Survey posted 2001-02-22 22:49 by Andy Selle.

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I use mine for math, games, homework-planning, and programming (not in order).

i use my TI-86 mainly for mathematical and scientific purposes, but i do enjoy a good game of Peaworm every now and then. my highscore is 29... (that's good, if you've never played it)

heh my hiscore's 39 :P

>> that's good, if you've never played it <<

Does that mean that after you play it once, it's no good anymore?

peaworm is the coolest. my highscore is 41. After a while, though, all games get real boring.

I have never tired of (Z)Tetris, Squarez, Phoenix, or most TICT offerings. I have played MANY games on my 86 and 89, and have found these to be the best ones for me.

i have an 86 and an 89 and although the main reason i got them wasnt for games that does seem to take up most of their memory (until somebody goes around and pulls the battery and resets them of course) i write a few basic progs and wrote a little asm for the 86 once.

He means that it's a good score, for those who hadn't played it

You may not believe this but today in my history class I scored 51 on peaworm.

At my school there are really only 2 or 3 classes that demand a graphing calculator. But I initally bought a TI-80 for my Algeo II class. And as I went into Trig. Pre Calc. I got an 86. I kinda evolved in my calculator use... From math, to TIBasic programming, to games, to ti85-86 assembler, and now that I don't have a math class anymore I basically use it for simple math and TI86 Assembler. Sadly, most of my friends got to the games level (compleatly skipping the tibasic phase) and haven't left yet...

It's good to see that so many are writing and debugging programs. I spent part of today adding and debugging variable recognition to my tsr complete.

I have a TI-86 and a Black Offical Graph Link. I voted Work in courses or study programmes I attend where it is optional. I also use it for programming on my PC where calculation is required such as decimal to hexadecimal conversion.

And when I get stressed up or bored guess what I do? Play games! My favorite games are ZTetris and Super Mario! (Bill Nagel)

Here at the University of Toledo, graphing calculators are forbidden from use on any tests/quizzes/exams due to their obvious programmability. However, that does not include classwork. My 89 gets a major workout every day in Calculus II, and my 83+ gets an equally hard workout in Chem II.

I can hear the questions now: Why an 83+ for Chemistry? Well, I'll tell you. My 83+ is my first and so far only successful programming foray, and there is a highly useful periodic table that I programmed loaded onto it. The 89 is great for math, but I prefer the 83+ for Chem for just that reason. That and I have no need to program in variables such as antilog on my 83+, though I need to on my 89.

That's the story of my calculators.

Knight/Rocket's 3 cents in memory of Dale Earnhardt, 7-time Winston Cup champion.

I thought that I was the only person here that liked racing. Poor Dale. I met him a few times. Kinda had an attitude the first time, but that was when there was about 200 poeple hording around him. The second time he was nice; got to talk to him for 20 minutes. Back in the day when I bought my first graphing calc, 85, I drew a picture of his car on it. But that was when I had no life.

Ok, I'm rambling, aren't I?

onefastfiveoh

In case you are interested,(I doubt many here would be) there is a current survey on petitiononline.com to retire his number unless another Earnhardt drives it.

I strongly suggest you sign if you are in support of this.

Knight/Rocket's 7c.

Thanks for letting me know. I heard rumors going around that they might do that. I think that it is a good idea. I don't really know about letting another Earnhardt use the number though. They should just retire it completely.

onefastfiveoh

Yes I just saw a article about that, sounds interesing but the main problem is $$$ in my point of view.

For some reason, I thought this was a graphing calculator servay not an Earndhart servay. If you love him so much goto a racing site.

Just wondering:

Who are the 2 people without calculators and why do you come to this site?

One of them would be me. I missread the response. I first thought it just said "I don't use a calculator." After submitting, I noticed that I was in err. I own 3 calcs, but hardly use them as I have no need for them anymore. Maybe once every two months I'll play a game or something, or download a new program and try it, but thats all. As for the other person, maybe he's on crack, or was just surfing and found this site and wanted to contribute. Who knows?

My 2 foodstamps.

onefastfiveoh

"I don't use or own a calc"
is supposed to mean that you _either_ don't have one, or don't use it, not an inclusive or that is. In that case, it should have been "nor" shouldn't it?
So I would say your response was just right :)

I am one of them. I have no calc, have no use for one, and have not used one since 1996. I manage to do security and system administration for ticalc.org anyway... :-)