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corky
26-Oct-07, 15:26
On a telephone the numbers go

1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
* 0 #

while on a calculator they go

7 8 9
4 5 6
1 2 3
0 . =

anyone know why they are different?
hotrod4
26-Oct-07, 15:30
This link will explain!
http://www.vcalc.net/Keyboard.htm
corky
26-Oct-07, 15:45
that'll do me ta
scorrie
26-Oct-07, 21:09
On a telephone the numbers go

1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
* 0 #

while on a calculator they go

7 8 9
4 5 6
1 2 3
0 . =

anyone know why they are different?

It is so, in order that today's "thick" kids do not try to call their mates using the calculator!!

Earlier pilot schemes to identify these mainstays at a glance tried marking the two items with giant, snap-on covers that read MOBY and CALCKY but confusion ensued when the classic novel Moby Dick was covered in English lessons.
JAWS
26-Oct-07, 21:18
It's as a result of the usual problem, somebody's ego. "I don't like the way they do that so I'll do it differently and force them to change to my way!"
Some people are just born being awkward!