08 Jul 08 11:54, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> I've always enjoyed trying to figure those questions out. It's a lot
 RW>> easier than trying to do math problems in your head.

 RN> There is a downside to that.  If you start, for example, using a
 RN> calculator to figure stuff out, you'll soon forget how to do it, but
 RN> you knew that already.

In the course of my career, I used a calculator daily. It enhanced my
ability to do trigonometric functions. I knew the formulas and only had to
brief myself on the function once before using it in my calculations.

 RN> There are some things that can't be done in the head or with paper
 RN> and pencil and require a calculator.

Hmmmm. I wonder what they did before there were slide rules and
calculators.

 RN> See the article I posted about the Oh-My-God Particle in the BAMA
 RN> echo.

BAMA?

                R\%/itt



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