Interesting fact: the SR71 (the ultimate spy plane) was built using slide rules. Very few planes, if ever ( well there are rumors of aurora), can match it's performance. Kelly Johnson (and slide rules) still rocks.
Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote: > As long as we're waxing nostalgic, I remember that at the start of my > Freshman year at my first college (Clarkson College of Technology, > now Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY), we were REQUIRED to carry a > slide rule (mine: K&E LogLog Duplex Decitrig) and take a course in > its use. Also, 1963 was the year that Clarkson admitted its first > female student (just one: a math grad student) and built an entire -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
