Re: A86: network


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Re: A86: network




In a message dated 5/12/99 4:11:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ieatlint@home.com writes:

> then fine, i will complain.  first off, if you want to add such things
>  as a network to your calc (wich btw is unfeasable) go talk on the
>  hardware list, NOT the assembly programming list.  Second, even if it
>  were possible to create a network for gaming or chatting (which it's
>  not) teachers would pretty much just ban them or resrict them a lot!
>  so Eugene (nice name :) put YOUR comments about hardware on the HARDWARE
>  list!!!


Please... shut up! There is nothing wrong with this conversation! And there 
is no way that teacher will ever ban calcs... there are teachers that are 
inherantly against them since everyone who has them out in their class plays 
games on them, but they just don't let you use them in their class. Every 
teacher with half a brain knows that there are games on graphing calcuators, 
but the thing is, it's not that big of a problem. Some students play games 
instead of listening, but they end up getting screwed. It's not an epidemic, 
and the worst thing that could happen with the proliferation of radio 
networks is that SOME students might get their equipment confiscated, as 
radios are against the rules in most schools. However, a smart person who 
puts the radio in their backpack and discreetly runs a link to the port, and 
keeps attention to himself at a minimum, shouldn't really have this problem.

This radio thing CAN be done in some way, and there's nothing wrong with 
talking about it. If you're gonna go around telling people to not talk about 
it and "it's just a CALCULATOR" and all that junk, just delete this thread.


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