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From: Joel Kolstad on 1 Nov 2006 17:36 <mdr1024(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1162397655.202702.221600(a)f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > I won't dispute that, but if I were in a position to ask students to > pay almost $100 on a calculator, I would personally feel compelled to > suggest a calculator which they could use for years to come. They're getting the parents ready for shelling out $200-400 for text books every year once the kids hit college. :-) Seriously, though, if you buy your kid one calculator in high school, having to buy another one for college is really a very small price to pay compared to the overall costs of college. I'd rather see the government subsidize colleges such that tuition is $100 less per year than try to get every teacher in every school to agree on one single calculator that should last kids from arithmetic in grade school through finite field theory as a post doc. You also have to realize that giving beginning students a "high end" calculator can be a real turn-off, since -- despite the designer's best efforts -- it's almost impossible to add large amounts of functionality without adding some degree of complexity to the device. (One of the reasons the iPod is so popular despite lacking many features that its competitors have is due to the fact that the lack of features allows for a simpler interface!)
From: Jean-Yves Avenard on 1 Nov 2006 17:55 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 duenodemonte(a)gmail.com wrote: > So... test fail ! It says 9:13 a.m. my local time. > > ... must be "something" out there. I think that it doesn't matter what time you set your PC. What will matter is the time set on the news server... JY -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFSSXWOgesMt/k2XMRAj/vAKDNLAmSwROTwBWM2NmkJZlPaLAcuwCg2RVR ecJOZ7lqFqF/1Z3KTZyAO8w= =07jf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
From: Egan Ford on 1 Nov 2006 19:19 On 30 Oct 2006 10:37:06 -0800, "Dave" <pobox42511(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >Every serious gadget user should get a PDA and run linux on it, which, >with XCas, X48, Free42, Nonpareil, and TiEmu, has all the math >computing capability he needs. But converting to Linux is much harder >than converting to RPN. It requires technical background to install >Linux especially on a PDA, and the learning curve is steep without >assistance. Perhaps one can get a Japanese Sharp Zaurus with Linux >preinstalled and 64MB RAM and 6GB hard drive. Or, if I'm dreaming, why >not spend $1500 and get an ultra portable Fujitsu Lifebook Tablet PC, >then spend another $1000-$2000 and get Mathematica or Maple. But >seriously, a PDA with Linux and XCas is most power for the money, and >all software are free if one takes the trouble to learn how to get them >working. I'm using the Pocket PC version of XCas, which seems to have >some numerical computations broken. x48, free42, and nonpareil for Linux PDA w/ X11: http://sense.net/zc/x48/ http://sense.net/zc/free42/ http://sense.net/zc/nonpareil/
From: John H Meyers on 1 Nov 2006 20:31 On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:15:47 -0600: > In terms of what though? Marketshare? Nah, > TI already has killed HP in that department. Opera's market share (on desktops) is low, but it's a better browser (the best, IMO), it's continually being made even more powerful, and it's been heading for cell phones and PDAs for quite a while, so perhaps they have something there. http://www.opera.com
From: John H Meyers on 1 Nov 2006 20:39
On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:26:11 -0600: > I'm sure you'd agree that very few math class curriculums > require even 1/10th the functionality > of almost any contemporary graphing calculator! > I knew plenty of fellow students in college > (during the HP 48GX days) > who never wrote (or downloaded) a single program, > didn't know about the great units handling, etc. "Too powerful for a mere student!" [use this slogan :] "Stays on the job in your professional career..." "Used by the pros in every field" [insert endorsements :] [r->] [OFF] |