[Yr7-10it] World's first spreadsheet

[Jolly, Michael D]

Yes, I would like to see this too.
Brings back memories, I did Egypt 4 years back, loved it.
No grog, no teenagers roaming the streets, only got scared when I got in
a cab. 

Mike Jolly
Year 9 Co-ordinator
Kyneton Secondary College
jolly.michael.d at edumail.vic.gov.au
03 5421 1100
0412 75 1984

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[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Colin SUTTON
Sent: Wednesday, 6 April 2011 11:49 PM
To: yr7-10it at edulists.com.au
Subject: [Yr7-10it] World's first spreadsheet

Hi all

I'm on LSL and stumbled upon this yesterday at Karnak Temple in Luxor.
(If the attached photo doesn't show up in your browser email me and I'll
send you a copy.)

For those of you have told your students that Dan Bricklin and Bob
Frankston ( 2 bored students at Harvard) invented the spreadsheet (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc), here's proof they didn't, by
thousands of years (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak).

The achievement is overshadowed somewhat by poor use of conventions
(numbers are centred) and those terrible blank rows AT THE TOP! Perhaps
they intended to graph the results, but time on the SAC beat them.

I did push the 'Display formulae" button, (bottom RH corner) and the
classic =SUM( ...  :  ...) appeared in the bottom row, but inexplicably
I forgot to photograph it!

Column A shows the names of the Pharaohs and the other columns their
tribute to the gods (n - 10 , I - 1), again poor convention use doesn't
really make clear the significance of these different columns.

For those politically interested, the Egyptians are excited about the
future, want their billions back and are VERY glad to see tourists (20%
work in tourism! - 80% in Luxor) and there just aren't any. Scores of
Nile Cruisers tied up in Luxor and Aswan. It's been great for me as none
of the sites have ANY crowds (It can take a 30 minute queue to get into
Tut's room at the Egyptian Museum - I went back about 5 times without
any waiting). I was GENUINELY thanked by some for coming and even
interviewed in the street (probably on Youtube, somewhere) about how I
felt about things, especially did I feel safe (YES).


Regards

COLIN
On LSL (pending retirement) Monty SC

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