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Choice Votes   Percent
Color and Physical Design 2 0.9%   
CPU Speed 7 3.1%   
Memory 11 4.9%   
Programming Capabilities 31 13.8%   
Mathematical Capabilities 35 15.6%   
All of the above! 136 60.7%   
Other 2 0.9%   

Survey posted 2004-11-02 04:54 by Jon.

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Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Hanliweb Hanliweb  Account Info
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I use my calculator mainly for programming, since using the calculator just for math is not worth it.

Reply to this comment    2 November 2004, 13:47 GMT

Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Coolv  Account Info

ALL!!

Reply to this comment    2 November 2004, 18:57 GMT

Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Jake Griffin  Account Info
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You can't have an "All of the above" choice in this survey, because people obviously like "Math and programming capabilities" better than "Math capabilities" or "programming capabilities." Maybe a "None of the above choice" would have been better to cover those rare few who look for Ethernet ports... ;) BTW, I voted Mathematical capabilities, simply because I don't agree with the None of the Above, and I can do programming elsewhere...

Reply to this comment    2 November 2004, 19:14 GMT

Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
calkfreak83  Account Info
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That's why there's an "OTHER" choice...

Reply to this comment    2 November 2004, 22:03 GMT


Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Jake Griffin  Account Info
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I was actually referring to a "None of the Above" choice replacing both "All of the Above" and "Other"..."None of the Above" is just a much better one... :)

Reply to this comment    3 November 2004, 18:19 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Paul Houser Account Info
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Choice A
B
C
D
None of above
All of the above

Reply to this comment    8 November 2004, 13:30 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Chivo  Account Info

"None of above" should go below "All of the above", else the "All of the above" includes "None of above", and that's just kind of confusing. :)

Reply to this comment    8 November 2004, 16:04 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Drantin  Account Info

Not just confusing, but paradoxical as well!

Reply to this comment    9 November 2004, 06:38 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Jake Griffin  Account Info
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Choice A
B
C
D
None of above

Reply to this comment    9 November 2004, 16:58 GMT

Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Lewk Of Serthic  Account Info
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I voted mathematical cababilites even though programing and cpu speed rank high too, because I couldn't care about looks.

Reply to this comment    2 November 2004, 22:36 GMT


Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
BlackThunder  Account Info
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There should've been an "Nearly all of the above except color and physical design" choice.

I bet a lot of people would've voted for it.

Reply to this comment    4 November 2004, 21:00 GMT

Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
anykey  Account Info

Well, the case doesn't matter to me, but if it just so happens that I'm comparing two calcs that are almost similar, it comes down to that. I should paint flames on my 83. That would look kinda' cool.

Reply to this comment    5 November 2004, 00:52 GMT


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burntfuse  Account Info

Me!!!

Well, it does matter to *some* degree...I wouldn't want to have a calc that was painted in red/yellow/blue or something stupid like that...

Reply to this comment    5 November 2004, 01:23 GMT

Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Jake Griffin  Account Info
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correction...**ALL** of the above is what I don't agree with...but I bet you all figured that out

Reply to this comment    2 November 2004, 19:14 GMT

Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Jake Griffin  Account Info
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What is "All of the Above(Above-1)(...)(1)"???

Reply to this comment    2 November 2004, 19:24 GMT

Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Tzazak  Account Info

Well, all kinda seems like infinite, and if you put spaces in on your calculator it takes them as if they were *...so if you multiply it by the arbitrary variables of, the, and above, it is still infinite. If you try doing infinite!...well, i haven't tried it, but i'm betting it's still infinity, so the correct answer is infinity.
How's that for a cracked out explanation?

Reply to this comment    2 November 2004, 21:48 GMT

Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
danbert23  Account Info

All of the Above!
The '!' is the factorial

Reply to this comment    2 November 2004, 23:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
vaultgreen1010  Account Info

So... the factorial of 'above' (Which is obviously any
number that is above zero) times 'the' times times
('of' naturally means multiply in math terms and i
include the spaces as multiplication) times 'all' (I interpret
'all' as the numbers from negative infinity to infinity)

i = [infinity] (couldn't find the symbol)
a = [a number from (-i) to i]
c > 0

a[(c!)^3] = ??

Reply to this comment    3 November 2004, 02:14 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
danbert23  Account Info

All of the (Above!)

Reply to this comment    3 November 2004, 23:48 GMT

Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Zeroko  Account Info
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Along the lines that All is all numbers (say, all surreals or all surcomplexes), All*of*the*Above! (assuming of & the are nonzero & Above is not a negative integer) is equal to 0/0.

Reply to this comment    3 November 2004, 02:41 GMT

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burntfuse  Account Info

Which is undefined (or infinity according to some people)...

Reply to this comment    3 November 2004, 22:08 GMT


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BlackThunder  Account Info
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No, you're thinking of c/0, where c != 0. 0/0 is undefined, anything else over zero is positive or negative infinity.

Reply to this comment    4 November 2004, 20:58 GMT


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Zeroko  Account Info
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Hmm...
0/0=x -> 0x=0 -> 0=0 => 0/0={all numbers}
Which is either a set (reals, say) or proper class (surreals or similar) depending on the universe of discourse.

Reply to this comment    5 November 2004, 03:38 GMT


Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Memwaster  Account Info

and that above*2 is a real integer greater than or equal to -1

Reply to this comment    6 November 2004, 14:54 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Zeroko  Account Info
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Above*2 need not be an integer; Above can be any complex number (except a negative integer), since the factorial can be extended to that domain via the gamma function.

Reply to this comment    7 November 2004, 01:43 GMT


Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
mike romblad  Account Info

(Programming^2) (Programming-1) (Programming-1) (Programming+2!)/(abs(Programming^2!))

Reply to this comment    3 November 2004, 12:10 GMT


Re: Re: Re: What do you look for when buying a calculator?
Jake Griffin  Account Info
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(Programming^2) (Programming-1) (Programming-1) (Programming+2!) / (abs(Programming^2!))
= (Programming^2) (Programming-1) (Programming-1) (Programming+2) / (Programming^2)
= (Programming-1) (Programming-1) (Programming+2)
= (Programming^2 - 2*Programming + 1)(Programming + 2)
= Programming^3 - 3*Programming + 2
I think you made a mistake in there somewhere...Maybe a missed parenthesis?

Reply to this comment    3 November 2004, 18:27 GMT

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