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Markum1972

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Does anyone know how to use one of these? :D

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Uh... sure... you take that little slidy thing and move it back and forth... and then... uh... you look at the numbers... and then... umm... hand it to someone else and say "What the heck does this all mean?"
 
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NukePooch

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the middle pic is one of the original apple mac computers, we had one at school but I can't remember its name. It might have just been Apple Macintosh.
is the second one a carborator?
Yep. Good job!

From top to bottom on my post:

Bicycle banana seat
Carburetor
Laserdisc (the forerunner to the DVD)
Apple Macintosh
Microfiche machine
Filmstrip projector with...(BEEP)...built-in cassette player for...(BEEP)...narration and music.
 

leelee

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You know I don't really know what a carborator does I just recognised it. It lives in a car, yes?
 

Liamson

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I know how to use a Slide Rule but... these are way more fun. :)




Also I don't believe there is any Correlation of Homework to learning. Either people are going to understand the Material or not, simply completing tedious acts of paperwork does not make one absorb information any easier.

Though it does create a sort of work ethic.
 
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NukePooch

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You know I don't really know what a carborator does I just recognised it. It lives in a car, yes?
It lived in OLD cars (pre-1980ish). It mixes the fuel and air which gets sucked into the engine. New cars have fuel injection and no carburetor.
 

leelee

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Oh, ok. My dad had a 25 year old bmw when I was younger. It probably had one.
 

Liamson

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It lived in OLD cars (pre-1980ish). It mixes the fuel and air which gets sucked into the engine. New cars have fuel injection and no carburetor.
The sadistic Mechanic in me likes owning Carbureted Vehicles.
 

leelee

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nobody has even tried to guess mine. :(
 
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GRA

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Does anyone know how to use one of these? :D

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Learning how to use a slide rule was required when I was in high school - back in the 1970's and 1980's - along with the requirement that calculators could not be used when taking tests (except for the [pre-calculus] "advanced math" class). :eek:

Back then - you did [almost] everything "long-hand" with pencil and paper...

:)
 

CatHerder

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IBM.jpg Once upon a time, I was pretty good at reading these...
 

zeroturbulence

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You know I don't really know what a carborator does I just recognised it. It lives in a car, yes?
Its basically an adjustable air valve that opens when you step on the throttle. It lets air into the engine's combustion chamber where it combines with the spray from the fuel injectors to create a volatile ratio of air and fuel that ignites when the spark plug creates a spark. Too much or too little air will affect the combustibility of the mixture so the carburetor must be adjusted precisely for the right air/fuel ratio.
 
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violakat

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(This is not necessarily a movie film.)
 
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violakat

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@PopClick: BINGO! :smiles:
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Can anyone recognize this?

Hint: it's a early forerunner to iTunes and weighs about 40 lbs. LOL.

Ah, you beat me to it. I was trying to find that.
 
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Chrissy77

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Learning how to use a slide rule was required when I was in high school - back in the 1970's and 1980's - along with the requirement that calculators could not be used when taking tests (except for the [pre-calculus] "advanced math" class). :eek:

Back then - you did [almost] everything "long-hand" with pencil and paper...

:)
I home school my children and they are not allowed to use calculators at all unless
it specifically calls for it on their work.

What a mean mom I am!!!:D
 
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violakat

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I home school my children and they are not allowed to use calculators at all unless
it specifically calls for it on their work.

What a mean mom I am!!!:D
Are you going to be this mean when it comes to graphing formulas?

A friend of mine had to learn the hard way since his parents couldn't afford one. I think I was slightly more fortunate in some ways as the school provided one for is in class, if it was needed, I'd probably be in the same situation.