blake murphy wrote:
>
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:37:44 -0500, Andy wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> the chinese invented the abacus, you f.....g dope.
>
> blake

No...actually several cultures have come up with similar gadgets.

The word 'calculus' is Latin; means stone. Formerly used for totting up
figures