[ale] OT - Portable Drive
Geoffrey
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Mon Dec 10 17:41:44 EST 2007
Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 16:47 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Here's the first computer I worked with:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2k7lde
>
> :-)
>
>> Later one of these:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/32sob9
>
> I recall reading something a few years back that blamed the poor quality
> of EE students coming out of schools on the lack of teaching
> sliderulers. I never studied sliderulers in school, but I do recall my
> father (now a retired mechanical engineer) teaching me how to use one
> when I was a kid. I can't say that I ever have used that skill, but it
> hasn't hurt knowing it. ;-)
When I first started college at Lousiana Tech University, a slide rule
was a requirement for all EE majors. I actually learned to use a
sliderule in high school.
--
Until later, Geoffrey
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
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