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B.H. Facials posted:Somehow I got away with using a TI-89 all through highschool and junior college. Looked enough like a TI-83 and my teachers never bothered to look any closer. Sucked having to always have the manual on hand at all times in order to translate the teachers directions for the 83 to the 89 though. Basically same, except for one teacher who did bother to look closer.... which sucked, because I recall it was just before an exam. Do they still make kids use proper calculators these days? Or have they finally got around to letting them all just use Wolfram Alpha or whatever?
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When I was in high school (and later in college) you could use a calculator during class but not during tests. I was terrible at math so calculators were a mixed blessing, teasing me with how easy they could make things. My solar powered Casio scientific calculator could do far more than I could understand. I still have it and it still works over 30 years later. 
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doctorfrog posted:Wasn't the original Game Boy powered by a Z80? The gameboy used a hybrid chip, but it was partially based on the Z80 and uses the Z80 instruction set. The SMS, Mark III, Genesis (as coprocessor to the 68k), Colecovision, and a whole bunch of 80s micros used the Z80 itself.
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Dick Trauma posted:When I was in high school (and later in college) you could use a calculator during class but not during tests. I was terrible at math so calculators were a mixed blessing, teasing me with how easy they could make things. Ha, I used that exact calculator in highschool alongside my TI-83 - my grandfather worked for some office supply company and gave one to my mom at some point. I remember it as being surprisingly capable.
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Nov 18, 2016 21:42
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doctorfrog posted:Wasn't the original Game Boy powered by a Z80? The GameBoy’s CPU is weird hybrid of a Z80 and an Intel 8080.
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Nov 18, 2016 23:34
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Dick Trauma posted:My solar powered Casio scientific calculator could do far more than I could understand. I still have it and it still works over 30 years later. I still have my Canon F-73P. The battery is failing but it's a good 30+ years old too. I was pretty pleased with myself when I managed to program it to work out quadratic equations.  Back in my day calculators weren't really a thing you used in high school until we hit the final year or so. Prior to that you were expected to show all the working on any maths that needed doing and expected to know the sin, cos or tan of certain angles off the top of your head. You know, handy skills that will see you through your adult life.
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Nov 18, 2016 23:59
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Cojawfee posted:It would be hilarious if Texas Instruments is just a big shell propped up by calculator sales. You could make a claim that the 100 dollars goes towards the software running on the Z80 but is that seriously still worth 100 dollars after all these years? It's all a big racket where they can set whatever price they want because every school forces you to use the TI calculator. This is the legit reason why. If you weren't required almost by law to have a ti-83 then you would be able to buy a Chinese one for $30 at Wal-mart and use it
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Nov 19, 2016 01:17
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I used one of my moms old casio scientific calculators from the 70s in high school because it did everything required despite the class requiring a certain one Didn't stop the teacher from repeatedly asking if I understood how to punch it into my calculator. it's the exact same
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Nov 19, 2016 01:21
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Pff, Texas Instruments? The real cool kids had a color-ish Casio  
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Nov 19, 2016 02:32
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Mechanism Eight posted:Pff, Texas Instruments? The real cool kids had a color-ish Casio I had a version of that and it was actually really nice but yeah it was a bitch since everything was written with TI83's in mind
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Nov 19, 2016 02:33
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I had that exact calculator and programmed a version of final fantasy 8's triple triad card game on that sucker. Two player hotseat, randomly created decks, and even saving its in-progress state since it used the list functionality as variable storage. I wish i still had that program for old time's sake. Didn't have a cable, so it was all plugged in by hand
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Nov 19, 2016 03:17
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Aren't there knockoff TI calculators that might pass for real? The chinese will make a fake replica of a $15 Casio F-91W watch, I can't imagine they won't take the opportunity to fake something that sells for $100 but costs a couple of dollars to make.
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Mechanism Eight posted:Pff, Texas Instruments? The real cool kids had a color-ish Casio I bought one of these for 7½€ I think and thank god it came with a manual. Also, http://casiomaniac69.tripod.com/main.html
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Nov 19, 2016 15:45
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I've never looked, but wouldn't there be tons of used ti-83 or whatever calculators available for like $30 every time summer rolls around?
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CubanMissile posted:I've never looked, but wouldn't there be tons of used ti-83 or whatever calculators available for like $30 every time summer rolls around? No because you just have to use it next year, or your brother does, or a family friend does.
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Nov 19, 2016 18:18
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CubanMissile posted:I've never looked, but wouldn't there be tons of used ti-83 or whatever calculators available for like $30 every time summer rolls around? A few years ago I needed one for a class, and got one for not much under $100 off eBay. The market for these things is artificially inflated, so good luck finding one that cheap.
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Nov 19, 2016 22:33
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Try a pawn shop next time. When I was in college I was able to score one for the semester for $30 and flip it on eBay for more at the end.
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Nov 19, 2016 23:06
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CubanMissile posted:I've never looked, but wouldn't there be tons of used ti-83 or whatever calculators available for like $30 every time summer rolls around? I find TI-83+ calculators at the thrift store every so often and they only sell them for 1-2 dollars. I buy them and flip them on eBay, put a buy it now of like 30-35 and they sell in no time.
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Nov 19, 2016 23:10
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Data Graham posted:Ah yeah Heh, we actually have one of those in the kindergarten where I work.
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Data Graham posted:Ah yeah Those things always remind me of my old middle school algebra teacher, who everyone nicknamed Bubbles. He earned his nickname because, due to an old football injury, he was missing the tip of his tongue, so when he talked during class, he would spit onto the overhead projector, resulting in spit bubbles being projected onto the wall along with his equations.
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Nov 19, 2016 23:34
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I work at a community college and a bunch of random (old, retired) teachers-for-hire still use those. It's a huge pain cos nobody else uses themso I always have to hunt down a working one from storage every few months for them. The last teacher who wanted one taught homeopathy... lovely poo poo.
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Always used to love it when a bulb would blow in those things, because that period would basically be cancelled while the teacher spent half an hour walking to the principals office to track down a replacement bulb. I guess those bulbs were expensive, because they would never just keep spares in the classrooms.
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Nov 20, 2016 01:42
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empty baggie posted:Always used to love it when a bulb would blow in those things, because that period would basically be cancelled while the teacher spent half an hour walking to the principals office to track down a replacement bulb. I guess those bulbs were expensive, because they would never just keep spares in the classrooms.
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empty baggie posted:Those things always remind me of my old middle school algebra teacher, who everyone nicknamed Bubbles. He earned his nickname because, due to an old football injury, he was missing the tip of his tongue, so when he talked during class, he would spit onto the overhead projector, resulting in spit bubbles being projected onto the wall along with his equations. Luxury. I had an English teacher who had a deformed, almost missing, right hand. Guess which hand she used to move the transparencies around with? It was horrifying.
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Nov 20, 2016 04:57
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Wylie posted:Luxury. I had an English teacher who had a deformed, almost missing, right hand. Guess which hand she used to move the transparencies around with? It was horrifying. My germs!
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Wylie posted:Luxury. I had an English teacher who had a deformed, almost missing, right hand. Guess which hand she used to move the transparencies around with? It was horrifying. In college I had a math professor who had one of those things but with this, like, scroll of transparency film on it. He'd just scroll up, and up, and up as he taught, and you could go back at the end of the day to check your notes, or after a day you missed to copy them. It was nice.
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Grand Prize Winner posted:In college I had a math professor who had one of those things but with this, like, scroll of transparency film on it. He'd just scroll up, and up, and up as he taught, and you could go back at the end of the day to check your notes, or after a day you missed to copy them. It was nice. My other math teacher in middle school did this. She had the whole lesson plan for the year pre-written on a few scrolls, but would fill in the answers to equations as she taught. I think Bubbles did the same thing now that I recall it. I wonder how much spit he rolled up every day. empty baggie has a new favorite as of 15:10 on Nov 20, 2016 |
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A Brief History of Microsoft on the Web - from Microsoft, covering their web site from 1993 to around 2000. Has some screen shots and descriptions. I didn't read too much of it, but this was good:quote:... our blooper reel:
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Buttcoin purse posted:A Brief History of Microsoft on the Web - from Microsoft, covering their web site from 1993 to around 2000. Has some screen shots and descriptions. I didn't read too much of it, but this was good: Do you think they'll turn it into a book for $299?
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:Do you think they'll turn it into a book for $299? Is this something they've done before??
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Buttcoin purse posted:Is this something they've done before??
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Casimir Radon posted:Apple did it recently. There is no god reason for a coffee table book to cost that much. If it was cheap no-one would want it. That's Apple's (and many other companies') entire business strategy.
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Casimir Radon posted:Apple did it recently.  Stop spreading FUD, the small version only costs $200. I don't think many people would want a book of pictures of stuff Microsoft designed even if it was free.
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Does Microsoft even design anything? Their controller is one of the all time greats and someone else designed it.
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Buttcoin purse posted:I don't think many people would want a book of pictures of stuff Microsoft designed even if it was free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUXnJraKM3k
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Cojawfee posted:Does Microsoft even design anything? Their controller is one of the all time greats and someone else designed it. I assume they do their own user interfaces. They used to be okay.
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Nov 21, 2016 03:38
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Buttcoin purse posted:I assume they do their own user interfaces. The Windows Shutdown crapfest
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I wonder if the person who made that was sexually aroused by his own naughtiness the whole time I assume there was an answer video where Apple destroyed something by simplifying it ... oh wait, it was http://www.theonion.com/video/apple-introduces-revolutionary-new-laptop-with-no--14299
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Dr. Quarex posted:I wonder if the person who made that was sexually aroused by his own naughtiness the whole time
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i miss danny elfman music in web videos
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