"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:52:14 GMT, Don White
wrote:

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

Would you believe that I still use a slide rule?

Can you give lessons over the internet? I learned how to use one in
1968 but it's been packed away ever since.

I can do better than that...

http://www.sliderules.clara.net/a-to-z/a-to-z.htm

Every once in a while, I get dragooned into substituting for one of
the middle/high school advanced math teachers. I always take my slide
rules along, put up an equation appropriate for the class on the black
boats and challenge the class to beat me to a solution with their
calculators.

In twenty years, I've never been beat. Sets the tone for the rest of
the time I'm there don't 'cha know. :)

The first TI SR-52 I got was faster than the slide rule. Did not lose the
decimal point.