nerd jokes....love it. I was in the last class that was taught how to use slide rules in my UG years. Then this new fangled invention called the "calculator" came out. It could do basic math functions....and take logs! Yahoo!
My dad was a master with a slide rule which he used as an officer in the Army artillery in Korea. I had to learn to use one in HS math class but calculators had just come out (from the brand new HP plant in Corvallis) and so I never really got into them
A couple years ago I gave my Grandson-in-law my slide rule from my student days. He wasn't sure what it was for. I used to talk to young engineers in companies I called on about how we drew plans and working drawings. Even funnier!
They Slide Rule 😀
nerd jokes....love it. I was in the last class that was taught how to use slide rules in my UG years. Then this new fangled invention called the "calculator" came out. It could do basic math functions....and take logs! Yahoo!
What is a slide rule?
Never start down the slide until the person in front of you has gotten out of the way.
You have to join the nerd club to find out. It is our secret weapon:)
Wonder where mine went? Had it from HS. Not sure I can figure it out anymore.
If you want one i have mine and my dad's. He was an engineer too. I took all of his measuring tools.
Hell, tc, I couldn't figure it out then!
Boy is that the truth.
My dad was a master with a slide rule which he used as an officer in the Army artillery in Korea. I had to learn to use one in HS math class but calculators had just come out (from the brand new HP plant in Corvallis) and so I never really got into them
A couple years ago I gave my Grandson-in-law my slide rule from my student days. He wasn't sure what it was for. I used to talk to young engineers in companies I called on about how we drew plans and working drawings. Even funnier!