[R-390] was: Theory Question now: abacus (OT)

[w9ya]

Slide rules are STILL the quickest way to do rudimentary comparisons of
means and extremes possibilities. Computers, even the fastest, are not as
fast as a competent person on a slide rule, because once you set it for the
underlying proportion ALL possible answers are as quick as your eye and
brain.

And they require no batteries.

COOL eh ?

Bob
w9ya

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Dennis Wade
<sacramento.cyclist at gmail.com>wrote:

> Well, I was taught in the early '70s as a high school vocational
> student.  I LOVED my yellow Pickett slide rule...and even did logs.
> Trouble is...I'd need to be re-taught now.  I don't think many more
> classes after mine were taught slide rule techniques.
>
>             Dennis
>
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Barry <n4buq at knology.net> wrote:
> >> To which I am compelled to ask....
> >>
> >>            No sunshine??  Do your slide rules glow in the dark??
> >>
> >>     grinning...and running.....
> >>
> >>       Dennis
> >
> >
> > I wish I'd learned how to use a slide-rule.  My dad showed me how and I
> > could *almost* do simple calculations with it when I was a younster, but
> > have forgotten all that now.
> >
> > Barry - N4BUQ
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dennis L. Wade
> KG6ZI
> Carmichael, CA
> _____________________________________________________________
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