http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/ The International Slide Rule Group Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:46:30 GMT Dagmar http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35473 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35473 See attached for "Off Topic" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:06:32 GMT Bill Robinson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35472 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35472 Peter: Thank you for the Article. It printed out very well. The pictures came out exceptionally good. Bill ... From: Peter Holland To: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:54:39 GMT Vince Tessier http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35471 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35471 Harry Barker and the Napier's Bones, a story line of the online comic strip General Protection Fault based on Harry Potter, has been running since mid-July: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:53:25 GMT Peter Holland http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35470 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35470 Hello, the Faber-Castell Company in Germany is publishing a magazine for customers and employees. In this years's autumn edition is an article "The Factory in Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:05:24 GMT John Mosand http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35469 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35469 That the 'cut-away' pieces amount to 1/3 probably needs a proof(??) My solution involves so-called cylinder hoofs, with an old proven formula: vol.= 2/3*r^2*h. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:52:39 GMT Terry Smithwick http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35468 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35468 I want to attend this meeting. We'll have to see if work will interfere again... I have been to the Atomic Energy Museum before, and I live and work in Las Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:52:14 GMT Mark Armbrust http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35467 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35467 ... My drawing of the MINIMUM volume solid that can occlude the three holes is at http://pobox.com/~mark.armbrust/slide-rules/table.gif This is a degenerate Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:14:51 GMT clarkmccoy2 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35466 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35466 You are invited to attend the second annual Oughtred Society Winter Meeting, which will be held Saturday, February 21, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Atomic Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:11:26 GMT Don Bozarth http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35465 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35465 Do you have a link to that photo? Sound like it should be interesting.. Thanks Don B. ... From: not_nevil_shute To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:03:17 GMT marion moon http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35464 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35464 The three-dimensional object is much more complicated than the intersection of three planes which shows the intersections of the shape of the object that fits Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:03:04 GMT Dave G. http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35463 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35463 Just like the old Grade school question... What object looks like a square viewed from the bottom and a triangle from the side?? Wacthing 'Cyberchase' with the Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:51:41 GMT not_nevil_shute http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35462 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35462 John, thank you for this wonderful puzzle. I hadn't seen it before either. As for describing the shape, like Marion I can draw it more quickly than describe Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:51:32 GMT John Mosand http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35461 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35461 That is interesting, because when I introduced this a few years ago, it was something that I thought of myself! I never saw it in Sci.Am. or anywhere else... Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:52:28 GMT Amin Aur http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35460 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35460 Hi Ted, 1. No 2. Yes Cheers, Amin ... the Oughtred Society? ... many displays, an auction, and fellow slide rule enthusiasts with whom to trade and exchange Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:48:57 GMT Bill Robinson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35459 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/sliderule/message/35459 Ted: Hope you receive many responses. Answers: 1. No. 2. Yes Bill ... From: Ted Hume To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Cc: Richard Davis ; Gary Flom Sent: