<div>If you hung your calculator by your belt, you were considered a nerd. I remember some of the kids would use that as bragging tool....go figure. Also the strange arguments that would ensue over whether straight up calculations (TI) or reverse polish notation calculation (HP) was better method</div>
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<div>My circular slide ruler was tucked away safely in my pocket, but I must admit that later in my first year, I had to go to dark side too....just couldn't compete with getting the decimals in the right place<SPAN contentEditable=false style="DISPLAY: inline-block"></SPAN> without thinking. I'm with Bob on that one....I still do the magnitude of the calculation in my head too.</div>
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<div>BTW, is it a "Slider Rule" or a "Slide Ruler"?? I always thought it was a Slide Ruler, or, in my case, neither, since it was circular. </div>
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<div>Another BTW, if you are less than, say, 45 years old, you probably don't have a clue what's all the hubbub about.</div>
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<div>My physics class in high school was the last year they used slide rules (did not allo
w calculators). One thing that I learned, that I still do to this day, is to try and have an idea of at least the magnitude of the answer in my head. You had to keep track of the decimal place when using a slide rule.</div>
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<B><I>Bob Kane <<A href="mailto:getterflash@yahoo.com">getterflash@yahoo.com</A>></I></B> wrote:</div>
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