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

James Knott schreef op 25-07-15 om 20:54:
> 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.

To tell you the truth: I still use my slide rule, very easy and useful 
for calculations that need only to be about 95% accurate with the 
correct order of magnitude. I even once corrected errors in an Excel 
spreadsheet with the help of my log tables in 7 decimals from the year 
1867. The author promised a "Louis d'Or" for each error in the tables!

Greetings,

Erik.


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