phil1882 Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 so here's my idea of "fun". a balanced ternary slide rule! i can't imagine what use it would be, unless you find yourself needing to do multiplication in balanced ternary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamebirde Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 you're not crazy; merely awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaze Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 you're not crazy; merely awesome. Yup, you are not trying hard enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChad08 Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Yeah, I have no clue what that is, so I'm voting for the crazy side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1882 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 do a Google search for slide rule. its a mechanism of calculating division and multiplication quickly (reduces it to addition subtraction.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaze Posted September 29, 2012 Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 A balanced binary slide rule sounds much more useful despite being just as useless. If you can think of a use for it, there is probably a simpler solution staring you in the face. It still provides the illusion that you are a practical geek rather than an unrealistic one So where did you get the fractional log values for base 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil1882 Posted September 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2012 quite simply log base 10 of 7 / log base 10 of 3 = log base 3 of 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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