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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
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 15:52:17 1984
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Reply-To: paul@osu-eddie.UUCP (Paul Placeway)
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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
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