LF: Re: I crave power, take me to the God of silicon
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I think you should stop and read the whole message before you call someone
a fool. at the end of his message and i quote "Gee, does anyone smell
sarcasm, or did I forget to
use my deodorant this morning?
For those weirdos who actually think that the ti-92 SHOULD be faster, some
weirdo who shall remain anonymous is at this address:
Use this subject: "I crave power, take me to the God of silicon"
Erik Buehler
Email me at: erikb@ksu.ksu.edu" states that he wants to make his
calculator faster.
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> From: Cleptau Samuel <cleptau@c2.net>
> To: 'list-fargo@lists.ticalc.org'
> Cc: 'erikb@ksu.ksu.edu'
> Subject: LF: I crave power, take me to the God of silicon
> Date: Tuesday, November 19, 1996 9:07 PM
>
> You fool! If I can have all the power I need to run Doom as a raytraced
> 3D mother lode, then why not? If I can get a calc to get the job done
faster
> so I don't have to wait around and stick appendages in plants, why not?
>
> More power to me... can I borrow yours?
>
> - Clep.... "Knowing everything would be pretty convenient"
>
> ----------
> From: Erik Buehler[SMTP:erikb@ksu.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 1996 1:03 PM
> To: list-fargo@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: LF: ti92 fast enough?
>
> E-mail me at:
> erikb@ksu.ksu.edu
> with a subject of "I've had enough, no more mega hertz!!!"
>
> If you think that the ti-92 is just fast enough and no one should think
> about upgrading it. After all, the 3d grapher only takes a few MINUTES
to
> calculate a mildly complicated graph, and it is obvious that any slightly
> detailed version of Doom will be a slide show, making it easier, and thus
> more enjoyable to play. Who needs speed in this world of high tech? We
> should sit back in our recliners, relax, and wait until our ti-92 is good
> and ready to give us the answer to that quadratic integral of an infinite
> term taylor polynomial. (If only we had recliners in our Calculus 3 test
> hall). Who needs to save a little time, when we should take a little
time
> to stop and smell the roses while our calculator is crunching alphabet
soup
> equations? Not I for one! I will fight to the bitter death anyone who
> tries to give my calculator a little encouragement to get the job done a
> little faster. I like my calculator for who it is, not what it can do,
and
> will not give the time of day to a calculator that tries to impress me
with
> sheer power. It is strength of heart, not speedy brains that make a
> calculator stand out from the crowd, and I will let no one, NO ONE take
> that from MY calculator. Gee, does anyone smell sarcasm, or did I forget
to
> use my deodorant this morning?
>
> For those weirdos who actually think that the ti-92 SHOULD be faster,
some
> weirdo who shall remain anonymous is at this address:
> Use this subject: "I crave power, take me to the God of silicon"
> Erik Buehler
> Email me at: erikb@ksu.ksu.edu
>
>
>
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