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"l, not -l" > wrote in message
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> On 20-Oct-2010, blake murphy > wrote:
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>> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:37:44 -0500, Andy wrote:
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>> > What I found astonishing/interesting about the abacus was you could do
>> > math without having to write anything down in the process!!! You could
>> > just see it as patterns at a glance!!!
>> >
>> > Thanks to the Greeks for the invention!!!
>> >
>> > Andy

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>> the chinese invented the abacus, you ****ing dope.
>>
>> blake

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> Not if you believe Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abacus
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> Change Cujo to Juno in email address.


Try this one >> http://www.historyforkids.org/crafts/china/abacus.htm