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EDGEMAN
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EDGEMAN
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I hated RPN until I started using it.

I've been away from it for a while, so it would take a few calculations to get back into the swing of using it.
Posted: 03/30/2026 at 12:16 PM ET
(In response to this post by HoustonHokie)

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Admins, Why don't you use AWS to host your site? So many issues. 503, etc. **
40ozDistrict • 03/27/26 09:53 PM ET
managing in =house servers getting very high maintenance
1947Sunbowl • 03/29/26 12:25 PM ET
Fortran sucks**
astrohokie • 03/29/26 04:13 PM ET
I liked how you could format your output in Fortran, especially when...
EDGEMAN • 03/30/26 11:24 AM ET
im being saracastic**
1947Sunbowl • 03/30/26 11:00 AM ET
Cobol is where its at! ;-)**
MDHokie79 • 03/30/26 02:24 PM ET
That's my point. **
40ozDistrict • 03/29/26 01:10 PM ET
The boards are old technology which old geezers like me like the format
VaTechie • 03/27/26 11:38 PM ET
I am an old geezer. I agree. Heck, I just stopped using an abacus 2 years
capitals1 • 03/28/26 01:38 AM ET
Slide rules anyone?**
83hokieee • 03/28/26 08:10 AM ET
I'm breaking out my sundial!
MaroonMark • 03/31/26 01:00 AM ET
I just found my dad's cleaning out his house yesterday **
Pylons • 03/29/26 09:37 AM ET
we gave my dad's to my nephew (the only next-gen engineer)**
Riverguy • 03/30/26 12:28 PM ET
I had a chemistry professor who made us use slide rules the 1st quarter...
EDGEMAN • 03/29/26 07:11 AM ET
Dr. Crittenden (the wife) never let us use anything in her calculus class.**
Nortazhokie • 03/29/26 09:44 AM ET
Ever use a e6bcaculattor**
eokhokie • 03/28/26 07:35 PM ET
I took Introduction to Slide Rule...
kchokie • 03/28/26 02:12 PM ET
Used it for Intro to Engineering in ‘78. Then the TI saved us.**
HoustonHokie • 03/30/26 09:43 AM ET
Real Engineers Use HP Handheld Calculators
EDGEMAN • 03/30/26 11:27 AM ET
Yep, that was a year or two later. 1980-81? Still use the rpn. **
HoustonHokie • 03/30/26 11:59 AM ET
I hated RPN until I started using it. ◄
EDGEMAN • 03/30/26 12:16 PM ET
I had Into to Engineering Fall Quarter 1978.
83hokieee • 03/30/26 09:47 AM ET
We may have been in the same class!**
HoustonHokie • 03/30/26 12:00 PM ET
Yes. Dr. Torgersen became Dean in 1970**
Pylons • 03/29/26 09:29 AM ET
Only option I had in engineering from 1967-1971 and
OlderHokie • 03/28/26 03:51 PM ET
Belt slide rule. Still have 2 Picketts and Prof Maurice L Hartung's manual.
V333T • 03/28/26 04:47 PM ET
definitely me, and may still have one around. Doing Trig on them with the
VaTechie • 03/28/26 10:13 AM ET
I probably have both of those packed away in a box somewhere.**
EDGEMAN • 03/28/26 08:00 AM ET
I'm just talking about hardware resources. TSL recently upgraded servers so
40ozDistrict • 03/27/26 11:58 PM ET
Yeah, need some containers , dockers and kubernetes.
Hokie1992 • 03/29/26 07:19 AM ET
If you just move from a data center to AWS architecture
VaTechie • 03/28/26 12:16 AM ET
Feel like I got chat gtpd'd, lol
40ozDistrict • 03/28/26 01:17 AM ET
Claude wants to speak with you.**
Hokie1992 • 03/29/26 07:21 AM ET
the definitions were definitely a Google search, but the rest was I
VaTechie • 03/28/26 01:30 AM ET
Agreed. The repeated “verify you are a human” is super annoying
Zanderhokie • 03/27/26 10:58 PM ET
I'm now questioning my own humanity. Especially after that unicorn vision.
KCHokie2 • 03/28/26 07:04 AM ET