Well this might be promising...

[John Williamson]

Slide rule? Hell, they can't even make change in their heads, and most
have trouble figuring it out with pen and paper. I love going to the
store, and after I hand them the bills, I then give them some change
(usually the pennies). Non Sequitur. . . . (ooh's and ahs watching the
sparks and smoke )

If you really want to blow their minds, tell the shopkeeper when (s)he's
forgotten to ring up a item, and tell him(er) exactly how much you
should be paying. Extra points for having the right money ready...

It's almost as much fun when they try to overcharge you and you do the
same thing.

 

[Mellowed]

Leaving aside any issues of being mocked or not being mocked, can I
ask why you still use a slide rule these days? It would seem that a
small inexpensive pocket calculator is easier to use, faster, and more
accurate. Or even the Windows calc program.

By the way, I also have a slide rule on my desk. It's a circular slide
rule in the form of a pencil cup.

But I don't use it. It's there just as a decoration and to hold
pencils. <g> As a matter of fact, if I wanted to use it, it's been
so long since I've used a slide rule that it would take me a while to
play with it and remember how.

Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. I don't actively use any type of
calculator now days. I use the Windows one when checking for errors on
some spreadsheets. All Addition/Subtraction. Nothing a slide rule would
do. I don't carry a calculator either. No need for one any more. I'm
retired and dedicated to keeping life simple.

However, I did use the 6" rule a few years back when I needed some Trig
functions while massaging some driveway slopes. It was very convenient,
and fun! I was more amazed that I even remembered how to apply Trig
since my last Trig class was 50+ years ago.

 

[...winston]

Having had access to the Team and/or presenters via other means well in advance of CDAC from my experience nothing is revealed that
hasn't been approved or concurrently ready for release via the marketing channels. While inferences may be part of any side-line
conversation or presentation anything heard or said becomes public almost instantly thus any belief that privilege exists is an
overstatement.

But do feel free to enjoy the kool-aid.

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps


"Seth" wrote in message

I can assure you MSFT is not going to answer anything not already public.

The answer if not public will be the same as it is today.

'We have nothing to report at this time'

Apparently you've never been to a CDAC.

 

[Ken Blake]

Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. I don't actively use any type of
calculator now days. I use the Windows one when checking for errors on
some spreadsheets. All Addition/Subtraction. Nothing a slide rule would
do. I don't carry a calculator either. No need for one any more.

OK, thanks for the clarification.

I'm
retired and dedicated to keeping life simple.

Me too.

However, I did use the 6" rule a few years back when I needed some Trig
functions while massaging some driveway slopes.

the Windows calc program, or any calculator program does it too. I
rely on that.

It was very convenient,
and fun! I was more amazed that I even remembered how to apply Trig
since my last Trig class was 50+ years ago.

Mine was 60 years ago.

 

[Chris S.]

.......................snippage..............

OK, thanks for the clarification.




Me too.



the Windows calc program, or any calculator program does it too. I
rely on that.




Mine was 60 years ago.

Late 50s, early 60s. Perdue. West Lafayette, Indiana.
I had both a K&E and a Post slide rule.

On Friday, I would sell one of them back to the bookstore for
$20, to buy weekend beer! Later, I could buy it back for $22...

Chris

 

[mick]

Slide rule? Hell, they can't even make change in their heads, and most have
trouble figuring it out with pen and paper. I love going to the store, and
after I hand them the bills, I then give them some change (usually the
pennies). Non Sequitur. . . . (ooh's and ahs watching the sparks and smoke
)

Its the same worldwide, no one can add up any more that is why the cash
till tells them how much change to give you. In the UK we have both
English and Metric measurement systems, now if thats not confusing I
don't know what is. it doesn't bother me as I have grown up with both.
I went into a shop last week to order new carpet and gave them the
measurements in English because that is what it was on the previous
plan I had. Young assistant ask me to go home and re-measure in
metres, when I said why can't you just covert my feet and inches to
metres, he said it would not be accurate enough LOL
We summoned the manager and then all was well, although I do despair at
times with the youth of today

 

[Mellowed]

the Windows calc program, or any calculator program does it too. I
rely on that.

But that didn't fit into my shirt pocket.

 

[Laszlo Lebrun]

Jeez man, the old slide rule. Youth sentiments?
Wonderful thing. Complicated but it always worked!

Yes but it was soooo inaccurate!
The logarithm tables with 6 digits were much more precise.
;-)

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I had the micturation extracted when I built my own calculator from a
set of chips on a home etched PCB while I was at college.

I have trouble understanding that sentence.

AFAICT, micturation means a desire or need to urinate.

Any assistance will be welcome

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Yes but it was soooo inaccurate!
The logarithm tables with 6 digits were much more precise.
;-)

But less portable ...

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

I have trouble understanding that sentence.

AFAICT, micturation means a desire or need to urinate.

Any assistance will be welcome

=> "Taking the mickey" ...

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Slide rule? Hell, they can't even make change in their heads, and most have
trouble figuring it out with pen and paper. I love going to the store, and
after I hand them the bills, I then give them some change (usually the
pennies). Non Sequitur. . . . (ooh's and ahs watching the sparks and smoke
)

One of my favorite experiences (a few years ago now) was when I bought
10 items at $1.29 each, and the clerk wrote the numbers on a piece of
paper and computed the result by long multiplication:

1.29
x10

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

=> "Taking the mickey" ...

Sorry, I don't speak English[1].

Fortunately, Google does,or at least knows someone who does.

Thanks for the clarification (and it was a clarification, thanks to
Google's buddy, http://www.phrases.org.uk).

[1] Although I *do* speak a vaguely related language

 

[Drewdove]

And all of a sudden we are going to upgrade to Windows 8.1?
I don't think so!

Fokke

And all of a sudden I can buy a new computer instead of fishing the return
bins for a 7 machine.

 

[Drewdove]

Per Seth: http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/16/microsoft-may-bring-back-start-button-and-desktop/

One wonders why on *earth* they removed them in the first place....

Maybe Paul's got it with "They want to get you into their App Store.
They want to cut you off from you legacy applications. ".

While watching a show about the 80s they did a segment on New Coke.

Get ready for Windows Classic!

 

[Juan Wei]

Chris S. has written on 4/17/2013 3:34 PM:

Late 50s, early 60s. Perdue. West Lafayette, Indiana.

I was a graduate student in EE from Sept 57 to Jan 59! What was your major?

PS: It's "Purdue". "Perdue" means "lost" in French.

 

[SC Tom]

One of my favorite experiences (a few years ago now) was when I bought
10 items at $1.29 each, and the clerk wrote the numbers on a piece of
paper and computed the result by long multiplication:

1.29
x10

What, no tax? LOL!!

Kudos to the clerk for actually KNOWING what long multiplication is

 

[Chris S.]

Chris S. has written on 4/17/2013 3:34 PM:

I was a graduate student in EE from Sept 57 to Jan 59! What was your
major?

PS: It's "Purdue". "Perdue" means "lost" in French.

OOPS! Fat fingers. Must have been thinking about chicken...

Got my BSEE in spring of '61.
Lived in Cary Hall Quad for the first 3 years...
Drank my beer at the Wagon Wheel in Lafayette.....

Chris

 

[Paul]

What, no tax? LOL!!

Kudos to the clerk for actually KNOWING what long multiplication is

Proving once again, our education system is not a failure

Paul

 

[Ken Blake]

......................snippage..............


Late 50s, early 60s. Perdue. West Lafayette, Indiana.
I had both a K&E and a Post slide rule.

On Friday, I would sell one of them back to the bookstore for
$20, to buy weekend beer! Later, I could buy it back for $22...

I was graduated from High School in 1955. Trigonometry was in my third
year, 53-54, so it was almost exactly 50 years ago,

If I remember correctly, I also had a K&E.