Slipstick memories

ER — 5/18/2023 3:51:52 AM (archived)

I just used mine for multiplication and division. It had many other scales too, but I never used them. For trig functions, logs, hyperbolics, etc I used my "CRC" (Chemical Rubber Company) book of math tables, also useful for its listings of common integrals and differentials and its sketches of the curves of hundreds of mathematical functions.

By the time I graduated, the pocket calculator was just being introduced.

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Figured out how to get the Bing AI to talk about itself. And a frightening response from Microsoft. - RobVG - 5/17/2023 5:49:42 PM
- Thinking out loud. - ER - 5/17/2023 7:02:27 PM
  - Also out loud - podrock - 5/18/2023 2:49:08 AM
    - Slipstick memories - ER - 5/18/2023 3:51:52 AM
      - Tables - podrock - 5/18/2023 4:16:06 PM
        
        What are the tables for? - ER - 5/18/2023 8:27:27 PM
        
        Topographic calculations - podrock - 5/18/2023 10:32:54 PM
        
        It's a great compass, - podrock - 5/19/2023 12:53:06 AM
        
        That's a beauty, all right. - ER - 5/19/2023 3:25:08 AM
        
        The compass underground - podrock - 5/19/2023 3:30:04 AM
        
        I added another img while you were typing. - ER - 5/19/2023 3:34:44 AM
        
        30 years ago - podrock - 5/19/2023 3:46:20 AM
        
        BTW - ER - 5/19/2023 3:37:56 AM
        
        Yup - podrock - 5/19/2023 3:48:22 AM

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