[TheForge] OT slide rules

[schade at acegroup.cc]

this just came up on another list I read. slide rules and 
gozinta.........

Bob
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My two cents on slide rules: They are great for APPROXIMATE answers to
a few decimal places. BUT, for real accuracy, especially in commercial
and trade applications you really need an abacus. They have many, many
more significant digits of accuracy than a slide rule. And when
trading pounds of corn for bags of nails you don't really need square
roots and logarithms just the basic four: plus, minus, times and 
gozinta.

--gary where the Willamette meets the McKenzie in Orygun, US of A.