----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: John Schilke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 13:34 Subject: Re: trivial pursuit
> John Schilke wrote > >Dear Frank (and all), > >You'll be amused to know that I use an astrolabe, a hand calculator > (Casio), AND a slide rule to do the calculations. Much easier than > programming, I think, but then I'm ancient, according to my children! > > Hello John (and all) > Also it's comforting to know that, deep inside, every pocket calculator > works in old-fashioned decimals and none of that absurd binomial > nonsense favoured by computers. > Regards, Frank Plus, do your children know how to design a sundial? I know mine cannot, computers or not. BTW, does it not take twice as long to program the computer than it takes to calculate the line angles by a cheap calculator? Mike Koblic, Campbell River, BC
