sure, it's neat that ticalc.org is being mentioned in various places, but this is pathetic! this article is poorly written, with the first chunk of it appearing twice, and even with two sentences (in quotes, at that) spliced together. it seems like this article was written by a 12 year old!

in my opinion, ticalc.org should only be proud of getting recognition as what they are, and not by some ridiculous source like this.

I noticed that too about the review article. I'm not sure why it's like that. The other reviews on that site are just fine.

Not written by an idiot, but put on the site by one. I know how it should read: I wrote it.

But not to worry. Recognition for ticalc.org is what matters. And don't be concerned that ticalc.org is being associated with such bad editting: when it appeared in the magazine it was OK.

Richard.

Nonetheless, I think that article misses most of the good points of the TI-92 while saying that it is slower than an 85, which I believe is also not true. It seems like you didn't really use a TI-92 much before writing the article. The reason some calculations are slower is because they are being done symbolically. Symbolic calculations are slower than numerical ones. If you switch it into numerical mode (or push <>-enter instead of just normal enter in symbolic mode) and then do a calculation, it will be much faster, though you won't get exact, symbolic answers. Also, it is much better for a student trying to learn math to have the calculator respond that the solution to an equation is pi/sqrt(2) than that the solution is 2.221441469079. I bought my TI-92 to help me in learning calculus, and it has done that very well, whereas I don't think a TI-85 would have helped at all.

www.ticalc.org prolly got mentioned as the 'official' Texas Instruments web page for a couple of reasons 1) its professional looking, and 2) the URL

I doubt the URL could confuse someone with much with even a little bit of internet experience. TI is a for-profit corperation... It's URL would end in .com, while TICALC is a non-profit organization, and thus the URL ends in .org.

I'll buy the professional looking argument, however...

I think that the fact that this site is being associated directly with TI is good advertisement, but at the same time I find it unfair that in a way TI is the one getting all the credit for such a great site...Also, about that article you all have been complaining about, add me to the list because it really is a mess. Maybe it wasn't a 12 year old who wrote it...perhaps it was a foreign exchange student!?

Foreign exchange student? Dammit! Read my reply to the first comment!

BTW - I suspect the site was mentioned as it was to save space; I had a sentence or two on how great ticalc.org was; they probably just wanted to save space.

Richard.

You really think someone would give misleading and incorrect information just to save space?

Yes.

Richard.

ummm No :)