Though this is very funny; I actually owned a similar model about 20 years ago when I started in anesthesia practice. It was very useful to calculate dosages of medicine for pediatric patients (where one needs to be more precise than in adult sized people). I felt very "state of the art" having a calculator handy on my wrist and used it frequently. Since medical professionals have to have their Tuberculosis status checked each year, I even used the alarm to remind me when to have my skin test read by a hospital nurse to clear me for soundness to continue practicing.
Ok.... 9*1 = 9, and 9/9 = 1. How the fu- is it 0.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
i had *two* of them (not joking, lol...). but i remember one of them not having buttons like that, but having a sort of grid that you press on instead.
OMG i used to have this same exact model back in high school in the late 80's. Used to store a bunch of phone numbers and birthdays in it, oh and as a quick calculator too. I remember the keypad membrane fading after a while, the wristband cracked after about a year, guess it wasn't UV stabilized well enough, I had to guess the numbers after a while... but great memories :) Oh it had a hidden cellphone build in too ... nah it didn't, but I sure wish it did... tsk tsk
It could be used to teach kids how computers work, although I doubt Casio would allow it... facebook.com/cbtnuggets/posts/10152042286789765?comment_id=28276003
"Matt is a trained professional Amateur mathematicians should use the instructions" Excellent advice there for all us budding young calculator fanciers.
"It also doubles as a tourniquet." Hahaha! "Matt is a trained professional. Amateur mathematicians should use the instructions." Oh my goodness. This is awesome!
Wow! They still have the Data Bank watches. I bought my first Casio Data Bank at a Sharper Image in Denver Colorado in 1984. It had a phone book, schedule, calculator... It was totally awesome!
I owned one... just because I love buttons.. I really love buttons.. hmmm just going to watch a 747 cockpit landing video.. again, that is how much i love buttons
Chris Mckay, one could argue that it would not be fair to expect the producing company to verify compliance with the effective rules of addition under every single jurisdiction in known existence.
For some reason, California requires warnings on everything hence the Green Day (Kinks riff) song. Certainly the only place where I've seen warning labels along the biscuit and crisps aisle at the supermarket! I guess the extra leaflet is in there to comply with some Californian requirement about labelling potentially toxic plastics or batteries or what not.
Matt Parker. You are my hero! What an incredible enthusiasm and delicate sense of humor. Top entertainment mixed with a lot of useful information. It simply doesn't get much better than this!
Wait. A proper bank stores my moneys, and lets other people borrow it when i'm not looking. This is a data bank. What is it going to do with my datas while i'm not looking? I'll try not to blink.
Hey! That's not fair! The accuracy should be 10, the only reason it isn't accurate while you use it is because you're using it at England which is far away from California 1:57
ive got the exact same watch got it years ago . mine is still in good condition the watch itself but the rubber wrist band fell apart to bits with old age and it needs a new battery . they were the most wanted wrist technology and if anyone had one back then everyone was jealous. pretty amazing watch whats even more amazing is that you can still buy them BRAND NEW on ebay for around $30
Man, I've warn this watch every day for 17 years and I love it! Love the review, very funny. I'm always going to think: "why isn't that alarm going off", when I'm in the shower!
Knightofmines Cosine 5 degrees, 39 minutes 54 seconds. Minutes and seconds carry when they reach 60 :) I don't live in an imperial measuring country so I didn't see that in my mind when I first saw it :P
Matt, gotta be honest. I wasn't going to watch the whole video, but you hooked me with your "examination" of the "watch stand"... And then, your "analysis" of how they "crammed" the instruction book into the "watch stand"... Great video! Lol!! 😃
I had a similar CASIO in highschool back in the 90s. Until one day a friend asked to "borrow it for a second", only to find him rubbing the screen with a big battery. That was the end of that.
I love the CA-53. I just bought one today, a local store (in New Zealand) has started selling about 6 models of vintage Casio digitals. I also have the DBC-611-G databank calculator watch in gold, and with it's flat "membrane" keyboard it's far easier to press specific keys.......but I still love the CA-53 more....... mainly due to Marty in Back to the Future, And the "Dweeb" from The Breakfast Club etc. It really is an iconic timepiece, isn't it.
2 minutes in and the humor was still so subtle i was still wondering if he was taking the piss, or maybe im hearing things. Then he put the calculator on his wrist...
Come to think of it I have showered while wearing the watch and it operated fine afterwards. It says "water resist" right on it. Casio does not mess around.
***** I keep hearing that it can only with stand little water drops, but I have a watch that says WR and it can with stand the shower. I want to buy this for school but, I just want to know by first hand that the buttons wont be destroyed. Or in general, functions being broken.
This was the funniest video I've seen in a while! Side splitting! I bought one of these a year ago just to have because I had owned one ten years previously.
I miss this kind of watch. I had one like this before when I was still in high school (back in the 90's) in the Philippines. Usually used this when we were doing groceries.
You can always use duct tape to hold that big calculator to your wrist! Love the HD widescreen version of the instruction manual! One question: HAS ANYONE EVER USED THE STOP WATCH FUNCTION ON THERE WATCHES OR EARLY CELL PHONES?
"HAS ANYONE EVER USED THE STOP WATCH FUNCTION?" Runners do, of course; we would do "drag races" with the stop watch, as well as hitting stop without looking as a random number generator.
Though this is very funny; I actually owned a similar model about 20 years ago when I started in anesthesia practice. It was very useful to calculate dosages of medicine for pediatric patients (where one needs to be more precise than in adult sized people). I felt very "state of the art" having a calculator handy on my wrist and used it frequently. Since medical professionals have to have their Tuberculosis status checked each year, I even used the alarm to remind me when to have my skin test read by a hospital nurse to clear me for soundness to continue practicing.
Yeah I had one 20 years ago too! It made the other kids in kindergarten very jealous :D
probably the operation 9*1/9 = 0.999999 because the calculation was not done in california
^this guy
Lol. True.
Ok.... 9*1 = 9, and 9/9 = 1. How the fu- is it 0.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
@@rblx0879 calculator approximations
@@lucasng4712 No. 1/9 = 0.11111111.... So 0.111111111... * 9 = 0.9999999999... The calculator is actually correct.
''it says it's in a 1 to 1 ratio - as most most physical object tend to be'' brilliant :D
+Ultimate Toppa But theres something thats a real physical object that isn't a 1:1 ratio. Answer below =)
+Jamie Stirzaker A TARDIS, an infinity:1 ratio
+Ultimate Toppa HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
if you had one of these as a kid back in the 80s your nerd cred was incalculable
i had *two* of them (not joking, lol...). but i remember one of them not having buttons like that, but having a sort of grid that you press on instead.
If you have one now your nerd cred is incalculable!
OMG i used to have this same exact model back in high school in the late 80's.
Used to store a bunch of phone numbers and birthdays in it, oh and as a quick calculator too.
I remember the keypad membrane fading after a while, the wristband cracked after about a year, guess it wasn't UV stabilized well enough, I had to guess the numbers after a while... but great memories :)
Oh it had a hidden cellphone build in too ... nah it didn't, but I sure wish it did... tsk tsk
My parents didn’t want to buy me one when I was a school kid. But now I am in my 40s, I’m a grown-up, I have a job, and I totally bought one!
I had this watch in the 80's, wore the buttons down I used it so much. Of course, being a nerd then didn't do me any favors.
I love the humor and satire in this.
most physical objects tend to be 1:1 scale LOL
+Mik Wind All phyiscal objects tend to be 1:1 scale
***** What?
***** What?
quasi doesn't so it's kinda anti-matter
people used science....now confused pawl is confused...it's super effective.....
I know these videos aren't exactly educational, but they're some of my favourite you've ever done.
i think you accidentally typed a u
Jamez Martinez Sorru?
John Reynolds favourite is favorite
Jamez Martinez Oh right. I'm British, so it's spelled with a 'u' here.
John Reynolds U here? No, there!
I like that there is a 1:1 ratio of the position of the watch relative to the position of your wrist. I hate watches that don't do that!!
What about the watches who's position is at a 1:1 ratio with the position of your pocket?
Some people like those more for some reason.
Can it share a calculation to facebook?
- Hey, your friend just calculated the sum of 7+5!
- Hm, good for him, Like! :D
It could be used to teach kids how computers work, although I doubt Casio would allow it...
facebook.com/cbtnuggets/posts/10152042286789765?comment_id=28276003
No one cares about that! What's really important is if it can run Linux
who else here has that exact same casio scientific calculator?
noswonky dew
"Matt is a trained professional
Amateur mathematicians should use the instructions"
Excellent advice there for all us budding young calculator fanciers.
Love the sarcasm
It's beautiful
"It also doubles as a tourniquet."
Hahaha!
"Matt is a trained professional. Amateur mathematicians should use the instructions."
Oh my goodness. This is awesome!
"Or cooking meh amphetamine" It get's better!
Glad to see that Numberphile is discovering the proper tools for serious mathematics.
I had used this watch for two years during school, math teachers never figured it out.
Even if they caught you, at least you gave it a *shake*
😂
Hahaha
Same
"Which gives us a grand total of infinity, and an average of... Infinity" favourite part
Wow! They still have the Data Bank watches. I bought my first Casio Data Bank at a Sharper Image in Denver Colorado in 1984. It had a phone book, schedule, calculator... It was totally awesome!
Matt Parker is an unboxing master. The attention to detail is hilarious.
_In fact most physical objects tend to be a 1x1 scale_
Didn't ***** get one of these?
I did!
This was FAR too intense for me.
Probably not something you want to be hearing but these are some of the best videos you've done.
I owned one... just because I love buttons.. I really love buttons.. hmmm just going to watch a 747 cockpit landing video.. again, that is how much i love buttons
I feel ya man, I feel ya.
really?
Found the button fetishist
did you love buttons so much that you like and sub?
I remember the one with the remote control. I used to mess around with my school's air conditioning and the TVs in the shops.
"For California Use Only" Apparently there is proof that California calculates differently!
Chris Mckay, one could argue that it would not be fair to expect the producing company to verify compliance with the effective rules of addition under every single jurisdiction in known existence.
I thought it was limited to indiana ...but it is spreading.
For some reason, California requires warnings on everything hence the Green Day (Kinks riff) song. Certainly the only place where I've seen warning labels along the biscuit and crisps aisle at the supermarket!
I guess the extra leaflet is in there to comply with some Californian requirement about labelling potentially toxic plastics or batteries or what not.
This is my favourite series of videos on Numberphile.
Matt Parker. You are my hero! What an incredible enthusiasm and delicate sense of humor. Top entertainment mixed with a lot of useful information.
It simply doesn't get much better than this!
Wait. A proper bank stores my moneys, and lets other people borrow it when i'm not looking.
This is a data bank. What is it going to do with my datas while i'm not looking? I'll try not to blink.
Siana Gearz gotta be careful of the datas my man,
When I saw these videos in the sub box I got way more excite than I should have.
Hey! That's not fair! The accuracy should be 10, the only reason it isn't accurate while you use it is because you're using it at England which is far away from California 1:57
That 1:1 scale comment of yours killed me xD
"Most psycial objects tend to be 1:1"
Hahaha, this made my day.
Nice watch, brings back a lot of memories...1988 was a Casio era.
Your style of humour is perfect for me! You can make the most boring topic hilarious with your dry wit, brilliant!
Yup, I was an 80's geek.
ive got the exact same watch got it years ago . mine is still in good condition the watch itself but the rubber wrist band fell apart to bits with old age and it needs a new battery . they were the most wanted wrist technology and if anyone had one back then everyone was jealous.
pretty amazing watch whats even more amazing is that you can still buy them BRAND NEW on ebay for around $30
"Matt is a trained professional.
Amateur mathematicians should use the instructions."
LOL :p
Man, I've warn this watch every day for 17 years and I love it! Love the review, very funny. I'm always going to think: "why isn't that alarm going off", when I'm in the shower!
This was definitely a comedic bit
This really does give the wearer infinite street credibility
I owned one of those in the 90s. damn those buttons were hard to press.
Whoever came up with this idea for calculator unboxing deserves a medal
Incredibly valuable for cheating on tests!.. Not that I would know anything about that...
Fester Blats I don't know about you, but not so for my school
Wait until you get a bit older. They don't expect you to remember sqrt(7^2 + 3^2 + 2 * 7 * 3 * cos(5° 39' 54")) :)
+Victor Tran cosine 5 degrees, 39 feet 54 inches? What does that mean?
Knightofmines Cosine 5 degrees, 39 minutes 54 seconds. Minutes and seconds carry when they reach 60 :)
I don't live in an imperial measuring country so I didn't see that in my mind when I first saw it :P
I guess that's the fault of my country's measuring system.
Matt, gotta be honest. I wasn't going to watch the whole video, but you hooked me with your "examination" of the "watch stand"...
And then, your "analysis" of how they "crammed" the instruction book into the "watch stand"...
Great video!
Lol!! 😃
You spilled your imaginary drink at 3:30
LOL
The one and only time on youtube that I wish I could like more than once. The dialog is genius.
this dude is such a memer
Brady should make videos of Matt unboxing EVERYTHING in the world.
I have an original one of these. Quite old, still works.
Think the strap was replaced at some point though.
This is tthe most literal unboxing I've ever watched. I love it.
I had one of these about 10 years ago, it was the absolute shit back then...
This guy is great! He made the unboxing of a Casio one of the funniest videos on UA-cam.
Great job Numberphile! Keep up the good work!
What the.....
This. Price
I had a similar CASIO in highschool back in the 90s. Until one day a friend asked to "borrow it for a second", only to find him rubbing the screen with a big battery. That was the end of that.
..What happened to the screen?
I love the CA-53. I just bought one today, a local store (in New Zealand) has started selling about 6 models of vintage Casio digitals. I also have the DBC-611-G databank calculator watch in gold, and with it's flat "membrane" keyboard it's far easier to press specific keys.......but I still love the CA-53 more....... mainly due to Marty in Back to the Future, And the "Dweeb" from The Breakfast Club etc. It really is an iconic timepiece, isn't it.
2 minutes in and the humor was still so subtle i was still wondering if he was taking the piss, or maybe im hearing things. Then he put the calculator on his wrist...
he got me until he said the calculator will give incorrect answers outside of California. After that it got just too strange :D
The sheer level of enthusiasm in this video hurts.
Do a TI-83/84/89
I cried. This is the most moving video I've ever seen. It has my vote for best short film in the Academy Awards.
I had one of these back in my school times and I was the geekiest kind on the block! LoL
These unboxing videos are quickly becoming my favourite thing Matt has done!
Im wearing that exact model of watch while watching this.
I have this watch and it's AWESOME! I can also verify that it attaches to your arm and moves as your wrist does.
It could had been a musical keyboard
Or a casio ripoff of apples mactini nano
Please keep making these unboxing videos. Matt must be the funniest mathematician alive.
I thought this was a great idea, but then I noticed that a calculator on your watch is a pain in the ass to use.
That water splash! LOL!
An iconic piece of technology, mathematics, and horology all in one.
I love numbephile, but these "unboxing" videoes are just magical!
This watch is great! I've had the same one for years and it's so helpful.
0:43 In fact, most physical objects tend to be 1:1 scale. That made my day :D
I have to admit this is really entertaining. Keep them coming Matt! I'm certain I'm not the only one that likes your type of humor!
Total of infinity, and then cred was turned up to 11!
My aunt gave me one of these back the 90's and i still use today with the rest of my collection love it....
I love these videos! Hilarious! :D
i never thought calculator unboxings could be so funny. i've been watching all the videos and having a grand ol time
Is it water proof enough to with stand going to shower? Can someone one confirm this?
+DudewithBuds I threw mine in a pool to test it once. It still works. 10/10
***** Hm, would you recommend to do t for a long time in shower and still operate?
Come to think of it I have showered while wearing the watch and it operated fine afterwards. It says "water resist" right on it. Casio does not mess around.
***** I keep hearing that it can only with stand little water drops, but I have a watch that says WR and it can with stand the shower. I want to buy this for school but, I just want to know by first hand that the buttons wont be destroyed. Or in general, functions being broken.
***** 1 You think it can last over a long period of time with taking a shower 2 Is there a replacement strap?
Matt Parker's humor is wonderful. Love these videos!
a wristwatch's alarm is the epitome of anxiety in my mind
Thanks! I love these unboxing / review videos, makes me laugh so good every time.
Awesome, you should be in advertising...I want one now..
This was the funniest video I've seen in a while! Side splitting!
I bought one of these a year ago just to have because I had owned one ten years previously.
1/0=E
e=2.718...
Uppercase E is bigger than lowercase e. Seems accurate to me.
Mike Whitenton heuxb w hsnjw
I love these videos so much! Thanks Numberphile. Happy Holidays
6:15 man, I got a knockoff brand of watch calculator, and got a 1:2 ratio of where the watch is in relation to my wrist :(
Love these calculator reviews! They are so funny!
I'd like to see some slide-rule unboxings.
this is the fourth calculator unboxing video in a row that i'm watching and they are hillarious!
This kills me. Truly hilarious.
I miss this kind of watch. I had one like this before when I was still in high school (back in the 90's) in the Philippines. Usually used this when we were doing groceries.
when i was young i wanted one of those watches SOOOOO bad
Hah, who didn't?
Okay I know that's a silly question. Most people did not want this.
One of the best unboxings I've seen. Great job!
You can always use duct tape to hold that big calculator to your wrist!
Love the HD widescreen version of the instruction manual!
One question: HAS ANYONE EVER USED THE STOP WATCH FUNCTION ON THERE WATCHES OR EARLY CELL PHONES?
"HAS ANYONE EVER USED THE STOP WATCH FUNCTION?"
Runners do, of course; we would do "drag races" with the stop watch, as well as hitting stop without looking as a random number generator.
You guys should definitly do more of these.
I love these videos. Is the purpose simply to make fun of tech unboxing videos or is it also meant to be informative?
I remember my uncle had this watch and he also owned a cellphone. RIP uncle we miss you.
most things in real life tend to be a 1:1 ratio lol.
You are quite the comedian, I didnt think unboxings could be interesting but you changed my mind.
Matt Parker FTW! :D :D :D :D
I didn't expect this to be so funny, but I enjoyed this quite a bit. Great video guys!
Can you start your own channel please this was very good
I only just found these. This is probably the funniest Numberphile stuff I've seen.
The credibility of normal calculators goes upt to 10, but this one, it goes up to 11. It's 1 more credible.
R0DisG0D For $2000 I'll build you one that goes up to 12.
I stumbled upon Matt Parker on an episode of "Outrageous Acts of Science" earlier today. It made my day.