Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: [OT] Operating Environment Survey

Harvey Nimmo <harvey -AT- nimmo.de>
Sat, 25 Jul 2015 21:52:46 +0200

On Sat, 2015-07-25 at 14:54 -0400, James Knott wrote:

On 07/25/2015 09:35 AM, Graham P Davis wrote:

We only had log tables; standard slide rules weren't allowed as they
were too inaccurate. Drifting a bit more OT, ball-point pens weren't allowed either, only 
fountain pens.

To put this in some sort of perspective, I left school in 1962 aged 18.


Did they have slide rules way back then?  ;-)

We used them in physics and electricity & electronics classes.

Yes, that was shortly after they finally ditched the abacus


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Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey (continued)
- Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey · Tom Williams
- Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey · James Wilde

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