WIRED; It's Past Time for You To Ditch That Fancy Scientific Calculator

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(08-09-2017 11:02 AM)Paul Dale Wrote:  Not quite:

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I agree with your post!

(08-09-2017 12:38 PM)David Hayden Wrote:  And you don't want them to get distracted for an hour by some syntax error when they could be concentrating on physics.

I agree with your observation. The hp50g was a blast in 2010 (when I got my first) because it had (and has) a ready made environment for math computations (and not only), it is just there to be used. Like phone is ready for calls, although computers can do them too. One could do the same in a programming language but it takes quite a bit of time to setup it properly (although it may be fun).

(08-09-2017 04:57 PM)Claudio L. Wrote:  The "reasons" why we all need to ditch our calculators are laughable:

Excellent post.