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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2011, 12:44:19 pm »
Quote from: Stefan Bauwens on February 28, 2011, 12:25:32 pm
But to check if the pupils are doing their work, and not playing games couldn't they use this:http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_nspire_navigator.html?
Which costs money. Game, set, match.
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2011, 12:47:31 pm »
Someone should make a game blocker for in schools, this would fix it. :)
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2011, 03:15:26 pm »
Something that would work is if teachers put the calcs in some sort of limited mode where only official programs are allowed during classes (programs approved by TI) so students cannot use any third-party apps. But I don't know, to me it definitively seems they have no plan to add better programming capabilities to the calcs.

Personally, if they also removed 84+ emulation from the CX, to me it will be clear they just want people to buy 2 calcs (to play games they have to buy a 84+ but for all math functions they have to get the Nspire)
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2011, 03:18:08 pm »
But what if they wanna play Doom?
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2011, 03:20:28 pm »
Oh right, but I wouldn,t be surprised if TI tried to block Ndless again anyway. We'll probably be able to play Doom later, though. What sucks with the lack of a getkey function is that right now BASIC fans are simply singled out from TI-Nspire development. At least on z80 and 68K we could make good BASIC games, even if they were slower than their ASM counterparts.
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2011, 03:25:53 pm »
Quote from: DJ_O on February 28, 2011, 03:20:28 pm
Oh right, but I wouldn,t be surprised if TI tried to block Ndless again anyway.
Did they do it allready once?
I'm sorry if that sounds stupid but I really don't know.

The thing I don't understand is that on many schools and exams you NEED a ti 83/84(+).
So why doesn't TI block programming for those calcs?
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2011, 03:28:46 pm »
They did before, by attempting at blocking downgrades below OS 1.7 (2.1 installed a trojan on your calc that disallowed downgrading back to OS 1.6 or below). It even made it to Slashdot.

As for 83+/84 I guess it's too late. The community already know how to unlock everything since years ago now and the keys were factored so TI is out of luck. Their only solution would be to discontinue that entire line of calculator.
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #22 on: February 28, 2011, 03:30:51 pm »
I guess 'trojan' is the word. Lol
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #23 on: February 28, 2011, 03:33:10 pm »
Yeah, because it's hidden inside the OS and installs itself on the calc without any notice. I wonder if that's even legal at all. <_<
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #24 on: February 28, 2011, 03:44:15 pm »
Probably by downloading that new update you agree to some terms which make it legal.
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #25 on: February 28, 2011, 03:45:49 pm »
Quote from: Stefan Bauwens on February 28, 2011, 03:44:15 pm
Probably by downloading that new update you agree to some terms which make it legal.

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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #26 on: February 28, 2011, 03:47:57 pm »
What's ninja'd?
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #27 on: February 28, 2011, 03:49:24 pm »
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ninja'd

Although I don't think Dman used it in the right sense. I could be wrong, though ???
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #28 on: February 28, 2011, 03:50:59 pm »
I was about to write exactly what he did.  I caught myself before doing it though.
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Re: Ti-NSpire getkey function.
« Reply #29 on: February 28, 2011, 03:52:49 pm »
Oh ok then it's not really a ninja anymore :D (thankfully this forum prevents most ninjas since it can warn of new replies while you post)
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