James Knott schreef op 25-07-15 om 20:54:
On 07/25/2015 09:35 AM, Graham P Davis wrote:
We only had log tables; standard slide rules weren't allowed as they
were too inaccurate. Drifting a bit more OT, ball-point pens weren't allowed
either, only fountain pens.
To put this in some sort of
/On 26/07/2015 14:50, Erik Jan wrote://
/
/To tell you the truth: I still use my slide rule, very easy and
useful for calculations that need only to be about 95% accurate with
the correct order of magnitude. I even once corrected errors in an
Excel spreadsheet with the help of my log tables
On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:45:08 + (UTC)
Gary Collins gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Yes, I remember those (this is getting a bit like The Three
Yorkshire Men!) From: Gordon Burgess-Parker gordo...@mail.com
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Sent: Thursday, 23 July 2015, 12:37
Subject:
: Graham P Davis news...@scarlet-jade.com
Date: Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 8:35 AM
Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: [OT] Operating Environment Survey
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 11:45:08 + (UTC)
Gary Collins gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On 23/07/15 09:40, Gary Collins wrote
On 26/07/15 05:58, Felmon Davis wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
On Sat, 2015-07-25 at 14:54 -0400, James Knott wrote:
On 07/25/2015 09:35 AM, Graham P Davis wrote:
We only had log tables; standard slide rules weren't allowed as they
were too inaccurate. Drifting a bit more
On Sat, 2015-07-25 at 14:54 -0400, James Knott wrote:
On 07/25/2015 09:35 AM, Graham P Davis wrote:
We only had log tables; standard slide rules weren't allowed as they
were too inaccurate. Drifting a bit more OT, ball-point pens weren't
allowed either, only fountain pens.
To put this
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015, Harvey Nimmo wrote:
On Sat, 2015-07-25 at 14:54 -0400, James Knott wrote:
On 07/25/2015 09:35 AM, Graham P Davis wrote:
We only had log tables; standard slide rules weren't allowed as they
were too inaccurate. Drifting a bit more OT, ball-point pens weren't allowed
On 07/25/2015 09:35 AM, Graham P Davis wrote:
We only had log tables; standard slide rules weren't allowed as they
were too inaccurate. Drifting a bit more OT, ball-point pens weren't allowed
either, only fountain pens.
To put this in some sort of perspective, I left school in 1962 aged 18.
On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:28:39 -0500
anne-ology lagin...@gmail.com wrote:
I thoroughly enjoyed the way these massive machines were
portrayed in the movies -
filling an entire room, whirrin' with lights
a-flashin' ;-)
My PC, though quite large, doesn't quite fill the room
Linux user since 2002.
No smart phones, no social net.
At work we are forced to struggle with Windows 7 and 2008 Server.
Nice topic demonstrating how much desktop computing, productivity
suites and mailing lists have become subject to old farts.
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James E Lang schrieb am Sonntag, 19. Juli 2015 03:25:
The big discussion of Linux over the past 24+ hours has me wondering: What
operating environment(s) do other members of this list use at home and at
work? What factors influence the choice?
I also want to contribute to your topic:
At home
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