On Saturday 28 August 2004 John J. Devine wrote:

in aerospace al alia.

Is that Al Italia, or, et alia ? -- best wishes ____________ sent on Linux ____________

* Glenn Holmer [08-29-04 10:59]:

Yes, well, totally off topic of course, but I am proud to say that one of my most prized posessions is the K & E slide rule I inherited from my father when he passed on.

<grin> have on on the shelf I purchased when in high school

Can't do more than multiply and divide with it, but never mind. Is it possible to do hex math on a slide rule?

Certainly, a slide rule just adds logrithims. Hex is a different root, 16 instead of 10 or e. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/photos

On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 18:58, Glenn Holmer wrote:

You can find a slide rule emulator written in Java here:

http://www.taswegian.com/SRTP/javaslide/javaslide.html

Wonderful stuff - takes me back to my days as a research student..........(groan, groan....) LOL David

On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 08:58, Glenn Holmer wrote:

John J. Devine wrote:

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Being rusty technically, haven't used a sliderule in almost a half century, the best I can say is don't squabble. Technology is supposed to be fun! At least I made it that way working for a living in aerospace al alia.

Yes, well, totally off topic of course, but I am proud to say that one of my most prized posessions is the K & E slide rule I inherited from my father when he passed on. Can't do more than multiply and divide with it, but never mind. Is it possible to do hex math on a slide rule?

You can find a slide rule emulator written in Java here:

http://www.taswegian.com/SRTP/javaslide/javaslide.html

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I had a computer teacher who would do square roots in base 7 during those union meetings his friend would use a slide rule without markings. Seems he was old style Phi Beta Kapa. CWSIV