Make me feel just like a schoolboy, girl

Thanks a lot, Jesse. I wasn't infected by msbelle.

Hey, you can test that theory that if you start yelling obscenities, some route you to a person!

Manual Calculation: Using a Slide Rule (part 1)

I know a lot of people think that the idea of learning to use something like a slide rule is insane in an age of computers and calculators, and that this is a silly thing to post about. But I really love slide rules, and not just because I'm a geek. Slide rules make math tactile. Using a slide rule makes you understand how certain kinds of math work; and not just a theoretical understanding, but an understanding on a very concrete, physical level.

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There are a couple of things to be said about slide rules up front. They're beautiful things, and the guy who invented them is an incredible genius. But they're not a tool for the weak-of-heart. Using a slide rule isn't like using an electronic calculator. You actually need to do an approximation of the calculation in your head, because the slide rule doesn't do powers of ten; you need to do that by yourself!

Now I totally want a nice old sliderule....

Aren't you guys friends with my agent, who is Erin's sister? At some point, how you met is irrelevant, righteo?

Yeah, that's what I think, really. I think it's because the coworker is young, so basically everyone she knows is either from high school, college, or work. She hasn't accumulated random friends from god-knows-where yet.

Now I totally want a nice old sliderule....

Saw an old scifi movie last week, the scientist said, "Bring me some paper, a pencil, and a sliderule!" And he was sitting there working the sliderule and scribbling. It was lovely.

Though I dreaded high school math because it was going to involve me using a sliderule. Fortunately calculators became available. My big Christmas present my Freshman year was a Texas Instruments calculator--it even did square roots!

I don't watch Dancing with the Stars, but I've heard Tucker Carlson got an embarrassing errection during his number with a sexy dancer.

It was too good not to youtube.

I don't know if the quality is that great but it looks like he gets wood.

Thatcher's Calculating Instrument. IJS.

I've seen one in person and it's beautiful. I want to find one for DH someday.

I've seen one in person and it's beautiful. I want to find one for DH someday.

Dear Mr. Cashmere,

The stories I've been hearing about you lately have made you out to be Ideal!Husband, so breathe easy. I'm pretty sure your wife means a slide rule above, and not the aforementioned Tucker Carlson wood.

Aw c'mon. I can't be the only person that had to think when reading Cashmere's second post.

OH MY WORD. YOU'RE ALL AT YOUTUBE.