alocispepraluger102 Posted October 6, 2007 Report Posted October 6, 2007 (edited) anyone still own a slide rule? took one of mine for a spin last week. god! Edited October 6, 2007 by alocispepraluger102 Quote
sidewinder Posted October 6, 2007 Report Posted October 6, 2007 Last used one over 30 years ago but still got it somewhere. Stashed away with the log tables. Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Posted October 6, 2007 Last used one over 30 years ago but still got it somewhere. Stashed away with the log tables. remember those books of logs and trig functions and formulas? i misplaced this awesome huge book of functions and formulas. great reading! Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted October 6, 2007 Author Report Posted October 6, 2007 (edited) there's one 'slide' still worth something. had he played the valve, would he have been 'valve' hampton? Edited October 6, 2007 by alocispepraluger102 Quote
JSngry Posted October 6, 2007 Report Posted October 6, 2007 And would he have a preference for Valveeta cheese? Quote
DukeCity Posted October 6, 2007 Report Posted October 6, 2007 And would he have a preference for Valveeta cheese? That's it; go sit in the car! Quote
DukeCity Posted October 6, 2007 Report Posted October 6, 2007 It's in the shop for a valve job. Oh, so this whole thing is just a joke to you? Well, howza 'bout you being grounded for a week? Pretty funny, huh? What's that? You wanna make it TWO weeks? Fine by me, mister... :rsmile: Quote
medjuck Posted October 6, 2007 Report Posted October 6, 2007 Slide rules were beautiful things. I guess they're antiques now. Quote
JSngry Posted October 7, 2007 Report Posted October 7, 2007 It's in the shop for a valve job. Oh, so this whole thing is just a joke to you? Well, howza 'bout you being grounded for a week? Pretty funny, huh? What's that? You wanna make it TWO weeks? Fine by me, mister... :rsmile: Don't blow a gasket, ok? Quote
Jazzmoose Posted October 7, 2007 Report Posted October 7, 2007 Frankly, I have absolutely no fond memories for slipsticks, trig tables, etc. Just the graphing functions alone make the current handheld calculators things of beauty to me. I mean, taking an equation and actually seeing the curve it describes...it doesn't get any better than that! What a math geek thread.... Quote
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