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Tim Weaver wrote:
> Susan Bugher wrote: > > >>http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/#Win >> >>Slide Rule >> >>Emulates (exactly) a slide rule. No more, no less. >>Slide Rule (V1.0, 9 Sep 2002, 2.3 MB). >>http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/win-sliderule.zip >>Author: Craig A. Finseth > > > Wow. 2.3MB to emulate a slide rule. Forget calculators and computers, > these slide rule thingies are great. Now, if I could just find a *real* > one, I could "rule" the world! > > Muh-Wah-HAAHAAHAA!!! hehe. . . You just flunked the "Are you an OLD geek" test. "I told you that decimal point was in the wrong place."  Susan -- Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org PL2004 CD http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/CD2004PL.htm alt.comp.freeware FAQ: http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html |
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Susan Bugher wrote:
> Tim Weaver wrote: >> Susan Bugher wrote: >> >>>http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/#Win >>> >>>Slide Rule >>> >>>Emulates (exactly) a slide rule. No more, no less. >>>Slide Rule (V1.0, 9 Sep 2002, 2.3 MB). >>>http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/win-sliderule.zip >>>Author: Craig A. Finseth >> >> Wow. 2.3MB to emulate a slide rule. Forget calculators and computers, >> these slide rule thingies are great. Now, if I could just find a *real* >> one, I could "rule" the world! >> >> Muh-Wah-HAAHAAHAA!!! > > hehe. . . You just flunked the "Are you an OLD geek" test. > > "I told you that decimal point was in the wrong place." I'm 41 and went online in '82 on a Cyber mainframe using CP/L and punchcards. Does that count? :-) -- Tim Weaver |
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Tim Weaver wrote:
> Susan Bugher wrote: > >>Tim Weaver wrote: >> >>>Susan Bugher wrote: >>> >>> >>>>http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/#Win >>>> >>>>Slide Rule >>>> >>>>Emulates (exactly) a slide rule. No more, no less. >>>>Slide Rule (V1.0, 9 Sep 2002, 2.3 MB). >>>>http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/win-sliderule.zip >>>>Author: Craig A. Finseth >>> >>>Wow. 2.3MB to emulate a slide rule. Forget calculators and computers, >>>these slide rule thingies are great. Now, if I could just find a *real* >>>one, I could "rule" the world! >>> >>>Muh-Wah-HAAHAAHAA!!! >> >>hehe. . . You just flunked the "Are you an OLD geek" test. >> >>"I told you that decimal point was in the wrong place." > > I'm 41 and went online in '82 on a Cyber mainframe using CP/L and > punchcards. Does that count? :-) Silly child!  Punchcards were a new-fangled modern invention back inthe heyday of slide rules. Susan -- Pricelessware: http://www.pricelessware.org PL2004 CD http://www.pricelessware.org/2004/CD2004PL.htm alt.comp.freeware FAQ: http://clients.net2000.com.au/~johnf/faq.html |
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Susan Bugher wrote:
> Tim Weaver wrote: >> Susan Bugher wrote: >>> Tim Weaver wrote: >>>> Susan Bugher wrote: >>>> >>>>> http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/#Win >>>>> >>>>> Slide Rule >>>>> >>>>> Emulates (exactly) a slide rule. No more, no less. >>>>> Slide Rule (V1.0, 9 Sep 2002, 2.3 MB). >>>>> http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/win-sliderule.zip >>>>> Author: Craig A. Finseth >>>> >>>> Wow. 2.3MB to emulate a slide rule. Forget calculators and computers, >>>> these slide rule thingies are great. Now, if I could just find a >>>> *real* one, I could "rule" the world! >>>> >>>> Muh-Wah-HAAHAAHAA!!! >>> >>> hehe. . . You just flunked the "Are you an OLD geek" test. >>> >>> "I told you that decimal point was in the wrong place." >> >> I'm 41 and went online in '82 on a Cyber mainframe using CP/L and >> punchcards. Does that count? :-) > > Silly child! Punchcards were a new-fangled modern invention back in> the heyday of slide rules. Yeah!? I'll bet you're not a proficient with an abacus as I am! :-) (And, I can count fingers like nobody's business!) -- Tim Weaver |
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Tim Weaver wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed): > Susan Bugher wrote: >> Tim Weaver wrote: >>> Susan Bugher wrote: >>>> Tim Weaver wrote: >>>>> Susan Bugher wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/#Win >>>>>> >>>>>> Slide Rule >>>>>> >>>>>> Emulates (exactly) a slide rule. No more, no less. >>>>>> Slide Rule (V1.0, 9 Sep 2002, 2.3 MB). >>>>>> http://www.finseth.com/~fin/realbasic/win-sliderule.zip >>>>>> Author: Craig A. Finseth >>>>> >>>>> Wow. 2.3MB to emulate a slide rule. Forget calculators and >>>>> computers, these slide rule thingies are great. Now, if I >>>>> could just find a *real* one, I could "rule" the world! >>>>> >>>>> Muh-Wah-HAAHAAHAA!!! >>>> >>>> hehe. . . You just flunked the "Are you an OLD geek" test. >>>> >>>> "I told you that decimal point was in the wrong place." >>> >>> I'm 41 and went online in '82 on a Cyber mainframe using CP/L >>> and punchcards. Does that count? :-) >> >> Silly child! Punchcards were a new-fangled modern invention>> back in the heyday of slide rules. > > Yeah!? I'll bet you're not a proficient with an abacus as I am! > :-) > > (And, I can count fingers like nobody's business!) Say what you will about slip-sticks, I never had one have it's batteries go dead in the middle of a chemistry exam! And I've still got my big triple log-log stick and a Little Giant circular slide rule around here. -- Cheers, Kurt |
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Susan Bugher <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed): > > Silly child! Punchcards were a new-fangled modern invention back in> the heyday of slide rules. > > Susan Or even the mid 1800s - Jaquard Loom. I miss me Fowlers Circular Sliderule The Ancient Mariner "we *were* a ghastly crew" |
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Susan Bugher <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed): > Emulates (exactly) a slide rule. No more, no less. > Ahhhh, but will it fit in my pocket protector? -- burnr http://freeware4u.com http://shelbina-info.com |
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