Hmm, I wonder, did the TI-82/85/86 have OS upgrades?

Quote from: Netham45 on September 11, 2010, 04:05:28 am

I think what Lionel is saying is that no matter what amount of computer power we could get, it's not going to happen, not for at least 4 or 5 years, and even at that point, it will still likely take upwards 6 months to factor.

By then, we'll be on the TI-Nspire CAS Silver-Titanium Explorer Edition.

And? Even if it happens (I'm not sure about that), in 4-5 years, many students will still have TI-Nspire ClickPads, TI-Nspire Touchpads and TI-83+/84+, unless a major change in exam organisation occurs.
It's not everybody who buy the latest brand new calculator...

I am a bit worried about how fast clickpad Nspires vanished from stores over here and the Staples online store, though. The Touchpad is very recent, yet clickpads are already no longer available here. While some people will stick to their current calc, borrow their brother or sister calc or buy it used, the other people may be forced by TI to buy a new model if TI decides to phase the current Nspires out. And after a few years, very few people will have them. As example, on this forum, several people were not even aware that the TI-83 Plus Silver Edition even existed.

Quote from: fb39ca4 on September 11, 2010, 01:09:16 pm

Yup. What should happen is that your home's IP address should be banned unless you are logged in.

This has been done already.

Actually, the way it is set up, you would not even be able to browse the forums while logged in either from your parents home. I may lift it after a week or so due to the banning policies here, but if he does it again the IP would be banned whenever you don't have to go use the computer at your parents home. (You would have to warn me in advance)

Without Internet access on that computer, it will be harder to get the necessary resources for compilation on it.
You can, however, compile the program (my version of the program started by Tribal, which is faster because I commented the probable prime checking) on another computer with similar environment, and transfer the binaries. For minimum file transfers, try compiling the executable statically.

It's a random laptop, nearly 10 years old.  I ussually run Puppy Linux on it, and it's speedy fast   I think I asked my dad about getting internet back on it, but he didn't seem to have any answers for it so that it would work.  Out of curiosity, what extra libraries does the program require? 

On a side note: If this doesn't work, what could I do with my extra computer?  I'd like it to just handle data, but I don't really know of any data I want it to work with.  The RSA cracking thing sounded like the best idea.

Err, what am I looking for?

hehe yep! I decided to do that as a joke, as you make your avatar in a code :p

no.. it says something else now!

Yeah, I notice a lot of the Nspire topics turns into randomness lately. We should maybe keep it for the actual randomness section. Also some people might get confused about if we are serious or not when posting future info or progress on that.