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Slides Rule.... The good old slip stick
San Francisco Weekly ^
| July 2, 2003
| SILKE TUDOR
Posted on 07/12/2003 9:49:48 PM PDT by quietolong
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To: Piltdown_Woman
My God, we ARE all a bunch of nerds, aren't we?Hmmmmm... Yup!
To: RadioAstronomer
I even still have my pocket protector. LOL!
To: RadioAstronomer
I even still have my pocket protector. Somehow that doesn't surprise me. By the way, von Braun's slide rule was a Nestler, model 23R. Common in Germany. It's said that Einstein also used one of those. Very simple scale set.
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posted on
07/13/2003 11:30:11 AM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
To: RadioAstronomer
I have a notebook full of different types of graph paper.[...]I ought to scan them in also. Why not just write a program to print out the desired gridlines....? I do that for small paper constructs I fold for the kids...
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posted on
07/13/2003 11:38:28 AM PDT
by
no-s
To: RadioAstronomer
I even still have my pocket protector. LOL! People make fun of these as the classic sign of the "nerd". But they serve a useful function. I have ruined many clothes due to my habit of always carrying large numbers of pens. They occasionally become un-capped. Or I fall asleep holding one.
To: no-s
Why not just write a program to print out the desired gridlines....? I do that for small paper constructs I fold for the kids... I never use it anymore, however, the feel of the thin onion paper is pretty cool. :-)
To: PatrickHenry
Somehow that doesn't surprise me. By the way, von Braun's slide rule was a Nestler, model 23R. Common in Germany. It's said that Einstein also used one of those. Very simple scale set.Not surprised huh! LOL. I will look that slide rule up on the web. Thanks!
To: wideminded
People make fun of these as the classic sign of the "nerd". But they serve a useful function. I have ruined many clothes due to my habit of always carrying large numbers of pens. They occasionally become un-capped. Or I fall asleep holding one.Yup! But I wear it when I am in a nolstagic mood. It has my old NASA logo on it. :-)
The pens I love, are the Fisher Space Pens. They write wonderfully on all kinds of surfaces. :-)
To: longtermmemmory
HP does!
To: jennyp
I started collecting calculators & old computer equipment, but quickly ran out of space. Darn! WOW, I bet between us we have quite a collection. My oldest "computer" (trainer) is a Minivac 6010. I also have a PDP-8 with an ASR-33 Teletype.
My more "modern" ones are on the par with my Imsai 8080.
To: Unassuaged
HP does!Unfortunately I think Hp is out of the "power" (scientific) calculator business.
To: zuggerlee; RadioAstronomer
If you really want to get nerdy, it is almost impossible to find semi-log or log-log graph paper. I have a collection in case I need to photocopy one of them. Photocopy? Aw, c'mon. Get with the program.
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posted on
07/13/2003 12:19:24 PM PDT
by
Physicist
(First Google hit for "graph paper" and "pdf")
To: Physicist
LOL! Cool link! Like I said, don't use it anymore, but I do love the feel of the onion paper. :-)
To: Physicist
WOW! 93 posts so far. Guess FR has it's share of nerds! :-)
To: RadioAstronomer
I do love the feel of the onion paper.OK, pdf's are inadequate there.
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posted on
07/13/2003 12:33:10 PM PDT
by
Physicist
(Similarly, pornographic jpeg's fail to capture the tactile essence of their subject.)
To: Physicist
OK, pdf's are inadequate there.Was going to say, I love the feel of pdf's also, but figured you would then think I was some sort of "odd duck" or something. HAHAHAHA
To: zuggerlee; RadioAstronomer
I know someone who has virtually every type of graph paper known to man in his personal collection! (wink, wink)
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posted on
07/13/2003 12:36:37 PM PDT
by
Aracelis
To: quietolong
Interesting!
Never did learn how to use one.
I remember having a circular one in an old leather case.
To: Piltdown_Woman
I know someone who has virtually every type of graph paper known to man in his personal collection! LOL! Guess I am a geek's geek!
To: RadioAstronomer
Could not resist! 100 post placemarker! LOL
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