Re: Calculators that have Scrolling Commas? Message #22 Posted by V-PN on 11 Oct 2008, 2:14 a.m., in response to message #19 by Palmer O. Hanson, Jr.
Some people just can't count.
(as opposite to "Rainman" played by Dustin Hoffman)
That's why they use a simple calculator anyway.
So, while keying in a "large" number, like
1000000000
they like to see
1000
appear as
1,000
then adding digits
10,000
100,000
10,000,000
100,000,000
1,000,000,000
and that's how those countless non-counting people want it.
Did you get it now why and what advantage?
It's like a stick to a blind person...
riding a trike instead of bike
etc
PS:
those of you who prefer commas (commanists)
don't take this 2 seriously...
after all you can read...and use a calculator
(a simple RPN model, not an allgebrainiac model)
all puns where intended (or not)
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