[TheForge] Excessive scaling?

[Ron Lass]

I love it.  I have a 6 " bamboo slide rule that I carried for years in my 
nerd pack.  I used to use a circular slide rule for motorcycle enduro 
events.  Now I like to work with steel.  It may outlast me.



Ron





>From: "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>
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>Subject: RE: [TheForge] Excessive scaling?
>Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:20:24 -0600
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>I was a relative late-comer to the high-tech world.  I didn't get my first 
>hand held calculator until I was working on my dissertation in grad school. 
>My first computer was an Apple IIc which I didn't get until several years 
>out of grad school.  I still keep a slide rule in my desk drawer, and even 
>use it on occasion.  I have a little 6" slide rule in the truck for 
>figuring gas mileage.
>
>Aubrey
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>From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Jerry Frost
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>[snip]
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>A friend of mine still has his original Big Blue-8086.
>
>Okay, NOW I feel old. <sigh>
>
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