[Nottingham] Another geek joins the fray...

[Martin]

Bunter Matthew wrote:
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> 
> They had calculators in 1783?????

Yes of course they did! They weren't primitive ya know!!

They might well have used sliding bits of wood, or balls or blobs or 
sticks 'n' things, and were a bit slower than our nefarious blobs of 
electrons, but they were damned reliable and were never painted blue. 
Then there were also the really advanced stuff using metal wheels and 
cogs 'n' all manner of strange ingenious contraptions.

You also sometimes had a room of people, paper, and lots of pencils 
called a "calculator" or "computer"...


Now... back in the days of Amen-Ra and pyramids... Now there stands some 
fantastic calculations!

(;-P))
Martin

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