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[MarkHaysHarris777]

(02-26-2015 02:08 PM)SlideRule Wrote:  

(02-26-2015 01:03 AM)troll80 Wrote:  ... I'm surprised to hear kids still even need calculators these days, with phone/tablet apps, Excel, Matlab, and Wolfram Alpha.

w/o impugning ANYONE, calculators don't access the internet etc..
I teach Technical Mathematics & the temptation for Academic Dishonesty is greatly reduced by restricting computational devices to NON-programmable calculators during EXAMS. My students can use any device during Lecture, but...
BEST!
SlideRule

Greetings, I remember back to the day when I used my slide rule at the college level... my professors (UMKC) would inspect each slide rule to make certain *nothing* was hand written with an H pencil on or between the scales! ;-) Also, see my next response below.

Cheers,
marcus