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Ha. Griff is so old school he has a page-er
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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Sure, but my wife didn't like my choice of sandwichWHEN WE BOUGHT PEARLS, so ciabaTTA DIAMOND.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
modified 28-Jun-19 21:16pm.
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Motion Device? wrote: ...the music industry's plan of rock and metal extinction
Dumbest quote ever? As long as there is money to be made, the music industry will never kill any music.
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They are independent. My guess is that quote is born of frustration with record companies who wanted to mould them.
Kevin
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dunno if it's a plan, but rock music generally requires [at least semi-] skilled artists, for example people that can actually play real instruments, and that means they expect to get paid; whereas the current rapping crap is simple even young and completely unskilled kids can do it.
- and as soon as there is any risk they look likely to develop some following the studio drops them gets another wannabe off the street.
so I'd say it's plain economics rather than any plan. (heck, developing a plan needs thought which takes too much energy, easier to just ditch any "artist" (yes that term very loosely used) that comes in asking for [more] money.)
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Seen the Dregs a couple of times, Dave LaRue -> killer bass player, he has to be if he's going keep up with Steve Morse. Speaking of the Dregs, I think Andy West (another killer bassist) ended up working in IT if I'm not mistaken.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I like Andy West a lot. The last I heard of him he was teaching bass in the Bay Area.
The first time I heard the Dregs was on an old radio show called the King Biscuit Flower Hour and they broadcast a live show of the Dregs that was really good. I bought a couple of their albums the very next day.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Whoever mixed that needs to be taken to the woodshed.
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I was using win10 calculator and something didn't add up to.
In History of calculations there is: 4 * 3 + 4 * 3 = 48 
Immediately on google i have found a thread answers.microsoft.com with explanation on difference between standard and scientific mode. I can agree with how standard mode works, but it is not excuse to display it wrong in History!
And then answer from some guy that a lot of people don't know algebraic order of operations... This is so lame. Because of people who don't know even below basic rules of math, all others should be poisoned (yes, this is how politics work, but this is science)?
This is really insulting for anyone who knows how to count up to more then 10.
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Since you can't enter it all in one step, the history IS accurate. Just saying. 
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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That's no reason to display nonsense. How about RPN[^]? The problem is that RPN is like pointers: Absolutely simple and many people just don't ever get it.
What's so hard about 4 3 * 4 + 3*?
Edit: fixed the link
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: That's no reason to display nonsense.
It's not nonsense. It literally is the history. Just because the history doesn't make sense when done all at once, does not mean it IS NOT the history.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Back when programmable calculaters were still a thing, it was only HP (as far as I know) who preferred to use a notation (RPN) that provided absolute clarity (as well as a history, if you need it at all). All others simply showed the keys in the order in which they were pushed, useful or not.
Looking back, I don't think it mattered. Calculators were only the first generation of brain pacemakers. Look at the modern, much more powerful pacemakers and how they are used. Everything is well as long as the heads of those zombies stay nicely hollow and empty. Who cares what nonsense you display as long as the zombies are happy and keep stroking their pacemaker and fill someone's pockets?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Yes, but looking through the History you don't see steps, you see only final equations. And they are wrong.
Mathematics is an exact science - you can't interpret it as you wan't.
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People using the calculator in standard mode are not interested in doing "mathematics!" They just want to do some quick calculations. 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: eople using the calculator in standard mode are not interested in doing "mathematics!" They just want to do some quick calculations
Real mathematics starts with differential equations. Everything before that is trivial.
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Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Beat me to advocacy of RPN. There was a small amount of time getting used to my first HP calculator in college. After that, I almost can't use a standard one. I grimace when forced to use a calculator with an equals button.
PCalc on my phone allows RPN, so, I'm mostly happy after the screen died on my HP48.
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PCalc seems to be an iphone app, so maybe the HP48GX emulator might be a better choice: i48 on the App Store
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I already knew RPN from FORTH before I ever got a programmable calculator. FORTH's most important data structure is the stack and RPN just shows in which order parameters are pushed onto the stack and processed by operators. Just one step away from assembly, but a very neat language.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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No, it's the way a "standard" calculator works.
1 + 3 * (evaluate so far gives 4) * 3 = 12.
"Proper" calculators use operator precedence, but unless they come with parentheses the statndard ones don't.
If you try it on Android's Calculator app, it evaluates as it goes:
1 + 3
4but then uses precedence:
1 + 3 x
4
1 + 3 x 3
10(But that has parentheses!)
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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If you do precisely the same key / button sequence in scientific mode, it gives the answer 24. Given that I use calculator in both modes, but most of the time just use whatever mode it re-opens in for a quick calculation, this is a bit of a worry... Never noticed it before. The behaviour is the same in the Windows 8 calculator too.
I can see why (with no parentheses available in "standard" view) but it's not exactly intuitive. Would help if the history automatically inserted parentheses where default operator sequence has been used.
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If you think about it, it's not really a problem.
Those who are used to the "Proper" way of doing things will automatically make sure it's in "Scientific" mode before they do anything (mine lives in "Programmer" mode even though I rarely use it); those who are used to an "old fashioned" cheapo desk calculator will leave it in "Standard" so the additional buttons don't confuse them ... 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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This band absolutely rocks. I've been going backward through their discography and keep finding gems. Another noteworthy album is 'The Raven That Refused to Sing'.
