HP Forum Archive 21

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Calculator widow Message #1 Posted by Brian Walsh on 24 May 2012, 6:51 p.m. How many of you remember the classic photograph of the guy in bed working away on the HP-65 while his wife looks blankly away, twiddling her hair in disappointment? This immediately brought it to mind. Is he holding a 50g, or is it a TI?

Re: Calculator widow Message #2 Posted by fhub on 24 May 2012, 6:55 p.m., in response to message #1 by Brian Walsh I'm a big fan of calculators - but in this situation I would definitely lay it aside! :-) Franz

Re: Calculator widow Message #3 Posted by Diego Díaz on 24 May 2012, 9:12 p.m., in response to message #2 by fhub Calculator? ...What calculator?

Re: Calculator widow Message #4 Posted by John B. Smitherman on 25 May 2012, 9:29 a.m., in response to message #2 by fhub Now we know that WP-34s stands for Widow Project. ;-) John

Re: Calculator widow Message #5 Posted by Walter B on 25 May 2012, 10:09 a.m., in response to message #4 by John B. Smitherman :-D

Re: Calculator widow Message #6 Posted by Paul Dale on 25 May 2012, 7:31 p.m., in response to message #4 by John B. Smitherman My wife might agree too. - Pauli

Re: Calculator widow Message #7 Posted by Namir on 25 May 2012, 1:50 a.m., in response to message #1 by Brian Walsh I think the man is kissing the calculator goodbye and whispering to it that it will be alright, because he is going to put it away and get busy!!! :=) Namir

Re: Calculator widow Message #8 Posted by Walter B on 25 May 2012, 2:15 a.m., in response to message #1 by Brian Walsh Looks like she's cold, especially at her front ;-)

Re: Calculator widow Message #9 Posted by Nick R on 25 May 2012, 2:36 a.m., in response to message #1 by Brian Walsh Maybe he's having a problem with his hard drive.

Re: Calculator widow Message #10 Posted by Thomas Radtke on 25 May 2012, 4:14 a.m., in response to message #9 by Nick R Indeed, he obviously had a severe head crash. Edited: 25 May 2012, 4:15 a.m.

Re: Calculator widow Message #11 Posted by x34 on 25 May 2012, 3:38 a.m., in response to message #1 by Brian Walsh HP-50G. TI-89 has a curved display.

Re: Calculator widow Message #12 Posted by Paul Dale on 25 May 2012, 4:35 a.m., in response to message #1 by Brian Walsh She's just jealous. - Pauli

Dialog of a jealous calculator widow Message #13 Posted by Namir on 25 May 2012, 6:41 a.m., in response to message #1 by Brian Walsh Woman-"Make love to me and I will tell you all about Bessel functions, Gaussian quadrature, multivariate optimization, Newton's method, Eigen values, ..." Man-"Goodness!! This woman can't shut up, can she? She is rubbing it in my face, because I failed my calculus course and she got A+ all through her math courses. Not like my quiet and very accepting little 'liebchen' here! Let me give my calculator a little kiss!" Woman-"Go ahead and press the buttons of your little monster. I took the batteries out .... sooooo ... good luck with turning her on!!!" Moral of the story -- pictures can be deceiving! She is the math genius and he is a math duffus with a high end calculator. Like the machine will think for his clulessness! Edited: 25 May 2012, 7:50 p.m. after one or more responses were posted

Re: Dialog of a jealous calculator widow Message #14 Posted by Walter B on 25 May 2012, 8:00 a.m., in response to message #13 by Namir :-D BTW, she's spelled 'Liebchen' ;-)

Re: Dialog of a jealous calculator widow Message #15 Posted by Namir on 25 May 2012, 7:50 p.m., in response to message #14 by Walter B Thanks Walter! I corrected the spelling in the original post. :-)

Re: Dialog of a jealous calculator widow Message #16 Posted by Diego Diaz on 25 May 2012, 8:47 p.m., in response to message #15 by Namir ... after re-reading all your post I've tried even harder... ... but still can't find the calculator you all are talking about... :-( Cheers. Diego.

Re: Dialog of a jealous calculator widow Message #17 Posted by Nick R on 26 May 2012, 11:22 a.m., in response to message #13 by Namir It's so frustrating when you don't have an ENTER command.

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