Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread John Brann
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. :) Heh. I don't know where my slide rule is, but it's definitely a lot younger than I am

Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Jim Capozzoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I pulled out the slide rule yesterday that's older then I am..and I figured out how to multiply/divide on it. ports/deskutils/sliderule -- Christian naddy Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread David Kelly
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 07:42:50PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote: Jim Capozzoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I pulled out the slide rule yesterday that's older then I am..and I figured out how to multiply/divide on it. ports/deskutils/sliderule Finally! Have been waiting for someone

Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread Diane Bruce
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 04:14:38PM -0500, David Kelly wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 07:42:50PM +, Christian Weisgerber wrote: Jim Capozzoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Finally! Have been waiting for someone to find a FreeBSD-compatible sliderule! And this one is _so_ modern in using a

Re: slide rules

2008-05-20 Thread Brett Glass
At 03:14 PM 5/20/2008, David Kelly wrote: Finally! Have been waiting for someone to find a FreeBSD-compatible sliderule! Slipsticks are especially good for calculating release schedules. ;-) --Brett Glass ___ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: slide rules

2008-05-19 Thread Oliver Fromme
Jim Capozzoli wrote: 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

RE: slide rules

2008-05-19 Thread Rick Nekus
: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: slide rules On Sunday, 18 May 2008 at 17:18:30 -0400, Jim Capozzoli wrote: 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