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To: Scrambler Bob

OK, it’s been a while since I had strength of materials. Steel is 29,000,000 psi. I was off by some decimal points.


35 posted on 05/07/2015 6:56:09 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Fred Hayek

I was off by some decimal points. —

Back in the day (before calculators) we had to track the decimals for slide rule calcs.

I think I still can. The new IT guys don’t know how a slide rule works.

I showed an IT tech once, when his system was down. Joked that my slide rule was backup for system down times.


38 posted on 05/07/2015 9:05:15 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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