That's okay, apology taken, let's forget about this

xkcd I assume? That has got to be the best comic out there. (not that specific one, but xkcd in general)

xkcd I assume? That has got to be the best comic out there. (not that specific one, but xkcd in general)

Yeah, I've already seen them all, so I can always come up with an xkcd when context's right

Quote from: Deep Thought on November 11, 2010, 03:52:58 pm

Lol, imagine TI in this comic:
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"What, you need more than 100 pixels in any direction? What the hell are you doing with these things, programming?"

No, of course not. Why would we program calcs?

But seriously, why did graphing calc companies add ASM/C originally anyway? Not that I'm complaining

Quote from: MRide on November 11, 2010, 03:55:12 pm

xkcd I assume? That has got to be the best comic out there. (not that specific one, but xkcd in general)

Yeah, I've already seen them all, so I can always come up with an xkcd when context's right

Quote from: JustCause on November 11, 2010, 03:55:34 pm

Quote from: Deep Thought on November 11, 2010, 03:52:58 pm

Lol, imagine TI in this comic:
-img removed for space reasons-

"What, you need more than 100 pixels in any direction? What the hell are you doing with these things, programming?"

No, of course not. Why would we program calcs?

But seriously, why did graphing calc companies add ASM/C originally anyway? Not that I'm complaining

I remember back when I had that laptop-like (TI-99?) it said basically that it was implemented because they couldn't make everything related to math, so they gave us a means to make what we needed. They just provided the means to use it, we made what fit our needs best.

Crap, double post. Sorry 'bout that

I personally could care less about a CAS, and if this thing is open to third party dev right out of the box we can make our own anyways. High res screen, color, and decent programability right out of the box? Yes please! Oh and seriously people, you wouldn't buy it because you think its ugly? Have you seen the Nspire?

I personally don't care about the calc design. Personally I find the TI-Nspire to look pretty ugly compared to the 83+ and I still use it more than any other of my calcs (although in 84+ mode).

Also I tried Casio calcs and they're not that hard to use. Different button config/menu locations != harder to use. You would say the same thing about the 83+ if you started on Casio calcs. The Casio series works like a TI-85/86 to a certain extent: all menus are at the bottom of screen and you use the top keys to access them.

I don't think the prizm will kill TI programming in long terms, unless TI really continues to screw up more and more. I personally stick to TI but I will get a Prizm and try to program for it.

Also ASHBAD try to be careful about comments towards other programmers, because it sounded rude in the first place, so it's inevitable it caused a reaction from the one who it was directed at. Glad you apologised, though.

And Xeda try to not double-post.

Also let's try to be careful to not start an anti-Casio discussion either because I don't think that's how we will attract Casio programmers when the Prizm comes out.

Yeah true, although there will still be BASIC too. Look at Axe popularity (and now ASM): there are still people coding in BASIC and people enjoying their games. Sometimes, people will like to see what we can do under limitations, and from what I saw, the Prizm doesn't seem that fast, so even if there's color, maybe we won't see extremely complex 3D stuff, still. There may be the people who play only for graphics that might change that a bit, though.

I really want one.  I suppose the standard for games would get much higher, though.
Like, now, if a game is greyscale, it's really good, because of the standard and capabilities of the calcs.  Color would really change that.

The standards might be higher, but just look at the things possible with full computers. It's just a matter of developing the languages capable of fully and easily exploiting the hardware. Axe dramatically extended the power of ASM by getting rid much of the tedious stuff. It proved that choice of language is indeed important in the quality of projects.

Plus, haven't you ever been frustrated with designing a greyscale menu? Having color allows you to fully use the more powerful editing software on your computer.