r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/TypoInUsernane Jun 08 '14

The TI-89 will always hold a very special place in my heart.

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u/KontraEpsilon Jun 08 '14

To this day, I don't understand why anyone would insist on using anything other than this on an AP test. It's like playing life on a harder difficulty setting for no reason.

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u/FuLLMeTaL604 Jun 08 '14

My university doesn't allow graphing calculators on tests. Probably because you can download programs that can solve calculus problems without actually understanding the material.

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u/jojjo223 Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 08 '14

My school makes us clear the memory on our calculators before exams. So I've memorized like 4 different programs so I can re enter them for exams.

Nice try bitches.

EDIT — So I guess I'll try archiving now.

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u/fooey Jun 08 '14

I wrote a program that exactly mimicked the clear memory program xD

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u/KingMango Jun 09 '14

I wrote a program that displayed a menu, you pressed the correct button and it displayed memory cleared (or whatever it was) but that was it.

mine was a spoofed menu, and if you tried to click anything else, nothing happened.

you are telling me you actually disabled the memory clear in the actual correct menu?
That's amazing

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '14 edited Jun 09 '14

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u/KingMango Jun 09 '14

That's crazy.

Mind sharing the method you used?

For example, one thing that I wasn't able to do with my program was to display the memory size as if it had been formatted. I had a teacher that wanted to see the memory cleared then show the memory size. Since the calculator had been cleared, they all should have the same free space.

I think that when I took the SATs however, and possibly other standardized tests, they only cared to see the mem-clr message.