Survey posted 2000-04-16 18:46 by Andy.

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Why does it seem that some people never have enough of their computers and calculators? In my opinion, TI has done a pretty good job on their programmable calculators.

BTW: First comment!

That doesn't look like the first comment to me.

HEY! I had the first comment, but now it's gone! wtf!

HA HA you suck, thought you had the first comment, HA!

HAHAHA! Do you want me to start the dissent again? I thought not.

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Oooooh. No, please anything but the dissent! We tremble in fear at the "dissent". What shall we do? Oh me! We're doomed. Oh great Akira of HLC (Hoplessly Laughable Crackhead), grant us mercy from your almighty dissent.

LOL

go to hell ikecam, this doesn't concern people that can be easily fooled like you.

alright you guys. leave each other alone. or are we going to have to separate you two??
:-)
just keep it above "below average"...k?
Steve

what happened to the constructive comments rule or the one that says no insulting comments?? also, i wonder that that comment that Sebastian Reichelt put up about "first comment" wasn't deleted....

I would have to say that it had content that was more related to the topic than your post, and in that case, this one.

Umm... I say grow up. Remember:
-Don't insult or flame other people in your comments. Keep such sentiments to private email, or better yet, avoid them completely.

And I was wondering about this one:
-Messages containing "first comment" boasts, requests for game ports, or criticisms of "newsworthiness" will generally be deleted.

Why is this one never followed? I see "HAHA! I GOT FIRST COMMENT!" Do you know how sick and tired I am of reading that? It is so childish! Why don't you go visit some other childish web-site, like <sarcasm>http://www.penix.net/</sarcasm> and flame the guys there? Geez... grow up people!!!

Oh, and Nick D., note that those are sarcasm flags. That's pure HTML there, buddy! Whoops! Hey! What the-

What is worst? The child that post “first comment” or the child that is sick of reading “first comments”?
I recommend YOU to grow up. To see a baby posting “first comment” is not a reason to get sick. Wait till you’re 18, then you will understand what I'm saying. This message goes for every child out there.

1. 'sick of it' is a figure of speech signaling annoyance, in case you didn't know.
2. The TI-Calc staff and just about everyone else are pretty fed up with the first comment posts, and will begin 'mercilessly deleting' any more of them
3. Since when did these boards become the grounds for name-calling pissing contests? lets keep it to the topic, ppl.
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I figure if a calculator comes out that blows 89/92's away, I'll prolly find a way to get it. :P

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OF COURSE IT'S ANNOYANCE :P !!! Did you think that I said "sick" like having a headache or something like that? OK!
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Actually, they've never deleted "first coment"s, that would be stupid (sorry ticalc).
3) Topic: yes you're right. Looking at all the comments below ...
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I love my calc. Obviously is a TI89. I think most TI89 users are very happy with it. As you said, if a better calc comes out, then, I don't know, I would keep my TI89 for many reasons, as TI86 users still loves their calc.because TI calcs are inmortal(except those discontinued)
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Buddy, I already am 18! And I'm sorry you don't understand metaphors. The term "sick and tired" does not literally mean that I feel ill and am about to take a rest. It means that I am annoyed by the childish behavior of these people.
Perhaps you should remember that the next time you try and flame someone. Gives you something to think about.

Amen!
And I'm not religious.
And I'll only be 18 tomorrow, so will you respect my opinion?

Cd_Slayer

Do you think I was talking about illness? You must be kidding. Read my comment below

Above, my friend... Above! You gotta get that sense of direction working there, buddy ;-).

Yeah. Good remark, my mother always says, "you don't have any direction at all !!"(just..I'm a crazy guy you know, totally out).

my theory is that because the messages also have relevent text, and only contain the first comment on a tangent. or tan(

I think the folks running this site just like to annoy the "first comment" people. This seems to happen a lot.

You probably bragged a little too much, in the posting Messages containing "first comment" boasts, requests for game ports, or criticisms of "newsworthiness" will generally be deleted." They also say, "Don't post asking why a comment was deleted; we deleted it because we felt it was in violation of these guidelines. If you need more of an explanation, please Contact Us." Hope this helped.

Laura

TI still has a long, long way to go before their calculators are good enough. Just compare theis screens with those on simple toys such as the gameboy!
We would like screens without the strong glares that makes the TI-92 so hard to read,
higher resolution on all graphic calculators.colors etc.etc.

You have just began to make useable calculators. So please, keep up the good work for many years ahead!

Halvor

"Just compare theis screens with those on simple toys such as the gameboy!"
Does the word calculator mean anything to you?

"We would like screens without the strong glares that makes the TI-92 so hard to read,"
Yeah, I guess that could be improved.

"higher resolution on all graphic calculators."
Not really needed, but It will definitly keep improving

"colors etc.etc."
Again, CALCULATOR! What do I want colors for? It would be nice, but necessary? Came on, would it be worth the price?

"You have just began to make useable calculators. So please, keep up the good work for many years ahead!"
err.... We? TICALC has nothing to do with Texas Instruments... And TI has been making calculators for quite a while, and their definitly best than the competition, period.

Cd_Slayer

hp are stiff comp for ti ( i like the new hp better then my 89, but i would never part with my 89 :P)

I think HP actually has better calcs, but I can't figure out that damn RPN, can anybody help?

The HP calculators seem to be well built. I like my HP-48GX. But I believe the TI-89 (I only have a TI-92 at this time) is better and easer to do the symbolic stuff. The HP-48G series does support algebraic input and has algebraic display, which the TI "Pretty Print" format is simular (I think better and smarter). The HP-20S is a stricly algebric scientific calculator. Looks good, has the same type of accuracy as the more expensive HPs. But HP has come out with a low cost calculator. Not any better then any other low cost calculators, but it is an HP-6S. I saw it in two stores, in one store the solar version was $15.95. In another store non-solar version $9.99. Yes, HP-6S. It is better than a TI-30Xa or a TI-36. Those two TIs have only 3 place accuacy for 1.000000001^1000000000, which is 2.71919279. I own a TI-30X SOLAR and a TI-30Xa II. The first one has this problem the second one does not. I like both of them because PI is a top key and the TI-30X has tree memorys and unlike the TI-36 it displays the number of memories stored. Good for solving problems using the Law of Cosines. But the on key has worn-out and has become hard to turn on. The TI-30Xa II is a two line calculator, has 5 memories, algebric input on the top line. It doesn't have the logarithm bug, transecndtail error, as I call it. I use the memories instead of paper to input values to add and subtract, for X and Y coordinates, and machine setup. It is smaller and lighter then the 85. But at the computer, typing in programs, I often have both 85's at hand. That was why I bought my 86 (it can replace 3 85's). But I still haven't made the switch at work. A TI-89 would be nice. But not yet. I just bought an TI-82 on clearance, it was the last one, the display model. There going to be gone. I am going to have to order a TI-68 (not the 86) from TI directly. They (68's) are gone from all the stores TI told me would have them. And the HP I am thinking of buying is the 20S. Just under $40.

RPN is not as confusing to input as algebric can be with nested parenthesis. It should be noted, a TI-82,85 will give a different answer then a TI-83,86 when it comes to implied multipcation with divion. The 83,85s do the implied multipication first. The 83,86s do the implied multipication last. So if A equals 5, and the equation is 16/2A. The 82,85s give 1,6 where the 83,86s give 40 as the answer. In RPN you can't make that mistake. 16 enter 2 enter A enter * / gives 1.6 or 16 enter 2 enter / A enter * gives 40. It is stack programming, first on last off, last on first off that simple. Anyway there are 4 RPN programs for the TI-89 on this web sit under Math.

if it was a 66 or so MHZ processor with a 300*400 or so screen with a floppy drive or somthing, so it will bassically have an interchangable HD without need of a Graph Link. Then put in built in grey scale layering, Game Boy style and you have the Ti-99 or so.

TI already made a TI-99 about 13 years ago. It was a video game console like an Atari.

Video Game Console? Not quite, but I don't know the particulars. More like: Video Computer

The TI-99 was a "home computer" similar to the Commodore 64 and the Apple II that were prevalent at that time (the early 80s). At that time programmable scientific calculators were all the rage(?) and graphing calculators had never been thought of. Heck, even the wimpy TI-81 would have been better than most computers then. The TI-89 would have blown them all out of the water (and the TI-92, too). TI stopped making the TI-99 in 1984 despite protests from a loyal user community (mostly programmers, especially ASM and BASIC programmers, sound familiar?). Unlike the graphing calculator market today, of which TI has almost total control over, the home computer market simply wasn't very profitable for TI. That's why the TI-99, one of the better machines of the day, died.

The TI - 99 was the best of the day. I own both a working TI - 99 and a working Commedor 64. Of the two the TI is a much better machine. It is still a great machine to learn BASIC on, as well as play some classic computer games on.

Wow. Another TI-99er. Do you do any assmebly on it? C99? TI Extended BASIC? Mini Memory? AMS card? Pascal?
Do you have PC99?

These are supposed to be calculators,not computers.