Greetings, There are a lot of things we do on this list which may not be obvious to newcomers, and some of us veterans need reminders from time to time, too....
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Dec 1, 2008 11:57 am
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Congratulations and thanks to all the SRU annual foodbank auction winners: http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/auction.html we managed to raise over $600 this year...
Google has opened up scanned photos from he Life magazine collection. most have never been published. A search of "slide rule" returns a few images: ...
John, Also from Google Images a search just for "slide rule" (without the qualifying source:life) brings up a whole raft of interesting images, some from sites...
... Hash: SHA1 ... When I went there, "Build Yourself a Slide Rule" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmv_R2hOnNI&feature=related) was in the sidebar as a...
Hi Folks: Here's the past week's top 40 completed eBay slide rule auctions (as of today). Have a good weekend, Dave For direct links, go to this page and...
The following sliderule poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: As far as my estate planning, considering my slide rules and/or other...
Imagine two identical square post it notes one on top of the other. Ignore the fact that there is a temporary adhesive sticking them together :-). If you...
This is strictly a paper geometry/algebra problem-- no sliderule needed. Don't cheat by drawing it accurately and measuring precisely. Start with a rectangle,...
Hi Everyone, As many will know, ebay.com and ebay.de have recently decided to hide the winner's identity (i.e. login name) behind ebay's allocated code name. ...
... While I don't find the information useful, I still see the winner's name on every auction I have bid on. I still use the old My eBay Summary page, not the...
... I've been busy the last few days, so just now got around to working this - I did it all algebraically up to the last step - I suspect you may have had in...
... needed. ... base of ... triangle). Now, ... vertical ... The ... Call the length of the short side of the rectangle "a" and of the long side "b" and call...
Wired Magazine did an obituary for Edmund Gunter today. It's at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1210 It even mentions that the...
Hi Group, Just a quick note to let you know that I just put some new K+E slide rules on the Vintage Instruments web site, with specials for the holidays and...
Hi all, I visited my father for Thanksgiving and he sent me home with a couple slide rules. One (a K&E 4081-3) appears to have been dropped. The cursor is in...
Here are my thoughts, from a U.S perspective. Unfortunately lack of good math education is a real problem, as we are all aware. The other day, I gave a clerk...
... I'm in high school right now (private and extremely difficult) and we're doing Alg II. I think my teacher can't even do what we're doing without a...
Hi, Matthew, I bought a replacement cursor for my K&E 4092-3 from the Slide Rule Trading Company at http://home.att.net/~ross1/SRTC/SRTC.htm. The rule came...
Craig and all, My wife and I have sons, 12 and 15 (7th and 10th grade). Our youngest is a gadget happy kid who likes math, science, slide rules, anything with...
... I have no kids, so can't comment on the quality of Math education here in Canada, and all my friends are math whizzes (I work at Maplesoft), but what is...
Steve Treadwell is indeed correct-- the squares are the same size, s = (a x b) / (a + b). The 3-dimensional case shows the same result for cubes inscribed in...
All I can add to Dick Rose's comments is AMEN!!! Unfortunately, I've heard some teachers say "we don't need to teach arithmetic; everyone has a calculator"! I...
Hi, all, did the Pickett 1010 series of small SRs ever have one with a DF/M scale? I have the vague recollection that I've seen one but can't find either web...
Dick's comments are right on point! I just want to add a little more to further explain why our math and science education is in shambles in most of the...
Hi Cyron and Group, Cyron, I knew that you had a great mind. :-) The education problem is not particularly the teachers' fault, nor is it particularly...
Hi Kyron and Group, Interesting points, Kyron. Here's a brief thought that I wrote, off list, to another member. "In my opinion, after basic arithmetic should...
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