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ticalc.org is hiring
Posted by Magnus on 8 December 2002, 14:45 GMT

Ok, so we're hiring. The post we are currently after is primary news editor. This means that you will be actively "hunting" for news to post on our site, both from outside sources and from our file archive. Secondary work expected if you have the time include surveys and maintaining static content on our site (it should not be quite as static as it currently is).

So, what's required of you? Mainly time. Doing news can take a lot of time - talking to a lot of people, reading a lot of sites... Naturally, a decent familiarity with "the TI scene" as it is today is also required, so you'd know how and where to find things to post. As for special skills, none are really required. You will need to be reasonably fluent in the written English language. While we happily accept staff members from outside the US (see our current staff listing for proof of this), English is the only language used on our site.

Sounds interesting? Let us know at newstaff@ticalc.org. Please include the following information:

  • Full name
  • Email address
  • Age
  • Current level of education (finished or unfinished)
  • Where you live (town/state/country)
  • Approximate amount of time you think you can put into this per week
  • Quick summary of relevant experience
  • A quick motivation on why we should pick you
  • If you have MSN or AIM or similar as means for us to contact you

We will accept applications until Dec 22nd.
Also, please note that we are looking for a long-term commitment. If you think you only have time or want to do this for a couple of months, we are currently not interested.

Update (22/12): Ok, no more applications. There were a lot though, so it'll take us a while to get through them all.

Thanks to all those who sent in applications. We may not be able to respond to each of you in person unless further questions are required.

 


The comments below are written by ticalc.org visitors. Their views are not necessarily those of ticalc.org, and ticalc.org takes no responsibility for their content.


Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Vaske Mikani  Account Info
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Hmm, First post.

     8 December 2002, 16:52 GMT

Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
jtjdt  Account Info
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speaking of news http://www.ti-fr.org is gone.

     8 December 2002, 16:56 GMT


Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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THANK GOD! Ticalc.org is back up again! I was getting so worried, as this is my favorite site.

     8 December 2002, 17:06 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Timendus  Account Info
(Web Page)

Me2!

     9 December 2002, 10:44 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
benryves  Account Info
(Web Page)

I think I speak for everyone when I say:
w00t!

     9 December 2002, 12:25 GMT


News is Back!
KermMartian  Account Info
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You speak for me...

Finally, I thought we got banned from talking because we were getting so off-topic :)

     9 December 2002, 16:09 GMT


Re: News is Back!
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I didn't really think that was it :)

     9 December 2002, 21:46 GMT


Re: Re: News is Back!
Timendus  Account Info
(Web Page)

What was it then?

     10 December 2002, 11:45 GMT


Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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They needed new staff members for the news area of the site.

     10 December 2002, 22:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

"There is no ban on comment posting, just the front news items. I simply
made the judgement that nothing important was being said on those 500+ and
700+ items, so I made them read-only..."

     11 December 2002, 03:45 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Okay... that makes sense.

     11 December 2002, 16:47 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
Timendus  Account Info
(Web Page)

:)

     12 December 2002, 15:48 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
slimey_limey  Account Info
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Yeah, I thought that it was my preferences cookie. I kept reloading it, to no avail.

     12 December 2002, 16:32 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
Shockwave  Account Info

Maybe they should get more people to focus on uploading the flippin' archives then on worrynig about news where over 50% has no importance. December 7th to the 19th still waiting. (by the time they update all those programs mine will be on their site in febuary! (No offense to the uploaders I'm just sayin now they've got lots a work to do)!

     20 December 2002, 03:16 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Really! My preview game that was 30% done (that I uploaded about three weeks ago) is about 85% done now, and they still haven't uploaded the stinkin' preview! ARRGGHH! >:(

     20 December 2002, 21:47 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
Joey Gannon  Account Info
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Hey, you quoted my e-mail! :o)

     12 December 2002, 18:09 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
Chickendude  Account Info
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Yep :) Perhaps they should add a posting limit of like 500 or something, and if the limit is reached, the staff has the option of letting it continue (if it's on-topic or something) or making it read-only.

     12 December 2002, 21:59 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

But then they'd need to make a new article so we don't get bored!

     15 December 2002, 17:24 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
FOCUSEDWOLF Account Info
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Ticalc doesnt care...THEY JUST DONT CARE!!!

This is just a ploy...psycho-tactics...create in the minds of the 'community' that ticalc is not going under!!!

Haha...i don't feel like combing this topic for evidence that i am wrong...so hah...TICALS IS DYING!!! PASS IT ON ;-)

<Werewolf.com...where i learned to be focused ;-)>

     18 December 2002, 20:36 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Ya don't seem to focused to me.

     20 December 2002, 21:50 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
FOCUSEDWOLF Account Info
(Web Page)

Reconnaissance deep behind enemy lines managed to gather intelligence on upcoming events. Army intelligence predicts. ;-)

     22 December 2002, 03:57 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: News is Back!
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

.....


...anyway, they're not taking anymore applications anymore...

     22 December 2002, 22:29 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Ainaruin  Account Info

It was down? Funny...I didn't notice.

     21 December 2002, 15:17 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Joe Blow  Account Info

if you didn't notice it was cown then you don't check it very much...

I was checking it a lot, and coming to this site a lot...now that they did that lockdown thing, I don't check it as much...less interesting

does anyone remember how long it was down for?

     24 December 2002, 18:20 GMT


And now for something completely different:
ac  Account Info

2 weeks.
He He. Only people with NO LIFE are on this site today. m3rry (hr15+m45 !!!
w00t!
w00t!

     25 December 2002, 11:55 GMT


Re: And now for something completely different:
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I was on! Well, I wanted to get on, but I was playing with my digital camera I got. It is l33t!

     30 December 2002, 00:12 GMT

Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Vaske Mikani  Account Info
(Web Page)

You know, I would apply if i had time. Just out of curiosity, do they pay anything?

     8 December 2002, 16:57 GMT

Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Barrett Anderson  Account Info
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do they GET any money? i don't see any ads. well, i guess if one of the staff is filthy rich, that'd be a different story, but no, i don't believe they pay anything.

     8 December 2002, 17:03 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I'd work for no pay, but the thing I'd most want to do is become a reviewer! I could download games on the site, review them, analyze, etc. and then write a tiny summary of the game and rate it and stuff. Are you hiring anyone in that area?

     8 December 2002, 17:08 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I think it would be great, because that "section" of the site hasn't been updated in a long time. It's always nice to see another person's opinion on a game.

     8 December 2002, 17:44 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Pedro Silva  Account Info
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Hey you are the real no_one_2000, or the cheap copy?

     8 December 2002, 18:17 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
(Web Page)

he is the real one...

     8 December 2002, 18:47 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
swtaarrs  Account Info
(Web Page)

The cheap copies have ` at the end of their names.

     8 December 2002, 22:15 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

With the only exceptions:
Kerm_Martian
KermMartiain
"ac"

     8 December 2002, 23:22 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
KermMartian  Account Info
(Web Page)

ac correctly noted that the password for some of the fraud accounts is "doorsxp" (no quotes). Bwah ha ha!

     9 December 2002, 16:13 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

lol--Kerm, did YOU sign up to work at ticalc.org?

     9 December 2002, 21:51 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
KermMartian  Account Info
(Web Page)

Nah, I decided to work on Doors XP instead!
w00t ;)

     10 December 2002, 14:25 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

That was a good one!! ;-)

     10 December 2002, 22:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Pedro Silva  Account Info
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understood

     24 December 2002, 19:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I'm the real one. You can tell since mine doesn't have a '`' at the end of my name. Plus, I'm more mature ;-) (yeah, yeah)

     8 December 2002, 22:19 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
TheCalcGenius  Account Info

You?!?!?!?! Mature?!?!?!?!

*starts cracking up until he chokes up air, and once back to normal, looks at screen and cracks up again*

     9 December 2002, 01:55 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Rob van Wijk  Account Info

The keyword here would be '*more* mature' :)

     9 December 2002, 08:44 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
FOCUSEDWOLF Account Info
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Not one militaryish-hungry-for-a-good-war mind amongst you, is there ;-)
(thats just to mislead 90% of this "community"!!)

Hmm, if ticalc wants...i'll come back so they have some posts for Nathan to delete...but i won't do it free without a nice big letter from the webmaster or a salary...hehe ;-)

WEREWOLF.COM!!!! AGHHHHHHHH!!! heh ;-)

     9 December 2002, 16:25 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Oh no, not you! *lol*

Speaking of WOLVES, we're reading a book about wolves in English and it's so HORRIBLE! AAWWGGHH!!

     9 December 2002, 21:54 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

If you want to enjoy the book here's a solution.
Go out and read Silas Marner.

Any book is fun after that one.

     11 December 2002, 01:26 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

That sounds familiar, maybe I read it, maybe not.

     11 December 2002, 03:04 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

Have you had treatment? No, then you haven't read it.

     14 December 2002, 02:12 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Heh :)

     15 December 2002, 17:25 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

Beowolf? lol, that wasn't about wolves, but the name makes it sound like it is! White Fang was about wolves, though, but I liked it :)

     11 December 2002, 04:17 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I didn't like White Fang that much because it was so loooooooooooooooooooong.

     11 December 2002, 16:49 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

You didn't? Well I thought it was really good! Oh well. Anyways, back OT. I really would like to sign up, but I'm not as close to the ticalc.org community as I used to be and I don't know if I have the time. But I'm sure I could find the time, though.

     12 December 2002, 22:04 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

We all like you, Chickendude! ;-)

Has anyone actually gotten a response from them yet? I haven't... maybe that's because I didn't apply for "primary news editor" Still... it's been over a week!

     13 December 2002, 00:40 GMT


Re (15x): ticalc.org is hiring
Rob van Wijk  Account Info

"Anyways, back OT"
Am I the only one who thinks it speaks volumes that "OT" actually means *ON* topic? LOL

     20 December 2002, 17:02 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

It's BeowUlf, and no, it's not about wolves. It's an Old English (as in, the Germanic langauge that the average English speaker will never be able to speak) epic poem about a man blessed by God with superhuman strength who does battle with a demon, a demoness, and a dragon. It's actually pretty good. I'm using it as a tool to teach myself Old English. For example (my grammar here won't be perfect):

Michael is min nama. "Michael is my name."
Ic sprece Englische Ealde. "I speak Old English"
Cyning grete Biscope. "The King greets the Bishop" or "The Bishop greets the King".


and from the prologue in Beowulf:

Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum,
monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah,
egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð
feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad,
weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah,
oðþæt him æghwylc þara ymbsittendra
ofer hronrade hyran scolde,
gomban gyldan. þæt wæs god cyning!

"Listen:
You have heard of the Danish Kings
in the old days and how
they were great warriors.
Shield, the son of Sheaf,
took many an enemy's chair,
terrified many a warrior,
after he was found an orphan.
He prospered under the sky
until people everywhere
listened when he spoke.
That was a good king!"

Yes, I can understand what that said.

     13 December 2002, 21:35 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

Yes, I read that for English last year. My teacher was Dainish, so that put an interesting spin on things.
w00t!

     13 December 2002, 22:53 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
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Not having a go, but as far as old english is concerned, look at Tolkeins work, anything older just as well be german What you wrote looked more that way.

Tolkein uses words that really should be used today but aren'y, Twixt, ere, twain, etc.

they are proper words.

and refering to the comment about the average english speaker, well they are now completely different languages, Strange how society changes over time.

     14 December 2002, 02:23 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

I occasionally throw words such as these twixt my others, just to see how people react. I wot what I wot, what what?

     14 December 2002, 11:10 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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If you can't tell, I'm a real language geek. Surprisingly enough, I'm not an English major. I'm like this with every type of language; I'm a musician, a programmer, a multi-lingual speaker/writer, and mathematician. Anything even slightly language-esque is both entertaining and easy for me.

     14 December 2002, 11:11 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
_no_one_2000_`
(Web Page)

Well, ain't j00 the greatest muthvr fahqer!!!!

     17 December 2002, 13:55 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

Please go away Mr. Fakey.

     19 December 2002, 01:42 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

YES!!!!! I GOT "ac" AND KermMartiain's PASSWORDS! They WERE doorsxp, now I changed them! w00t! I haven't gotten _no_one_2000_`'s password yet, but I'll get it! Guys, get me the names of the other fakes! I want to change their passwords too!

     20 December 2002, 22:10 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

sw33t! Good for you, no_one!
_no_one_2000_`
KermMartiain
lord_nightirose_
PoIarDPres

     25 December 2002, 11:52 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Alright, thanks, I couldn't remember them all :) Trying to change them now...

Okay, here's the status for the new ones--

no_one_2000_` - can't get the password :(
KermMartiain - can't get the password :(
lord_nightirose_ - account didn't exsist :)
PoIarDPres - can't get the password :(

I have a feeling that whoever made the "fake" accounts either saw my post and changed them, or he didn't use "doorsxp" for all of the accounts. :(

Oh well, I got 2 out of 7 (?)

     30 December 2002, 00:19 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Shut up. I get harrassed by you enough. I already got your "CafeShopping.com" (or whatever) e-mail. You're really a pain in the butt.

*idea*

Kerm, you said all the fake's passwords' were doorsxp?... hehehe I'LL CHANGE THE PASSWORD!

     20 December 2002, 21:52 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

Welcome back! lol

     11 December 2002, 03:47 GMT


hmmm.....
Halfmoon Account Info
(Web Page)

i wonder y he is so FOCUSED? lol

     13 December 2002, 00:39 GMT


Re: hmmm.....
FOCUSEDWOLF Account Info
(Web Page)

Why it's cause i meditate alot...have cool dreams...fear-less then the usual Joe...and am handy with a scoped weapon halfmoon ;-)

     18 December 2002, 20:32 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Yay! You agree with me!

     9 December 2002, 22:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
kEvinwElls  Account Info
(Web Page)

HA, im not mature AT ALL. lol. responsible, but not mature.

     10 December 2002, 22:02 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Well everybody, even the ones who deny it, are immature to some degree.

     11 December 2002, 03:05 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
garyanddepleatedteamup  Account Info

exscuse me, but how can u act mature wit 14 chinese girls, a run down scummy chinese hooker town, and the student exchange program? underage hookers i mean, like my age

     12 December 2002, 03:46 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

You're kidding...

     12 December 2002, 21:49 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

Please keep the content of your posts remotely clean and unperverted.

     12 December 2002, 22:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Thank you. :)

     13 December 2002, 00:40 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

How can you act mature? you can stop saying pointless stuff like that...

     14 December 2002, 02:25 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
garyanddepleatedteamup  Account Info

yes, i'm kidding, i was in china, but rctparrothehead said there were lotsa hookers and crap i did... i was in hong kong the whole time

     14 December 2002, 04:20 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I am more mature than you... (it's hard to keep a straight face at times like this)

     9 December 2002, 21:55 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Pedro Silva  Account Info
(Web Page)

They are not hiring anyone for that, but there's something in this site that you have to send them to become a reviewer, I tried it once, but now I have no time for that :P

     8 December 2002, 18:10 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I sent it before, but they said they weren't hiring, but I'm hoping now, since they're hiring in other positions, that they'll consider the reviewing job as well. I already made a sample review.

     8 December 2002, 22:20 GMT

Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Why would you want pay? It's for the benefit of everyone...

     8 December 2002, 17:17 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
gnorthey  Account Info

That would be the problem, it benefits everyone. If it just benefitted the supporter, then there would be plenty of people looking for the job, but if it is a "benefits all" situation, then I figure you'll do it, and you figure I'll do it.

Personally, my issue is that I'd rather do something local, as apposed to an internet collaborative project. If I work with local orgs, etc. I see the benefits more tangibly than via the internet.

The problem with free sites looking for free help is "must comitt to 12000000 hours of work each week" yet the work does not put bread on the table, so most people would comit like one hour. BTW: If there is a one hour job, I would consider taking it, but my time is limited these days.

     9 December 2002, 02:56 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
slimey_limey  Account Info
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I agree with all but the second paragraph; it just doesn't ring true with me.

I would like an hour job, because I only get about an hour of online time (the rest I have to steal when supposedly doing homework ;)

     12 December 2002, 16:39 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Link826  Account Info

I agree. If they paid, then there would be ads, people would demand money for their programs, and this might even become a paysite!

     13 December 2002, 02:12 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Which would, of course, lead to its downfall.

     13 December 2002, 21:37 GMT

Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

Virtue is its own reward.

     9 December 2002, 22:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Yeah, what he said ;-)

     10 December 2002, 00:11 GMT


Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
D. O.  Account Info

Can someone tell me the point of hiring people for articles? I see no use for news about calculators.

     16 December 2002, 21:15 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Chickendude  Account Info
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Well you must not be a very good nerd, then...

     19 December 2002, 01:45 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

Exactly! What about when the next calculator is releasesd? What then? Would you rather not know? Huh?
w00t!

     19 December 2002, 13:53 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
D. O.  Account Info

Who cares about the new calculator. I got mine and thats all I need.

     19 December 2002, 21:47 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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ONLY ONE?!!!!!!!!! *gasp*

     20 December 2002, 21:54 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
D. O.  Account Info

I do have the 85 but I never use it.

     21 December 2002, 17:52 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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So, why don't you list it? It gives you more *power*.......





Okay, not really :)

     22 December 2002, 22:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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AND IT'S A TI-83+????????????? *bigger gasp*

AND "WHO CARES ABOUT THE NEWEST CALCULATORS?" *even bigger gasp*

AND YOU ONLY PROGRAM FOR BASIC???????????? *the biggest gasp of all*

     20 December 2002, 21:55 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Joe Blow  Account Info

you don't sound too good...I think the number you need is "9-1-1"...does anybody here know what the number for 9-1-1 is?

     24 December 2002, 18:35 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Hey, you can always count on one thing.. I DON'T LIKE THE BACKSTREET BOYS!!!!!!!

Okay, I don't know where the heck that came from...

     24 December 2002, 21:52 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

l33t5p34k: gll
Open GL wanted to have it be 9-1, but Bell Atlantic wouldn't fund it. In the end they settled on 9-1-1
:p

     25 December 2002, 11:58 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Really? I wonder why they wanted 91. I guess it's no weirder than 911.

13375p34|< 15 r0xx0r5. 0n|_y 7h3 1337 (4n r33d 7415 m355493. 1|= j00 (4nn07 r33d 7415 741n j00 w1|_|_ 83 h4xx0r3d!

     30 December 2002, 00:34 GMT

Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Barrett Anderson  Account Info
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funny... ticalc.org is doing something very good, like trying to get more news posted, and people still abuse the message board. (even after closing those last 6 or 7 topics)... oh well...

i hope you guys find someone who will do a good job, and not post stuff like "how do i fix my ti-83?"

     8 December 2002, 17:02 GMT

Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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LOL

Well, the more they update the site, the less off-topic posts will occur. The only reason people (including me) post off-topic posts is when they've discussed everything there is to discuss. BTW, good job to the archive people, I see they started to pick up the pace again :)

     8 December 2002, 17:12 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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this is very true... look at calc.org's boards for proof...

     8 December 2002, 18:49 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I haven't been to calc.org in a very loooooooooong time, since ticalc has everything I need. :)

     8 December 2002, 22:20 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
kEvinwElls  Account Info
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calc.org SUCKS, ok it just does. the message board topics suck, the progs suck, the support sucks the layout and design sucks. ticalc.org blows calc.org outa the water

     14 December 2002, 00:23 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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Lets all be nice now, I'd like to see you create something as nice as their boards, so until it affects you, or you can do better, keep your mouth closed, and don't speak through your arse.

     14 December 2002, 19:13 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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then again, looking at your site, and your ticalc bio, you are a very depressed person...

     16 December 2002, 20:01 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

Almost as depressed as PolarDPressed :P

     19 December 2002, 13:55 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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That's me, super depressed guy!!! haha.

     19 December 2002, 21:16 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
KermMartian  Account Info
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calc.org doesn't even have archives yet...

     10 December 2002, 14:26 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Lol... wait, you mean they lost their archives?

     10 December 2002, 22:10 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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They still have a nice site, they are also working on the archives currently...

     10 December 2002, 23:12 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Didn't they used to? Or did they go through one of those "edit bad program" stages like ticalc.org did?

     11 December 2002, 16:51 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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I think they said that they lost them, but that doesn't make sense...

     11 December 2002, 20:59 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
rmohr02 Account Info
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Awhile ago calc.org went down and lost everything. They're slowly rebuilding.

     11 December 2002, 21:07 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Wow... that would really stink. :(

     12 December 2002, 03:09 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
garyanddepleatedteamup  Account Info

calc.org has the whole archive, its just not accesable, its in the website, but the archive page is not functioning/non existant, i'm calc.org staffer :) i saw the big archive, its BIG, but not ticalc.org BIG

     12 December 2002, 03:50 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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Your a staff member also? I can't see the staff page, it doesn't load, so I only know the ones who have posted...

     12 December 2002, 04:13 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Patrick Sidney  Account Info
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uve got to get ftp access like me ;)

     12 December 2002, 22:59 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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FTP IS FUN! >:)

     13 December 2002, 00:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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What ftp do you use? I use msftple. (Microsoft File Transfer Protocol Light Edition, I think)

     13 December 2002, 00:42 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Personally I prefer CuteFTP Pro 2.0 . It's what I use to make a mirror of TICalc's archive: it can monitor the site for any changes, then automatically download/delete whatever it needs to maintain the mirror.

     13 December 2002, 21:38 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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It's probably more powerful than mine, then. Speaking of ftp's, I can't log on to the site. I typed in everything right, what might be the problem?

     20 December 2002, 21:58 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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"You're"

     13 December 2002, 21:37 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

Already, enough with the spelling and grammer corrections. YOUR turning into MathJMendal!!1

     13 December 2002, 22:55 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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I wouldn't have to do it so often if you guys would simply spend an extra ten seconds posting to check what you have written and correct it!

     14 December 2002, 01:06 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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By the way, the word is 'grammar'.

     14 December 2002, 11:09 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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"You're" LOL j/k

     15 December 2002, 17:28 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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I noticed that right after I posted it...

     14 December 2002, 19:20 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
JcN

What archives?
Did they have archives?
Did they ever have anything?
(my computer never lets me log on to calc.org because it is not compatable with my internet service)

There can't be anything that calc.org has that ticalc.org has already or had already, though.

What kinds of games are...were...supported at calc.org?

     17 December 2002, 21:45 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
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I'm suprised they haven't created a graffiti board, well something similar, where people can heve there inane chatter - just like this really.
Okay, may take up some space, but messages over a week old could be scrubbed.

Ahh, the great ideas I come up with. Talking of great ideas, how is the photo gallery going?

     8 December 2002, 23:46 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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That's not my project--if I remember correctly, I think it was lord_nightrose.

     9 December 2002, 00:33 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Yep, that was my plan. So far, not too well. I only have one photo and two bios. Come on, people! Send me your info & photos! lord_nightrose@yahoo.com !

     9 December 2002, 03:28 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I can't send my photo over the internet :( Not allowed

     9 December 2002, 22:02 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

Your point? I'm not alowed to either. That doesn't mean I don't!
w00t!

     9 December 2002, 22:43 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Of course, most of us have done something "illegal" just to download ROM images of the calcs we don't own (and I'm sure our parents don't approve of that either) ;-)

     10 December 2002, 03:10 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
benryves  Account Info
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Am I the only one who sent in a photo? :(
I guess so, if he says he only got one.

     10 December 2002, 09:25 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Can't make a photo listing of everyone with only one photo too well! :)

     10 December 2002, 22:14 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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I sent mine, he finally posted what he has, bugstew.net/ticalc_pic or pics, i can't remember. You have to wear uniforms at school or something ben?

     10 December 2002, 23:14 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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You can also go to http://ti.bugstew.net/ (click the 'web page' link above).

     11 December 2002, 02:35 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I've been to bugstew.net before. You're comics there are disturbing! :) :)

     11 December 2002, 16:52 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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People, it's not that hard to have good grammar. "You're" is used for a contraction of "You are". "Your" indicates possession.

     12 December 2002, 18:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Oh crap. NORMALLY, I don't mess up with the your/you're thing. This is the first time, for me, anyway. :( I normally don't mess up with there/their/they're either.

     12 December 2002, 21:50 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Nice pic with the fangs :)

     12 December 2002, 03:12 GMT

NIGHTROSE!
Patrick Sidney  Account Info
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put my pic up........... its on the link

     12 December 2002, 13:43 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Say what now?

     12 December 2002, 18:06 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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On ti.bugstew.net, the picture where you had the fangs in your mouth... you said they costed $20...

     12 December 2002, 21:52 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Oh yeah.

'Cost'. 'Costed' is never a word.

     12 December 2002, 22:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Heh, I just realized I wrote that. I bet if I typed as I was actually saying the words, I'd probably be more correct, at least with my grammar.

     13 December 2002, 00:44 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Whenever I type something, I read it aloud in my head to make sure it sounds intelligent. Otherwise I tend not to say it, or I reword it to improve it.

     13 December 2002, 10:01 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Oh, I guess I'm just too lazy to do that. :)

     15 December 2002, 17:29 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
slimey_limey  Account Info
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I downloaded a 92+ ROM from ti.com, and my dad approves of my ingenuity.

     12 December 2002, 16:43 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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But from ti, it's legal. I'm talking about going to some site and downloading 50 ROMS for calcs you don't own and use them all. I think that's illegal.

     12 December 2002, 21:54 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Chickendude  Account Info
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50 ROMs? Geez! That's like every ROM version for every calculator!!! lol

     12 December 2002, 22:19 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I think there's 47 on this one site I found... OOPS! >:)

     13 December 2002, 00:45 GMT


Where's the goods?
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

Could you email that url to me???

     13 December 2002, 16:48 GMT


Re: Where's the goods?
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

You e-mail me first so I know the address. (or did you already?)

     15 December 2002, 17:30 GMT


Re: Re: Where's the goods?
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

If you put your mouse over their name, then you can see their e-mail. :)

     19 December 2002, 01:53 GMT


Here's the goods
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

I guess that works for me...

     20 December 2002, 16:48 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

Not really. I have 60 roms, and they're all different.

     13 December 2002, 21:42 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I guess we could count them all out...

TI-82 16.0
TI-82 17.0
...

     15 December 2002, 17:31 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
slimey_limey  Account Info
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But I don't have a 92+. Also, I copied my friend's 83+ rom to my comp with VTI before I gave him 1.12. So I have 2 83+ ROMs, 4 89 ROMs, and 1 92+ ROM. I only have one 89.

     13 December 2002, 16:42 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
JcN

ac: Can you please, for the sakes of the 6 billion lovely people out there, define the phrase w00t?

JcN

     17 December 2002, 21:48 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Chickendude  Account Info
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It is like an expression of joy. When something good happens or if you are just plain happy, you say w00t!

     19 December 2002, 01:57 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

EX. I got 100% on my test today...w00t! w00t!

     19 December 2002, 18:20 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
JcN

Yes, w00t is an expression of joy, but why w00t? What is its significance? Why not "yeah!" or "Super!" or "awesome"?

     20 December 2002, 16:11 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Because, w00t! is almighty. :)


I remember a long time ago ('bout two years) PEOPLE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE EXCLAMATION MARK AT THE END! ;-) I wonder if there's ANYONE at my school who heard w00t! even once... doubt it.

     20 December 2002, 22:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
JcN

I agree. w00t is almighty, and it is used all the time in ticalc.org, and it has never been heard at any school that I know of.

But, seriously...

I thought I read somewhere on an old comment (written around 1998) that w00t was an expression used by programmers and computer junkies because it is a numerical value that is equal to a significant number in our base-10 counting system. What is this number, and why is it important enough to express joy in the form of w00t? 10,000 programmers can't all be wrong about w00t.

     23 December 2002, 05:27 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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What? I never heard that before! w00t!

     23 December 2002, 19:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
JcN

I think I read it in a comment under Program Ideas and then under Game Ideas on this site. Someone else like me asked the same question, and the response was the significance when it is translated into Base-10. I think they even said that hackers use the term a lot because it breaks a firewall or something.

That's a lot of power for such a small number like w00t!

     24 December 2002, 07:27 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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"w00t" is also the password for calclock! (prgm I made... needs some improvement)

All calclock does it turn off the calculator. (it's in C, so you can't use [ON]) It gives you 10 seconds to type in the password when turned back on. If you don't type in "w00t" by then, it turns back off. Great for keeping idiotic little cr33ps away from your calc :)

     30 December 2002, 00:37 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Besides, I'm too ugly to look at ;-) (even though that's not what all the chicks at school say!!! heh heh)

     9 December 2002, 22:03 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
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sure they do... haha jk

     17 December 2002, 20:40 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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You know what would be even cooler? If there was a MAJOR CALC FEMALE NERD... and she was HOT! That'd be SOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! *drolls on keyboard*

     20 December 2002, 22:01 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

God, sorry, with ticalc.org down, I forgot altoghether. I'll get a photo to you ASAP!

     9 December 2002, 22:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Charlemagne Account Info
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Photos? Why not meet the actual person?
TI-Calc should have a get-together every few years where all the nerds can see each other!! TI should sponsor it. It could be in Texas!!! Yehaw!!
Then everyone could get to know and respect the MBC!!!

     9 December 2002, 22:40 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

lol, that'd be cool, but my parents wouldn't let me ;-) (don't even go to that conversation)

     10 December 2002, 00:13 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Gilles DARTIGUELONGUE  Account Info

Texas is far awaay from my country...

     10 December 2002, 14:03 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

That would be a problem....

     10 December 2002, 22:15 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Charlemagne Account Info
(Web Page)

France? That is a problem.

     10 December 2002, 22:45 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

France is always a problem

     11 December 2002, 01:32 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

You can speak french? I'm only in my 3rd year of French, so I'm not too good with it right now ;)

     11 December 2002, 03:06 GMT

How about a new subject??????
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

I'm in my first year of Latin...

     12 December 2002, 16:52 GMT


Re: How about a new subject??????
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I have two friends who are taking Latin.

     12 December 2002, 21:55 GMT


Re: Re: How about a new subject??????
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

I took three years of Latin in MS. (Non loquor Latinam!) I started Latin the last year that they used the Our Latin Heritage books, now it's some freaky book that goes all out of order...
This year there weren't enough Latin IV students, so I took Deutsch I instead :)

     12 December 2002, 22:22 GMT


Re: Re: Re: How about a new subject??????
Patrick Sidney  Account Info
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Wirklich? I komme aus Deutsch II. Was ist dein Hausaufgaben am? Ja, Ja, ich bin nicht so gut im Deustch.

     12 December 2002, 22:58 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: How about a new subject??????
Charlemagne Account Info
(Web Page)

Whadda ya mean you come from German II?
And why do you care about my homework?

     12 December 2002, 23:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How about a new subject??????
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Oh, that's what he said? I thought he was swearing at us in German... lol ;-)

     13 December 2002, 00:47 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How about a new subject??????
garyanddepleatedteamup  Account Info

Du Arshlok chk spelling

     14 December 2002, 04:32 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How about a new subject??????
Patrick Sidney  Account Info
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first off, itd be Sie, since every1 here is not "close-friends" (WELL MAYBAY SOME OF UNS!) third off, I asked: "What is your Homework on?" and yes i said i come from German II, cuz that was my last class! hehehe...

Und NO ONE?

If I wanted to cuss at you guys, I could have said "Sheissekopf" which roughly says "ShitHead" which is wat KeViNwElLs is.

     18 December 2002, 03:33 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How about a new subject??????
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

O sheiss dauf

     19 December 2002, 01:59 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How about a new subject??????
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I wonder if they have that stuff in English/German dictionaries.

     20 December 2002, 22:03 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

You speak french?

What has that got to do with the price of turkey, I barely speak english.

     14 December 2002, 02:30 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
343GuiltySpark  Account Info
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lol ... anybody seen that one Saturday Night Live with I think Seinfeld (sp?) and he's teaching a history class?
"But France is still in Europe today!"

     11 December 2002, 03:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

LOL! :)

     11 December 2002, 16:53 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Charlemagne Account Info
(Web Page)

Where are you from?

     10 December 2002, 22:44 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Chickendude  Account Info
(Web Page)

I think he's from MD or somewhere around there :)

     12 December 2002, 22:24 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

You're on at the same time as me! YAY!

     13 December 2002, 00:51 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
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You do realize you just referred to yourself as both 'he' and 'me' in the same sentence? Charlemagne was asking where *you* were from.

     13 December 2002, 10:05 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

I don't like the idea...
TX is the ancestral home of the Bushes.

How about having it in a different place every year, say alternating between UK, USA, France, Canada, etc, locations where most of us are? I would definitely go to one on a Saturday afternoon in my state.

     12 December 2002, 16:52 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Charlemagne Account Info
(Web Page)

Hey man, don't knock Texas!! It's my homeland!!
But I agree, we can make it like the Olympics...every few years and always at a different place!

     12 December 2002, 23:38 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
slimey_limey  Account Info
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ya sir... Maybe the first one could be held there, like Athens for the Olympics.

     13 December 2002, 16:50 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Charlemagne Account Info
(Web Page)

Yes, yes!! Go Texas!! Everyone luvs cowboys! (although that's harshly stereotypical)

     13 December 2002, 23:07 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
KermMartiain  Account Info
(Web Page)

FUCK TEXAS U STUPID FUCKING GAY ASS SHITHEAD I HATE TEXAS CAUSE THE ASSHOLE BUSH ANAL PORN SEX FUCKER IS FROM IT.
DOORS(FUCKINGASS)XP RULLLESZZZZ

BTW, I THINK OF THIS WHEN I THINK OF MBC-
FUCKSHITASSHOLECUNTASSSHITHEAD

-~`-HAXXORE004-3=-5

     17 December 2002, 17:58 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
(Web Page)

not the fakes again.... No, I thought they were gone... What a sad day... :(

     17 December 2002, 20:48 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I'm going to try Kerm's approach and get their password. THEN change it. Sound good? I'll post on the updates. *I'm on a mission, lol*

     20 December 2002, 22:05 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

HAHAHA! I GOT TWO OF THE FAKES' PASSWORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CHANGED THEM!

     20 December 2002, 22:13 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
JcN

Hey!

Watch your mouth...er...keyboard! Your harsh words burn my eyes!

If you dislike Texas, why not meet in Arizona?

(I thought cuss words weren't allowed at ticalc.org Should I report this?)

     23 December 2002, 05:35 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Don't bother. If you were here regularly within the past 2 months or so, you'd see the beginning of the "fakes." The keep on creating user accounts that look similar to those of others (me, for example) and post profane messages. There's not much you can do to stop them, since they just create account after account. The only thing I could think to do to catch them is to somehow get their IP.

     23 December 2002, 19:03 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
JcN

Ah...I see. Maybe the membership should require the IP, so the staff can track these people.

But, whatever. I was just suprised, that's all.

     24 December 2002, 07:30 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
(Web Page)

You have something against the Bushes?

     16 December 2002, 15:29 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
"ac"

Ahhh, no! Thee Bushes are GOD! I luv the Bushes, they are so cool! I think GEorgey Bushey is so s

     17 December 2002, 18:03 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
ac  Account Info

Yes, or maybe George W. Bush is the biggest dumb *ss in the world. Anyone who likes him is automaticly a fool. Sorry, a f00l!

     19 December 2002, 18:22 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
(Web Page)

I don't like Bush much, but he is still better than Gore, that stiff kinda creeps me out.

     20 December 2002, 20:24 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Since my parents are republican, I guess I like bush more, but I really don't care that much.

     20 December 2002, 22:14 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

How is it that ac and "ac" posted at the same place within the same 20 minutes?...

Anyway, I changed "ac"'s password, you YOU CAN 8173 ME, 817(h!

     20 December 2002, 22:16 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
PolarDPres  Account Info
(Web Page)

2 different days, check the dates...

     23 December 2002, 16:05 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Oh, right... very good point.

     23 December 2002, 19:05 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

Visit this link and go to the members page. Should have a picture there by the end of wednesday, and definetly the end of the week.

     11 December 2002, 01:42 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

>>The only reason people (including me) post off-topic posts is when they've discussed everything there is to discuss.

Your theory is quite flawed: Look at the first post on this board! It's off-topic! Your theory would state that, in this instance, everything was said before anything was said...

     10 December 2002, 08:04 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Well, I guess that theory doesn't apply to everybody, but it does make some sense, doesn't it?

     10 December 2002, 22:16 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
343GuiltySpark  Account Info
(Web Page)

Well, it's only in science and math where theories don't have exceptions. We're talking real life here, so any theories applicable to real life (are the ticalc message boards considered real life?) will have SOME exceptions. Just look at the English language.

     11 December 2002, 03:09 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

In math, it disproves it. In science, it's an exception to the rule.

     12 December 2002, 16:54 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

Maths, not math.
It is short for mathematics, not mathematic.

And, if I've spelt that wrong well tough.

     14 December 2002, 03:22 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

It is "math". Otherwise, we would be calling the United States the "USs". "Mathematics" is a categorical description of the mathematical sciences, so even "mathematics" itself is a contraction.

You British and your 'spelt' ;-)

     14 December 2002, 11:08 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
343GuiltySpark  Account Info
(Web Page)

And don't forget their 'favour'
Them Brits have strange ways of saying/spelling things.

     14 December 2002, 21:30 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

Though they did spell them that way before us...

     14 December 2002, 23:20 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
343GuiltySpark  Account Info
(Web Page)

True enough. But it still bothers me.
By the way, what's a 'leftenant'? I think it's the British equivalent of the lieutenant, but I'm not too sure. Anybody mind enlightening me?

     15 December 2002, 02:29 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I might be incorrect, but I think they're spelled the same way, only pronounced differently.

     15 December 2002, 17:35 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

Yep, they are spelt the same way.
But the Original pronunciation was leftenent (??), and not leutenent. I'm not saying you yanks say it wrong, we say it differently, I was just stating it's original form.

Keep saying lieutenant. It sounds really wierd after just a couple of times.

Another example of bad pronunciation is router (with respect to computing).

This is something the 're-directs' something. It does not cut wood.
although they do have the same spelling.
the computing term comes from route and the wood wrking tool, I believe, comes from the word rout - to remove.

And, the final example of bad pronouciation is this.

     5 January 2003, 23:40 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

A theory, by definition, is:

A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

The definition is the same in every context. Therefore, in 'real life' as you call it (...), a theory is the same as it would be in math: something that holds true in every provable case.

     12 December 2002, 18:05 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Oooookay... so it is the same in Math and English?

     12 December 2002, 21:58 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

Yes. A theory is a theory is a theory.

     12 December 2002, 22:40 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Well, I guess my theory was proven incorrect. :"""-(

     13 December 2002, 00:48 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

Crying is for those who have water to waste on tears. Fool.

... ok, that sounded really... evil. ignore it.

     13 December 2002, 10:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

A theory is something that hasn't YET been proven wrong.
And yet, hasn't been proven right.
Man this gets confusing!

     14 December 2002, 03:15 GMT


Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Timendus  Account Info
(Web Page)

Only one reply would then be in order: RTFM!

     9 December 2002, 10:45 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Rtfm? Read the f.... manual? Just a guess...

     10 December 2002, 03:11 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
Timendus  Account Info
(Web Page)

Very good.

     10 December 2002, 11:49 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ticalc.org is hiring
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Yay! :) I think I've seen that one before, now that I think about it.

     10 December 2002, 22:17 GMT

In BRUN latin.
RCTParRoThEaD_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I am giong to klil yuo.

aynways, tahnk yuo all fro udpating teh stie fnially. Oh, adn I porbably wno't sbumit an application. Good lcuk to wohever bceomes teh n00bie satff mmeber!

     8 December 2002, 17:29 GMT

Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Whoa, looks like you had your fingers on the wrong keys when typing!

Has anyone signed up to be a staff member yet?

     8 December 2002, 17:31 GMT

Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
RCTParRoThEaD_  Account Info
(Web Page)

it's BRUN latin...

     8 December 2002, 17:37 GMT


Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

...what's that?

     8 December 2002, 17:42 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
Barrett Anderson  Account Info
(Web Page)

he tends to talk like that.. BRUN=BURN blah blah blah... (and i'm guessing balh=blah?)

     8 December 2002, 17:54 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I guess...

Hey, did you sign up for anything here?

     8 December 2002, 18:09 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
Barrett Anderson  Account Info
(Web Page)

me? nope... i would sign up... but i'm too lazy to add another thing to do every day...

     9 December 2002, 01:34 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

But, it's FUN! ;-)

     9 December 2002, 22:06 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
JcN

LOL

Have you signed up?

     23 December 2002, 18:35 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

I signed up, but for a different job than what they're currently looking for right now. Hope they hire me! :)

     23 December 2002, 19:06 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

I only signed up to write inane programs and upload them periodically.

     12 December 2002, 16:55 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

???

     12 December 2002, 22:00 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

yep, that's it. I'm working on an image prgram now. Only one effect, but I have several other image programs. (an 'IMAGE PROGRAM EFFECT PACK')

     13 December 2002, 16:52 GMT

Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
Steven King  Account Info
(Web Page)

I have signed up for the position. I have lots of knowladge on TI news and stuff and have alot of comptuer web experience.

     8 December 2002, 20:58 GMT

Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
Patrick Sidney  Account Info
(Web Page)

same here

     8 December 2002, 21:12 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Really? Guess it's a more popular position than I thought :)

     8 December 2002, 22:21 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
kEvinwElls  Account Info
(Web Page)

why? you are already a staff member of calc.org are leaking information to competitors, ahhhh keep away form patrick sydney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hes evil!

     16 December 2002, 05:34 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

At least Patrick Sydney can program in Assembly! (ooooooohhhh!)

     20 December 2002, 22:19 GMT

Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

Are you the real Steven King? (or does he spell his with a "ph"?)

     8 December 2002, 22:21 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

I'm guessing he's *a* real Steven King. Yes, the author spells it with a 'ph', but either way, I'm sure there are hundreds of 'Steven/Stephen King's around the world.

     8 December 2002, 22:49 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
no_one_2000_  Account Info
(Web Page)

It's not fair... I have such horrible writing skills... I never say what I mean, due to my horrible vocabulary.

     10 December 2002, 03:13 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

A good way to improve your writing skills is to read as much as possible. Seriously. I read all the time - fiction, newspapers, textbooks, etc. Take note of the styles and techniques used by popular and successful writers, and incorporate them into your own. A Harvard vocabulary doesn't hurt, either. Read the dictionary! I did (in elementary school; and the Encyclopaedia Brittanica as well), and I can define nearly any word. Reading reference books, as bizarre as it may seem, really can help.

The main point: Read! Any time, any place - if you have nothing better to do, read something!

     13 December 2002, 09:59 GMT

Reading anything
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

Also read old books--they tend to use better vocabulary than post-1950s books. I read things like Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs (see http:// www.geocities.com/ Area51/Shadowlands/ 6696/pellucidar.html ). Books from that time period are great for enlarging vocabulary without reading dictionaries.

     13 December 2002, 16:56 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

Whatsit do?

     13 December 2002, 16:59 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

What are you talking about?

     13 December 2002, 21:43 GMT


Dolphins
slimey_limey  Account Info
(Web Page)

I have no idea now.

     20 December 2002, 16:49 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
lord_nightrose Account Info
(Web Page)

A dictionary is a book filled with the definitions of many words. You can look words up by their first letter, and their subsequent letters if that's not enough to find them. ;-)

     14 December 2002, 11:07 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
ac  Account Info

LOL

     19 December 2002, 18:28 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
Soth  Account Info
(Web Page)

I kind of disagree with this. If you want to speak English, speak the queens english, not Harvard english... Oops sorry just a joke. But seriously, don't read a dictionary. Read loads of literature, especially old stuff. If you don't know the meaning of the word, look it up and learn it. If you can't spell the word, then look it up, and learn how.
The dictinary might be great for spelling, but some of it's descriptions are one-sided and inaccurate. Oh, and don't just trust our english teacher, they aren't normally intellegent.

And, yes English should have a capital E not lowercase.

     14 December 2002, 03:27 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In BRUN latin.
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Well, I'm not saying *only* read the dictionary. Read other things as well, of course. I'm just suggesting to those who have spelling difficulties that it's a good way to fix many of your problems. "They're/their/there", "two/too/to", "well/we'll", and so on.

     14 December 2002, 11:06 GMT

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no_one_2000_  Account Info
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The sad thing for me is, I know how the rules and everything for those "tricky" words, but I always seen to mess up my sentence, somehow.

     15 December 2002, 17:40 GMT


grammar thingies
slimey_limey  Account Info
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I find the English language easy.

     20 December 2002, 16:51 GMT


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no_one_2000_  Account Info
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OMG, someone got the Klez virus and yelled at me for it. If they would have done their "research," then they'd know that it came from someone who has ME in their address book, but not me. >:(

     15 December 2002, 17:44 GMT


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JcN

Cheer up.

Programming skills build writing skills. The more you program, the better you are able to write, solve problems, do math, understand science, and apply many other useful talents that programming unlocks. Practicing a skill like programming stimulates other areas of your brain and makes you better at your abilities and talents (at least, that is the theory).

In your case, you can use your programming skills to relate to your vocab-building skills and writing skills. After all, if you are a programmer, you are an author. Both people write stuff, but the programmer writes more complicated works.

     23 December 2002, 18:45 GMT


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no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I never would have thought about it that way, but it makes sense... :)

     23 December 2002, 19:08 GMT

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lord_nightrose Account Info
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That would be 'a lot'...

Another reason I should be hired! I can spot spelling errors and grammar problems even at a quick glance. I'm a very thorough proofreader.

     8 December 2002, 23:15 GMT

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no_one_2000_  Account Info
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YAY! You proofread my reviews of the games! :) (when/if they accept it)

     8 December 2002, 23:24 GMT


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You should always try to avoid using parentheses (or atleast as often as you can :-P)

     9 December 2002, 03:13 GMT

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lord_nightrose Account Info
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at least

     9 December 2002, 03:27 GMT


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Chickendude  Account Info
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At least use a full sentence.

     9 December 2002, 04:58 GMT


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no_one_2000_  Account Info
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This reminds me of that one string of comments we had a LOOOOOONG time ago where all it consited of was people picking about other people's grammar/punctuation/spelling... ;-)

     9 December 2002, 22:15 GMT

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Benjamin Esham  Account Info
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That should be 'consisted'.

;)

     9 December 2002, 22:39 GMT


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no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Dangit! I knew I'd screw up somewhere in that sentence! (I didn't mess up here!)

     10 December 2002, 00:16 GMT


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That should be 'dang it'. 'Dangit' isn't a word.

     10 December 2002, 02:32 GMT


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no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Oh, come on! I've seen "Dangit!" before! ;-)

     10 December 2002, 03:13 GMT


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benryves  Account Info
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I've seen it used many a time in the British comic from the Dandy, Desperate Dawg.
If a cartoon character uses it, it has to be a real word, right?

     10 December 2002, 09:27 GMT

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I can hope so :)

     10 December 2002, 22:19 GMT


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Soth  Account Info
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Spot on right.
Now what is that word Professor Fink keeps using?

     11 December 2002, 01:46 GMT

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I believe they are 'hoyle' and 'flayvin'.

     12 December 2002, 18:04 GMT


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lord_nightrose Account Info
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Are you British, or do you just play at it?

     13 December 2002, 21:46 GMT

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He's at leeds, so he's definately british.

     14 December 2002, 02:23 GMT


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Soth  Account Info
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Check the website, I'm definetly at Leeds, UK
Also you can learn about one of the two sports clubs I'm with.
The other is at:
www.leeds.ac.uk/union/sports/bridge

Why would I not be British? Serious question, not having a go at you or anything.

     14 December 2002, 03:31 GMT


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lord_nightrose Account Info
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Because being American is more fun. :-p
No, I just assumed that since you said "Spot on", you must be British. I have a British friend who says that a lot.

     14 December 2002, 11:04 GMT


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Being American is fun. We can be stupid and sue people for it. If a coffee machine doesn't say "CAUTION: HOT" we can sue someone after pouring it on ourselves. Yay. How dishonest.

     15 December 2002, 17:48 GMT

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PolarDPres  Account Info
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God Bless America!

     16 December 2002, 19:54 GMT

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PolarDPres  Account Info
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I didn't know a big and tasty could make you fat? How the hell am I supposed to figure that out?

     16 December 2002, 19:55 GMT

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lord_nightrose Account Info
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lol... God bless a country where the stupid can make money off their stupidity!

     16 December 2002, 23:46 GMT


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RCTParRoThEaD_  Account Info
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Then why ain't I rich? \/_\/

     18 December 2002, 05:51 GMT