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Geek Culture / Science calculators, pick the best here.

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fallen one
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Posted: 10th Feb 2011 20:00 Edited at: 10th Feb 2011 20:06
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I need to pick the best one out of the group. But I do not know anything about science calculators, which is the best one? Or pick the top 3, please say why you choose that calculator.


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Here are the links to the online calculators if you want to try them.

1,2 and 3
http://www.calculateforfree.com/sci.html

4
http://www.javascriptbank.com/javascript/calculation/calculator/scientific-calculator-2/preview//

5
http://www.javascriptbank.com/javascript/calculation/calculator/hi-tech-calculator/preview//

6
http://www.javascriptbank.com/javascript/calculation/calculator/scientific-calculator-for-chemists/preview//

7
http://www.javascriptbank.com/javascript/calculation/calculator/scientific-calculator/preview//

8
http://www.javascriptbank.com/javascript/calculation/calculator/high-tech-calculator/preview//

9
http://www.calculator.net/scientific-calculator.html

10
http://ostermiller.org/calc/calculator.html


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thenerd
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Posted: 10th Feb 2011 21:33
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They're all fine, it really depends on what you want to use them for.

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Bootlicker
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Posted: 10th Feb 2011 21:43
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anything with sin, cos, tan, the inverse of <, a memory button and a indices button im happy xD


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fallen one
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Are they all the same, as in they all have the same function, or are any better than others? I need to know the best one so a programmer can make a calculator like it, only in a different language, so I need to know which is the best.


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thenerd
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Posted: 10th Feb 2011 22:46
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I'd recommend you look up the usage of all those buttons, a lot of them (for example sine and cosine) are very common mathematical functions that are definitely needed. Most of those calculators seem to have the same functions, just a different layout.

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Neuro Fuzzy
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I'd use 2, 6, 7, or 10, because they look the easiest to use, and I hate having to guess whether its in radian or degree mode.


6 looks really good. If you can change it from decimal to binary to hex, that would be awesome! Don't forget an "answer" button (that types in the numeric value of the last entry), and an "entry" button that selects the last entry (or the ones before that, the more you press it), so that if you're tweaking equations you don't have to retype it in every time. what 6 doesn't have is an "e" or "pi" button, you'd have to use e^1 and acos(-1) to get those, which is kinda annoying. Along with that, it'd be nice to have a drop down list of extra functions (nth prime, hyperbolic trig functions, min/max, GCD/LCM, etc.

So I'd say #6 with those 4 buttons and drop down list added. That'd be awesome! I'd use it if you're going to make an english version (well, I'm not sure how different foreign calculators look?)

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Posted: 10th Feb 2011 23:28 Edited at: 10th Feb 2011 23:31
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10 needs looking at, it has pulldown menus with a lot going on, so you have to visit it to see what they are.
On 6, on the pulldown where it says binary it has numbers 0 to 15, not sure what that is, I am not sure if its what you think its supposed to be, you can click the links to check them to see what they do, like I say, I know nothing about these things, the calc will be with a bundle of other convertors and things for science and maths, now I want to get it right because I like to do a good job and make sure customers are happy.


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Oh, roite, I see what that means, its how many decimal *places*. I thought it was what base number system. Like...

F (base 16)=15 (base 10) =17 (base 8) = 1111 (base 2/binary)
so with the same calculation you could get F, 15, 17, or 1111.

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