tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post3980000930435269806..comments2024-02-28T20:08:29.312-08:00Comments on The Pictorial Arts: Zoom to School Over the CloudletsThomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-82462959605116708302012-09-23T09:22:26.531-07:002012-09-23T09:22:26.531-07:00Good point, Daniel. Seriously, I worry about that ...Good point, Daniel. Seriously, I worry about that pulse all the time. Our society is SO vulnerable from putting so many eggs in one basket. At least you've kept one egg out.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-87453838762133357452012-09-23T01:03:55.614-07:002012-09-23T01:03:55.614-07:00I have quite a few slide rules. But, while I neve...I have quite a few slide rules. But, while I never forgot how to use one, it has been more than 30 years since I did so other than during restoration, or for fun, or to teach a friend how to use them.<br /><br />However, consider this: Every semi-conductor in an area hit but a high-intensity electromagnetic pulse (as from a solar event or from an act of war) would be fried. Devices that instead used vacuum tubes would come back up once the pulse were passed. And slide rules would simply <em>never</em> have <em>stopped</em> working.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-10691837470545726342012-09-22T11:45:50.228-07:002012-09-22T11:45:50.228-07:00Ah, and you use 'em, Mike?Ah, and you use 'em, Mike?Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-60941219010548743792012-09-22T11:44:09.873-07:002012-09-22T11:44:09.873-07:00'..slide-rules..'
I still have two of the...'..slide-rules..'<br /><br />I still have two of them.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017192454403363349noreply@blogger.com