interest exactly because you have no knowledge...

Ok, I just looked her up. I'll take the 41.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Steve Simpkin - 12-18-2014 06:29 AM

(12-18-2014 05:17 AM)Garth Wilson Wrote:  
(12-18-2014 01:37 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  You have no interest exactly because you have no knowledge...

Ok, I just looked her up. I'll take the 41.

LOL!


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Namir - 12-18-2014 03:16 PM

(12-18-2014 05:17 AM)Garth Wilson Wrote:  
(12-18-2014 01:37 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  You have no interest exactly because you have no knowledge...

Ok, I just looked her up. I'll take the 41.

She is no longer available!!!

:-)

Namir


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - rprosperi - 12-18-2014 03:26 PM

(12-18-2014 05:17 AM)Garth Wilson Wrote:  
(12-18-2014 01:37 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  You have no interest exactly because you have no knowledge...

Ok, I just looked her up. I'll take the 41.

Yeah, unlimited battery life outweighs a C-cup any day. If she's not available that is.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - CR Haeger - 12-18-2014 04:52 PM

Would #3 make the island half as deserted or twice as populated?


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Dave Frederickson - 12-18-2014 08:48 PM

(12-18-2014 04:52 PM)CR Haeger Wrote:  Would #3 make the island half as deserted or twice as populated?

The optimist sees the glass as half full.
The pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
The engineer sees a glass twice the size it needs to be.

So it depends on your point of reference.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Dale Reed - 12-19-2014 03:22 AM

(12-18-2014 08:48 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  The engineer sees a glass twice the size it needs to be.

THIS engineer sees a glass with a reserve capacity of 100%. Handy for storing when the price of the contents is low and selling when the price is high.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - Dave Frederickson - 12-19-2014 03:51 AM

(12-19-2014 03:22 AM)Dale Reed Wrote:  
(12-18-2014 08:48 PM)Dave Frederickson Wrote:  The engineer sees a glass twice the size it needs to be.

THIS engineer sees a glass with a reserve capacity of 100%. Handy for storing when the price of the contents is low and selling when the price is high.

Supposedly one is on a deserted island. I must have missed a metaphor somewhere.


RE: Stranded on a deserted island - John W Kercheval - 12-20-2014 03:40 PM

Point of Clarification:

Although she went to Stanford, Jennifer is NOT related to the Hewlett family. Coincidentally, their last names are similar.

I picked her for the deserted island question as she is the #1 undisputed hottest female in Hollywood. It did not occur to me that her last name sounded a bit like "Hewlett."