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Maggie Cambron wrote in message (...) recall (...) You can also do multiplication and division (and addition and subtraction I think - don't remember what all scales are on the rule). Also roots and powers (in fact most calculators perform roots (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's what we used them for-- mainly logarithms as I recall (and I don't recall much!). Maggie (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, interesting site! As it turns out my calculator wasn't one of the earliest after all but a second generation (now I don't feel so old!). But what really surprises me is that the one I use now (HP 15C) has been discontinued for over ten (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ...and engines and directional control surfaces. That's a dirigible; see below. :) Otherwise it's a barrage balloon of the variety used near the front in WWI--no power, but a gondola for observers and a machine gun or two. If you've played (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Never steal second base without a good pair of shin protectors. --Todd (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Gee - in the last year or so I threw out my HP 9830A because something fell on the keyboard and broke a few key caps off beyond repair... brought tears to my eyes to find it broken from an avalance in storage... I had the plotter and the wide (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ja Mein freund, Ich verstehe ein bischen deutsch. Meine Vader und Mutter heise Fritz und Helga Wolf. WIR SIND DEUTSCHE LEUTE! Aber das "Italienisch?" kann mich nicht verstehen. Ich habe Kartoffel Salat zschwischen meinen oren. My apologies to (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) i do use the web Shiri but i tend 2 read by NG In Batches Of 20 ib reversese Chronological order Ravi (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wow, dang! Thanks for the correction! So, what then was the airship in the 3rd IJ movie? I don't have it on viddy and unfortunately it hasn't been burned into my brain yet like the 1st IJ movie. --Todd (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (Insert random crude Olestra joke here.) 'nuff said. LFB (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wir sind auch froh, daß Sie hier sind. ;) Lindsay (wer nur ein bißchen Deutsch sprechen kann) (Sorry, had to, despite how awful my College German Lite is. FUT-> .o-t.fun) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I thought that was enabled only with ANSI ;) John Matthews Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:FrxIqx.9y5@lugnet.com... (...) you're (...) tell (...) (26 years ago, 25-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Ah, I see you've determined my military name: General Silliness. That contrasts nicely with my Duwamish name: "Running Behind". -Cheese (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) pumping a dry well, but: the original 'Millenium' was a time-travel movie with cyborgs everywhere in the future, does that count? (this movie was Chris Carter's debut, based on a John Varley short story, and elements of it surfaced in X-Files (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Wow. This is a holiday I've never heard of. I read a lot, but I have never come across this. Thank you all for teaching me something today. (I'm serious.) I'm Lutheran and from Texas, and as much as I read, I've never heard of this. I hope you all (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Like Shiri said, 'off-topic' means 'not about lego'. Maybe LUGNET needs an .on-topic.fun group... Steve (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Here's a web page with tons of old HP calculators: (URL) used one of the early desktop models at my dad's work. I also used the original Wang calculator at his work. Fun stuff. I've got an HP 25C at home which I picked several years ago at a (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Now to spoil everyone's fun, here's a good reference as to what DIM WT is (complete with a form to calculate it)... (URL) used for air shipping to get a handle on the volume of a package, since airplanes don't have infinite space. This took a (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FrwrCw.7H2@lugnet.com... (...) Purim (...) I have been know to make some filled with chocolate chips, others with pecan pie filling and still others with marzipan/almond paste and slivered (...) (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Wait, your messages have demarcation between when you're lying and when you're telling the truth? What ASCII character code is that? I want to be able to tell too! ++Lar (26 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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