[cerveza_fiesta]

I just picked up my new graphing calculator: The HP 50G. This thing processes math like a frat-boy chugs beer!

I bought it to replace my 25 year-old HP48G+ which still works perfectly except for too many dead pixels on the display.

I am so happy with it. Lovely graphing functions, RPN interface (if you know what that is you're definitely a geek), an SD card slot for more memory, the ability to program scripts for even more hardcore geekiness! Glorious!!!

Me and Fitty (yes, that's his name....like the rapper) are going to have so much fun solving engineering problems together when I go back to school this fall!

Here is a pic.



All the Texas Instrument fans FOOLS can BOW DOWN!!!

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 20 July 2011 - 12:03 PM

[HiddenOne]

I got a new HP printer. It does color and everything

[cerveza_fiesta]

HiddenOne, on 20 July 2011 - 12:34 PM, said:

I got a new HP printer. It does color and everything

yeah, but did you name your printer?

I don't believe you truly think it is glorious tech until you name it.

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

Fitty? Or did you mean Fifty?

[cerveza_fiesta]

Fitty.

Cos you pronounce it like that.

He isn't Fifty cent....he's FITTY cent

[cerveza_fiesta]

Oh, and I also want one of these:



It's like a PSP, except made for the homebrew gaming / application crowd and it runs linux. And is designed for console emulators + has enough power to run pretty much everything pre Nintendo 64....which is a lot of cool gaming.

And a touchscreen with stylus for running mouse-driven games. No dos emulators for it as yet (they are notoriously resource hoggish)....but I'm hoping that will get ported from the earlier versions of the device soon.

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Lol, the saddest thing is that while your shiny new graphing calculator is awesome, most of our phones are better. More memory, more cpu, etc. The only reason I'd keep my calculator, were a decent graphing calculator program available, is that you aren't allowed a phone during exams.

[Gwynn ap Nudd]

The important part is the RPN. I haven't found anything for my phone that will do RPN.

I still use my HP48G from university and have a spare on hand for when it breaks down (had to buy second one when my pack was stolen, but it was later recovered).

[Beezulbubba]

Fleshlight


And the Elf Real Doll

[Ain't_It_Just_]

I bought several Halo T-shirts a few days back Nerd rating has increased significantly.

[Hull Beddict]

Who needs a calculator when there's Mathematica? (Or, for those of the Open-Source persuasion, Sage?)


But in all seriousness, it's mostly this:

This post has been edited by Hull Beddict: 21 July 2011 - 08:40 AM

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Adjutant Stormy, on 20 July 2011 - 10:18 PM, said:

Lol, the saddest thing is that while your shiny new graphing calculator is awesome, most of our phones are better. More memory, more cpu, etc. The only reason I'd keep my calculator, were a decent graphing calculator program available, is that you aren't allowed a phone during exams.

Gwynn ap Nudd, on 21 July 2011 - 12:51 AM, said:

The important part is the RPN. I haven't found anything for my phone that will do RPN.

I still use my HP48G from university and have a spare on hand for when it breaks down (had to buy second one when my pack was stolen, but it was later recovered).

Exactly. RPN. The most efficient and human-error-proof way to do complicated arithmetic. And the calculator has these cool innovative things all over it called "buttons" so you don't need to paste your greasy fingers all over the touchscreen in order to input data while furiously tapping backspace every time the touch sensor thinks you hit an 8 instead of a 5.

AND the fact that it does a lot more than "graph things". In fact, I've never used the graphing functions on any graphing calculator I've ever owned. It does spreadsheets, matrix math, solves differential equations, performs numerical analyses, and all kinds of other useful engineering functions...Not saying programs for phones can't do those things, but I defy a touchscreen smartphone to have a human interface as capable and fluid as the button layout on an HP calculator. If I needed raw processing power, a computer is much more capable than a smartphone and I guarantee I can program a quick number-chugging program in C++ for my PC faster than I can develop an app to do the same thing on my phone.

AND the calculator didn't cost me 500-600 bucks, AND it didn't require a that I enter a 3 year contract with a phone company to get a cheaper price, AND I don't have to pay a monthly fee for access to a network, AND it runs for about 2 months with regular use on a set of 4 AAA batteries.

Don't feed me that "smartphones can do everything your calculator can do" BS. It simply ain't true!

GRAAAAH! NERRDDDD RAAAGE!

EDITED for more RAAAAGE

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 21 July 2011 - 11:47 AM

[Adjutant Stormy~]

I did, you'll recall, say that WERE THERE A DECENT PROGRAM TO DO SO, my calculator would never see the light of day again.

There isn't.

[Beezulbubba]

pffffffftth....can your calculator do this?

[Rooster]

cerveza_fiesta, on 20 July 2011 - 01:20 PM, said:

Oh, and I also want one of these:



It's like a PSP, except made for the homebrew gaming / application crowd and it runs linux. And is designed for console emulators + has enough power to run pretty much everything pre Nintendo 64....which is a lot of cool gaming.

And a touchscreen with stylus for running mouse-driven games. No dos emulators for it as yet (they are notoriously resource hoggish)....but I'm hoping that will get ported from the earlier versions of the device soon.

Why not a Pandora? It's a better machine, designed by a community built around a predecessor to the caanoo. I had a GP2X previously, it was fun until the shitty joystick broke.

[cerveza_fiesta]

Rooster, on 21 July 2011 - 11:01 PM, said:

cerveza_fiesta, on 20 July 2011 - 01:20 PM, said:

Oh, and I also want one of these:



It's like a PSP, except made for the homebrew gaming / application crowd and it runs linux. And is designed for console emulators + has enough power to run pretty much everything pre Nintendo 64....which is a lot of cool gaming.

And a touchscreen with stylus for running mouse-driven games. No dos emulators for it as yet (they are notoriously resource hoggish)....but I'm hoping that will get ported from the earlier versions of the device soon.

Why not a Pandora? It's a better machine, designed by a community built around a predecessor to the caanoo. I had a GP2X previously, it was fun until the shitty joystick broke.

TBH, I thought it was the only current contendor. Isn't the Pandora discontinued now?

[Rooster]

Don't think it's discontinued, just made in small batches so there may be a fairly significant wait time for orders.

[cerveza_fiesta]

hmm..

I'll look into it then.


Thanks for the tip

Adjutant Stormy, on 21 July 2011 - 04:57 PM, said:

I did, you'll recall, say that WERE THERE A DECENT PROGRAM TO DO SO, my calculator would never see the light of day again.

There isn't.

lol....wasn't trying to start a flame war. The NERD RAGE TOOK ME!

There are quite a few TI and HP emulators out there for PC. I agree it would be a good idea to have one for smart phones.

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 22 July 2011 - 11:34 AM

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cerveza_fiesta, on 20 July 2011 - 12:57 PM, said:

Fitty.

Cos you pronounce it like that.

He isn't Fifty cent....he's FITTY cent

Isn't it 'Fiddy'?

And when can I get a Commodore Amiga emulator for my iPhone? That would be divine!!!

[cerveza_fiesta]

Solidsnape, on 22 July 2011 - 11:59 AM, said:

cerveza_fiesta, on 20 July 2011 - 12:57 PM, said:

Fitty.

Cos you pronounce it like that.

He isn't Fifty cent....he's FITTY cent

Isn't it 'Fiddy'?

And when can I get a Commodore Amiga emulator for my iPhone? That would be divine!!!

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