From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 18 21:24:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25723106564A for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 21:24:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saltmiser@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1AD58FC1B for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 21:24:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saltmiser@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so1035263wfg.7 for ; Sun, 18 May 2008 14:24:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=+EW2VxzqVPaPB8D9lUncKcG3j7U4N9d8vIhHh/dfvFY=; b=vYgfR0vOH3hiR9OJM9OXlm9figtxN7RVZsJ/yAA3NzxpY94Uxb9gnt+nPNh5jMmn1sp7y/5e1nm9ik2DCvUhcsKdKamADW6ij4SR6mZKdYdgi/wBdfAIk0kBcOHPnDec21hMleitIDn90pagWZHjLBvfzGeQ6oMTjlRFN4fU8tE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=jWaWfzTf9ICUGkbcAnTbJCY7GwSqj485+NOevPCp92XoAArOE82ACwjaN3cLGzUqG1E83+1LGZkrbtd4WXnYBTApGsS8pObiCQSNy7y+Hq3qfu/6qtO1Gjcb5BIzVxIfRolPi1yMPbrvkOdRkij/xPJoLVFhKWYzJp0sAtivu90= Received: by 10.142.154.20 with SMTP id b20mr2533105wfe.150.1211145510866; Sun, 18 May 2008 14:18:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.100.21 with HTTP; Sun, 18 May 2008 14:18:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37f72b1f0805181418j16efd60fge243160dbfdc6789@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 17:18:30 -0400 From: "Jim Capozzoli" To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: slide rules X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 21:24:59 -0000 So, I pulled out the slide rule yesterday that's older then I am..and I figured out how to multiply/divide on it. Is there anybody out there still using slide rules for day to day math? Or does anybody have any interesting stories/reminiscences about slide rules? I was considering figuring out how to do Trig on it and then taking my Trig final with it. :) -- Jim Capozzoli D6499626857801B6065013E3645A6B75