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11 Nov 2012, 12:44 PM
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After many years of using my old HP-15C calculator, I still use it on a daily basis, and always TAKE it with me everywhere. My slide rules will become collectors items, one day, I do sincerely hope
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12 Nov 2012, 12:02 AM
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The "e" in e-mail
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Do you work for AKER Solutions?
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12 Nov 2012, 12:34 AM
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Certainly not, though I do like to swim in the LAKE.
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12 Nov 2012, 10:36 AM
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I use a FAKE HP42S (application on iPad and iPhone) these days, although I own several actual HP calculators and still have my HP45 from 1973 (whose battery died decades ago). But be warned that our memories of these old objects and events are malleable. The act of remembering an event destroys it, and when it is re-remembered it may be changed by subsequent experience.
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14 Nov 2012, 05:09 AM
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I hope that my observation that the phenomenon you describe is analogous to the observer effect will not FAZE you.
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14 Nov 2012, 05:32 AM
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Sometimes (in the summer time) I manage to get out sailing in the gulf islands.
While doing this I often LAZE out on the deck. The 'observer effect' is something I always try to stay attentive of, so as to not hit up on any rocks. |
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22 Nov 2012, 04:05 PM
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About 20 years ago I took a day ferry boat trip around the adjacent US San Juan Islands and was privileged to GAZE at the beauty of these islands.
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23 Nov 2012, 04:55 AM
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I didn't have the GALL to canvass the other passengers about their origin, but some of my ancestors have names indicating they probably were of such ancestry.
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23 Nov 2012, 06:48 AM
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The San Juan Islands are indeed a thing of beauty. If it is blowing a GALE and you are at the helm of a sailboat, you can have lots and lots of fun.
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23 Nov 2012, 06:56 AM
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You should be a HALE individual if braving the seas in such winds.
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23 Nov 2012, 07:02 AM
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When braving the seas in a small boat, we learn pretty quickly how to BALE out the water as well.
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23 Nov 2012, 11:32 AM
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It's good to see a crew which is on the BALL.
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23 Nov 2012, 12:29 PM
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When younger (millions of years ago now) I used to crew on the TALL ships, and have lots of super fun
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24 Nov 2012, 12:45 AM
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