RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] beginner slide rule wanted

["Keeler, Matthew R." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Shhh... Don't tell Matthew's mom he's using a big, extra-fancy
calculator to communicate with folks via the MLUG discussion list! ;)

Matthew R. Keeler
Systems Support Analyst
University of MO-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine



-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Miller [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:22 PM
To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] beginner slide rule wanted


On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Matthew Ross wrote:

> > A slide rule, or in-the-head calculation, might be faster than a 
> > calculator, but neither will ever be as precise or definitive -- you

> > can't get more than about 3 significant digits from the slide rule.
>
> You can, it's just a matter of what method you use. Given some of the 
> results I've gotten from calculators and their shortcut tables, I 
> don't know how signifigant we can consider their digits.

Please tell us more about this.  It's a remarkable claim.


> I was home schooled, and my mother didn't believe in calculators, 
> which helped my math skills a lot.

She didn't believe in using calculators?  I hope she believes that it's
OK once you've learned to do the arithmetic by hand.  Calculators are
good things!

Mike
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