Looking back at the comments posted on the historic dates, I am very surprised. There is an excessive amount of vulgarity and stupidity. Although I've been watching the programs since the 1.1 million mark, I hadn't noticed that the comments were so fiery. Apparently there actually were people who considered ti-files compitition at one time. Go figure.

:O All this time I had though ticalc had one out. Oh well.

If you take into consideration the age demographic of most of the site's viewers, vulgarities and flamewars are not all that surprising. At least we haven't gotten too many slashtrolls here yet, despite the ticalc.org slashbox.

At different points throughout ticalc.org's history, both ti-files and Dimension-TI (now calc.org) were stiff competition. A few other TI sites are out there, but there aren't all that many good ones now.

It seems that when TI introduced the TI-83+ (and subsequently the blasphemous 83+se), they introduced large numbers of less than mentally and emotionally mature preteens and crackers to this site. TI is implicitly trying to force the only remaining z80 calculator that requires a brain to use, the 86, into nonexistence, leaving us with hordes of users who have never even looked at their manuals, except to cower in fear when they open the packaging (I am all too aware that it is not technically necessary to read the manual for anything, but over 90% of the questions I've seen about calculators are answered in the manual.). But that's a rant for another day....

One last thing: which "1.1 million mark" were you referring to? There have been quite a few.

Are you trying to say that the PC register has exceeded 64k?!

lo siento...
Just a typo...I meant to put it in the "yo form"

Bradford

Only three terabytes in five years? We push at least that much bandwidth everyday :)

Look at FilePlanet. They break 4 terrabytes a day on weekdays!

One can't really compare our traffic with other sites featuring downloads, since calculator programs are relatively tiny. 3TB/200Mhits = ~15k per request.

I promise I won't ever post an AIM conversation obliquely related to the fifth anniversary of ticalc.org ever ever again.

ptgenera: what's up, btw?
boy with purpose: the ticalc.org party is in an AM hour
boy with purpose: this is unacceptable
boy with purpose: therefore i propose the following
ptgenera: AN AM HOUR?!
ptgenera: IT'S AT 11 AM
ptgenera: 10 FOR YOU
ptgenera: THAT IS NOT EARLY!(*@&
boy with purpose: you create an elaborate (yes, 10 am) blow-up doll of me (yes, that is early, i just got up and it's noon) and make me type stupid things in the irc channel, and it'll ALMOST be like i'm there!
boy with purpose: come on, phil.
boy with purpose: do it for your pal.
boy with purpose: i'll even give you locks of my hair for which you can build a makeshift afro!
ptgenera: why do I have to do the blow-up doll creation?
ptgenera: why can't you do it?
boy with purpose: because you're the only ticalc.org member who's online right now.
boy with purpose: because i'm not going to be at the party! duh.
ptgenera: so do it before the party.
boy with purpose: no.
ptgenera: and make it, umm, automated
ptgenera: I have to work on my mortar board customization plans right now.
ptgenera: sorry.
boy with purpose: i hate you.
ptgenera: I hate you too.

-- Nick

Yeah, I've been waking up at 12 to 12:30 as well....looks like I'm gonna miss it, too :)

I rarely wake up before 1 if left to sleep, but so far this summer my mom's been waking me up around 11, so I might actually make it there. Has anyone else mentioned that it's on the summer solstice? It also happens to be the birthday of one of my friends, but he's a few times ticalc.org's age.

I woke on time, but missed it because my mom dragged me off to the mall. At least I got to see Tomb Raider:)