nick, why are you holding up a ti-89 in that picture?

Yes, I was going to ask that same question.

Maybe he doesnt own a TI-86.

He used to, and he sold it to buy an 89.

Yeah, that explains everything. I just wonder how long ago that was.

Which makes it quite amazing that he is still able to develop the #1 program for that calculator. Of course, seeing how amazing the program is, I'm not very surprised.

maybe it's a TI86 with the TI89 body. Just to make it look greater

Wow, yet another amazing circumstance surrounding the creation of this brilliant program!

note that the program is for the TI86 and Nick has a TI89 in his hand. And the light in his back is a constant and will be for the rest of his -programmer- life !
HEY ! Nick ! about the photo I saw at nickd.org, you looked like an alien with that light at your back! a sectoid!!HEHE! :-)
OK!

SECTOIDS! damn, x-com was a great game...

It was ? IT IS ! man, IT IS ! I still play Golden Axe, Out Run, Goal!, Monkey Island 2 and many others ! including X-com. But I like star wars race, it's a good game. I hope someday someone could program for TI something like golden axe and all the rest, maybe nick could (in a near future) ! Yes ? great !

youve inspired me too dust off my copy of X-Com Ufo Defense, and i say, just as fun as it ever was;) too bad the sequels weren't as good;(

Far too many people have compared me to ET in that photo.

*shrug*

--BlueCalx

There is a striking resemblance...

Nick D phone home

That just reminds me of another feature I found out of this program. If you type in a certain special number, your calculator will function as a cellular phone! Unfortunately I don't remember what that number is anymore, and the source code is far too complex for me to understand.

Actually, you more resemble what a civilian on Star Trek would if a plasma relay blew out in a console about 15 feet behind you.

So I'm a Trekkie
e of Pi exiting Unimatrix Zero
[e of pi's regeneration cycle has now concluded]
[the collective's two cents just entered cyberspace]

Isn't it "Unimatrix Zero Zero One"? I'm almost positive that refers to the planet which magically spawned a spectacular creature known to the others of the same world as "Nick Disabato" who, know doubt having something to do with the release of this magical program, was even more relentless in his fight against the Borg than Species 8472? Or am I just completely out of whack here?

-Fil, who left $0.02, along with two nickels and one quarter, resting peacefully on the scorching metal surfaces of a pair of parallel train tracks earlier today, hoping to hear the blaring sound of a train whistle as he sadly walked away from his beloved pocket change, which to this very hour is either still resting peacefully on those train tracks, or has been dramatically flattened by the magnificent speed and weight of a large train engine, only to be left laying there for a young boy to find some day and take home to show to his mother.

You must have missed the last episode of season 5 of "Star Trek: Voyager." It was called "Unimatrix Zero" and was mainly about a secretive area of the collective that the queen was not aware of until recently and is attempting to eliminate. It is a place where a small percentage (approx. 0.0001%) of drones go during their regeneration cycles where they can be individuals, but have no memory of it when they return to the collective. Seven of Nine was a member of Unimatrix Zero before she was pulled from the collective. A summary of the episode should be found on www.startrek.com

I think you got "Unimatrix Zero Zero One" from Seven's full Borg designation: "Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct to Unimatrix Zero Zero One". Isn't "Annika Hansen" so much easier to remember?

"e of pi" is a screen name that I created for myself recently, following the Borg designation system. Full designation: "e of pi primary adjunct to Unimatrix Zero". I guess its kind of a metaphor for the collective irrationality of individuals.

[e of pi Primary Adjunct to Unimatrix Zero returns to porting e of pi's programs to less advanced calculators than e of pi's hw2 ams 2.04 ti-89]

Unfortunately, some people don't always watch every episode.

Nor do I. I missed almost all of the first 3 seasons, but I have yet to miss more than 5 new episodes since then.

Wow. After seeing Random Numbar Generator, I personally can't imagine why anyone would be interested in something like Star Trek.

Not Star Trek
Star Trek: Voyager
That's something to watch


This sentence no verb.

Why are all the greatest episodes on when you're on vacation ????!!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!??!?!?!

-Angry Fil, who still has no knowledge of his train engine-flattening-bound $0.02

hey, didn't they all get assimilated at the cliffhanger ending? Geez, guess I'll have to wait till September...

EVERYONE WILL BE ASSIMILATED BY RANDOM NUMBAR GENERATOR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ahem.
Resistance is Futile.
ahem.

<medieval collective>
You will be enserfed.
Resistance is feudal.
</medieval collective>

Actually, the air date for "Unimatrix Zero, Part II" is October 4, 2000 anno domini at 21:00 Eastern Daylight Time.