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Paper on the errors in HP Calculators vs some older computer processors
Message #1 Posted by Les Koller on 18 Aug 2013, 9:24 p.m.

A quite nice little read on a Sunday afternoon....

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~wkahan/MathSand.pdf

      
Re: Paper on the errors in HP Calculators vs some older computer processors
Message #2 Posted by Mike Morrow on 19 Aug 2013, 1:33 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Les Koller

Interesting article and now it can be accessed with a mouse click.

            
Re: Paper on the errors in HP Calculators vs some older computer processors
Message #3 Posted by Gerson W. Barbosa on 19 Aug 2013, 7:16 a.m.,
in response to message #2 by Mike Morrow

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Interesting article
It's occasionally mentioned here and it's always welcome.

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now it can be accessed with a mouse click.

Or a tap on the screen when you're using a smartphone or a tablet. Even more handy in this case!

                  
Re: Paper on the errors in HP Calculators vs some older computer processors
Message #4 Posted by Mike Morrow on 19 Aug 2013, 12:37 p.m.,
in response to message #3 by Gerson W. Barbosa

Yes, that's an even better reason to use the LINK button during message composition. It's not worth the trouble is takes to copy a non-clickable text-URL in any posting to the browser when a smartphone type device is in use.


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