CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland uses an HP Message #1 Posted by Nigel Bamber on 4 Nov 2009, 8:35 a.m.
In yesterday's Lomdon Evening Standard , there was a picture of Stephen Hester at his desk at RBS on which there was a HP voyager calculator - no doubt a HP12C.
Nigel
Re: CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland uses an HP Message #2 Posted by Richard Reed on 4 Nov 2009, 9:41 a.m., in response to message #1 by Nigel Bamber
Jewelry. I hope he never used it. Think of HP's reputation!
Richard
Re: CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland uses an HP Message #3 Posted by Don Shepherd on 4 Nov 2009, 9:49 a.m., in response to message #1 by Nigel Bamber
Ah, the gold standard.
Re: CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland uses an HP Message #4 Posted by John B. Smitherman on 4 Nov 2009, 9:55 a.m., in response to message #1 by Nigel Bamber
Does the 12c have enough digits to calculate his bonus? ;-)
Regards,
John
the *real* question is Message #5 Posted by Frank Boehm (Germany) on 4 Nov 2009, 10:09 a.m., in response to message #4 by John B. Smitherman
Does it have enough digits to calculate the RBS losses?
Re: the *real* question is Message #6 Posted by Nigel Bamber on 4 Nov 2009, 10:17 a.m., in response to message #5 by Frank Boehm (Germany)
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Does it have enough digits to calculate the RBS losses?
At 9,999,999,999 - the answer is no !
Re: the *real* question is Message #7 Posted by Michael de Estrada on 4 Nov 2009, 10:49 a.m., in response to message #6 by Nigel Bamber
Sounds like you should re-open the Tower of London.
The 12C ist still useful then. Message #8 Posted by Frank Boehm (Germany) on 4 Nov 2009, 12:00 p.m., in response to message #6 by Nigel Bamber
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At 9,999,999,999 - the answer is no !
At least the 12C can be used to display the number of Lehman Brothers options owned by RBS (approx.)
Re: The 12C ist still useful then. Message #9 Posted by Chan Tran on 5 Nov 2009, 7:50 p.m., in response to message #8 by Frank Boehm (Germany)
Oh he used engineering notation.
Re: The 12C ist still useful then. Message #10 Posted by Walter B on 6 Nov 2009, 12:40 a.m., in response to message #9 by Chan Tran
Go back to the main exhibit hall