re: #433 vxbush

So many people were used to calculating sines, cosines, and tangents using calculators that when they had to use tables to find values on the normal or chi-squared distributions they had to be taught from scratch how to use them.

I was taught once how to use log tables and slide rules, but it’s been so long now I’m not sure I could do it.

I once had a smart-ass teacher say that calculators weren’t allowed for the test, but that anyone who wanted to bring a slide-rule was welcome. My father tried his best to teach me how to use his, but I just didn’t get it.
I wish I had tried a little harder at it, would be a neat skill to have.