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77. Slide rules sent 24 men to the moon, 3 men went twice.

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #75)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:54 AM

May 2020

I love slide rules. I remember when they were commonly available at Woolworth.

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Isaac Asimov - Science and science fiction writer [View all] lunatica May 2020 OP

One of my favorite authors... cayugafalls May 2020 #1

He's a favorite of mine too lunatica May 2020 #8

I loved his writing on superconductivity. nt Blue_true May 2020 #65

Sadly, when it came to misogny, he was right there with the ignorants. soldierant May 2020 #32

A great body of work created by a deeply flawed individual. Girard442 May 2020 #46

And Jefferson... SouthernAtheist May 2020 #57

Was that a fixture of his time? I read that Albert Einstein was a big woman chaser. Blue_true May 2020 #66

TO some degree, yes. Not, I think, to the degree to which he took it. soldierant May 2020 #79

his words were so true and now we are paying for it. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #2

Nailed it. Nt BootinUp May 2020 #3

Thank you for posting this. Brother Mythos May 2020 #4

I know what a slide rule is AND lunatica May 2020 #9

I'm too much of a gentleman to ask how old you are. Brother Mythos May 2020 #11

I'll be 72 in a couple of months lunatica May 2020 #13

Ten years ago, I had to take a slide rule to work.... lastlib May 2020 #37

Well, they really were "state-of-the-art" or near it tech for quite some time. Brother Mythos May 2020 #42

I missed out on the sliderule use. I had one college Chemistry professor that stubbornly required Blue_true May 2020 #67

The slide rule sent a man to the moon. I still have my Fathers when he worked on Gemini and Appolo. Lochloosa May 2020 #75

Slide rules sent 24 men to the moon, 3 men went twice. LastDemocratInSC May 2020 #77

I still have my Post VersaLog II laminated bamboo slide rule dumbcat May 2020 #84

Nice Rule. I'm not sure which one my Father used. I'll have to break it out and look. Lochloosa May 2020 #86

I learned to use one in High School.... Happy Hoosier May 2020 #85

My husband and I have a collection of slide rules csziggy May 2020 #17

I still have my old bamboo and plastic "Post" model. Brother Mythos May 2020 #21

My Dada had a collection and I'm sure what they all are csziggy May 2020 #23

Fortunately, I never needed to buy an expensive slide rule. Brother Mythos May 2020 #36

I wanted to keep my Dad's collection of calculators csziggy May 2020 #45

Sounds like you own several pieces of historical Tech. nt Blue_true May 2020 #70

Yeah, but I need to figure out what to do with it csziggy May 2020 #71

No, I don't know of any places of that sort. Blue_true May 2020 #73

You might be surprised how much some of it's worth. Lochloosa May 2020 #76

Cute! soldierant May 2020 #31

My dad and I used to have races with our sab390 May 2020 #18

I never bought a fancy slide rule. Brother Mythos May 2020 #27

My first SR-50 was $360 (plus tax). lastlib May 2020 #39

Ha! SouthernAtheist May 2020 #58

I don't remember what HP model(s) engineering students like me were using in '74 ... Brother Mythos May 2020 #59

I remember seeing "Apollo 13" in the theater . . . . hatrack May 2020 #68

Great post. Dr. Asimov was always way above his time. IllinoisBirdWatcher May 2020 #5

A good friend used this quote malaise May 2020 #6

I came to a somewhat vague awareness of these people lunatica May 2020 #19

That's why Sinclair Lewis wrote "It Can't Happen Here" misanthrope May 2020 #69

That's been true for a very long time. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2020 #7

I was working in UC Berkeley (in administration) when in lunatica May 2020 #12

I believe that the primacy of ignorance over knowledge for some people trace Blue_true May 2020 #72

+1000 Spot on. n/t Beartracks May 2020 #10

A toast to Isaac Asimov Hekate May 2020 #14

I have this very quote with a much older picture of him on my desk. Awesome quote. alwaysinasnit May 2020 #15

The photo in the meme is a very old one...this is what he looked like in 1980: SeattleVet May 2020 #22

What a great memory for you! lunatica May 2020 #24

What a great memory; thanks for sharing it. The picture I have is the one below. alwaysinasnit May 2020 #26

The First program I got paid for was on that computer. judeling May 2020 #44

I love Arthur C. Clark too! lunatica May 2020 #52

I had one of those TRS-80 Pocket PC's /nt localroger May 2020 #55

Wonder if it's coincidence Mercurian May 2020 #16

I imagine there is no coincidence lunatica May 2020 #20

I think it was foresight and/or prophecy Glorfindel May 2020 #34

K & R warmfeet May 2020 #25

My mom used to clean his teeth Marrah_Goodman May 2020 #28

I'm guessing it wasn't that his teeth were cruddy. He was known to be a letch. erronis May 2020 #35

When Trump is gone, we'll have to face the real problem: Trump supporters William Seger May 2020 #29

It's a one page article - worth the read. Jim__ May 2020 #30

Thank you! lunatica May 2020 #48

I'm reading Astounding, by Alec Nevala-Lee right now. Pobeka May 2020 #33

Heinlein was my first Science Fiction author lunatica May 2020 #49

Mine, too, although I started in 5th grade. rsdsharp May 2020 #56

He was one of my first, and remains my favorite. Greatest SF author of all time. Dial H For Hero May 2020 #82

Love all of Asimov's work angrychair May 2020 #38

Experts keithbvadu2 May 2020 #40

What really amazes me on YouTube is that real scientists often get only a small following airplaneman May 2020 #61

I wish I could see what everyone is seeing OnlinePoker May 2020 #41

It's a picture of Isaac Asimov lunatica May 2020 #51

Thank-you very much. n/t OnlinePoker May 2020 #64

I wrote a paper about anti-intellectualism Collimator May 2020 #43

Ah, good answer 'Spock'! I love the arched eyebrow reference. It's like I was in class one... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #50

I had a similar experience in class in grade school when the teacher asked lunatica May 2020 #81

That is a good experience. I bet you got some ribbing from your classmates, but at least you got SWBTATTReg May 2020 #83

At that time I was a tomboy lunatica May 2020 #87

I was branded with the nickname "know it all" lunatica May 2020 #54

Not dim and refuse to fake it for your comfort. SouthernAtheist May 2020 #62

Wise. It's like the 'blind leading the blind' saying (no disrespect meant for our hard of ... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #47

More like the stupid leading the ignorant. Throckmorton May 2020 #53

Does anyone else have a copy of Lecherous Limericks? ironflange May 2020 #60

His writing so influenced me as a teen. I gained huge interest in science and Blue_true May 2020 #63

And main tap root of this wilful ignorance is the bad idea known as... NeoGreen May 2020 #74

KNR niyad May 2020 #78

Thanks. lunatica May 2020 #80