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A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #1 Posted by Allen on 30 Mar 2010, 10:11 p.m. I recently ran across a new wiki- each article is limited to exactly 10-words long. There are some very clever ( and funny) definitions!! I noticed one was missing. http://www.tenwordwiki.com/Hewlett_Packard Here's my entry for HP.. Any takers for other links? http://www.tenwordwiki.com/calculator http://www.tenwordwiki.com/71b http://www.tenwordwiki.com/42s http://www.tenwordwiki.com/41cx http://www.tenwordwiki.com/15c http://www.tenwordwiki.com/16c http://www.tenwordwiki.com/34c

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #2 Posted by db (martinez, ca.) on 30 Mar 2010, 11:47 p.m., in response to message #1 by Allen i added one to your hp wiki and made one for the 41

Re: A new wiki: HP-15C in 10 words Message #3 Posted by Karl Schneider on 31 Mar 2010, 2:20 a.m., in response to message #1 by Allen A serious one for the HP-15C: Near-flawless scientific calculator; extended derivative of HP-11C and HP-34C. And a contentious one: Value and ease: Hall of Fame! Putting 41C to shame. -- KS Edited: 31 Mar 2010, 2:24 a.m.

Re: A new wiki: HP-15C in 10 words Message #4 Posted by Eddie W. Shore on 31 Mar 2010, 9:02 a.m., in response to message #3 by Karl Schneider HP 15C: Great portrait-size scientific/programmable calculator, made in 1982.

OT: Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #5 Posted by Howard Owen on 31 Mar 2010, 2:03 p.m., in response to message #1 by Allen I like this one. tenwordwiki: a website where words are described with ten words, duh

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #6 Posted by Howard Owen on 31 Mar 2010, 2:19 p.m., in response to message #1 by Allen Someone had already added a definition for "41cx" Quote: When the very best is only just barely good enough. I couldn't let that stand, so I added this: Quote: Geeky cult classic calculator/computer. Built by engineers for engineers.

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #7 Posted by Allen on 31 Mar 2010, 10:34 p.m., in response to message #6 by Howard Owen Nice, How about this one for the 42s : Quote: Penultimate Hewlett Packard calculator. Expensive on ebay- good birth control. Edited: 31 Mar 2010, 10:35 p.m.

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #8 Posted by Don Shepherd on 31 Mar 2010, 11:32 p.m., in response to message #7 by Allen Allen, what in the world does "good birth control" mean? Don

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #9 Posted by Martin Pinckney on 1 Apr 2010, 11:03 a.m., in response to message #8 by Don Shepherd I think he means spending that much for a grown man's toy may bring the wife to anger...

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #10 Posted by Allen on 1 Apr 2010, 9:23 p.m., in response to message #8 by Don Shepherd Hard to get pregnant when you're counting lines of code, or calculating how many numbers of the form x^6 have a 4 and 6 digit but no 5. :) This is a variation on Pauli's exclusion principle where wife and calculator can not exist in the same hand due to different energy levels and spin. Edited: 1 Apr 2010, 9:26 p.m.

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #11 Posted by Don Shepherd on 1 Apr 2010, 10:24 p.m., in response to message #10 by Allen So, calculator as condom. Wouldn't that be an interesting research project!

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #12 Posted by Garth Wilson on 2 Apr 2010, 12:51 a.m., in response to message #11 by Don Shepherd On another forum (not calculator-related either!) someone posted a picture of a man lying on their bed with his HP calculator and his half-naked wife (hopefully wife) there unable to get his attention. It was funny but I'll refrain from re-posting. You'll have to imagine.

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #13 Posted by Walter B on 2 Apr 2010, 2:41 a.m., in response to message #12 by Garth Wilson Quote: ... hopefully wife ... No birth control without a wife. We don't want to leave the topic, do we? d;-)

Re: A new wiki: HP in 10 words Message #14 Posted by db (martinez, ca.) on 1 Apr 2010, 1:09 a.m., in response to message #7 by Allen you don't have to splain it to me lucy. i got that treatment when i paid about $280 for a cx and survey module back in '83, and it was worth it. mmmmmm, that new hp smell.

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