That's too bad. It seems our community is in a downward spiral. Hope ticalc.org survives!

^ Go to my website

Yeah, and whatever happened to the ti-philes?

Jason Donley happened to it. He bought it out, took it offline, and made plans for an overhaul that would let it make some money for him. Then he disappeared off the face of the earth and let the domain name lapse.

Now ti-files.org just forwards to a porn site

ew.. really? Good thing I didn't go there yesterday... I almost did...

"naturally, yes" I can see the coorelation...calc->horney nerd>porn site....i wonder if ticalc would, hahaha. ;=) AOOOoOOoooUUUuuuuUUuu

"Ohh baby, look at that one. Man she looks good without her top. Only if I could get a piece of that. Only if i could screw that"
-overheard from calc nerds looking at a picture of a ti 89 with its cover taken off.
Just some calc humor, if I offended anyone, I'm really not sorry

LOL, who was it that said that's what the calc port is for. hahahah ;=) AOUOUOuouOOWOoOWuouououo ;=X <-me angry, hah

How is that you angry? It looks like a baboon!
Let's see how many people actually check somewhat old news!
;=X <-It's an angry baboon

Hm... your site is interesting... I don't really care about the 'ability to read books' on the 89. I guess I just never downloaded one for that purpose. I use the text editor as a diary :)

Speaking of text editors, I'm not hungry.

Huh ?:-?

(Here we go again)

yeah, Huh ?:-?
(Here we go again)

yeah, yeah, Huh ?:-?
(Here we go again)

ticalc.org will survive, not because of its news, but simply because of its archives. The fact that everyone uses ticalc to get files means that all authors will submit files there, even if it takes a while for them to get added, and so it will be easy for ticalc to maintain its file archive monopoly. This also allows them to be lazy about updating the site. Aside from the archives, nothing else new is ever added, or at least nothing much. Meanwhile calc.org is adding all kinds of new features. Only problem there is that they *don't* have the same size archive and the same popularity, and that they made some of the stuff at the top too many levels down, so that a lot won't get accessed.

Any new site needs to emphasize three things in order to become extremely popular
1) archives as comprehensive as ticalc's
2) consistant news
3) extensive user forums

Ticalc has #1 covered, so it has the huge userbase, and it sometimes has news. All the other sites only have #2 though or maybe half of #1 or half of #2. Hopefully a site will come together with these three sometime.

If you build it, they will come.

<<Go to my website>>

Ok, I went. For anyone who didn't bother to go, it was an essay about why a TI-83+ ebook creator should be made.

In my opinion, ideas for programs are not the limiting factor. The number of programmers are. Once someone comes along and makes an ebook creator and reader for the TI-83+ it will exist. Until then, people like you won't be able to do anything except learning how to program and writing it yourself, which would be a fun project and worthwhile since you seem to want an ebook reader so much. :-)

your site has a nice layout

Thank you very much for the kind words. :-) I recently redesigned it with Dreamweaver and Fireworks (I did the code by hand though, but Dreamweaver lets you view it while you code it).

kewl :)

Hmm...well, I never went, because ticalc.org is really the only calc site I need. Still sucks, tho...I know I was sad when I shut down my really small Maxpages site years ago.

Hm... I don't think Ticalc.org will EVER shut down. It's too popular. Just look at all the archives and stuff. What would everyone do if it shut down? We'd all go into a depression or something.

If we're lucky, mass suicides on Pi day, Ahahahaha. ;=) AOooOoOOooUUUUuUUUuuuu

Hopefully not. :-) It will get on the news about PI day then religious fanatics will start claiming PI is exactly three, since some place in the bible said "god created some kind of circle with circumference 30 and diameter 10, you heard it here, PI is exactly 3!"

Well, it was rounding Pi. No matter what you do with Pi, it's going to be rounded. I know the first 62 digits, and if I were to say that was Pi, it would still be a rounded answer.

hmm 62, I don't remember how many I know, lemme test it

3.141592653 5897932384 6264338327 9502884197 1693993751 0582097494 45923

w00t. 65 :-)

Hehe, now I know 65!!! :)

Cool. :-)

LOL I had nothing better to do. :)

(((Link has first 10000 digits)))

If any of you cecked the old survey, I typed in the first 50,000 digits!

You have little too much time on your hands ... typing in 50000 digits of pi. I hope you copy-pasted those digits. ;)

I don't! W00t!

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Yes you do.

Nope, I typed 'em in, because you can't type in words over 40 digits, so I had to type them in and put spaces :)

Pi is rounded? I thought Pi R squared.

<No matter what you do with Pi, it's going to be rounded.>

Wow! I could have sworn Pi R squared.

Dang, sorry. Nothing's less funny than a joke said twice.

HAHAHAHAHA!
that joke was almost as funny the second time as it was the first!

Everything I say is false.
Everything Chickendude says is true.

Everything I say is true
Everything No_one_2000 says is false

Everything lord_nighrose says is true
Everything 343GuiltySpark says is false

Trying to bring me in, eh?
Well then ... let's see:
Everything no_one_2000 says is true.
Everything Chickendude says is true.
Everything depleateduranium says is false.
Everything I say is false.

Everything no_one_2000 says is true.
Everything 343guiltyspark says is true.
Everything I say is true.
Everything depleateduranium says is false.
Everything nolekid says is false.
Everything MathJMendl says is false.

HEY!! BAD!!!!

And if we're not lucky?

Then depleateduranium makes his own evildead89

Is that supposed to be bad?
At least Chickendude would be safe ... depleateduranium would be too busy playing evildead89 to chase Chickendude and eat him for dinner ...

YAY!!!

The Great Depression... III!!!!!

"If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
-Brooke Shields-

Ok, now is that point in the day when we question pointless efforts. On the chopping block,a basic chess game, chess4. Why? thats my only question. (to learn basic more, lol) ;=) AOUOUOuuououuUUUUOooOUuooo

I agree. Why would anyone want to make a BASIC chess game for the 89 when there's already TI-CHESS?

Anyway, I know you don't have an 83+, but there's a wolf fighting game for the 83+.

<depleateduranium_bait>
Thought you might be interested.
</depleateduranium_bait>

Maybe they would want to make the game as a programming exercise, to teach them how to program. :-) Remember, the beneficiaries aren't the people in the community, they are the programmers. They make a program because they want to, not because they are some kind of public servant, and people enjoying them is an added side effect.

I do have an 83+, but depleateduranium_bait is a little disconcerting. ;=) AOOoOoOooOOooUUUuUuuuuu

where? link it. ;=) OBTw i found this 89 wolf program that does someting, nice pic though. ;=) AOUOooOuUOuOuoUuuuuu AOUOuUOuOuoUuuououou

The link to the game is above in the webpage link.

It's called Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves. Enjoy!

<depleateduranium_bait>
Just a second, why's depleateduranium all of sudden interested in an 83+ game? I remember him ranting about 83+'s in a previous news item ... Maybe it's just the wolves. ;)
</depleateduranium_bait>

Yes, I remember him bashing the 83+ owners...

Yes, and i still hate the 83+, but that doesn't mean i won't try a wolf themed game on it. ;=) Like the Beretta, i hate the 9mm version like crazy, but that doesn't mean i won't shoot it when necessary. ;=) AOoOoOoOOoOUUUUuuuuUuU *grabs neglected calc from sister*

JESUS!!!! ALA!!!! GAIA!!!! GREAT WOLF SPIRIT!!!! what the hell, that was the worst game ever....the only connection with a wolf is the title!!! Although im sure there are people out there that like watch the letter 'F' kick 'N's Ass, hahaha. Pitiful. ;=( I am totally annoyed, ERRRRR

;=X

Evil person. :(

<sympathy>
Poor depleateduranium ... when will anyone make a decent wolf game for him?
</sympathy>

What's your point. ;=) AOooooOuuUuUuouououo

(Get trillian, the best chat thingy in the world. www.trillian.cc. this has been a paid advertisement by ceruelan studios, hahaha)

you mean 'Cerulean'?

<bait type="depleateduranium">Heh, just port it to the 89 and change the name to EVIL_DEAD89 and I think he'll be happy.</bait>

<depleateduranium_bait> <-- I still prefer this kind of a tag ... I'll think of another one eventually -->
Hey, good idea! ;)
Better yet, let's use Xeontech to make a wolf RPG for depleateduranium!
</depleateduranium_bait>

When was the Great Depression II? I've only heard of the one back in the 1930s, the one that started with the stock market crash in October of 1929.

There was a smaller depression (relatively speaking) in the early 1900s (around 1919), the second Great Depression was around 1930 (black tuesday:(

I see. Guess I should pay attention more in US History class. Not that I'm in one. :)

I'm sure there were more depressions than that.

As for the stock market, there was another crash in '87.

this wasn't a depression but in 1837 there was a big panic because people went to "cash" in their dollar bills for gold and silver but the banks ran out. then the feds went to get the money they had put in the bank out but the banks had already spent it so no one had any money. they all blamed the new prez. (I forgot his name; the guy after jackson) but he had only been in office for a few months.

yeah this is off topic but you will all yell at me anyways. (I can see into the future: you will all look up at the ceiling and see the word "gullible" then go look it up.)

not that it really matters, but that guy after Jackson was Van Buren.

Where? I don't see the word gullible! Tell me where it is exactly on my ceiling!!! :)
w00t!

LOL! That reminds me of something funny

My friend said to my sister, "Hey, Gullible is written on the back door!" She goes, "Where, let me see!" Then, after noticing there was noting here, he started laughing his head off, and then my sister promptly looked up the word. About that time, I wrote Gullible somewhere... I can't remember, and said "Hey, Gullible is written there!" And she said, "No it's not!" But, then when she found out that it was written there, I got to laugh. It was funny, and stupid.

Perhaps you are thinking of Van Buren?

In the years before 1837, Andrew Jackson did away with the bank. He was worried that it would allow foreign influence and that the head of the bank had too much power. He preferred more local banks. Also, the guy who ran the bank was a jerk, and screwed with the nation's economy when the bank was getting shut down. I took AP American History last year, a bit of what I said is probably true.

The great depression is when I was playing Roller Coaster Tycoon, and the power went down.

Do any of you have Civilization III? Well, I was playing for around four hours, and it froze!!!

Yes, Civ3 is cool.

I would be soooooo freakin' happy that TI-Calc would shut down. I would come back, and laugh in Nathan's face. Nathan, the news editor, doesn't do a thing for TI-Calc news. TI-Calc, and the TI-89 have great programs, but how many more programs can you make anymore? This stupid site has been running for so long, I think they have programmers who have duplicated programs 6 or 7 times already.
For example, chess. Its been duplicated a million times already! God damn it!
D*I*E TI-Calc!
"Rise, and become 'The One'"

And here you are, reading through ticalc's news articles...

Ticalc has its shortcomings but it is still a great site.

Hmm ... this comment's going to be deleted. I don't think ticalc.org is going to appreciate very much. Besides, the number of COMPLETE chess games for the calculator could probably be counted on your fingers (or at least fingers and toes). Therefore, it can't have been made a million times. Unless of course you have a million fingers and toes. ;)

Interesting how, though you own a TI-89 and a TI-GRAPH Link, you DON'T like ticalc.org and TI-Graphing calculators. Plus, you have a ticalc.org account. Boy are you a hypocrite.

"Interesting how, though you own a TI-89 and a TI-GRAPH Link, you DON'T like ticalc.org and TI-Graphing calculators. Plus, you have a ticalc.org account. Boy are you a hypocrite"

-I have a TI-89, because I need it for Pre-Calc. I hate the freakin' thing, and I wish it burns.
-I got the GRAPH LINK when I bought the 89, 3 years ago. After that, I bought a Palm, and was much more happier than this 89 crap.
-Why do I have a TI-Calc.org account? Because not all of us like the 83, 83+, and 83SE. Some of us like to come to TI-Calc, only to flame people.
I'm a hypocrit? Look at you, you're so insecure about TI-Calc, that you feel the need to post a comment to help defend TI-Calc.
BTW: Last time I used the 89's Graph Link was about year ago when I used it to cheat on the SAT's.

Hmmm ... "Because not all of us like the 83, 83+, and 83SE." How interesting. I for one don't like the 83 series ... hey, depleateduranium, would you mind showing this guy that he's not the ONLY one that doesn't like the 83 series?
"I'm a hypocrit? Look at you, you're so insecure about TI-Calc, that you feel the need to post a comment to help defend TI-Calc." First, learn to spell correctly. And second, just because I don't like your attitude does NOT mean I feel insecure about ticalc.org. Besides, that doesn't mean you're not a hypocrite. And, third, Guideline 3 for posting News Replies states, "Don't insult or flame other people in your comments. Keep such sentiments to private email, or better yet, avoid them completely."

Yes, i also do not like 83 HELL!!! ;=) AOOoOoOOuUuuuuUuu uuouououuuu

Long live the 83 series :)
<chickendude starts running as fast as he can>

Run run Chickendude, as fast as you can.
Or the wolf will catch you
And put you in a pan.

Must hhhh... Not hhhh... Stop hhhh... running hhhh...

Chickendude catches his breath, because depleateduranium will never check this news file again.

no there are some games that haven't been made yet.....

All I'm going to say is that I'm working on an essential game for the 89 right now....

(Whenever I have the freetime, that is)

Yes, some games are made just for practice, and others are slightly different, and have different additions and stuff to cutomize the game just the way you like it.

Hey! Wait a second... why the heck are you reading through the news articles if you want this site to D*I*E? You're confusing. You must be one of those evil terrorists who like to socialize with negative comments.

riiiiight...evil terrorists...hahahha-and thats why i'm on a computer right now in a house, compared to a rock in a cave?

Well... well, maybe your a newbie terrorist...

Maybe he is a troll posting flamebait? I think it can be considered flamebait, it got lotsa inflamed responses.

If it's flamebait, he could have been considerate enough to either use <flamebait></flamebait> or <bait type=flame></bait> tags. Anyway, if it's flamebait, let's ignore him!

DOn't you realize that he is Ding Chavez...L33Test member of team rainbow...damn bow down to the high reaction times and low hostage to terroist deaths. ;=)

Evil terrorists...
As opposed to what other kind of terrorists? Good ones?
w00t:)
Does the 89 always clear your archive AND ram when a program crashes? That really stinks.

Yeah, happened to me over 14 times I think...


HELP! I have a 2.05 AMS TI-89 and doorsOS SUCKS on it! HELP!!!!!!!!!!! I just crashes my calculator! POOPEEEE!!!!!!!!!

I just got a new calculator, and it has 1.00 :) (I've borrowed somebodyelse's calculator before I got mine, and "upgraded" it, and it SUCKED! It's too complicated and limited in asm progs and stuff, so I decided not to upgrade mine. :)

Mine came with a 2.05 and I can't run the DoorsOstupid programs.

Is there a way to upload the calculators OS to the computer?