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

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Dear TICalc.org staff:
Please banninate all users who responded with " What's an outlet?"
Thank you.

That's a joke option...

I know. Hence the use of 'banninate'.

BANNINATED!!!!

Too late. I HAVE BEEN BANNINATED!!!

Dear TICalc.org staff:
Please banninate all users (start with Michael McElroy) who think everybodies native language is English.
Thank you.

ps. Some words are a lot alike in most (western) languages, however, some are not ('stopcontact' doesn't even resemble 'outlet'). I think it's very possible for people who's native language isn't English not to know what an outlet is ('power outlet' might've helped). Especially if you consider there are a lot of high school kids on this site.

Just my two cents

Dear TICalc.org staff:
Please banninate all users (start with Rob van Wijk) who think everybody uses cents for currency.
Thank you.

ps. Some countries do not use the same currency as the US ('Peso' doesn't even resemble 'Cent'). I think it's very possible for people who's native currency isn't the american currency not to know what a cent is ('0.01 USD' might've helped). Thanks

Just my 0.02 USD

LOLOLOL you guys crack me up...

The American dollar isn't the only currency around that works with cents you know, there's also the euro and I think that was what he meant by his 2 cents. But I think he got the expressions from the currency that he was used to in his country which wasn't the euro. It's only been around for a little more than 3 years. :-)

All the more proving my point...I don't know how much a euro is worth compared to 1/50 of a US Dollar, so I don't know how much to pay him for his thoughts!!!!

In the Netherlands we used guilders (DFL or NFL IIRC) before we switched to euros. One guilder was also divided into a hundred cents, just like the euro, the dollar, and probably a lot more (I mean, 'cent' means 'hundred', so it isn't exactly original).

Dear Ticalc.org staff:
Please banninate all users (start with Jake Griffin, Rob van Wijk, and Michael McElroy) who want to ban other users for stupid reasons.
Thank you.

;-)

Before I get banned, let me make one final request; could somebody please ban burntfuse for wanting to ban people for stupid reasons? Thank you :p

As some other people said before many of the guys over here are not from USA, so they might not know what the heck is an Outlet, I know the meaning because I study Electronical engineering, but most of the people I asked dont know the meaning as we here speak spanish, I also asked a few french friends and they didnt know either

Aww, dang, I'm screwed. Or at least banned. Whatever. But seriously, "What's an outlet?" is by far the most fun option on the survey.

No, let's BURNINATE them instead!

Yes, but ONLY if the batteries stay the same. Waiting for the batteries to charge would be unacceptable.

The best solution for me is to use rechargeable AAA batteries. I use one set and keep the other one charged. When they run down, I just swap sets.

Rechargeable, REPLACEABLE batteries that get recharged by plugging it in and while it is plugged in, you can play games or run that assembly pi calculation program that eats up your batteries very quickly... :D

Same price, though! :(

My calculator runs for several months off batteries. I have no need for plugging into an outlet.

Then again, it would be a major plus for those who program a lot and/or play games a lot.

I basically have no opinion.

I play Tetris all the time (well, whenever I can), & I only have to change batteries every few months. Then again, I have a TI-92+, which uses AA's, but when I used my TI-86 all the time (more than I use my TI-92+ now, in fact), I still only had to change batteries once every few months. Unfortunately, I once let the batteries die completely in my TI-92+ & all the flash applications were erased (not that the 2 are necessarily related).