I heard they put his ashes in a ti-89 and buried it.

Very doubtful. The volume of ash produced by a human body would be too large for even an empty TI-89 shell.

I didn't believe it, because
1) WHERE did he hear it
2) Why didn't anybody else hear it?
and now I have a third reason.

One of my teachers told me a few hours before this news was posted.

What did he tell you, that he died, or that he was buried in an 89? (I'd assume the first, but since you reply to that other post...)

If we knew when he died, we could have a moment of silence every year for him...?

No. I think that that would be too hard to implement.

Yeah, with different time zones and everything.

No, I think primarily it would be too stupid. The guy was nobody important. None of us had ever heard of him before. He just founded a company. We don't have moments of silence on the anniversary of Ford or Edison's deaths, even though their influence was much stronger.

Woah, man. This hits deep. It would be like Michel Jordan dying for a basketball player.

For those who cannot make the connection: When you hear basketball one of the players that come to mind is MJ. He is, or rather was, baiscally the most impt. figure of bb. Cecil Green, is, or rather was, the most impt figure of TI.

(please forgive me for that last bit, I had to)

-W-

Man, he still is the most important. Maybe not the most important living person, though.

Wow. That is sad. Still, 102 years is a long life, so he was probably ready. One question tho... I'm assuming that TI didn't make graphing calcs 102 years ago (um, yeah), so what _did_ they make? Anybody know?

My mistake... What did TI make _52_ years ago?

I believe Texas Instruments built the first transistor.

No, that was Bell Labs. Maybe TI made (and sold) the first /commercial/ transistor.

I'm pretty sure it was the Integrated Circuit

They assembled electronics, I think. Then, during World War II, they went into sonar equipment. Right now, their main products are DSP products.

Yes, it was the integrated circuit--I got a couple companies/inventions i learned in one of my EE courses mixed up.

it said he was 102 years old, not he had been making calculators for 102 years.

didn't ti make computer parts?

no one was making computer parts 100 years ago.

no one was founding companies at the age of 2

Charles Babbage, Herman Hollerith.

Well, Babbage was about 150 years ago, and Hollerith was 90 ywars ago, but at least I've bracketed it.

>didn't ti make computer parts?
Kindof. Ti did and still does design circuits. Scince those are the basic parts of a computer, i would say your stament is valid, even though i don't know that that is what those circuits were used for.

open up any appliance and you will probably find at least one TI component.

A very good assumption, though I'd have to say "one element invented by Texas Instruments"--the patents on some of them have expired and other companies have started making the kinds of things TI makes.

open up any appliance and you'll find UL's logo on almost every product (except for TI). GO UL!!!

ul is a testing/certification company.... not silicon you idiot :)

But you'll still find their logo.
BTW, do you <me>really</me> own all of those calculators?

<me>?

I've often wondered the same thing... I always thought that people just said they had a lot to look cool... I'm back to having one. *cry*

A computer is basically a machine or device that computes data (PC, calc, abacus...). In a broad sense you have a handheld computer everyday in class (you don't even get in trouble for it, it's just a calc.)

actually, TI makes PC components like PCMCIA drives like those found on Laptops and makes chipsets used in motherboards, these chipsets may be Flash memory, RAM, ou microprocessors or simply transistors...

Ti started out making SLIDE RULES!! OMG, yes, those things before calculators. Then, there was an 'electronic slide rule' (Ti-16, I think). And, then, a calculator. The rest is history.

Somehow, I doubt that.

"electronic slide rule"
If it did exist, it's a waste of electricity.

"TI-16"
There's no such thing as a TI-16. There is, however, a TI-15, which is a clear blue scientific calculator with some cool features.

Yes, an "electronic slide rule" would be a waste of electricity. TI invented the integrated circuit, and using a few ICs you can make a binary adder without too much trouble.

Maybe he doesn't mean an actual slide rule with an actuator on it. TI just might have called their first calc an "electronic slide rule" so people would know what they mean. Remember that for a long time, "calculator" was not a piece of hardware, it was a job.