... started ... And ... developer of ... As I noted - the NY Times says Rutan: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/29/technology/29CND-ROCK.html ... Since the...
Slide rule sighted:- on a 70's book cover titled WINNING AT WORK. I snapped a foto of the book whilst in the store. Anyone interested I can email you a pix. ...
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Display <http://www.theindychannel.com/travelgetaways/3772674/detail.html> Honors Slide Rule's Place In History INDYchannel.com - Indianapolis,IN,USA Robert...
One quick comment about storing things in plastic bags: coin collectors know that storing coins in plastic bags will eventually lead to a buildup of ugly...
Rutan's slide rule is a Pickett 3-T. He showed it to me a number of years ago at Buchannan Field in Northern California. He told me he cleaned it with a...
I have found a very good set of small screwdrivers. (Vastly superior to those wretched sets that sell for a dollar or two.) They are made by Wiha in Germany....
In Herman's book on page 20 it states that there is a CD not included with the book, and that it is "available separately". Does anyone know where I can get a...
I keep a cardboard E6B in my car, to figure gas milage. I have an aluminum one which I think would be great for DR navigation on the boat, more for the vector...
If anyone is using a database manager on a PC to keep track of their rules, I would like to know what software you use. I don't need a lot of power or even a...
Convention Update: All slide rule enthusiasts are invited to attend the next Slide Rule Convention and World Championship Slide Rule Competition on Saturday,...
I have noted something that is probably old hat, but wanted to get the groups feelings on this. Looking at the time dilation and Lorentz contraction gamma ...
Thanks. Yes, I later learned that indeed it was Rutan's SR, and I then posted a correction. :) Kindly, Gary Flom ... From: "mrklingon" <joela@...> To:...
Wauwis: I have been using FileMakerPro, a very easy database to program that allows you to produce records that are as simple or complex as you desire....
The simplest would be Exel. It would do the job well. Any cell can be set for a link to something else. The output can be to html format. I would recommend it....
... with ... lasting ... slide ... for ... movie ... What surprised me was that it was such a basic rule - we're only given a glimpse of it in a couple of...
You had mentioned being surprised that it was such a basic rule. I believe that to most viewers *any* SR looks quite fancy, especially nowadays :) Gary Flom ...
I use HanDBase. It was invented for the Palm, and has a desktop component as well. If you have a Palm, then you can carry your database everywhere. While I...
... Mannheim ... cheap ... near ... Another reason to go see it! Thanks for the heads up guys. Btw, is this the same Duane Croft that builds puzzles? Daniel...
... When I was much younger, I had an old carburated van that wheezed out at 13,000' going up Pikes Peak... and had to be towed by a ranger the rest of the way...
Sure, you're right, but the cool thing, the thing that makes a movie like "Sky Captain" work, is the obsessive attention to getting period detail right. And it...
Well, you bring up an interesting point: since the movie ostensibly takes place in the interwar period--as I understand it, the 1930s (I haven't seen it yet...
I'm sure that to the makers, any slide rule looks "techie" -- of the movie makers who are old enough to have used them, how many would have ever used any but a...
... From: Daniel Hayes [mailto:swedishlf@...] Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 12:10 PM To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Subject: SR Re: Slide rule sighting...
Duane, No joke! As I type this I'm sitting in Nielson Hall at OU (with the SR display on the 1st floor). I'm packing my Picket N4-ES in my bag (which I just...
Our winter food bank slide rule auction is up and running at the Slide Rule Universe, some more interesting mystery boxes have been added, including one with 3...
Does anyone have any figures on the quantity of the Post 1461 10 inch slide rule? This is not the Pocket Rule but a full length one with the unique oval Post...
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