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« on: April 04, 2012, 06:46:35 am »
The 3d graphing looks really good. Can it be rotated?
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« on: April 01, 2012, 11:21:57 pm »
Hey DJ-O, my post on the omnodingus site that you moved to spam was an April first day joke. I only post this here because I can't seem to post a reply to your announcement about moving it. 
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« on: April 01, 2012, 01:18:22 pm »
Check out the brand new Omnidingus site and the decompiler program located there. 
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« on: March 27, 2012, 01:07:45 pm »
Also, I personally found quite some of your remarks rude and would have down rated them if I could.
Jim, I would like to respectfully make a couple of points. First, I don't know you and I've never said any thing negative to you or about you so to make a personal attack on me like that is strange unless you have a personal or business reason for supporting TI that way. Second, my experience with TI has been very unsatisfactory so I view them much differently than you apparently do. Third, I call it the way I see it and you need to understand that attacking the messenger because you don't like the message doesn't change reality one bit. So have a good day and Btw, do you work for TI?
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« on: March 26, 2012, 01:35:37 pm »
and they (the Nspires) are extremely good for education. And they could be even better if they were open development platforms, like the TI-Z80 and the TI-68k series 
Agreed.
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« on: March 25, 2012, 10:37:19 pm »
Also I hate how high they charge for their calcs outside United States and France. Here a TI-Nspire CX, not even the CAS, costs $194.99! I saw the PRIZM and the 83+ for $99.99 a few times and normally the PRIZM is $149.99, the same price as their monochrome 84+.
They sure are greedy bastards! If I were you I'd skip the nspire. That's way to much money and with the Prizm at the same price as the b&w TI-84, it's a no brainer. And if you get the nspire and use the 84 plug in keyboard that's the most expensive 84 that I've ever heard of. BTW, Kerm at Cemetech is doing some really awesome stuff.
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« on: March 25, 2012, 11:42:21 am »
A good argument to convince teachers would be to tell them that the TI-Nspire is a major PITA to use, because of the complex interface, mouse and confusing menus compared to standard models like the Prizm or the 84+. Another argument would be that the calc is way too expensive compared to other models (although that doesn't work if they lend calcs). Even if you disagree with my first point, you can still tell them the calc is overly complex compared to others.
I do not think people should boycott TI by stopping TI calc programming or something, especially that it still has the largest userbase for your games, but encouraging people to get a Prizm is a good move.
You are absolutely right that nspire is a pita. That is the biggest mistake TI made with that design. They went away from the thing that sold all those 83/84/89 calculators. In dealing with the teachers, some don't want to use nspires any way but feel forced into it and those are the ones to go after and support. They are math oriented and understand the students that want to learn math and not how to use nspires. I really believe students can make a difference and get some teachers to start using the prism and that in my opinion is good because when TI comes out with a hack proof os (which may be the one due out soon), the nspires will be to limited.
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« on: March 25, 2012, 01:03:48 am »
Besides, who says we need to fight TI. We can't really beat them anyways, we're only a minor portion of their profit margins, sadly enough. The best we can do is help Casio grow to surpass TI and not make them dislike us in doing so.
Dealing effectively with TI doesn't mean fighting them but you make some good points and I think your analysis of the situation is right on. It just seems clear to me that because TI doesn't really care about us, give them their wish and stop supporting them with good reviews and by buying their "new" calc's. Also, it seems that the only people that TI gives a rats ass about is their beloved high school math teachers and since students spend far more time with those teachers than TI possibly can, start pressuring your teacher to teach math not calculator operation, that is, tell your teachers that you want to learn the math and suggest that if it is going to be a calculator class you want to learn how to use the Prizm. Of course it may not be necessary if the new os due out soon cannot be hacked in which case the migration to Casio will speed up. We shall see but sooner or later it will happen. Just my thinking.
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« on: March 24, 2012, 06:30:18 pm »
And the problem is, serial communication definitely has valid uses for classrooms, so by crippling their Lua (intentionally or not) and by fighting native code, they're doubly hurting themselves...
Why do I keep thinking that the only effective way to deal with TI is to hurt them financially such as a boycott on buying new nspires (used is ok because ti doesn't get that money) and pressure on teachers to put the toys away and go back to teaching/learning math again?
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« on: March 24, 2012, 01:25:24 pm »
Was eliminating this functionality another effort on ti's part to indicate clearly that they don't want our business? Or just another one of their stupid mistakes.
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« on: March 14, 2012, 05:12:34 pm »
Yeah, I guess I somehow double posted. Maybe it's the keyboard or something. It seems to happen several times a year and I don't know why. Sorry about that.
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« on: March 13, 2012, 10:51:29 pm »
Nobody can make such claims yet because the firmware isn't out. It's extremely possible that there's still an exploit waiting to be discovered. Beyond that, the "you got what you deserve" comment is extremely harsh. Nobody "deserved" this; there was a risk taken, but don't rub our losses in our faces just because you support Casio.
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I'm sorry Reo, I really wasn't trying to rub your losses in your faces, but the time is over due for everyone to understand that you can't have it both ways. If you really object to the way TI treats this community then show it by not supporting TI and their products. On the other hand, how does anyone have any right to complain about the way TI treats us if they are going to support ti and their products? I read all this moaning and groaning about how TI is doing this terrible thing with their next os update and then there is all this support for their products. Thats rediculous. If you don't like what TI is doing, then stop supporting them or, if you choose to support them, stop complaining.
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« on: March 13, 2012, 10:51:27 pm »
Nobody can make such claims yet because the firmware isn't out. It's extremely possible that there's still an exploit waiting to be discovered. Beyond that, the "you got what you deserve" comment is extremely harsh. Nobody "deserved" this; there was a risk taken, but don't rub our losses in our faces just because you support Casio.
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I'm sorry Reo, I really wasn't trying to rub your losses in your faces, but the time is over due for everyone to understand that you can't have it both ways. If you really object to the way TI treats this community then show it by not supporting TI and their products. On the other hand, how does anyone have any right to complain about the way TI treats us if they are going to support ti and their products? I read all this moaning and groaning about how TI is doing this terrible thing with their next os update and then there is all this support for their products. Thats rediculous. If you don't like what TI is doing, then stop supporting them or, if you choose to support them, stop complaining.
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« on: March 13, 2012, 06:33:28 pm »
Super article Stefan!
Having read all the posts in a very unbiased manner, I think what it boils down to is that if the new TI os cannot be hacked and a new version of Ndless be created for it, anyone that has supported ti by buying their products has no grounds for complaint. You got what you deserve.
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« on: March 12, 2012, 05:06:55 pm »
I've been thinking about getting a new calculator; either a CX or a Prizm. I know each has their advantages and disadvantages. Which one should I get (and why)? Also, money is not a problem. I have enough money to get either one.
That's a no brainier. Get the Prizm. Two thing are clear. First, beyond a doubt TI will continue to make life difficult for developers so the programmers will continue to migrate to Casio. Secondly, the TI customer service people (1-800-TI-CARES) really don't care and mostly aren't qualified to offer any assistance any way! Casio represents the future. TI represents the past.
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