kmf229

prophets Wrote:
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> rangediddy Wrote:
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> > Has anyone heard of anyone's batteries dying in
> > the middle of their exam?
>
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> Back in 1993, someone's calculator battery ran out
> and they didn't have any backup. The person got
> completely panicked/enraged, gripped their
> calculator in their hand and began to bludgeon the
> nearest fellow test-taker. That test taker later
> died in what is now commonly referred to among CFA
> candidates as the "Great Negative NPV Transaction"
> (he paid to take the exam and the return on his
> investment was death).
>
> I suggest you bring at least 2 back-up calculators
> (1 BA II Plus and 1 HP) and an extra set of
> batteries for both.


You made my day.