Survey posted 2005-03-28 14:18 by Jon.

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Survey idea by me.

Calculators need a port for an AC adapter, like the old gameboys!

I agree for people who spend a lot of time programming it would be of a great advantage to not have to worry about draining them. Ive only had my calculator for about 2 years and have gone through about 10 groups of batteries. If you recall one of the options to the "will you use your calc over summer vacation" survey was something like "I dont want to go through the batteries".

Use PC-based developing tools and VTI to save battery power :)

Unless the batteries in your computer are dead as well... In my experience with laptops, you can never find an outlet when you need one (or somebody else found it first ;) ), so I voted no. Sure, it would be a nice gadget, but the calcs would get more expensive, and I don't think a feature you'll rarely use is worth the money.

I second that. I have a laptop and I naver have an outlet or internet connection when I need one and there's never enough time to recharge it.

Very off topic but pretty cool:
"The string 3141879 was found at position 1,117,773 counting from the first digit after the decimal point. The 3. is not counted."
3/14/1879 is Einstein's birthday (and Pi day) and is located in Pi in a position containing only 1's 3's and 7's in pi...
31|\|5731|\|
\/\/45
1337!!!!1111oneoneone

But how do you plug in VTI? :)

USER_RESPONSE: I_HAVE_NO_OPINION.

:P

Actually the rechargeable battery idea is the best.

I think that if it didn't have rechargeable batteries it'd be kinda pointless. With them though you could use your calculator similar to a cell phone...unplugged when in use and plugged in overnight...that'd save me about $3 a month on batteries, and I wouldn't have to be so careful to turn it off between homework problems ;)

i think it should be made to allow AA batteries since they last longer and are relatively cheaper than 3A's.

They wouldn't be allowed in VCAA exams. So, No. *which has been discussed exstensively in #tcpa. ;-P

What would outlet capability add that would disqualify the calculator from exams?

Hey, if QWERTY keyboards can, why not outlet capabilities?

I voted yes. I don't have a problem with there being a calculator that can run on an outlet, is not any bigger than other models, and can still run at full capacity with only batteries.

I think it would be stupid to have outlet capability on a calculator.. the whole point of it is portability. Besides, a 12-pack of AAA batteries at the local Wal-Mart is only around $5 USD where I live.. not too much skin off my back.

Wal-mart is evil!!!
Outlet capabilities could add to portability if you could recharge the batteries in the calculator.

It is, it is.

Wal-mart is ruining the US economy and bringing about the downfall of the US, more than Bush ever could.

Actually, over the past several years, Wal-Mart has raised the GNP (or one of those other economy-related accronyms, can't remember exactly which one) by approximately 4%.

Whatever it is, if it is a national increases then you can't just simply attribute it to Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart is evil because it forces its suppliers to cater to its low-price, low-end needs which often seriously hurts their business, and because Wal-Mart is such a big customer for its suppliers, the suppliers are powerless to resist. And I hear they don't treat their workers too well either...

Gross National Product
Gross... a good word for Wal-Mart

Yeah, I don't like it either. I could see if it was recharging, but even if you play games for a really long time, it doesn't drain the batteries that much. Calculators are nothing compaired to something like CD players or digital camera's.