re: #627 buzzsawmonkey

You might as well give up now.

Truth to tell, I never learned to properly use a slide rule—to my father’s deep disappointment. I do, however, believe that students should still be forced to learn how to use one rather than be permitted to use calculators; the slide rule is a tool in which the intellect has to be engaged, while the calculator merely does the work for you and spits out the answer.

The former is a means for education; the latter moves the student down the road of laziness and stupidity.

GAK! *Head explodes!*
slide rule? slide rules should be against the law..except maybe in China.