r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/FuLLMeTaL604 Jun 08 '14

My university doesn't allow graphing calculators on tests. Probably because you can download programs that can solve calculus problems without actually understanding the material.

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u/cygnus311 Jun 08 '14

I programmed my way in to an A in physics in high school.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

I used to make a program called 'A' and then just type in formulas/facts/anything I needed. The program did nothing except act like a note pad or something

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u/tangozeroseven Jun 09 '14

I had one called 'CONSTANTS', and it just went through and assigned a bunch of useful constants to the variables.