Group: sliderule Message: 16881 From: Larry Stewart Date: 07/01/2003
Subject: Misc: Slide Rule Sighting
Greetings all!

I received the first box set of the british series "UFO" for
Christmas and in episode 2 "Computer Affair" Commander Straker is using
a Slide Rule. It is a BRL Rule. The reverse side is blank and no shot
appears with the front of the Rule, so I can not provide the model #.
>From the width of the Rule, I would guess that it matches my BRL #2
Log-Log one.

Needless to say that I smiled very broadly since the computers are
letting UFOs get through to Earth and Straker resorts to his trusty
Slide Rule to figure out what the h*ll is happening! Truth in TV?
:-)=)

Cheers all! Larry Stewart. Ottawa, Canada.