Nope. I hadn't forgotten about them, as I had never seen one or heard of them until just now. Back when I saw a lot of TIs (i.e. because I was in high school or college), I only ever saw 83s, 84s, 85s, 86s and 89s.
You can play some pretty darn decent games on a TI-89. More importantly, you could do that *at school* if the teacher isn't paying enough attention to what you're doing. I played *so* much Tetris in calc in high school (well, a variant of it where blocks fell if they weren't supported, so you could get up to 14-row combos if you were good and lucky.)
Bet the new color screen will make games way better.
The real wtf is why'd they name this something indicating it's a variant of an *84*? 84s were slightly-upgraded 83s, the crappiest calculators they made! (Heck, the Basic variant they supported, had support for exactly 26 variables, named uppercase A through uppercase Z. It was a joke.)
Oh yeah, I suppose that is true, Capcom has done cool stuff in the past.
(I love The Grammar Club. I've actually just been listening the crap out of Ultimate Songs From The Pit, which I finally got my copy of. Shael's great at music... significantly less great at sending his music to people who bought copies... (I actually once sent him 15 bucks for a copy of Bremelanotide. Got sent an empty cd case. Didn't bother complaining, since I obviously already had all the music, it having been released for free, and mostly I just wanted to send him money cause he deserved some money. But still.))
A fan makes an awesome thing based on IP from a major company, tells that company about it, and their response is to help? Rather than suing the pants off the guy? What has the world *come* to?!
From your comment's siblings, you are apparently not the only one. I didn't even think of that potential pun when I was posting that; as a laptop user and supporter of public transportation, I ride buses a lot more than I install them.:p
You will note that I basically agreed with everything you said. (Other than my sarcasm quotes around "crime", which I will stick to.) Yes, it was a "crime" at the time. Therefore, pardoning would be silly, and wouldn't help much with anything, given Turing's long dead, he wouldn't care much. Officially retconning the very existence of the "crime" out, though, while it would do just as little to help Turing, would send the strong message, "we feel this was a terrible idea and are sorry we used to think otherwise." They wouldn't do anything "to make the masses happy", they'd be doing it, at least hopefully, because they *agreed* with those masses and wanted to show their agreement. Yes it was a crime at the time. Yes, the people responsible for sentencing the dude to punishment did exactly what the law said they should have done. But... so?
An official "pardon" for a joke of a "crime" would just legitimize the "crime", and say "it's ok to be gay, but only if you're a brilliant scientist". The above declaration would, on the other hand, send a much stronger message, and would actually mean something.
Torchwood: Miracle Day was a great glimpse into the concept taken to the extreme. *Obviously* the more things used to kill you and now don't, the more people will live with crippling issues that used to be fatal ones. Not really news?
Yep, I likewise was wondering from the title what sort of ship the technology was projecting, and what it was projected onto, and mostly, why projecting something was new technology, seemed like projectors had been around for a while?
I thought it was going to be about Amazon.com decentralizing their office buildings to more rural areas because the cost of living and working would be cheaper there.
I don't really know any t-shirt artists, though. If you know any that could do the idea justice, maybe you should start the Kickstarter, and I'll send money to it.:p
I would totally buy a "Clippy is my co-pilot" shirt to wear ironically. Preferably one that had a picture of Clippy piloting a plane into a cliff.... Dang it, now I really want that shirt. I'm sad that it doesn't seem to actually exist.
Sicktime distinct from vacation or generic PTO, that is. The answer is still the same, though, and should be pretty obvious: if you only get a certain amount of sicktime (40 hours a year, in my case), you would want to save it for when you really needed it. I do stay home if I'm feeling really terrible, but if I think I can work, I go in, because otherwise I'm blowing a whole 5th of my yearly allotted go home sick time.
It was quite a shock the first time I tried to call in sick from home, and was informed that I couldn't, as my boss didn't have a phone. (Fun, since calling in sick was what HR told us to do - we were -actually- supposed to email in sick.) Other than that, no, I certainly wouldn't ever have any need for a work phone. If I need to talk to anyone at work, I do it in person or over IM, if I need to talk to anyone at work remotely, I do it in skype or over IM, and if I need to talk to anyone not work related while I'm at work, I wouldn't use a work phone anyway even if I had one, I'd use my cell. (And feel guilty - why am I not working?)
Obviously that only applies to dev. Sales people, or other managerial type roles that actually talk to customers, would presumably want customers to also be able to call them. Development doesn't really talk directly to customers.
When the obvious thing to ask whether he found or not, would be an alien race of water weirds, and if you think he went specifically to retrieve something, well, that would clearly be the nukes out of a downed US sub.
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Nope. I hadn't forgotten about them, as I had never seen one or heard of them until just now. Back when I saw a lot of TIs (i.e. because I was in high school or college), I only ever saw 83s, 84s, 85s, 86s and 89s.
Apparently there was even a worse calculator than that, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-80
Learned something new today!
Funny, but I would point out nothing is stopping you from sending random strangers goatse already, into their email inbox...
Luls. I agree agree with you, except for the last bit.
http://www.deadtroll.com/index2.html?/video/ossuckscable.html
Written like 10ish years ago... still just as true. Possibly even more so.
Oh, for "Funny" mod points right now...
Also, I'm jealous. :p
You can play some pretty darn decent games on a TI-89. More importantly, you could do that *at school* if the teacher isn't paying enough attention to what you're doing. I played *so* much Tetris in calc in high school (well, a variant of it where blocks fell if they weren't supported, so you could get up to 14-row combos if you were good and lucky.)
Bet the new color screen will make games way better.
The real wtf is why'd they name this something indicating it's a variant of an *84*? 84s were slightly-upgraded 83s, the crappiest calculators they made! (Heck, the Basic variant they supported, had support for exactly 26 variables, named uppercase A through uppercase Z. It was a joke.)
My first thought was that they would put people who ask for and/or approve stupid patents in the Comfy Chair.
> Timelines are just estimates.
> If you fund a project expecting them to meet your deadlines you are a fool.
Fixed that for you.
Oh yeah, I suppose that is true, Capcom has done cool stuff in the past.
(I love The Grammar Club. I've actually just been listening the crap out of Ultimate Songs From The Pit, which I finally got my copy of. Shael's great at music... significantly less great at sending his music to people who bought copies... (I actually once sent him 15 bucks for a copy of Bremelanotide. Got sent an empty cd case. Didn't bother complaining, since I obviously already had all the music, it having been released for free, and mostly I just wanted to send him money cause he deserved some money. But still.))
A fan makes an awesome thing based on IP from a major company, tells that company about it, and their response is to help? Rather than suing the pants off the guy? What has the world *come* to?!
Ooh, I have considerable raid experience, too! I quit before Pandaria, though.
From your comment's siblings, you are apparently not the only one. I didn't even think of that potential pun when I was posting that; as a laptop user and supporter of public transportation, I ride buses a lot more than I install them. :p
I've had bad experiences with busses before, but I've never owned a bus.
You will note that I basically agreed with everything you said. (Other than my sarcasm quotes around "crime", which I will stick to.) Yes, it was a "crime" at the time. Therefore, pardoning would be silly, and wouldn't help much with anything, given Turing's long dead, he wouldn't care much. Officially retconning the very existence of the "crime" out, though, while it would do just as little to help Turing, would send the strong message, "we feel this was a terrible idea and are sorry we used to think otherwise." They wouldn't do anything "to make the masses happy", they'd be doing it, at least hopefully, because they *agreed* with those masses and wanted to show their agreement. Yes it was a crime at the time. Yes, the people responsible for sentencing the dude to punishment did exactly what the law said they should have done. But... so?
An official "pardon" for a joke of a "crime" would just legitimize the "crime", and say "it's ok to be gay, but only if you're a brilliant scientist". The above declaration would, on the other hand, send a much stronger message, and would actually mean something.
Torchwood: Miracle Day was a great glimpse into the concept taken to the extreme. *Obviously* the more things used to kill you and now don't, the more people will live with crippling issues that used to be fatal ones. Not really news?
Yep, I likewise was wondering from the title what sort of ship the technology was projecting, and what it was projected onto, and mostly, why projecting something was new technology, seemed like projectors had been around for a while?
I thought it was going to be about Amazon.com decentralizing their office buildings to more rural areas because the cost of living and working would be cheaper there.
No, most people have a "choice" between DSL and Charter, but Charter isn't really a choice, it's more like a joke, except not as a funny.
I really wish I didn't have to use verizon... it's not like I like verizon, it's just that, Charter, or no internet. :(
Same.
In fact, it almost makes me want to torrent it, then burn piles of dvds and leave them out on street corners with signs saying "free movies!"
Certainly doesn't make me want to watch it, though.
I don't really know any t-shirt artists, though. If you know any that could do the idea justice, maybe you should start the Kickstarter, and I'll send money to it. :p
I would totally buy a "Clippy is my co-pilot" shirt to wear ironically. Preferably one that had a picture of Clippy piloting a plane into a cliff. ... Dang it, now I really want that shirt. I'm sad that it doesn't seem to actually exist.
Sicktime distinct from vacation or generic PTO, that is. The answer is still the same, though, and should be pretty obvious: if you only get a certain amount of sicktime (40 hours a year, in my case), you would want to save it for when you really needed it. I do stay home if I'm feeling really terrible, but if I think I can work, I go in, because otherwise I'm blowing a whole 5th of my yearly allotted go home sick time.
It was quite a shock the first time I tried to call in sick from home, and was informed that I couldn't, as my boss didn't have a phone. (Fun, since calling in sick was what HR told us to do - we were -actually- supposed to email in sick.) Other than that, no, I certainly wouldn't ever have any need for a work phone. If I need to talk to anyone at work, I do it in person or over IM, if I need to talk to anyone at work remotely, I do it in skype or over IM, and if I need to talk to anyone not work related while I'm at work, I wouldn't use a work phone anyway even if I had one, I'd use my cell. (And feel guilty - why am I not working?)
Obviously that only applies to dev. Sales people, or other managerial type roles that actually talk to customers, would presumably want customers to also be able to call them. Development doesn't really talk directly to customers.
When the obvious thing to ask whether he found or not, would be an alien race of water weirds, and if you think he went specifically to retrieve something, well, that would clearly be the nukes out of a downed US sub.
Best use of Betteridge's Law of Headlines yet.