[Condor51]

Funny, but....

Nobody under 40 knows what a slide rule is.

[sticker]

Thanks for reminding me how old I am

[Old Student]

"Funny, but....
Nobody under 40 knows what a slide rule is."

We have a couple of them laying around, and in my library is a book on how to use them, just in case. We got them just before Y2K... even though it would have been a real problem to post on FR if we really needed them. ;)

(my wife is now older than 40, but wasn't then. I was, and still am, for some reason, but she's the one who got them.)

[redwhit]

Nobody under 40 knows what a slide rule is.

I would've thought the same thing but . . .

Maybe six months or so ago, Scientific American ran an article by Cliff Stoll on the history of the slide rule where he effectively said the same thing - the slide rule has gone the way of the dodo bird. A couple of issues ago, a mid-twenties Marine First Lieutenant Firing Officer in Fallujah wrote in saying that they're still using slide rules to check the solutions provided by their $40,000 targeting computer as well as a failsafe backup.

The slide rule will never die.

[NonLinear]

I've got a round one. You never go off scale!

[litehaus]

Think only-- ruler,calculator get recognition for that group....and I am not sure of 'ruler.'

[Vor Lady]

Sad but true...

[HungarianGypsy]

I'm under 40. I know what a slide rule is. Of course it used to belong to my dad.

[Prost1]

You just dated me...