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Topic 15 of 69: Slide Rules

Mon, Feb 15, 1999 (22:17) | Wolf (wolf)
for ray, since he hasn't done this already.
64 responses total. 

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 1 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Mon, Feb 15, 1999 (22:18) * 1 lines
so, dear ratthing, when're you gonna show us a pic (for those of us sliderule challenged)?

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 2 of 64: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Tue, Feb 16, 1999 (19:50) * 4 lines


oh! i'll find one for you!


 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 3 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Tue, Feb 16, 1999 (22:50) * 2 lines
go, ray, go!
slide, ray, slide!

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 4 of 64: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Wed, Feb 17, 1999 (23:31) * 6 lines


this page is totally awesome...

http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/sruniverse.html


 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 5 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Feb 18, 1999 (19:14) * 1 lines
like, totally, fer shur?

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 6 of 64: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Thu, Feb 18, 1999 (22:20) * 4 lines


dude...


 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 7 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, Feb 18, 1999 (22:42) * 1 lines
ok, now i know what they look like, but what are they for? kinda reminds me of the "sliderule" i use to get the right distance for sewing hemlines.

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 8 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Feb 18, 1999 (22:47) * 1 lines
they are primitive calculators, Wolfie...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 9 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, Feb 18, 1999 (22:49) * 1 lines
primitive? damn, they look pretty complicated to me. like an abacus or something? or for stuff like concrete? (my neighbor gave me one made of plastic, kinda neat)

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 10 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Feb 18, 1999 (22:52) * 1 lines
I'll let Ray take over from here...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 11 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, Feb 18, 1999 (22:53) * 1 lines
uh, t'anks!

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 12 of 64: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Fri, Feb 19, 1999 (19:43) * 15 lines

primitive, indeed! they are ultracool and ultracomplex!!

sliderules were used in pre-calculator days to multiply, divide, calculate
squares and cubes, square roots and cube roots, logrithms, and a
variety of other trig functions. the basic concept behind the slide
rule was that of ratios and proportions. you slid the parts of the
sliderule to a certain position, then read your answer off.

the advantage of a calculator over a slide rule is of course speed and
accuracy. however, slide rules don't need batteries and can last for
many, many years. also, learning things like powers and logrithms on
a slide rule makes it easier to understand them than just typing
numbers into a calculator!


 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 13 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Feb 19, 1999 (19:57) * 1 lines
wow, thanks.....

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 14 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Feb 20, 1999 (00:32) * 1 lines
(I knew I'd get you going, Ray...)

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 15 of 64: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Sat, Feb 20, 1999 (10:52) * 3 lines

you evil, evil man!


 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 16 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Feb 20, 1999 (12:21) * 3 lines
be that as it may...
I can be effective!
(and probably affective, as well...)

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 17 of 64: Ray Lopez (ratthing) * Sat, Feb 20, 1999 (21:44) * 4 lines

convective?

,

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 18 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sun, Feb 21, 1999 (01:00) * 1 lines
hmmm...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 19 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Wed, Mar  3, 1999 (04:36) * 1 lines
Hey, but there's other ways to do the math thang, too. Somewhere around my place, stuffed in some moving boxes I got a book that does all that for you! Right, it says something like "Don't calc it - Look it up!" on the cover. Lotsa numbers in there, too...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 20 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (14:23) * 3 lines
Hmh, Ray's doing the ring-thing and gets himself married? Might explain why it's so quiet around this place here...

Will he have to store his slide-rule collection in the garage? Or will she be thrilled and have them displayed on the living room wall? Will she embark with Ray on a crazed, all-out world-spanning slide-rule hunt without remorse or mercy?

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 21 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (14:29) * 9 lines
YES!!!

YES!!!

YES!!!

YES!!!

YES!!!

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 22 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (14:31) * 1 lines
So, what will happen? I take Gate B...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 23 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (14:34) * 1 lines
I'm usually preferential to the back door...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 24 of 64: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (14:46) * 2 lines
wow.
thanks for the visual WER...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 25 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (15:14) * 4 lines
I knew you'd approve and,
you're welcome.

Anything else I can do for you?

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 26 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (15:17) * 1 lines
Oooh, Wer, does that mean you also collect these things, what's this topic called, these sli...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 27 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (15:19) * 1 lines
no, but my father has a cool one...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 28 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (15:30) * 1 lines
Boy, where are you from! The Ozarks or what! I didn't know that it was that deeply, uh, rooted...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 29 of 64: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (15:52) * 1 lines
WER is from Ireland... trapped helplessly in an Italian kitchen... he played bagpipes in high school and went to college on a scholarship based on his blowing talents... I knew him during those college years... what a dramatic transformation...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 30 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr  8, 1999 (19:57) * 1 lines
oops...forgot about all that...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 31 of 64: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Fri, Apr  9, 1999 (14:06) * 1 lines
well pull out your yearbook WERsie! (that was my college nickname for heim)

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 32 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (00:43) * 1 lines
yessum, tongue-twister (that was my nickname for her...)

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 33 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (14:18) * 1 lines
So, why didn't this work out, one might wonder?

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 34 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sat, Apr 10, 1999 (14:45) * 1 lines
but it did, Alexander, it did

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 35 of 64: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (00:25) * 1 lines
*grin*

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 36 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sun, Apr 11, 1999 (01:45) * 3 lines
oh, the memories!

(past, present, and future...)

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 37 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (13:12) * 1 lines
So, you've been together in college or what? And what about this Brandon guy? Does he do Sushi, and she got fed up with pasta?

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 38 of 64: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Apr 12, 1999 (20:05) * 2 lines
he likes sushi...
he likes pasta too!

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 39 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (00:29) * 1 lines
as does Stacey...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 40 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (12:10) * 3 lines
And! And! What's that with you guys? Were you once affiliated, so to speak, or is that none of my biz? What happened at college?

(But then, hadn't I once found in the innards of this place the very first posts you'd exchanged? Didn't look like you guys knew each other then...)

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 41 of 64: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (13:21) * 1 lines
*grin*

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 42 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (13:44) * 1 lines
*wider grin*

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 43 of 64: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (15:53) * 1 lines
*cheshire cat grin*

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 44 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (20:49) * 6 lines
you are correct on all counts, Alexander...
we are affiliated (so to speak)...
of course it is your business since a lot of it is posted around here...
Stacey graduated, I flunked out...

(we knew each other, we just hadn't met yet...)

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 45 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (20:51) * 2 lines
So *ahem* anyone seen a good slide rule, lately?
Or used one?

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 46 of 64: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Apr 13, 1999 (23:19) * 1 lines
what is the rule about sliding anyway???

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 47 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Wed, Apr 14, 1999 (15:40) * 1 lines
I thought of all people here, you two guys knew!

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 48 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (00:26) * 1 lines
sometimes, it is safer to pretend otherwise...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 49 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (13:06) * 5 lines
Oh. Excuse me. Wait, I'll rephrase that:

"I'd never thought of all people here, you two guys wouldn't know!"

Yep. Wer you're right - this looks much better!

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 50 of 64: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (13:09) * 1 lines
sometimes WER just acts coy...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 51 of 64: wer  (KitchenManager) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (14:10) * 1 lines
and sometimes I just don't know how to act...

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 52 of 64: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Thu, Apr 15, 1999 (14:35) * 2 lines
...but I always compensate by blindly typing aheaökbgbm abökkhnbälmadfhbnoäikkm qjed#pjgsnbyüpkm., aerhbpouj4n-ydnfb anyway. Yes, I understand perfectly. 


 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 53 of 64: Conf admin (cfadm) * Mon, Jan 31, 2005 (03:58) * 1 lines
Alexander, William and Stacey. Where art thou?

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 54 of 64: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Mon, Oct  3, 2005 (19:23) * 3 lines
I thought the conf admin knew everything. Alas some of us go missing. I miss Alexander. I wonder how he is or ... *gasp*

Does someone actually collect these? They have disappeared from sight except for the few of us who had to learn it way back before I was born. *;)

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 55 of 64: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Oct  5, 2005 (00:23) * 3 lines
Hey, just to drift a bit. Wolfie, I had lunch in San Antonio today at a *fabulous* Mexican restaurant downtown.

OK. Back to your regularly scheduled slide rules.

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 56 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Wed, Oct  5, 2005 (22:49) * 3 lines
nooooo, you have to tell me what it was---don't just leave me hangin'!

wasn't it ray who collected sliderules? ok, now i have to go all the way back to the beginning to find out!

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 57 of 64: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct  7, 2005 (10:41) * 6 lines
I don't remember the name, but I had to walk about a block from the Bank of America building. Do you know where the Bank of America Building is lcoated?

There's a fancy Mexican restaurant downtown that's a long walk. This is the low cost one, but the food was *great* and I had two big platefuls for 6 bucks.

And iced tea.


 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 58 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Oct  7, 2005 (21:08) * 1 lines
and the name of it would be............ (please, fill in the blank)....we don't go downtown much. when my daughter's destiny twin (her VBF with the same first and middle name and resembles her) came to visit, we packed in the car and walked around the riverwalk and ate at the hard rock. haven't been back since....

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 59 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Oct  7, 2005 (21:08) * 1 lines
i have no idea where the bank of america building is either....

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 60 of 64: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct  7, 2005 (23:51) * 7 lines
I'll find out.

The B of A is at 300 Convent Street. There's a big piano in the lobby.

The Mexican restaurant is a block or two away.

It's near the intersection of Convent and N St. Mary's street.

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 61 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Sat, Oct  8, 2005 (15:39) * 1 lines
was half of it outside?

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 62 of 64: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Oct  9, 2005 (17:29) * 1 lines
Negative.

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 63 of 64: Wolf  (wolf) * Sun, Oct  9, 2005 (18:54) * 1 lines
i went to a mexican restaurant on the river walk years ago that was pretty good. it was open to the weather, which was fine, but you had to worry about pigeons.

 Topic 15 of 69 [collecting]: Slide Rules
 Response 64 of 64: Conf admin (cfadm) * Fri, Mar 31, 2006 (20:07) * 1 lines
I'm due for another San Antonio trip soon.
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