Posted on 05/19/2020 8:42:42 AM PDT by Beave Meister
Seems most/all have forgotten the 737 MAX issue. New version of software caused the pilots to be unable to correct pitch problems before loss of control. Killed over 300.
Having used a “sly drool” thru college and later - and having adopted the use of an HP-35 to do homework in preparation for the Professional Engineer exam, I forgot one day to bring the ’35 home from work. No problem, right? I just broke out the old slide rue and tried to do the homework.I can assure you that a slide rule is well and truly obsolete.
If you’re out of practice - and perhaps even if not - keeping track of the decimal point is simply too hard.
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