re: #816 buzzsawmonkey

I may be going a little too apocalyptic here, but I figure that if the country really falls apart under a combined series of terror attacks, knowing how to use a slide rule will be, perhaps not as necessary in the short run as knowing how to use a gun, but necessary for rebuilding society without having to rely on batteries.

My brother may be glad to hear that. He has one framed in his office (at one of our National Laboratories) with a sign underneath that says “In case of emergency, Break Glass.”