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    lomas de chapultepec Recognized Member eestlinc's Avatar
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    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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    actually i like math so i choose to try and do it without a calc. unless im in a hurry.

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

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


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    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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    Quote 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?
    Never.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kikimm
    Does changing the channels on the tv without the remote count?
    I suppose it burns more calories, unless you are laying right in front of the tv.

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by YukiKiro
    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.
    VIOLA!

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    Synthesisers.

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

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    I can do square roots by hand.
    Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky me again! I hardly knew I should use me feet again!

    What do you have to say for yourself?

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

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    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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    Quote 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.
    Pshaw, I do that every morning before breakfast.

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