I'm supposed to be in math class right now...

[sho.gun]

But instead I am here, posting at G|A... the class is such a waste anyway, the teacher says we are all required to have TI-86 calculators, I have the TI-83 and I'm not really in the mood to spend another $120 on a calculator. Then during class all he does is explain how to do the examples with the calculator, so it doesn't even apply to me. One good note though, I got a B+ on my last test, and that's because I go to class and study on my own, not paying attention to him.

[Jihforce]

heh, someone's making good use of his time posting on G|A :)

[BrewMaster]

hehe. why study when you can post on G|A? (do I see a bumper sticker in the making?)

[g222leav]

or a tee-shirt...i think there should be one representative on every campus that where's one...everyday..nah, better make it a wednesday (when we've finally sobered up from the weekend, and right before the next weekend)

[spigidygak]

Hehe, class? Its useless to go to class unless if there is an exam. . . even then. . . :rolleyes:

[Cheesypuff]

What you need is a TI-92!!! Now thats a calculator

[ZrEo0]

TI-82 plus, pacmal, bust a move, tetris, falldow, brickdude, ungle worm

[leemaj]

just wondering, which school and which math class? I have TI-89 cuz thats what we use in high school AP calc.

[spigidygak]

Originally posted by Cheesypuff
What you need is a TI-92!!! Now thats a calculator

Pfft, I'll hold on to my ti-89 instead. Does about the same stuff as the 92 but a lot smaller. Just doesn't do as many geometric crap, but hey geometry=easy.

[coleslaw]

Originally posted by leemaj
just wondering, which school and which math class? I have TI-89 cuz thats what we use in high school AP calc. You shouldn't need a calculator for calculus. The math is so easy that it's not necessary. The concepts can be difficult to grasp, but the math is inherently easy.

[ZrEo0]

Originally posted by spigidygak


Pfft, I'll hold on to my ti-89 instead. Does about the same stuff as the 92 but a lot smaller. Just doesn't do as many geometric crap, but hey geometry=easy.
everything can be easy if you hav the right programs:cool:

[Rubberduckyluvr]

I am in college calculus and i don't even use my TI 83 that much(only for doing multiplication and division of large numbers). There is a handbook on how to use my calculator but it is as thick as the bible and most of my school books. I never had the desire to read it. Why do they make the handbooks that big anyways? They should have a condensed version for people like me who are too lazy to read it all. As you have probably guessed I do not know how to do much on my calculator, I still have not mastered using the graphing tools :rolleyes: :P Who cares I only have one more year of math. But still why such a thick handbook for such a small item.:shake:

[ZrEo0]

i dont hav a math class, easy physics, just sleep, read, do hw, the easyist class

[BrewMaster]

for real math you don't need a calculator. it's all conceptual or done in the brain. i'm a chemistry/material science major at UCLA and the most I ever need is a scientific calculator to do basic math and trig functions. all this TI-this and TI-that is a waste of time. I own one, but I don't even know how to use it. some profs won't let you bring in a fancy calc so you don't "program" equations in it. the point is to learn math, not learn a calculator.

just my 1.5 cents.

[sho.gun]

Well, my class "strongly suggests" getting a TI86 for the students to be "succesful". Bah, I hate them. Anyway, it was fun posting when I'm supposed to be in class, gave me that "living on the edge" feeling... :heh:

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by sho.gun
... gave me that "living on the edge" feeling... :heh:

you need to get out more sho.gun. I should take you to a bar or something here in LA. you ain't that far away. I'll pass you on my way up to the Bay Area Tuesday.

[sho.gun]

yea i know, kinda pathetic eh?:rolleyes:

[Nija]

Originally posted by BrewMaster


you need to get out more sho.gun. I should take you to a bar or something here in LA. you ain't that far away. I'll pass you on my way up to the Bay Area Tuesday.

sho.gun isn't old enuff. but he can be your DD :D

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by Nija


sho.gun isn't old enuff. but he can be your DD :D

Double date?
Drunk driver?
Disheartened daughter?
??

[Nija]

Originally posted by sho.gun


Double date?
Drunk driver?
Disheartened daughter?
??

daughter eh? and here i thought u were male... guess i was wrong..

and I meant Desginated Driver

[sho.gun]

If I were to drive, it'd be illegal. And plus, you don't want to be near me if I drive anyway.

[zenbooty]

Shouldn't need a calculator for calculus, but those who say real math requires no fancy calculator have not done enough regression analysis. Fewer than .05% of the simplest differential equations can be solved exactly using calculus. The rest require approximation by various statistical computational methods and models and we're talking about a LOT of tedious number crunching there. The advent of computers really was a breakthrough for mathemeticians in this field. Sped up their work by a matter of YEARS.

[ChrisMG187]

wow, i'm in algebra 3-4.