I’m in love
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Topic: I’m in love
Posted By: mbro
Subject: I’m in love
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 1:50pm
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That's right, I'm in love, I said it.
With 
My TI-89. Now I've had this calculator for a few years now and let me tell you. It is one of the best investments I've ever made. Some people buy the under powered TI-83s or 84s but they're foolish. The real money is in the 89. This calculator is the reason why I've passed math for the past four years. Don't get me wrong I'm pretty good at math but once you learn how to actually use this thing for its more advanced funtions your homework will fly. Remember in algebra when it took people forever to solve problems? Yeah, well it doesn't with the 89, you just select the proper fuction then type the equation in, tell it what you want to solve for and BAM. Correct answer instantly in the proper format that you have to write it on the test in. Now, why I'm writing this post today. So I'm in Calculus and quite frankly, I have no idea what's going on. This is possible the first time in a math class that I've ever been confused. I had a quiz today and studied all last night from the book trying to figure out what the hell was going on with our problems. It got me nowhere. So today before the test I got the answer sheet and a practice test and figured out how to properly use the built in fuctions to correctly solve the problems. I figureed it all out in about a half hour before the test. I get in the class, look at the test and almost laughed. It was about 4 times easier than th epractice. I breezed through it in about 10 minutes. I was done well before anyone else in my class. Even the people that actually know what's going on and I'm quite sure I've got an A on it. I <3 TI-89 ------------- 
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
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Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 1:56pm
| does it do graphing too? looks alot like the ones we have in school but ours have more buttons on them. |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 1:56pm
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You can even play Doom on it.... ------------- 
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Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 1:57pm
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Hmm I want one now.
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Posted By: Hoytshooter
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:03pm
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How much mbro? ------------- I shoot a Hoyt http://img414.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theusgovrnsucks6xn.png"> 
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Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:04pm
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Calculus. Ugh.
I did well in math up to that point. Made three seperate attempts to take Calc I. One failure, two withdrawals. Couldn't hack it. I didn't want to be an Engineer anyway. :) Even a TI-89 couldn't have saved me. Glad it's doing wonders for you. That TI-89 will bring you the Presidency in no time. |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:05pm
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He will rule the world with an Iron fist.
and a plastic calculator. |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:10pm
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a lot of my geek friends have those. I always take 'em and play the games. ------------- 
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:14pm
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ti-89's rule... my god mbro, they do most of all the basic problems you'll encounter in calc 1-2. integrals, derivatives. i couldn't have gotten by w/o mine. |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:17pm
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*cough* NERD! ------------- "I AM a crossdresser." -Reb Cpl Forum Vice President RIP T&O Forum |
Posted By: pilotman88
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:23pm
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i'm having a rough time with calculus.. might have to pick one of these bad boys up.
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:26pm
fixed. -------------
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__sneaky__ wrote:Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:37pm
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:43pm
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I <3 calculus. Of course, back in my day, we weren't allowed to use them there new-fangled graphing calculators - we had to solve our differential equations the old-fashioned way. And then we walked home, uphill in the snow, and we liked it. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:46pm
I was the opposite. I did ok in elementry math, and once Algebra hit, I simply did horribly. I managed to pass, but with grades like Ds and Cs. Geometry was slightly better, because I made B's and C's. Algebra 2 was the same as Geometry. In precal, I had a horrible time. I would consitently fail the quizes, but on test day I managed to do ok. I passed the class, but usually with C's. Calculus rolls around, and bam, I am able to get most everything that is presented to me. I do well on the quizes, above average on the tests(though that is still a C, these are questions that our teacher feels are AP test level or above[partly because he takes the questions from AP exams and changes the numbers]), and on the labs we do I am usually able to come to the conclusion he wants us to. regardless, I am only using an 84 because it is what the teacher uses and explains how to do whatever is needed to be done. ------------- 
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:50pm
I paid 80 off ebay they used to cost about $160 new when I got it, I'm sure the price has dropped.
Damn straight ----- And that people, is how you respond to a lot of posts all in one. -------------
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:50pm
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/me glares at zesty
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Posted By: Frank Zappa
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:51pm
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82, because there was just enough 84s for everyone, then when I open mine up, theres a crack across the middle of the screen and half is a ll black. I should probaly invest in my own. ------------- It's all a conspiracy. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Edgar+Cayce&btnG=Google+Search - Edgar Cayce >you |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 2:53pm
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I never tried Calc but I do recall having a rather attractive volleyball player take my high school Trig tests for me and I didn't even ever lend her my TI-89. -------------
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 3:01pm
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cool...my school all they have is the TI 83's, there good but i dont
care for them...im only in algebra 1 though...a sophomore in
algebra...ya it sucks...
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Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 3:20pm
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I'm making a program on my 84 for algebra II. It has almost every
type of equation in it that I will ever use in algebra, all
conveniently organized in menus. Its really nice, I'm about half
finished. (Its nto just liek it shows the the equation, you input your numbers and it will do whatever the problem is) |
Posted By: xTippyx
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 3:42pm
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ha im only in 8th grade but im in algebra 1, i love my ti-89 my cousin gave it to me when he graduated high school, and i thank him i dont have to pay $100 for a damn calculator. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 4:47pm
| my TI 83 Plus is messed up....the batteries died ( i ignored the battery low thing bc im lazy i guess) and now when i turn it on it says ram cleared and when i hit different buttons it sometimes causes it to shut off....ive got the cables to hook it up to the net...anyone know how i can fix this by any chance? |
Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 4:51pm
| Oh man. I was actually going to buy a ti-83 tonight. Maybe I'll get the 89 instead. |
Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 4:54pm
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I have the T-83.:( ------------- 
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 5:25pm
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Oh yeah, the TI-101 knows the answer before I punch in the question. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 5:27pm
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Dude... My TI-1337 > your 89 |
Posted By: A-5 08
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 6:32pm
| I still have my TI-84 plus, I like it well enough, though I haven't used it for more than a calculator's basic functions for ever. |
Posted By: amishman89
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 8:09pm
Cough*old*Cough No but serously when you got home in your cabin it was cold so you had to get a fire going. So you had to Walk 6 miles to the nearest tree to chop down for wood. Too bad you didnt have a sled so you had to carry the logs one by one to the cabin. Then you got in trouble for eating the last piece of corn bread so you Pa told you to get a switch from the yard. Then again you had to walk... 7 miles to the next tree to get a switch. Once you got back the fire was out. Youre Pa whipped ya. And said get more wood for the fire......(and you liked it) ------------- Only Hugh can prevent florist friars. |
Posted By: The_GOAT
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 8:26pm
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i got a TI=83 plus silver edition it gets it done and lets me play games in class when i dont feel like listening my friends 14 and is gonna be in Calc next year as a Sophmore because we can start algebra in 7th as an option but, im taking enriched geometry next year i hate stupid people, it takes the whole class to go over like 2 problems ------------- SP Vision Imp w/ ALL NDZ internals, CP flame drop w/ on/off, Freak-AA tip, lowrise feedneck, NDZ Pro-Mag trigger, tapeworm, NDZ lpr cap, NDZ ti. bolt pin, maybe thats it? EggII 88/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: Hoytshooter
Date Posted: 09 February 2006 at 8:50pm
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HAHA, I already have my career planned out, and then backed up twice, so I figured out the classes I need to take, and the ones I wanna take, so right now im in TECH MATH I aka stupid peoples classes, yesterday we learned how to round to the nearest 10 thousanth, And Ive got all the math credits I need, took alg I geometry and Alg II, so took easy classes, instead of listen I play solitare on my ipod and throw stuff at this ugly fat chick that got shot in the stomach by her mentally challenged brother, and every once in a while I say "GENNA GOT SHOT,"............................."IN THE STOMACH" and point and laugh. ------------- I shoot a Hoyt http://img414.imageshack.us/my.php?image=theusgovrnsucks6xn.png">
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 12:55am
You think I'm joking. We would ski to school (uphill in the snow both ways), seven miles actually (roundtrip), funny you should pick that number. For vacation, we would go to Hoth, and yes we had to get a fire going to heat up the ski-only accessible cabin (but only after digging the snow away from the front door to get in). And yes, heated with wood that we chopped ourselves. Then we would dig a path through the snow to the outhouse. If we wanted to eat, we had to get fish - out from under 4+ feet of ice. And we liked it. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 1:04am
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 1:05am
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I grew up in the Yukon. I've thrown boiling water in the air and watched it freeze before it hit the ground.
And I liked it. |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 10:19am
That's awsome! -------------
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Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 10:25am
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It doesn't freeze, it turns into vapor and floats away. It is really cool though. http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1197/ - http://www.compfused.com/directlink/1197/ |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 10:31am
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My kinda people. You know how when it gets really cold, you can't breathe through your nose - because if you do, your snot freezes? I love that. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 10:50am
| Mbro, when you become president can you outlaw Windows? |
Posted By: XenoSabre
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 11:38am
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yeah I've got an 89 too. But you can't use it on the ACT... So I have to bum an 83 off my friend. ------------- [IMG]http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f76/Xeno-Sabre/kutaragi.png"> http://xeno-sabre.deviantart.com/ - http://xeno-sabre.deviantart.com/ |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 11:44am
Scracth out 89 and write 83. lol |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 1:22pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 2:04pm
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MBRO FOR PREZ! -------------
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Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 2:07pm
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I'll vote for you if you change the US to the metric system... I predict we'll still be stubborn as heck and not have changed by 2020. And since the new 84s and 89s have the same case, there is probably a way (with a few slight mods) you could stuff the internals of an 89 into an 84 and take it to the ACT  . |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 2:44pm
Mbro for Prez! The only problem would be the possiblity of putting Easter Eggs into an open source programs.. |
Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 2:48pm
Lets put all of our government and national files onto servers ran by an OS that everyone has the design codes to. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 6:33pm
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anyone have any suggestions to my problem by any chance? if not thats cool, i just dont wanna have this thing sit here doing nothing |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 10 February 2006 at 6:59pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 12 February 2006 at 12:27am
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i dont know how to use mine. our teacher is an idiot. any one know how to do slope intercept (y=mx+b) or standard form (y-y1=m(x-x1)) on those? i am freshman in alg. 1 and have an 84 plus ------------- 
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Posted By: ninety8freak
Date Posted: 12 February 2006 at 12:36am
| I have a TI-84 plus silver edition. Blockdude is officially the best game in the world. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 12 February 2006 at 1:24am
Those were terrible July's...weren't they? 
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