Re: RESOLVED: TIs work correctly, AND people are morons!
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Re: RESOLVED: TIs work correctly, AND people are morons!
So insulting, where's the love :)
On 1 Feb 1999, STL137 wrote:
> I don't want to see any more <obscenity> posts about the Factor( command on
> TI-92s, TI-92+s, and TI-89s. I say two things: TIs work correctly, AND people
> are morons! Here's why:
> 1) The original poster is a moron for not seeing that the "correct" answer
and
> the "given" answer are actually the same.
> 2) Almost everyone who responded is a moron for saying the same thing over
and
> over: "But MY TI does it correctly!" and/or "Perhaps you need to use
> parentheses!" This does not include people who pointed out that both the
> answers are, in fact, equivalent.
>
> The solution lies in Modes. AUTO and EXACT will give the "desired" answer,
the
> one with the number attached to the x. APPROX mode will give the "undesired"
> answer, with the number factored out. Now, I want there to be no follow-up
> posts to this.
> This thread DIES HERE!
>
>
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>
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