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Choice Votes   Percent
Yes, from my parents 9 4.1%   
Yes, buying it myself 12 5.4%   
Yes, from someone else 3 1.4%   
No 176 79.6%   
I am not going back to school this fall 21 9.5%   

Survey posted 2003-08-04 14:08 by Henrik.

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Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
tyler d  Account Info
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nah, still have my ti-89. its gone through the wash, been dropped stepped on, had all kinds of drinks spilled on it and it STILL WORKS!

Reply to this comment    10 August 2003, 19:57 GMT


Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Michael O'Brien  Account Info
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I've had my 89 knocked off of a two foot high desk more than 2 dozen times! Its six years old now and is in perfect working condition!

Reply to this comment    11 August 2003, 20:16 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Soth  Account Info
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You know those small Nokia phones? They are great. My flat mate decided to drop his about 10' to prove it would bounce. It did (although the carpet helped).

My other flat mate shoved his through the wash at 50. A few days later it was working again! - the chips should have been fried.

The first flat mate, after not being content with the dropping exercise, threw his over his shoulder into our flat (we were outside with ice-cream). It bounced off the wall with a loud crack. - The only thing broken was the on/off switch that had been knocked off the board - two smears of solder later....

Reply to this comment    11 August 2003, 22:52 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Michael O'Brien  Account Info
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MOst things will bounce under the proper conditions. As long as enought energy is transfered back into the object (given that it is elestic enough) at impact it will bounce. There are few if any in-elastic collisions in the real world. Here is a great eample of a very good elastic example, poll or billards.

Reply to this comment    11 August 2003, 23:28 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
molybdenum  Account Info

the problem is generally when something dosen't bounce...

Reply to this comment    12 August 2003, 07:25 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Michael O'Brien  Account Info
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heck yeah!

Reply to this comment    12 August 2003, 17:48 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Soth  Account Info
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I was just impressed at how durable those Nokia's are. They are great.

Reply to this comment    13 August 2003, 19:58 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
molybdenum  Account Info

well, for that matter, what do you expect to break? The whole thing is basically one big chip, with screen and linkport, all glued together well. I would guess the first thing to go would be the linkport, and the screen could get knocked out of alingment somewhat, but other than that, droping off of a low height could do little damage.

Reply to this comment    12 August 2003, 07:28 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Cuddles  Account Info

dare i mention the rugged plastic casing? plastic is highly versatile, strong yet elastic enough to survive many falls (i'm curious how it survived a run thru the wash... but i'm not going to experiment). "plastics make it possible" ®

Reply to this comment    13 August 2003, 01:23 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Michael O'Brien  Account Info
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As long and there wasn't enough current running through the devise whilein the wash it sould be fine after it is fully dried.

Reply to this comment    13 August 2003, 19:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Soth  Account Info
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This is repling to above three.

Most devices are fine upto something like 10'. They don't have much speed from normal human height.
The circuit board can easily chip before the plastic - it is not that uncommon (or solder joints failing).
Caacs and phones etc are more than just one chip - memory is not part of the processor (normally - although I haven't yet looked) There is likely to be a seperate chip to handly the display.
Regardless of what current is passing through a chip, getting it wet can damage it - corrosion is a big problem as the tracks inside are very small and close together.)
50*C should generally be hot enough to knacker a lot of chips not specifically designed for high temperatures.
I don't know how well LCDs hold up to the wash (although it seems pretty good).

Reply to this comment    13 August 2003, 20:06 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Michael O'Brien  Account Info
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"Most devices are fine upto something like 10'"

Except HDDs, they are only made to fall about 6 inches (~15 cm) on a good day.

Reply to this comment    13 August 2003, 21:52 GMT

Re: Are you going to get a new calculator when you go back to school this fall?
Blah Poop  Account Info

I would get one, but I don't know which one I should get.

Reply to this comment    14 August 2003, 02:28 GMT


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angelboy Account Info
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89

Reply to this comment    14 August 2003, 02:37 GMT

Re: ~
Cuddles  Account Info

... yeah, 89

Reply to this comment    14 August 2003, 17:39 GMT


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Michael O'Brien  Account Info
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Was that clear enough? It is the best one out there for school use and is only prohibited on the ACT.

Reply to this comment    14 August 2003, 23:29 GMT


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angelboy Account Info
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The only one that's better is the V400, but if you can't get one of those...
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Reply to this comment    15 August 2003, 23:50 GMT


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Cuddles  Account Info

maybe in your world you can't... i've had a V400 in my head for a couple years now...

Reply to this comment    16 August 2003, 04:02 GMT


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no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Reply to this comment    18 August 2003, 18:59 GMT


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molybdenum  Account Info

unless you are still in high school, in which case 92 (+) and 89 and v200 are too powerful, need to learn algebra. but other than that, 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 89 .......

Reply to this comment    16 August 2003, 09:55 GMT


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no_one_2000_  Account Info
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You can learn algebra with a TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89. Just some people become too dependant on it. Do the work, use the TI-89 to check your work, if that seems to be the case. Anyway, TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89 TI-89.

[Damn HW1]

Reply to this comment    18 August 2003, 19:00 GMT


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Michael O'Brien  Account Info
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Man, I just started a trend.

[I concure]

Reply to this comment    18 August 2003, 23:56 GMT

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