The Slide Rule

[about_average]

The Slide Rule: A Computing Device That Put A Man On The Moon
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/10...a-computing-device-that-put-a-man-on-the-moon

Listen to the story too. For some reason the transcript is a different piece about slide rules.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I thought this was going to be about the NFL and tutus on Quarterbacks...

Back in the day, when men were men and played men's games,



... I used a slide rule. It was all we had.

 

[about_average]

I still have my dad's K&E. Haven't used it in quite a few years though. I should dig it out.

For the young ones here.
http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/n909es/virtual-n909-es.html

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I had three or four of them at one point.

I never saw them again after I left for boot camp. The parents probably tossed them because they didn't know what they were...

 

[chillywilly2]

I still have mine...I don't use it but I can't bear to toss it out

 

[phrodeau]

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=412644