[ale] DIY Graphing Calculator Is Built From Open Source Hardware

[Tom Freeman]

Why do I smell an "old fart" bragging contest brewing here?

My first slide rule lasted me a good six years.

For giggles and snickers, try doing quantum calculations on a slide 
rule... (I tried for all of one test, and bought a 4 function calculator.)

On Fri, 6 Aug 2010, Lightner, Jeff wrote:

> Funny that - I hadn't thought of slide rules in years but my sister was
> just telling her daughters about how proud I was when I got my first one
> in high school.  Of course I then told them how pocket calculators
> became the new toy about 6 months later and how my first one weighed
> near what today's netbooks do and had a battery life of about 10 minutes
> (oh and it didn't do square roots).  Back then most
> Math/Chemistry/Physics teachers wouldn't allow you to use them on tests
> anyway.  The rich kids all had the calculators that did functions the
> purpose of which they didn't know but they looked cool.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Paul
> Cartwright
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 11:12 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] DIY Graphing Calculator Is Built From Open Source
> Hardware
>
> On Fri August 6 2010, Watson, Keith wrote:
>> or if your into Pickett slide rules"
>>
>> Derek's Virtual Slide Rule Gallery
>> http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/index.html
>
> geez, now all I need is to find my slide rule! no, wait, I threw it away
> years
> ago!!!!!
>
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> Paul Cartwright
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