Re: People are too dependant on calculators

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Subject: Re: People are too dependant on calculators
From: Rene Kragh Pedersen <u971168@DAIMI.AAU.DK>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 15:10:04 +0200
Comments: To: Scott Kidder <scooter@DILBERT.UCDAVIS.EDU>
Organization: daimi.aau.dk
References: <344EC4C8.D6E0C6C4@erols.com> <19971023.164316.3518.0.donmckay@juno.com> <62oomp$hj6$1@mark.ucdavis.edu>
Reply-To: u971168@DAIMI.AAU.DK

Scott Kidder wrote:

[snip]

>  If people didn't rely so much on calcs and learned
> form experience (just like a well designed calc would), calculus is just a
> matter of understanding the concepts, which is what you lose when plugging
> in values into the calc.

This also applies to the domain discussion.

[snip]

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          Rene Kragh Pedersen
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.oO) Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? (Oo.

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