slide rules

[alocispepraluger102]

anyone still own a slide rule?

took one of mine for a spin last week.

god!

Edited October 6, 2007 by alocispepraluger102

[sidewinder]

Last used one over 30 years ago but still got it somewhere.

Stashed away with the log tables.

[Chuck Nessa]

[alocispepraluger102]

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!

[alocispepraluger102]

there's one 'slide' still worth something.

had he played the valve, would he have been 'valve' hampton?

Edited October 6, 2007 by alocispepraluger102

[JSngry]

And would he have a preference for Valveeta cheese?

[DukeCity]

And would he have a preference for Valveeta cheese?

That's it; go sit in the car!

[JSngry]

It's in the shop for a valve job.

[DukeCity]

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:

[medjuck]

Slide rules were beautiful things. I guess they're antiques now.

[BruceH]

Slide RULES!!!

[Chuck Nessa]

That be my point.

[JSngry]

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?

[Jazzmoose]

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....