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| - | * Someone who was used to using a TI calculator had no idea how to use an HP calculator though the reverse was not true as its the method of punching in the expressions followed the dominant mathematical expression evaluation rules taught in school. | + | * Someone who was used to using a TI calculator had no idea how to use an HP calculator though the reverse was not true as its method of punching in the expressions followed the dominant mathematical expression evaluation rules taught in school. |
| * The HP calculator was prefered by many who later went on to form Apple computer. | * The HP calculator was prefered by many who later went on to form Apple computer. | ||
| * Rather than conform to the way a person who grew up under the existing mathematical conventions, | * Rather than conform to the way a person who grew up under the existing mathematical conventions, | ||
| * This led directly to being able to do more complex calculations than **`+, -, *,/`** on a device that fit into their shirt pocket, the iPhone of their day. | * This led directly to being able to do more complex calculations than **`+, -, *,/`** on a device that fit into their shirt pocket, the iPhone of their day. | ||
| * Originally humans were responsible for entering the expressions into the computer correctly so they'd get the results they were expecting. If they were expecting to get a 9 or a 1, and got a 5 instead, they’d get blamed for the plane falling out of the sky because they'd entered the wrong code into the computer. | * Originally humans were responsible for entering the expressions into the computer correctly so they'd get the results they were expecting. If they were expecting to get a 9 or a 1, and got a 5 instead, they’d get blamed for the plane falling out of the sky because they'd entered the wrong code into the computer. | ||
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| + | ####The Rise of Apple | ||
| * Apple led the way to reversing this trend so that the OS was designed to conform to human behavior rather than vice versa. | * Apple led the way to reversing this trend so that the OS was designed to conform to human behavior rather than vice versa. | ||
| * Shift to Mobile Computing for the people from Large computers in air conditioned rooms only available to large institutions where computer time was a commodity. | * Shift to Mobile Computing for the people from Large computers in air conditioned rooms only available to large institutions where computer time was a commodity. | ||
| - | * Shift from calculations to lifestle. | + | * Shift from calculations to lifestyle. |
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