And Birdemic...man, the only reason to watch this, aside from all the damned editing mistakes, is that the lead actress is actually pretty cute. The lead actor, though, is a twerp. He has no presence, no personality, and can't even fall back on a goofy accent or hammy delivery like Tommy Wiseau could. He sucks!
It's like they smashed together The Room and Monster A-Go-Go.
I won't go out of my way to watch a movie just because someone pretty is in it (it is kind of shallow), but it's a nice plus. That said...Birdemic is that kind of movie. The movie itself is so bad that you may as well eat the eye candy. :P
And Forsythe, you are correct: All of the TI calculators except the (also horribly overpriced) TI-89 and Nspire are Z-80, and based on a 20-year-old hardware platform they can charge top dollar for because it's practically a vertical market.
Pretty much all calculators have used some sort of programmed CPU internally since the 1970s. TI and Rockwell were the first to do it, with HP, Casio and Toshiba not far behind. Before that, they were slow, hard-wired, bit-serial monsters; getting them to fit on a desk was a big accomplishment.
I was never really tought any of the accepted methods of learning basic arithmetic and as such, without working it out on paper, I don't know basic arithmetic.
I can barely multiply, and I sure as hell can't divide. At least not in my head. Without calculators I'd likely have failed several grades of math by now.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
@graphing calculators: If I had to guess, I'd say the reason they continue to be so damn expensive is that schools still require them for exams and shit, meaning there's still demand for them and Texas Instruments can still get away with charging as much as they did 10 years ago.
I was never really tought any of the accepted methods of learning basic arithmetic and as such, without working it out on paper, I don't know basic arithmetic.
I can barely multiply, and I sure as hell can't divide. At least not in my head. Without calculators I'd likely have failed several grades of math by now.
I've been slowly getting better at it as the years go by, but I'm still shit at it. I check everything regardless of whether or not I think I know the answer in my head--I've caught myself fucking up adding before.
CA: Exactly. There's also really no competition; you hardly ever see Casio's graphing calculators anymore (probably because they won't or can't sell to Walmart anymore), and the hole-in-the-wall Chinese makers don't really have anything equivalent.
And I can multiply and divide on paper if I have to....but if you're doing a lot of it, like I was in high school, a calculator comes in handy real quick.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Also why doesn't my mom get to be something cool like a sociologist, no fair
One time I saw some guy shoplift an expensive graphing calculator. (There was no way I or anyone else could stop him, just for the record). I don't know, but I keep thinking that his kid needed it for school and he couldn't afford it and therefore had to turn to a life of crime
CA: Exactly. There's also really no competition; you hardly ever see Casio's graphing calculators anymore (probably because they won't or can't sell to Walmart anymore), and the hole-in-the-wall Chinese makers don't really have anything equivalent.
And I can multiply and divide on paper if I have to....but if you're doing a lot of it, like I was in high school, a calculator comes in handy real quick.
I once had class with a kid with a...some bizarre brand. Xelex or something similarly nonsensical? Brand calculator. It was grey, shiny, and it actually froze up on several occasions.
He still insisted it was better than the school calculators.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I had two Spanish teachers, one was from Peru, and the other was from London.
No, that's not a typo. Her name was Elizabeth de Bastistas (I'm probably butchering that), and she was half-British, half-Spanish. Most interesting person I've ever met.
So was mine. She works at a call center now; she started working there in 2001, and they moved to downtown Denver (they were previously in Aurora) in 2003.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
...I have no idea what my dad does for a job anymore. He can't seem to keep a job for more than 2 years so I kinda lost track after the last two jobs
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oh hey now it's suddenly fixed.
anyway
I have stabbed myself in the foot enough times with this nail clipper that I'm pretty sure my heel is now a fan of Fugazi.
And Lee likes cute women, it's a weakness of his.
>implying he isn't.
It's a bizarre thought to me that calculators even have core CPUs.
I know that's not how that works, can you tell I know shit about programming, and computers in general?
So.
It has come to this.
That would be a reasonable assumption.
Much like how it's a reasonable assumption that I know more about McDonald's than the average person.
Because...well my mom manages one and likes to talk about her job a lot.
Calculators are my savior.
I was never really tought any of the accepted methods of learning basic arithmetic and as such, without working it out on paper, I don't know basic arithmetic.
I can barely multiply, and I sure as hell can't divide. At least not in my head. Without calculators I'd likely have failed several grades of math by now.
Y'all have cooler moms than me. Even Anonus
So fuck you, Texas Instruments.
Central Avenue, I don't know if you caught the part about my mother managing a McDonald's, but yeah.
Ouch. Sorry to hear that. :/
I once had class with a kid with a...some bizarre brand. Xelex or something similarly nonsensical? Brand calculator. It was grey, shiny, and it actually froze up on several occasions.
He still insisted it was better than the school calculators.
My mother's a letter writer in a major bank's executive office...I learn a lot about mortgages and foreclosures.
I had two Spanish teachers, one was from Peru, and the other was from London.
No, that's not a typo. Her name was Elizabeth de Bastistas (I'm probably butchering that), and she was half-British, half-Spanish. Most interesting person I've ever met.
I like my parents well enough.
Well
my mom and my stepdad. My biological dad does/used to do something for NASCAR, which would be far cooler if I knew what, and if we ever spoke.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Tre
have I mentioned that you are amazing.
My stepdad works at a call center but will lose his job next month because that center is moving to (I'm not joking) Albuquerque.