I’ve wanted to learn to use a slide rule forever

I love this game. It remonds me of pogs

Check people who complain about slide rules for their understanding of significant figures. Calculator users will quote you a string of digits to put you to sleep when only the first 3-4 actually matter.

Kids these days... By the way, I started my engineering studies about 10 years after electronic calculators replaced slide rules. One of my teachers told me how hard it was to convince other teachers to abandon the teaching of slide rule techniques. The final nail in the coffin of slide rules was the IBM PC.

But, what if this wasn't a series of complex flashbacks, and this really was a game?

The names of everything related to the game makes it sound like it was invented by Dr. Seuss 😆

I really enjoyed that. Fascinating game and look into the world of the players.

You also have to know that, if it's off the scale, then you have to do use the 1 at the end of the scale, and read from the other side. e.g. 3*4=12. But more reasonable slide rules, like the kind you would have bought if you were an engineering student back in the day, have "folding scales" making this much simpler. They also do a lot more than multiply and divide. They also don't generally add. So I guess you could carry a slide rule and an abacus around :) Or learn to add without a machine. But yes, not as easy as a calculator, and far less precision. But quite cool to own, I have 3 or 4 of them.

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You did that for me. I now live in Bellevue ❤, soooo thankful

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I want to be part of the MIT

Why do they cost thousands of dollars in the United States? We have a lot of low income families and Medicare does will not pay that much. Please try.

They're saying they can't believe people used things like these, and I'm thinking "do they think electronic computers have always been around?".

"Slip stick" ... our reference to the slide rules .. 1970s.

I used to slide rule in physics it was so funny I sucked in math but had all A's and B's in physics lol even my math teacher couldn't believe it because I sucked in algebra but could understand the concepts of physics. Even I'm still blown away. Lol

I am also using a Nestler slide rule.

They made Mach 3 airplanes and went to the moon with this. Truly you could have genius without needed powerful computers and AI it's amazing

My class in high school was the last to learn to use the slide rule in 1976, I told that to an intern we have and she responded that she didn't know what that was. I hated that child.

If these children represent the future, we’re screwed

Sounds like you developed a drinking problem.

lifeboat navigation strongly recommends having a slide to do the math when navigating. electronics in a wet environment are not reliable and working fixes by hand take too long the sexant is the back up to gps.....people need to know both if they explore the oceans

Dr Pepperberg is amazing. I would love to meet her. ❤

Genuinely glad there are safety glasses available. Please remember to store flammables in a flammable's cabinet, read SDSs, and periodically evaluate the condition of your Li-ion stash 💚

Would the students At MIT today show the same disrespect towards those slide rules.

I purchased a 1962 Engineering Statics and Dynamics textbook. I am solving the problems using an inherited 71-years-old Post Versalog 1460 slide that I inherited. I am finding it fun and helpful.

Its fun building your own lab💕

How come these vids allow comments, but don't for Glenn Ellison? MIT trying to protect a scum father.

Apparently, nobody at MIT can comprehend the subject of "how" they got into MIT. Focus.

yer but the kids had brains years ago

slide rule and Swanson square are amazing

Egon sends his regards

they built the first atom bomb with this.. to a degree..

The slide rule was invented by an English mathematician William Oughtred in 1622 so it lasted 350 years.

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When i was a kid the church bells would ring in my little town , i miss that sound. Nice video and thank you for keeping bell ringing alive👍👍😅

I think this speaks volumes about just how flexible and plastic the brain is. Through out the entirety of our evolution, going back to the very beginnings of life on earth, gravity has always been a factor to consider, and it's reflected in our physiology. You would assume that experiencing gravity would be hard wired in our brains, beyond forgetting, but no, it's learned and if the situation demands it, it can be forgotten for the sake of a whole new way to interact with your environment. That's so fascinating to me and really puts into question just how much of what we assume "human nature" truly is just "nature."

I’m in my 50s, got my Bachelors 5 years ago. I was a bit of a smartass, but could backup my antics. I got all As, not because I was smarter, but was more mature and had more real-world experience. In Intro to Accounting, the professor said our first quiz was to be done without electronic calculators. So the day of the test, I pulled out my drafter’s ruler and slide rule. 😊😊😊

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It's great to see there are still people who could think and care for others. As long as there are such kind-hearted and conscientious people, the world will continue to be a place worth living in.

My bird is so clever. She even gives nicknames to the dogs and p 3:37eople around her. She learns free style and understands what she is saying. 😊❤

Just fantastic! I was hoping there’s a robot ( sorry, very Jetsons) to help single women, etc move furniture/ I hurt my back moving things all the time, but your beautiful designs are something altogether more wonderful. Are you seeking investors?

How can I go MIT plz Tell me

I'm wondering if you are still doing "rival" teaching, and if so, have you tried group sessions, where you have one assistant and multiple birds. I feel that this could have the birds compete for competence much like a human class... May need to start it with birds who are already skilled as it is in human teaching - that is, we go to school after learning speech and basic functions

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What a very well done video. Explaining change ringing in less than four minutes is not an easy task! Congratulations!

Wooden chair I had in my apartment. Bought it at Arsenal Mall, brought it home by bus and carried it back to Westgate over my shoulder. Still use it every day.

I can't believe I stumbled on this interesting article and was surprised to fine the first post being mine from 7 years ago! One advantage, hardly mentioned anymore as such, is that having to keep track of the decimal point in your head and be limited to 3 significant digits is great training for loving scientific notation and also appreciating how many science problems and quick estimations really don't need more than 3 significant figures. Ok, that excludes all of finance! It also provided an easy transition to RPN calculators, which have many advantages if one is willing to meet the computer halfway and put all the operands before the operators.

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Wow! Go, Andy. What a genius!