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Subject:	Re: Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
Newsgroups:	lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:06:14 GMT
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> :-) Let it suffice to say that I grew > up using a sliderule not a calculator.) Ya well...I used one to finish grade 13 with...and I'm NOT old :). I did it for the sillyness of not having a decent calculator...got quite good at using it, but it fades fast. (I had a +-/* calculator, and the slide rule, and a book of engineering tables...it worked just as well, and in fact is easier for some things, because the tables included the easiest way to do things such as triangles) Now, I have a _nice_ programmable calculator (TI-82) to do my math with, and it still takes about as long. James

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		Re: Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
(...) because (...) it (...) By the Way What is a slide rule??? Ravi (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
(...) I had a Casio 3600p during high school and a Casio 5000 during university and was very happy with the latter especially. It was a very efficient engineering student tool, AFAIK. It has built in matrix math capability up to 5x5 (including (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
(...) If it makes you feel any better, so did I. I remember my friends all wanted cars for high school graduation, but I just had to have one of the first HP calculators. (Yikes! I guess I really must have been a geek.) : ) Maggie C. (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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