It is a well-known fact that they are emulating the Saturn processor; losing a decade of software by ignoring backwards compatibility would not be worth it. The 49 G+'s ROM itself is practically the same as the 49 G's though.
On paper, the best way to _write_ formulas is certainly standard notation... But when you calculate ((4+5)/(6*pi))^3, you first take 4 and 5, and add them. Then you multiply 6 by pi. Then you divide the two numbers you got. Then you take the result to the the third power. That's how RPN works.
It makes no sense to write things in reverse polish notation, but it is a heck of a lot easier to use a calculator with it. Especially when using objects that are not numbers, such as matrices, lists, vectors, strings, symbolic expressions, etc.
Spreadsheets are applications if they are used to have information inputted and then give results. They are data if they are not designed to have information inputted; they just contain static information that was already processed.
For example, a table of numbers that adds together each column to create a subtotal and then adds together the subtotals is an app if it is empty, waiting to be filled, but it is data if it is filled with information. There are means to distribute the information without including the application by converting to an HTML table or whatnot, so you should use that, if it is just data. So if you only want to distribute information, don't send the application (spreadsheet) with it.
I definitely think that spreadsheets are applications because I started programming with MS Works.
A fan? I sure hope it's on the bottom (after all, that _is_ the most circular part of the computer). It'll suck air out of the machine, keeping the entire computer floating on a cushion of air. It'll be marketed as the "HoverMac. Never stops moving."
The Legislative branch makes the laws, and the Judical is charged with enforcing them or striking them down.
You are wrong about the legal system. The _executive_ branch enforces the laws. The purpose and status of the legal branch was not very significant until John Marshall gave power to the Supreme Court by declaring that it, not the states, could declare a law unconstitutional.
Before that, some states used the theory of nullification to shoot down the Alien and Sedition Acts [1], which were blatantly unconstitutional. These were in the form of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. Nullification was later an issue when South Carolina said that it could nullify a law related to slavery.
[1] These acts basically prevented any anti-Federalist speech. The Federalist party was a political party led by Hamilton and Adams that supported nationalism, while the Democratic-Republicans were created by Jefforson and Madison, who supported states' rights. The D-R party was a party for the masses, later called the Democratic party. The Federalists were in favor of control by the elite, putting their ideals into the Constitution.
Since you mentioned tetris, I had to post this. At my high school, everybody was playing games on their calculators -- from Race to MARIO. However, the 83plus users couldn't play tetris, because it only worked on the 83. Anyway, I created a program called "TETRIS." What it did was displayed "Loading..." on the screen, while it archived every variable, including all of the unusual vars (such as the Str1 and Str2, etc.) except for the lists (I saved them for later). I put their screen in "split mode," while setting the graphing to Polar, with Xmin being larger than Xmax and Ymin larger than Ymax (resulting in a "Window Range" error screen). The program then filled a list named "SYS" up to 999 items, then going on to L1, L2, L3, etc.. until the program filled up the memory and threw an error.
I gave this to another kid (a snobby kid who never stopped playing games on his calc), and it crippled his calculator. He had to pay me five bucks to get it fixed.
I later lost my calculator, and I got it back two weeks with all of my games played repeatedly (with the high score list changed) and all my vars archived, lists filled, etc., resulting in it getting returned (they apparently thought it was broken). I lost it two more times, with the exact same results before it was returned to me.
Shoplifting doesn't kill anybody. Neither does kidnapping, creating computer virii, playing an augmented fourth [1] at 273 decibels at a very high frequency at 12:00 am, or punching random people in the face.
However, all of those things are illegal. None of them kill 5,000 people, but laws still must be enforced.
[1] BTW, an augmented fourth is the ugliest sound in music (IMO).
yes, but guns have other uses than to kill people.
Not handguns. Well, there's always shooting out tires and _maiming_ people, but that is still a destructive action. Rifles can be used for hunting, but pistols were invented for murder. No, seriously, that was the purpose of a handgun, back when they were invented hundreds of years ago. For shooting people.
I mean really, leaving your keys in the ignition and the door unlocked on your car is stupid, but it doesn't make it any less illegal for someone to steal the car.
However, it's not illegal to tell people _how_ to steal the car (not as if that is a good idea).
First of all, for you to lose a lawsuit on slander or libel, your statement has to meet the following requirements.
1. It must be communicated to a third party (duh...).
2. The writer of the statement must have _malice_. i.e. he must be intentionally damaging Ford's business.
3. What he says must not be true.
4. He must not believe what he is saying. If you think that Ford automobiles are unsafe at any speed, you can say it (or write it).
5. The plaintiff must prove that damage occured (i.e. loss of money).
If you wrote that Ford automobiles are unsafe at any speed, because that's what you think, then you have every legal right to say that. Also, your statement _is_ true, because _all_ automobiles are unsafe at any speed. (remember, during the summer, cars turn into an oven while sitting still, and while moving, you are powering your car with EXPLODING GASOLINE!!!)
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It is a well-known fact that they are emulating the Saturn processor; losing a decade of software by ignoring backwards compatibility would not be worth it. The 49 G+'s ROM itself is practically the same as the 49 G's though.
You better go check, its keyboard layout might have changed!
But yes, you are right, it has a qwerty keypad and is banned on the ACT, SAT, and APs.
On paper, the best way to _write_ formulas is certainly standard notation... But when you calculate ((4+5)/(6*pi))^3, you first take 4 and 5, and add them. Then you multiply 6 by pi. Then you divide the two numbers you got. Then you take the result to the the third power. That's how RPN works.
It makes no sense to write things in reverse polish notation, but it is a heck of a lot easier to use a calculator with it. Especially when using objects that are not numbers, such as matrices, lists, vectors, strings, symbolic expressions, etc.
Spreadsheets are applications if they are used to have information inputted and then give results. They are data if they are not designed to have information inputted; they just contain static information that was already processed.
For example, a table of numbers that adds together each column to create a subtotal and then adds together the subtotals is an app if it is empty, waiting to be filled, but it is data if it is filled with information. There are means to distribute the information without including the application by converting to an HTML table or whatnot, so you should use that, if it is just data. So if you only want to distribute information, don't send the application (spreadsheet) with it.
I definitely think that spreadsheets are applications because I started programming with MS Works.
No, that's what others tried to do. The Wright brothers shunned that method, instead using wires to warp the wings.
I could have sworn it was "ten years later," not one year.
A fan? I sure hope it's on the bottom (after all, that _is_ the most circular part of the computer). It'll suck air out of the machine, keeping the entire computer floating on a cushion of air. It'll be marketed as the "HoverMac. Never stops moving."
;-)
The Legislative branch makes the laws, and the Judical is charged with enforcing them or striking them down.
You are wrong about the legal system. The _executive_ branch enforces the laws. The purpose and status of the legal branch was not very significant until John Marshall gave power to the Supreme Court by declaring that it, not the states, could declare a law unconstitutional.
Before that, some states used the theory of nullification to shoot down the Alien and Sedition Acts [1], which were blatantly unconstitutional. These were in the form of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. Nullification was later an issue when South Carolina said that it could nullify a law related to slavery.
[1] These acts basically prevented any anti-Federalist speech. The Federalist party was a political party led by Hamilton and Adams that supported nationalism, while the Democratic-Republicans were created by Jefforson and Madison, who supported states' rights. The D-R party was a party for the masses, later called the Democratic party. The Federalists were in favor of control by the elite, putting their ideals into the Constitution.
Most people probably went looking for cached versions of the page.
Of course, that doesn't explain the searches for Amazon, topping the top ten retailers list.
That's exactly what IE does, too, except you can't turn it off.
"Microsoft Works"
I've always wondered what "precision-guided" weapons are. Are they guided by "precision?"
I lost it, then somebody found it, and decided to keep it. It was my fault for losing it.
Since you mentioned tetris, I had to post this. At my high school, everybody was playing games on their calculators -- from Race to MARIO. However, the 83plus users couldn't play tetris, because it only worked on the 83. Anyway, I created a program called "TETRIS." What it did was displayed "Loading..." on the screen, while it archived every variable, including all of the unusual vars (such as the Str1 and Str2, etc.) except for the lists (I saved them for later). I put their screen in "split mode," while setting the graphing to Polar, with Xmin being larger than Xmax and Ymin larger than Ymax (resulting in a "Window Range" error screen). The program then filled a list named "SYS" up to 999 items, then going on to L1, L2, L3, etc.. until the program filled up the memory and threw an error.
I gave this to another kid (a snobby kid who never stopped playing games on his calc), and it crippled his calculator. He had to pay me five bucks to get it fixed.
I later lost my calculator, and I got it back two weeks with all of my games played repeatedly (with the high score list changed) and all my vars archived, lists filled, etc., resulting in it getting returned (they apparently thought it was broken). I lost it two more times, with the exact same results before it was returned to me.
Shoplifting doesn't kill anybody. Neither does kidnapping, creating computer virii, playing an augmented fourth [1] at 273 decibels at a very high frequency at 12:00 am, or punching random people in the face.
However, all of those things are illegal. None of them kill 5,000 people, but laws still must be enforced.
[1] BTW, an augmented fourth is the ugliest sound in music (IMO).
yes, but guns have other uses than to kill people.
Not handguns. Well, there's always shooting out tires and _maiming_ people, but that is still a destructive action. Rifles can be used for hunting, but pistols were invented for murder. No, seriously, that was the purpose of a handgun, back when they were invented hundreds of years ago. For shooting people.
brings a whole new meaning to "Fatal Error."
Microsoft is a monopoly that is supposed to be receiving a punishment.
One thing that is great about Ginger is that it can be used indoors. The wheels do not leave marks.
On a note offtopic for this thread, I can see this becoming very useful at colleges.
I mean really, leaving your keys in the ignition and the door unlocked on your car is stupid, but it doesn't make it any less illegal for someone to steal the car.
However, it's not illegal to tell people _how_ to steal the car (not as if that is a good idea).
First of all, for you to lose a lawsuit on slander or libel, your statement has to meet the following requirements.
1. It must be communicated to a third party (duh...).
2. The writer of the statement must have _malice_. i.e. he must be intentionally damaging Ford's business.
3. What he says must not be true.
4. He must not believe what he is saying. If you think that Ford automobiles are unsafe at any speed, you can say it (or write it).
5. The plaintiff must prove that damage occured (i.e. loss of money).
If you wrote that Ford automobiles are unsafe at any speed, because that's what you think, then you have every legal right to say that. Also, your statement _is_ true, because _all_ automobiles are unsafe at any speed. (remember, during the summer, cars turn into an oven while sitting still, and while moving, you are powering your car with EXPLODING GASOLINE!!!)