Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site osu-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!apr!osu-eddie!paul From: paul@osu-eddie.UUCP (Paul Placeway) Newsgroups: net.college Subject: Re: Slide Rules before calculators Message-ID: <19@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 15:52:17 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.19 Posted: Wed Dec 19 15:52:17 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 05:29:48 EST References: <1668@ucf-cs.UUCP> <5600002@uiucuxa.UUCP> <1849@burdvax.UUCP> <1018@aecom.UUCP> Reply-To: paul@osu-eddie.UUCP (Paul Placeway) Distribution: net Organization: Ohio State Univ., CIS Dept., Cols, Oh. Lines: 14 Summary: Use a slide rule? Nope, sorry. I can touch-type my HP 41cv fast enough so that there is no reason for me to use a slide rule or other device (the HP is worth every penny; it has run for 4 years like new, but my old ti58 only lasted 3 1/2 before it fried it's own chips and the keyboard broke. If you don't like RPN, that's your loss). Knowing how to estimate ranges is usefull, however, when the numbers get bigger than 9e99 (not that often, but every once in a while...) "I even like the chicken if Paul W. Placeway the sauce is not too blue..." The Ohio State University (UUCP: cbosgd!osu-eddie!paul) (CSNet: paul@ohio-state)