- Oct 27, 2007
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Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Originally posted by: Triumph
How the heck do you get through physics without having at least one lab where you needed to graph some data? I know Excel isn't the only program to do this, but it's ridiculously ubiquitous (sp?).
I've graphed a shit load of data... it's called graph paper + pencil.
Yeah, I used to do that until I didn't have to anymore.
Edit: I used to have to make my own graph paper too. There is a specialty type of graph paper (log something something function something) used to plot well drawdowns in dimensionless units. Shockingly, no one ever thought to market the paper so one had to trace each new sheet from templates. Life is more better now.
Log paper is awesome
I understand that Excel is a far superior tool for graphing large amounts of data, of course, I've just never had a use for it. I had a friend tell me it was really strange that I'd never used Excel, it didn't seem that strange to me so I thought I'd ask ATOT.
