Survey posted 2003-08-04 14:08 by Henrik.

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Well I have an 89 and a V200 so its pointless to get another one unless I start collecting. Also I'm not going back to school because I'm in it and the summer and fall semesters run right into each other. But I do plan on getting a new laptop.

LOL...same here. I have been coding on my calculator just about all summer (both the TI 89 and v200) and when I read this poll, I said "You got to be kidding me" so I put no, because I already got everything I need, a TI 89 and a Voyage 200.

There is no better combination than the V200 and the TI-89. Later in life when I have cash to spare I think I might start collecting the calcs like some others on here.

Me too... LOL, I'm going to get all of the calcs :) Of course, I might need to get a job first... blah

FLIPPING BURGERS!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

heck, i bussed tables for a while at a golf club... whatever works...

What do you mean, "Back to school"; I never got out! (When you're homeschooled, you don't want to leave shcool! At least, not if you want someone else to pay your bills...)

Smart man! If you find a place that pays for general meals and rooming then stay for as long as you can. Too many people don't realize the advantages.

That place is slightly reminiscent of my home.....

I realize the advantages of living in such a place, but the will to be independant is too strong. Alas, i will soon leave my home, and wish I was back there also...

-Have I ever mentioned that hypocrisy is bliss? W-

No, ignorance is bliss!

What do you mean?

he mentioned that hypocrisy is bliss, and I disagree. Ignorance is bliss. I'm being sarcastic

I say hypocrisy is bliss, because, you can say whatever you want, and do whatever you want, even if it is contrary to your statements. However, others seem miffed when I am being hypocritical.
Oh well.

-You cannot please everyone, I am W-

Oh well.

Save the whales, collect the whole set!

Haha... lol

I just decided how I'm going to propose (when I'm old enough, of course). With a calculator program! :)

Yeah, I'm serious too. I'm going to make this big animation in ASM and give it to her to run... and I'll have a secret camera filming her reaction... and when I display the movie, I'll have a little corner of the screen displaying what the calculator was showing at the exact time as she was watching it. WOW... that sounds like so much fun! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Wow, you have WAY too much time on your hands. :) In some states, however, it is illegal to videotape people without them knowing it. You should check up on the laws in your state before doing it.

Then how do America's Funniest Home Videos get all those tapes? ;-)

Besides, afterwards, I could probably get her approval :)

No, you must have the approval BEFORE you shoot. Oh well, police won't care about this tiny video.

Yeah... but they have some where it's obvious that they don't have permission...

For example, they have ones from Halloween where they would scare the people coming up to the house... they can't tell them first that they're going to scare them and then try it because they wouldn't be scared. And some of these people, they don't even know, so they can't really go back and ask for permission, later. I don't think it's a big deal.

YOu don't need permission before you video tape someone. You just need consent to publically show someone on video tape. C'mon people how do you think Hidden Camera shows stay one the air? Logic, use it.

Well said. Also, it is only illegal if the person presses charges. And, you can only press charges if your personal 'security' was breached, and mental or physical harm was caused - else the courts would just laugh.

...or damaging character etc

Oh good. My idea will work :)

I think her reaction would be to laugh at you and say No. Girls are generally not impressed by ye olde calculators.

Ye olde... um... what made you assume I was programming it for a Casio?

And she would have to be impressed, anyway. Once she finds out that I spent over 48 hours programming it ;-)

I do hope you are just having some fun.

Every one. Get cygwin (or linux) and a copy of emacs. Have a fun conversation with it.
BTW emacs is a text editor.

Actually, I would do that... ;-) And I do think that Casios are either ye olde or ye sucke.

Non of my comment was refering to the casio. But take this as advice from someone who knows (not through personal experience...*) Girls aren't impressed by calcs.

*... Although I did turn up to a mates housewarming party and spent most of the time playing with her flatmates new iMac. I just couldn't resist.

LOL Well....... maybe she would be... I have to find a girl that's really interested in calcs.

I just thought of something funny... what if girls suddenly became attracted to intelligence instead of dumb jocks? LOL All the dumb jocks would try to get smart. HA.

Girls are more attracted to self confidence and cockiness. (Although school girls will generally also try and follow trends and look 'cool'). So you don't need to be into sports to get anything. Just get some more self confidence and a bit more arrogance. - Trust me!

Usually girls like it when I'm polite and nice, but they don't like like that... so I know what you mean. It is an advantage to help girls with their math :)

and if you get lucky enough in the girl you pick she'll tell you how you could have made the program in 2 hours... and then the two of you will make lots of great little games together, and you'll raise them on a nice little computer....

YAY!!!!!!!!!!! OMG... that would be so cool... g/f or wife, etc. who programs! Whoa... LOL

:'( Most girls don't program. :( That's the sad part.

no, the sad part is (er, at my school, anyway), most girls are hardly computer literate... the ones that programmed "learned" visual basic, then quit. There are about 6 people in my school who are actually interested in programming: me, and the 5 people I have tought...

Ignorance is bless....

...What do you mean?....


Now do you get the joke? I know I am not usually that funny, but I thought by now people would recognise when I am being sarcastic. =>

Speech is entirely different than text which happens to be much less expressive. If I were talking to you I probably would have got it.

Ah. Here I should apologise. I don't ever expect people to know when I am being sarcastic. People can never know that (hence the last statement).
When being sarcastic, and when speaking normally I sound pretty much the same.

I have just had an enlightening conversation with a text editor. It wanted to know about my sex life and my childhood.

That is probably so but there is a very minute difference in your voice that is very hard for the untrained to pick up on when your sarcastic. I do the same thing. I was supprised when one of my friends started messing with me because she knew I was being sarcastic. I garrentee that if there were 100 people in that room only on eor two would have known the difference.

Oh no! I can kid people into believing most things. I can talk in the greatest monotones yet. People only know when I am being sarcastic if they know I am contradicting facts or my beliefs. Or if I am patronising them and making it quite clear I am being sarcastic.

I know your type. I'm immediately suspicious shortly after I meet you. I get rid of my suspicion when I understand the premisses for your "trickery". Every person follows a logical pattern of thought, some are complex, others are simple simple.

What logic?
I can base a logic decision on instinct. What scares me is that when i do occasionally do that more than half the time it pulls off. (OKAY, so it isn't really logic but still....)

And, after meeting me, you will never lose your suspicion. <evil>Whahahahaha!</evil>

Well I guess my post didn't go through yestreday so I'll reply again today.

"Instinct" is usually triggered by a one event from a specific group of events, which varies from person to person. Bassed off of the trigger you analize the situation and act apon the analysis in a "appropriate" fashion. Once I determine what the triggers are for a person I just have to see how they interpret the situation and what they do by finding commonalities in actions and reasoning probable causes for the reactions. Thus I've figured you out. One some people it can take a long time, but patience is the key. Sometimes I can't figure out the thought process but I still can predict what a person will do with the appropriate trigger.

" but I still can predict what a person will do with the appropriate trigger."
Pull it by any chance? (whilst aiming at a certain head of year?)

LOL! Man your clever. Taking things literally can drive so many people up a tree. *"Don't try this at home" message pops up on screen*

What can I say. I love driving people mad.

Bob: "John you're out of your tree!"
John: "It's not my tree"

- I can't remember what that is from, and I have the names wrong, but it is a great quote.

Non Sequitor. That is the sub catigory of the fallacy irrelevant conclusion in your quote. I just finished a logic class at college :)

I was just reminded of that from your comment about driving people up trees.
Some people get payed to drive them out! 'Tis an absurd world, is it not?

And, stop using big words i am studying Elec eng at uni. So these big'uns are a bit beyond me. - still firebird solves those little problems.

I'll be studying Elec and Comp Engr next year.

How do you get that little thing in the text editor to come up? I have emacs, it comes with Mac OS X.