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What has been your most arcane technical skill?	by run.dll	2004-12-12 16:22:03
I can change my wallpaper in win95	by funky_monkey	2004-12-12 18:04:08
Calculators? My old (ahem) slide rule	by run.dll	2004-12-12 19:14:40
was a real money maker for me as I started using them just as they were becoming truely obsolete. I once got an evening of beer (well, three more pints) from three math grad friends who took up my bet that I could find the area of a circle (given the radius) faster than they could on a calculator. (There is a way, and it still works :] The following week, another three beer (same victims) when they took me up on a bet that I couldn't do a legitimate 8 sig. fig calculation on my slide rule (legitimate = not the square root of four or similar cheesy evasion.) (Again, there is a way.) The third week (this was at the science grad Friday happy hour) I made some _really_ preposterous claim and none of them would take me up on it, having been twice burned. I used a slide rule for many years after they had gone the way of the dodo. There's one on the desk behind me. Still has the original batteries.
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I've never even seen a slide rule (n/t)	by funky_monkey	2004-12-12 19:33:18
For your edification:	by run.dll	2006-11-19 12:55:59
that is an odd device.	by funky_monkey	2004-12-12 22:31:40
Batteries ? Batteries? Never seen a slide rule	by jedidiahstott	2004-12-12 19:57:00
Just a joke, although	by run.dll	2004-12-12 20:07:01
is there an echo in here? (n/t)	by run.dll	2004-12-12 20:08:13
is there an echo in here? (n/t)	by funky_monkey	2004-12-12 22:47:00
Just a joke, although	by run.dll	2004-12-12 20:07:37

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