Just popped in for moment while recuperating from bypass. I seem to
recall that Clif Simak in "City" had reference to slide rule being
accidentally dropped down disposal/disintegration chute. Pretty
funny now, considering that the "spindizzy" technology was the basis
of the novel.

--- In sliderule@y..., "Wei, Michael" <michael.wei@n...> wrote:
> Back to current programs - I missed the slide rules in the History
Channel
> program about plumbing. I probably fell asleep at that part . . .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dalemming@a... [mailto:dalemming@a...]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:15 AM
> To: sliderule@y...
> Subject: Re: SR Sighting in old SF
>
>
> You know, I think we need some ground rules here. 8)
>
> I mean, R.A.H. was my favorite author. Really. Finding SR sitings
in an
> R.A.H. novel is not much of a challenge. Heck, he's got a re-
occuring
> character _named_ "Slipstick".
>
> Generally having a SR siting in pre 1970 SF just isn't very
challenging.
>
> It can be rather amusing, the assumption that SRs would continue in
the
> future. A good example was a Jack Vance novel with the protaginist
> calculating his hyperjumps on a slide rule. 8)
>
>
>
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