Survey posted 2000-01-22 16:00 by Andy.

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In my school, everything's about equal. NOBODY knows how to use a calculator. There's this one girl that doesn't even know how to link. she doesn't even know it exists!!! Only a select few know the true power of the calculator. Me and a few of my friends are the only ones who know about this stuff, and we are the Calculator Gurus in the school. It's all pretty pitiful. There's this one guy that thinks that he's the best programer in the school, and he doesn't even know how to do the getkey statement for basic! There is this one programming group in shcool, but their games SUCK because all they know how to program in is basic, and probably the most advanced statement they know is menu( or Pause. I live in the Calculator Stone Age in my school. There are only a few who own TI-89's and they never even heard of an ASM. My friends and I concentrate our advanced programming skills, compared to everybody else, on viruses and gliches in the TI-83(+) ROM (in ASM and BASIC). Its quite fun to see your Calculator-ignorant enemy wonder why his/her calculator is saying "Memory Cleared".

<->Bobman

I am sorry, but I am in the same hut with you. NO ONE at school (INCLUDEING the teachers) know how to use the calculators worth anything. Now if they can't use the calculators, then what do you think about the computers there? We have PII and PIII computers, and no one can use them (other then a select few in the building). UGH...

I blame the teachers.... ugh..

My school is just as bad. Everyone had their parents go out and buy them new TI-83+ calculators and no one knows how to use them. Most people haven't even looked at the guide book. I don't claim to be an expert myself, but I am compared to other kids at my school.

Lucky.. my school uses outdated Macs and Apple IIs(eww...) =P

~Jonathan Taylor

My school has a bunch of old computers that use their T1 connection in the Media Center. Because the computers are slow, the connection is still (seemingly) slow. And then in the Computer Room they have fast high-end computers that are only used for WORD, POWERPOINT, and EXCEL. That is all. I really gert mad at the thought that they would buy a really nice computer to use 3 programs. They could at least put the fast computers in the Media Center to take full advantage of the T1 line.

<non-sexist>Personally, I find girls who are both good looking and love calculators and programming to be very attractive.</non-sexist>
I once conducted an expirament to see if I was alone: I went on IRC and told everyone in a channel I was a girl and eventually told them I loved to code. Suddenly everyone wanted me to have their children and marry them etc etc...

I personaly dont go into chat programs and pretend I'm a girl. Thats just stupid, IMHO. =P

~Jonathan Taylor

Why, I like going into chat rooms and tell everybody that I'm a guy. Its funny really because you get treated totally different.

More proof to my previous statement.....

Why are you so intent on spreading smut about me. Are you just mad at me because I broke the curve on that one test? Hmmmm. Are we mad? Well MICHELLE PERLEY I think you are, and I would advise to direct any anger to me personally, this is not the place to settle scores Michelle.

First, don't call me michelle.
Second, Don't keep pretending you are a female online. It's bad for you.
Third, if your reign of lies continues, I'll just have to say this:

"if you want to know the truth about 'Laura' contact me at mperley@nmt.edu"

Fourth, don't get mad about this. You can always get another alias.

Why are you convinced that I'm not a female? I don't think that I should have to waste my time dealing with a large goat named Edgar. I assure you that I'm 100% female and I have the necessary "equipment" to back up my claims. So why don't you just forget any reservations you might have.

i'm not very good at computers.
hello?
is this a chat room.
where can i find some chat rooms?
hello? I hate this internet. I'm going to send a complaint to you jerks for your stupid internet.

If you know nothing about computers, then how come youve got a webpage?

Some People,
~Jonathan Taylor

Isn't it obvious? He uses Geocities.

With the proliferation of those hideous WYSIWYG HTML editors, everybody and their mother are getting a web page.

"Look! I narrowed my image map down to 600k!"
(Screams of agony in background)

WYSIWYG sucks a fat one. That's all I have to say on that matter.

That was the stupidest most unrelated morsel of garbage I have ever read! Thanks a lot Beavis Comavis!

I'm a male, and i'm not really suprised at the results here. Even without looking at a person's name on the message board, i can tell if it is a male or female. it's just a gift i have. same with cars. you can tell by looking at a car if it belongs to a man or woman. BTW i've only seen 1 nerdy girl in my life, and NONE of the girls at my school (non-sexist) know how to use the old crappy TI-82's that they issue. Come to think of it, NOBODY does except me i think! Some peeps make games, but they suck really badly because they are text games. Everyone was like "WOW" when they saw duckhunt in BASIC. Then one kid edited the program, put HIS name in it, and distributed it around the school! not only that, he claimed he was a better programmer than I, and he didn't know how to even display text on the screen! Some people deserve a royal beating!
but if people at my school knew i came here, everyone would make fun of me. that sucks! why is "nerdiness" linked to computers and programming all the time? stereotypes suck! well i don't really care. i let people think what they want of me (except girls!) and to hell with them.

ok i'm gonna stop writing, i think i'm getting carpal tunnel, and i'm gonna stop wasting your time. L8r!


~~~Chris Fazio~~~

How dare you call the TI-82 a crappy calculator! I will fight a war to honor the 82. FIGHT FIGHT FOR THE HONOR OF 82dom!! Other than that I can relate to just about everything you said. :)

sorry laura. the 82 is a very good calculator, but i'm used to the almighty power of the TI-89! i bought the 82 last year, then a whil later got the 86 and gave the 82 to my brother (and he lost it!) when i got the 89, my brother thought the 86 was his! he even scratched his name into the back!!!! you might think i'm getting nowhere with this conversation, but you see, through the gradual change of calculators, i got to the 89. you see, the 89 is a little better than the 86, the 86 is a bit better than the 82, and that makes the 89 a lot better than the 82. get my drift?

Yea chris, I get it. I have an 82, 85, and 89. And the 89 is MUCH better than the 82. I just think that no TI calculator should be called crappy. HP's or Casio's maybe. But no TI calculator is crappy. :)

The TI nut
Laura

Sooo, I'm guessing that, from all of your posts, that you like cheeese (extra "e" intended)? Am I right?

Just trying to be a joker.

<->Bobman

<sarcasm> How'd you guess!?! <sarcasm>

Can you place programs on the HPs and/or Casio calculators?

They have link ports just like the TI's. hpcalc.org has games for HP calcs. I haven't found one for Casio Calcs. In any case, they suck! :O

i saw a so-called color CASIO at Office max. Not only are these sad sad calculators user-unfriendly and lacking memory, the color sucks! i can get better color off my 89 by pressing on the LCD!

Amen, not only does the color suck, but they don't have the functionality that say.......a TI 81 has. Gimme a break, they cost $60! What functionality can you buy for $60! I don't think a TI 80 costs that $60.

I aggree, I once owned one of them. The color was horrid and the funcionality sucked. I could make my scientific calculator do more than that sorry thing could do. It broke in less that a year due to an Infinate loop prog. And no matter what I tried I could not get it to work. That is when I got my TI-85. Eversince I have only gotten TI calcs. I now have several including the 86 and 89. TI's have always been great machines, even the TI-99/4a was a great machine. Ti rocks, and Casio is crap.

AMEN!

Pressing on the LCD screen can really badly damage it.
Of course, it probably won't do much unless you press on the screen constantly for a few years, so this e-mail was for nought.

Just warnin' ya in advance, so don't blame me if you screen gets messed up.

Chris! Your right! I pressed on the LCD screen of my TI89 and the colors I saw were beter than the color I saw on those Casios. And I fooled around on a friends Casio. The color SUCKS! The blue red and green are almost indestinguisable. :P

Do you consider the TI-27 crappy? I guaranty you that it is. Also, the TI-82 is wanted in three states for first-degree crapulence. Just thought you should know.

As old as they may be their probably a lot better than their Casio and HP counterparts. Besides their not crappy, their just functionally challenged.

This just in:

Dalton Ohio:
I was walking along the side of the road, coming home from the party I had last night when all I can remember was a sound or flash of light and the words "Mem Cleared" and "Defaults Set"..I was dumbfounded..Then I realized what had happened, as I lay in the bed of the intensive care unit at the Dalton General Hospital. I was another victim of the dreaded TI-82.
Reports like these are streaming in from all around the country and world. The 82 has struck again...The TI-82 is on the loose...Will anyone be saved from the crumminess? Perhaps. Doctors and scientists might have developed what may be a cure for the disabled victims and a weapon against the dreaded calculator itself.
The cure, you ask? Well, it is easy, reduce the hospital bill enough, but tell the patients that they owe $158.33 more than it costs so that they can go get an 89.
The weapon? Well, our reporters have found out that the United States military is going to pull off an all out assault on one TI Factory, hoping to release the most devastating item in their arsenal: The HP-49
It is rumored that when a HP sees a TI, it tries to tear the calculator to shreds without and care for itself. The HP usually dies futivily in the process, but the army is hoping to win due to strength in numbers. A great many of brave calculators like 86's and 89's will die in this fight, but they will not be lost in vain. I beg you countrymen, a moment of silence on Tuesday, Feburary 8th, the supposed date when the Operation Die-TI takes place.

Thank you,
Akira

TI-89 sux
GO FOR THE WIDESCREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TI-92

I just dropped $150 for a TI-89, why would I want a TI-92? What does it have that the 89 doesn't (beside the big screen and the keyboard)? I've heard a lot of cons, what are some of the pros?

Laura