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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 11:32:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, James Powell writes: > > :-) 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 By the Way What is a slide rule??? Ravi

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		Re: Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
(...) Slide rule... Hmm... How can I explain?.. I saw one when I was in middle school but never used one (There were Casio 3600Ps when I was a high school student, and Casio 5000s during university) It's kind of a computing tool for logarithms and (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

		Re: Slide rule generation Was Re: Purimish fun
ravi <helixwolf2000@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrxC2L.H87@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) using (...) and (...) A sliderule is an instrument used for calculations/operations including multiplication, division, extraction of square roots as (...) (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
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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