free slide ruler from Compaq

[mysterX]

http://www5.compaq.com/hpc/advantagehptc/sliderule.html

[welfareloser]

very cool.

anyone happen to know whether or not you have to have the right answers to get the prize? i'm not reading a 36-page technical document...

[regionfree]

These are my answers, don't know if they are correct...
1. False
2. 512 processors
3. 16,000+ processors
4. False
5. More than 200MBytes/sec

[Cyberian]

I had the same answers as "regionfree" - That doesn't make them right, but I did browse through the document. It was actually somewhat interesting.

BTW - What is this thing for??!!

;)

[welfareloser]

you don't know what a slide rule is?!?!?! it's how you did calculus before scientific calculators.

[Cyberian]

you don't know what a slide rule is?!?!?! it's how you did calculus before scientific calculators.

I wuz kiddin' !

I had a Pickett and a K&E (dec/dec, log/log), both with the leather sheath and belt loop.

A wonderful way to show one's nerdiness even if you didn't wear glasses that you could tape up with white adhesive tape!

:)

[Tuvi]

i really hope those answers are right (sorry, but i am just too lazy to read through a 36 pg document)! i love slide rules!!

[AmRivlin]

W/ out one! I passed Calc2 with my TI 89 with a C

[Tuvi]

Originally posted by AmRivlin
W/ out one! I passed Calc2 with my TI 89 with a C
omg you had a ti 89 and you only got a c?? those calculators do everything for you! now back in my day, we couldn't even use calculators in calc class! errr crappin youngins

[AmRivlin]

Anyway I did well in Calc1 but for some reason struggled in 2, maybe because I relied on my calc too much. :) Damn Mario Brothers didn't give me the answer...