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  1. Idontwantspam
    IE is weird like that. Sometimes they show up, often they don't. Why are you using IE? May I suggest Opera or Firefox?
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    I found this info in the guidebook about timers and such, but I can't seem to make it work at all. Does anyone know how to use these? I've only ever used 83's, 83+'s and 84+'s. The TI-83 is really, really crappy. The TI-83+ is a little bit better. The 83+SE is OK, but the lack of USB support is a major down side. The 84+ is great as far as I'm concerned. I think the 84+ SE is supposed to have more memory, but I think the processor is the same. My school used to have only 83s and 83+s, but this year they finally got some new 84+s. Unfortunately, those are only for in-class work; the ones we can check out are all the old crummy ones. That's why I have my own now. Still working on this... I'll report back if I find anything out.
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    Agreed.
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    Why am I not surprised?
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    First of all, take a chill pill. I believe the rules ask you to be polite and civil. You're more likely to get a response if you're nice. Second of all, this probably belongs in the Forum Issues thread, not here. As for your complaint. So what? Your browser sends that information to every single site you visit. Really, it does. Paste the code below into notepad or some text editor, save it as "seeitoldyouso.html" and open it with your browser. If it's internet explorer on XP SP2, you'll need to tell the Information Bar to allow scripts on the page. <html> <head><title>Browser Detect</title> </head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"> var x = navigator document.write("CodeName=" + x.appCodeName) document.write("<br />") document.write("MinorVersion=" + x.appMinorVersion) document.write("<br />") document.write("Name=" + x.appName) document.write("<br />") document.write("Version=" + x.appVersion) document.write("<br />") document.write("CookieEnabled=" + x.cookieEnabled) document.write("<br />") document.write("CPUClass=" + x.cpuClass) document.write("<br />") document.write("OnLine=" + x.onLine) document.write("<br />") document.write("Platform=" + x.platform) document.write("<br />") document.write("UA=" + x.userAgent) document.write("<br />") document.write("BrowserLanguage=" + x.browserLanguage) document.write("<br />") document.write("SystemLanguage=" + x.systemLanguage) document.write("<br />") document.write("UserLanguage=" + x.userLanguage) </script> </body> </html> The thing is, your browser has all this info coded into itself. It's called the user agent header, and any website can see it. If you're paranoid and have firefox, there's an add-in to change your UA. Most websites record it in their access logs. Also, every site can see your IP address, too. Fact is, it's not a secret. At all. Besides, why does it matter? No-one else sees it. The little thing doesn't record your info anywhere; the only way anyone could see it was if they were staring over your shoulder - and then they'd already know you were using whatever you were using. It's not a big deal. If you're afraid of someone being able to see info about your computer, I suggest you try this: Quick! Unplug your internet cable! Press Alt-F4! Find a big sheet or blanket and put it over your computer! Go hide under the bed! Seriously, why do you care? Your analogy about peering in your windows... we're not. We're looking at the front of your house. We can see what kind of windows you have - literally - and we can see your address (IP) and what kind of house you have (browser) but we're not looking inside - we're on the sidewalk, and we're not seeing anything that every other person who walks down your street sees every day. And about blocking just to p*** us off. Guess what? We don't see the banner you see. It's different for everyone. If you block it, I won't even know! And I don't care, either! I do care that you want to tick us off. What did we do to you? Tell you something that anyone can find out easily enough anyway. So calm down please. Get over it. I think you can set your account to not show sigs anyway, so just do that and we'll all be happy. Mods: I think this should be moved to site and forum issues.
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    Way to big. At the usual size of about 16x16 or 32x32, it would be very hard to see. I like
  7. Idontwantspam
    I could ask my parents, and they'd think I was talking about a river. (As in a torrent... from a river... they wouldn't get the download part.)
  8. Idontwantspam
    Hard to say. Since anyone can create an account, the information could be bogus. I doubt it is, but that's an uncontrollable variable. How do you classify "expert" when anyone could post this? I could be Bill Gates (I'm not ) or I could be your stupid eight-year-old neighbor (I'm not that either ). I guess you will have to talk to him. Have you showed him the poll? In fact, I just thought of something. Isn't taking info from a poll like this without citing *sort of* like pirating? I mean, not really, but since we're talking about this, it is an interesting thought. When you're done can you post your essay for us to read?
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    Well, I figured it out - sort of. By having the program loop, but the time varies depending on available RAM and other factors. ... 0->A Lbl X If A!=50 Then A+1->A Goto X Else If A=50 Then Goto Z End Lbl Z ... This basically makes it pause until it has added 1 50 times, which will take about 1-2 seconds, though I have not timed it. As for MirageOS... I learned the hard way it can screw things up. That's why I back up all my RAM, Archive and Apps about once every two weeks, and after any major changes to programs, and I archive all programs when they aren't in use. I'll keep searching for better ways to do this. Thanks all.
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    All my teachers are citation-crazy. Cite this! Cite that! Bibliographies bibliographies bibliographies! Would you need to cite this survey? And would this count as biased as far as numbers go because it is after all a computer geek/nerd/whatever site and more likely to have pirates? I agree that people raised good points and this would be helpful, but you should keep this stuff in mind. Good luck on your paper!
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    Hmmm... I guess. I was just hoping I wouldn't have to resort to making it do something like loop 20 times and hope all calcs go the same speed... I'll see if I can figure anything else out. Are you a calculator programmer?
  12. Idontwantspam
    OK Mods, time to move this one. That about page explains it all...
  13. Idontwantspam
    Wow. Someone is really, really cynical. Or, just kidding. Honestly, this should have been in the funny farm. I kid you not. Besides, anyone could just have their firewall block anything from microsoft.com. And turn off auto updates. Or uninstall SP3. I believe when SP2 came out it was uninstallable. That was really lame. Thanks for the good laugh!
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    I don't think there's any other relevant place to put this, so I'll post it here. I have a question about programming in the TI-84+ and TI-83+ calculators by Texas Instruments. If you've ever used one, you'll probably know they have a built-in basic programming language. Does anyone know if there is a way to make a program pause for a specified amount of time? I know about the pause function, but that pauses the calculator indefinitely until you press the Enter key. Is there a way to make it pause for, say, 5 seconds? Any help would be appreciated. Also, if anyone has any useful programs they wrote for the TI-83+/TI-84+ calcs, please share. Thanks all. By the way: If you use a TI83 or TI84, you should download MirageOS if you haven't already. It's really useful.
  15. Idontwantspam
    When did hackers come in?
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    Someone odd has been visiting my profile. They don't have a username. Or a gender icon. Or a picture/avatar thing - not even the little green person who shows up if you don't choose one. Does anyone know why this is happening? Has this happened to anyone else? Bizarre. Screenshot attached, or go to my profile, it might still be there, but it's last on the list, so it may disappear if everyone goes there.
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    Who the heck cares about pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del? Why should it matter? It takes... I just locked the computer (Winkey+L), pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del and unlocked the computer. In 5 seconds. Now come on. It takes less than a second to press Ctrl+Alt+Del. And there is no real way to do this no-ctrl+alt+del-for-unlocking-but-yes-for-logging-on thing as far as I know because it's controlled by whether you need to press it to log on. It's essentially the same process as logging on. Winlogon looks in the registry and sees that "disableCAD" is set to 0, so it requires Ctrl+Alt+Del. As for setting your boss's screensaver time-out to an hour. WHAT?? I assume that he doesn't lock his computer when he gets up, right? Sheesh. In one hour, anyone could come by and steal sensitive data, change his settings... I always force a 15 minute screensaver time or less, and encourage users to always lock. 5 seconds is not a lot of time wasted, especially in comparison to how much time it wasted when computers are messed with. Lock your computers, people! Geez. My teachers started to get the idea when they'd leave their computer unlocked and I'd send an email from their email client to themselves with clear instructions as to how and why to lock their computers. They always wondered what who did that... yes, quite fun. So yeah, if your boss gets P.O.'d about having a short timeout, tell him that a securty update from Microsoft makes that the longest you can wait now. I bet he'll believe you. She needs one of these. Is this a he or a she? The original post said he but the quoted one said she. Or is it a... never mind.
  18. Idontwantspam
    Geez. There was a question that was never totally answered. So I provided a piece of feedback that could be helpful. There's no need to be rude, you could just say "why did you bring up that old thread?" or something like that. Take a chill-pill, man.
  19. Idontwantspam
    Well I suppose I could have added the prefix computer. But obviously a computer nerd or computer geek is going to be someone intersted/good at computers. Are you sure you're a square? Do you have 4 sides that are congruent? Do you have 4 right-angles?
  20. Idontwantspam
    Most windows laptops it's Fn-F8 to switch, or see if you have any config tools for multiple monitor support like Intel Graphics Media Accelerator is what I have for my vid card.
  21. Idontwantspam
    I bet you have the welcome screen off, huh? Because if you do, the picture by your name won't appear. That is if you're using the Windows 2000 style logon. If you do have the welcome screen on, I don't know what to say...
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    LOL good signature.

  23. Idontwantspam
    Suggest it! There's a forum for site-related things like that. They might accept your idea.
  24. Idontwantspam
    True, I have seen some "geeks" who don't really know what they're doing but think they do. The nerds tend to be less haughty but smarter. Now I don't know everything, in fact, I have a lot to learn, but I don't claim to know how to do something I don't know and I do try to learn as much as possible which is why I'm here (MSFN) a lot - there's lots of smart people who I can learn from. I'd like to learn more about hardware and about Linux. I won't pretend I know a lot about nuts and bolts inside computers but I do try. I don't have an iPod, I don't want one - I don't like overpriced DRM in a white box and if I got one I'd sell it and buy a better MP3-ish player and hack that. I don't ask things that are stupid easy, but if I don't know something, I will ask and learn it. Expert? No. Learning, trying? Yes. Enough said, I think we're in agreement. ¡VIVA LA NERDULACIÓN! edit: Oh! And I "only" blow up my computers when they get old and useless. Just kidding. I would take them somewhere to be recycled or reused or dissect them for parts.
  25. Idontwantspam
    NERDS UNITE!
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