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Calculator Accuracy & Usefulness
05-25-2015, 02:50 AM
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RE: Calculator Accuracy & Usefulness
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I believe he coined the SI unit of beauty, the milliHelen, which he defined as "that face which would launch one ship".
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Not sure what epoch you refer to, but I invented/used this term back in the early '70s (and could enlist friends to back me up, if necessary).

However, it's pretty obvious, too.
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RE: Calculator Accuracy & Usefulness - d b - 05-24-2015, 05:16 AM
RE: Calculator Accuracy & Usefulness - Dave Shaffer - 05-25-2015 02:50 AM
RE: Calculator Accuracy & Usefulness - ttw - 05-24-2015, 06:31 PM
RE: Calculator Accuracy & Usefulness - d b - 05-27-2015, 10:41 PM



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