Articles Tagged with old technology

Old paper (I)

Published on June 3, 2025June 2, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The archives

How long do books last?

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Interpolation

Published on May 27, 2025May 26, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

No longer useful

We don’t need to look up things in tables of numbers nowadays.

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Talking like a sailor (II)

Published on April 8, 2025April 6, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The answers

A good sailor is never without a clew.

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See, or be seen?

Published on February 25, 2025February 21, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Uses of light

What are you really trying to do?

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Old telescopes

Published on February 18, 2025February 16, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Still useful

The problem is funding.

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Specialization

Published on January 7, 2025January 5, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Comparative advantage

How much should you be able to do, and how well?

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Christmas cards (II)

Published on December 10, 2024December 8, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Chronicles

Including the unimportant is important.

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Charted waters

Published on November 26, 2024November 26, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

More than depths

A nautical chart contains an enormous amount of information, if you can read it.

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Gaps in knowledge

Published on November 19, 2024November 15, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

High and low

We note some gaps in our expertise.

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Attention to detail

Published on October 22, 2024October 18, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Small mistakes

We compare old and new examples of unforgiving calculations.

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