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thames_sider

03/15/02 8:30 AM

#1311 RE: Slipstick Libby #1296

The first few times I read the story I completely missed the point of the name (I was maybe 12, 13 at the time). Eventually I realised that Heinlein was referring to what I knew as a slide rule...

and yes, I was lucky enough to be able to transition to a calculator at 14 before the exams got serious.

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ola

03/15/02 11:16 AM

#1320 RE: Slipstick Libby #1296

SlideRule..."interpolate" joined our vocabulary...eom

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