Whereas analog measurement--in the form of slide rules, micrometers and electronic meters--increasingly hit a wall because of the limitation of human beings to capture the result, digital could just keep on getting more and more accurate.

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With their slide rules, of course.

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And it was clear that the visitors were keen to arrest their slide by any means possible - stretching the rules of engagement at times as they clattered into challenges.

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