holy handgrenades!

I just did long division at work! By hand! I was calculating average times. For example, if you spent 221 hours and 30 minutes on the phone making 1565 calls, then you spent an average of 8 minutes and 45 seconds on the phone per call.

When's the last time you did something manually that technology has made obsolete?

actually i like math so i choose to try and do it without a calc. unless im in a hurry.

I always check stuff in the Britannica instead of going to Wikipedia.

Does changing the channels on the tv without the remote count?


:D

I did everyone of my practice math finals without my graphics calculator. Just to make sure I knew the basics, then used the calculator when I was forced to.

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Originally Posted by eestlinc

I just did long division at work! By hand! I was calculating average times. For example, if you spent 221 hours and 30 minutes on the phone making 1565 calls, then you spent an average of 8 minutes and 45 seconds on the phone per call.

When's the last time you did something manually that technology has made obsolete?

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Never.

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Originally Posted by kikimm

Does changing the channels on the tv without the remote count?

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I suppose it burns more calories, unless you are laying right in front of the tv.

sophmore algebra. all of it nowadays ca be plugged into a system and viola, you have your answer in fractions of a second wrather than over time.

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sophmore algebra. all of it nowadays ca be plugged into a system and viola, you have your answer in fractions of a second wrather than over time.

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Synthesisers.

I breathe, speak, play musical instruments, write in binary, listen to phonographs, crochet, and eat real food.

I can do square roots by hand.

i choose to shift gears instead of owning an automatic does that count?

Just a couple days ago I had to do some stoichiometric calculations concerning a 49% concentrate HF etch reaction with 77% SiO2 glass to determine the amount of HF solution necessary to etch X microns of glass away and how long that would take. Oh yeah, without a calculator or anything.

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Originally Posted by -N-

Just a couple days ago I had to do some stoichiometric calculations concerning a 49% concentrate HF etch reaction with 77% SiO2 glass to determine the amount of HF solution necessary to etch X microns of glass away and how long that would take. Oh yeah, without a calculator or anything.

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Pshaw, I do that every morning before breakfast.