Pulp, SASS#28319 Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Great movie, but not one of the engineers was totin' a slide rule. I'd reckon the younger folks reading this are asking, "What's a slide rule?" Quote
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Not even in the case hanging off their belts? Quote
Pulp, SASS#28319 Posted January 7, 2017 Author Posted January 7, 2017 If there was one I missed it. Quote
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 It is a very good movie, but Pulp you're right, where were the slide rules??? Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 (edited) I always did figures in my head. Hated it in the army when I had use forms, pencils, and books of log tables. Maybe slide rules didn't have the required degree of accuracy. They are not 5 digit instruments. Edited January 7, 2017 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Quote
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Haven't seen it yet. Did they have pocket protectors? Quote
Sedalia Dave Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 I could have loaned them a half dozen. :lol: Quote
Cusz M. Dutch SASS Life 55326 Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 going through stuff a while back and found my slide rule. Took a few tries to get it to work - old battery a little weak would be my quess... Quote
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 going through stuff a while back and found my slide rule. Took a few tries to get it to work - old battery a little weak would be my quess... The contacts are likely corroded. That or the denominator is stuck. Quote
Trailrider #896 Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 I've got a very fine slipstick that will calculate almost anything. Had a carrying case that I used to hook to my belt. Once I got out of college (1965), never used it! By the time I got out into the aerospace industry, electronic calculators had made the sliderule obsolete! Showed it to a couple of high school students...and could barely remember how some of the more archane scales worked! My current "sliderule" is a pocket calculator that cost about $15. It has trig functions and statistical functions on it. There are pocket calculators today that have more memory than the main computers aboard the Apollo spacecraft and maybe even the Space Shuttles! Quote
J-BAR #18287 Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Reminds me of an old Asimov short story: http://downlode.org/Etext/power.html Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 Reminds me of an old Asimov short story: http://downlode.org/Etext/power.html That is in the top ten of my favorite Azimov short stories. The Machine That Won The War is also pretty good. That link will download a Word.doc for you. Quote
Dustin Checotah Posted January 8, 2017 Posted January 8, 2017 I used a slide rule in High School physics and in the Navy's Nuclear Power School, even though portable electronic calculaters were available. The top rule is the one I used. Dustin Checotah Quote
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