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[edit] calculator

what is best calculator?--71.185.140.185 00:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Stonehenge. It was calculating stuff back around 3100BC and it still works - even without batteries! -- Kainaw^(what?) 01:29, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Why stonehenge is the best calculator? I'm not sure what you mean. I assume the IP asked about electronic calculator. AW 02:41, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I think Kainaw was making a joke ... (JosephASpadaro 03:37, 2 July 2007 (UTC))

And a fairly discredited joke at that - modern consensus seems to be that Stonehenge could not be used for predictive astronomy, especially in light of the total lack of evidence for mathematical and astronomical understanding by the early inhabitants of Salisbury... (though surely this topic will be debated in archaeological circles for many more centuries). Nimur 07:14, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm guessing the OP is asking about electronic/handheld calculators. I have always been a fan of the HP-49 series calculators since I am partial towards Reverse Polish notation . (I had used a 48 for a while, but ended up buying a 49 for my own). And it seems they have released a new HP50 model that I haven't seen yet. On the other hand, there are some who prefer the Texas Instruments models (which are generally better for schools).--GTPoompt(talk) 12:25, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

The Human Brain, I use it all the time. --Chris ^g 12:30, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

"Don't forget, your mind only simulates logic." —Glen C Perkins (gperkins@netcom.com, 1991-95), quoted by Tamfang 05:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

From my own experience so far, I would say a TI-86.

[edit] Windows Media Player DRM

I'm currently having problems with WMDRM (shockingly!). I was advised by the Microsoft KB to delete all the DRM-related files in order to reset it. I followed the instructions exactly, but now it won't recieve any DRM licences (before it was just one specific file). I'm on Vista so I can't uninstall WMP, so does anyone have any possible solutions (searching Microsoft KB got nothing - it seems positive that "resetting" it can't fail). The Microsoft individualisation page also doesn't help - ^Estoy_Aquí^{(t • c • e)} 12:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Political boundary shape files

Does anyone know where I can get free or low cost shape files describing the political boundaries of every country on Earth at ~1 km scale? Preferably the boundaries should be not more than a few years old and easily exportable to lat/long pairs for the application I have in mind. Dragons flight 20:11, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My Favorites

Hello. In Internet Explorer 6, how can I bookmark a website into a shortcut folder by clicking on the Favorites menu bar --> Add to Favorites...? The shortcut folder does not appear. Thanks in advance. --Mayfare 21:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

• If you just want to show the favorits bar, press CTRL+I. You can also drag the favicon from next to the URL in internet explorer into any folder or even to your desktop. -wizzard2k ^(C-T-D) 20:00, 3 July 2007 (UTC)