When I was a sophomore in high school, the senior class built the worlds
longest slide rule.
See
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/712349-196/then-seniors-at-alvirne-recounthow-record-slide-rule.html#
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From: "Jerry Feldman"
To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.g
Her favorite joke was about overhearing a colleague muttering to himself
while using a sliderule for simple multiplication.
"Two times three equals 5.999 Oh, heck, just call it six!"
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:56 AM, John Abreau wrote:
> My high school chemistry teacher taught us how to u
My high school chemistry teacher taught us how to use a sliderule. She
*hated* pocket calculators with a passion, and said that they rotted the
brain.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 01/20/2014 09:19 AM, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
>
> Lloyd Kvam writes:
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>
>* Pub
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On Tuesday 21 January 2014, Jerry Feldman was heard to say:
> When I was in High School I learned how to program a slide rule.
Hehehe. My first calculator was a Heathkit. :^)
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On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 07:18:50 -0500
Jerry Feldman wrote:
> When I was in High School I learned how to program a slide rule.
>
You were lucky. I had to wait until I was in college to learn how to
program a slide rule. I still remember instructor saying you should be
able to discern if the "curs
On 01/20/2014 09:19 AM, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> Lloyd Kvam writes:
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>> * Public Key Encryption
> I took a class at UNH when I was a high-school senior (wooly mammoths
> were still wandering around campus back then...). It was a class with a
> topic of number theory. I liked all of the math
