1. Standard memberHandyAndy
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    12 Aug '15 03:21
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    Wow! Would Albert Einstein approve?
    Most likely he'd prefer sqrt to sqrd.
  2. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    24 Aug '15 14:121 edit
    Originally posted by HandyAndy
    Most likely he'd prefer sqrt to sqrd.
    The square root of 2 "to sqrd" [to how many decimal points]?
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    25 Aug '15 15:05
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    The square root of 2 "to sqrd" [to how many decimal points]?
    th abbreviation of sqaure root is sqrt not sqrd...

    But Einstein was no mathematician, and pedantery was not his main vice.
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    26 Aug '15 02:481 edit
    Originally posted by Ponderable
    th abbreviation of sqaure root is sqrt not sqrd...

    But Einstein was no mathematician, and pedantery was not his main vice.
    Originally posted by HandyAndy
    "Most likely he'd prefer sqrt to sqrd."
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  5. Standard memberHandyAndy
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    26 Aug '15 04:03
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby

    Originally posted by HandyAndy
    "Most likely he'd prefer sqrt to sqrd."
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    What's your point, Bobby?
  6. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    26 Aug '15 04:10
    Originally posted by HandyAndy
    What's your point, Bobby?
    Ponderable's "point" not mine; just the messenger.
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    26 Aug '15 10:56
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    Originally posted by HandyAndy
    "Most likely he'd prefer sqrt to sqrd."
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    Postscript: What were Einstein's vices?
    He was a bad husband.
  8. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    26 Aug '15 14:15
    Originally posted by Ponderable
    He was a bad husband.
    Sad; thank you.
  9. Standard memberHandyAndy
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    26 Aug '15 14:57
    Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
    Ponderable's "point" not mine; just the messenger.
    Pondy was responding to you, not to me. Sqrd is a typo.
  10. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    26 Aug '15 14:59
    Originally posted by HandyAndy
    Pondy was responding to you, not to me. Sqrd is a typo.
    Okay. Thanks.
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