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Choice Votes   Percent
Yes, I charge a standard fee. 15 7.9%   
Yes, I see how much I can milk poor noob's. 28 14.7%   
Yes, it's been forced upon me, even though I tried to decline. 6 3.1%   
No, people have offered, but I was able to decline. 26 13.6%   
No, nobody's ever offered. 102 53.4%   
No, I don't help other people play games or cheat in math. 10 5.2%   
I've had to pay for it! 4 2.1%   

Survey posted 2004-09-18 21:29 by Morgan.

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Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
nyall Account Info
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>> No, I don't help other people play games or cheat in math.

Or cheat in chemistry. I've long decided that it isn't worth the effort to distribute programs on a calc to calc basis. Also I don't feel like giving lecture in expression trees and how they relate to using an equation writer.

Having read all the posts here I'm going to update the legal sections of my readmes.

Reply to this comment    19 September 2004, 16:44 GMT


Re: Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
ti_is_good_++  Account Info

>>Having read all the posts here I'm going to update the legal sections of my readmes.

I find that it is very easy to just disclaim responsibility for anything that happens. Once you do that, what can somebody else do? What needs to be updated?

Reply to this comment    20 September 2004, 23:10 GMT


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burntfuse  Account Info

I think he might have meant a section which forbids distributing the program for money.

Reply to this comment    21 September 2004, 21:50 GMT


Re: Readmes' Legal Sections
ti_is_good_++  Account Info

But then he would involve himself with it. It's so much easier to just say 'I discaim responsibility for anything that happens to anything which may or may not be in connection with this program.'

Reply to this comment    22 September 2004, 02:58 GMT

Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
Barrett Anderson Account Info
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No one's ever offered me money to put games on their calculator... I am usually the one to force them to have games. (So I can play Tankers with them and whatnot)...

People often offer me money to help them with their computer problems/setting up wireless networks in their homes, but I always decline the money.

Reply to this comment    19 September 2004, 17:38 GMT

Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
JcN  Account Info
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Sometimes I charge money, just to see a humerous reaction. Then I say I was kidding around, and give them the game for free.

But now that I develop for Palm OS, it is an acceptable practice to create shareware! w00t! (even though I have yet to do so).

Reply to this comment    19 September 2004, 18:49 GMT


Re: Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
calkfreak83  Account Info
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I act like I'm gonna charge, too. If they are willing, I take their money, but if they ain't, I just say I was kidding. It's so funny watching their faces... :-D

Reply to this comment    22 September 2004, 00:23 GMT

Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
W Hibdon  Account Info
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Yes, that is right, I do charge a standard fee. It is a Buck-fifdy. And people pay, too. It is awesome.

-W-

Reply to this comment    19 September 2004, 18:53 GMT


Re: Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
Jake Griffin  Account Info
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"a Buck-fifdy"...that's the biggest non-typo spelling error I've seen yet..."a buck fifty"

Reply to this comment    23 September 2004, 05:07 GMT

Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
mindstorm23 Account Info

I have considered charging for my programs, but most of my math programs are already spread out throughout the school that it would be pointless. Besides, I kinda would feel bad charging money for it. I think I got a quarter once, but I gave it back. The appreciation and recognition is pretty good for me anyway. Two math teachers at my school have most of my math programs and give them out to all their students. It's a nice feeling when you look at the programs on a random calc and 3 out of 7 of them are yours.

Reply to this comment    19 September 2004, 19:02 GMT

Re: Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
Rodney Blythe  Account Info
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You should upload some of those prgms ;)

Reply to this comment    19 September 2004, 21:14 GMT

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burntfuse  Account Info

Same here. I would rather know that my programs were widely used/liked than get a few bucks (although, on the other hand, I might make enough to buy a couple CDs...).

Reply to this comment    19 September 2004, 21:16 GMT


Re: Capitalism
ti_is_good_++  Account Info

But you can do both.

Reply to this comment    20 September 2004, 23:14 GMT


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burntfuse  Account Info

Very true *evil grin*...now I just need to find some people who need calc progs...

Reply to this comment    21 September 2004, 21:51 GMT


Re: Capitalism
ti_is_good_++  Account Info

Finding things that people need in programs and then delivering is much easier and more lucrative.

Reply to this comment    22 September 2004, 08:18 GMT


Re: Re: Capitalism
calkfreak83  Account Info
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What the hell is "lucrative"?

Reply to this comment    22 September 2004, 20:38 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Capitalism
mindstorm23 Account Info

He means it will make more money.

Reply to this comment    22 September 2004, 21:09 GMT


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burntfuse  Account Info

...and more money means more heavy metal CDs...

Reply to this comment    22 September 2004, 23:00 GMT

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Chivo  Account Info

You misspelled "calculators" as "heavy metal CDs".

Reply to this comment    23 September 2004, 00:03 GMT


Re: ¤
calkfreak83  Account Info
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Slipknot ROCKS!!!

Reply to this comment    23 September 2004, 03:27 GMT

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burntfuse  Account Info

No, I meant REAL metal, not so-called nu-metal: Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Skid Row, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, etc. Slipknot's still ok.

Reply to this comment    23 September 2004, 23:06 GMT


Re: Re: ¤
Lewk Of Serthic  Account Info
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Wrong. Metallica rocks.

Reply to this comment    25 September 2004, 05:40 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Capitalism
Chivo  Account Info

To be simple, "lucre" == money.

Reply to this comment    23 September 2004, 00:04 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Capitalism
Jake Griffin  Account Info
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not unless you have previously stated:
String money = "lucre";
Actually...even THAT wouldn't make it equal...you'd have to do the test as:
money.equ("lucre");

:)

Reply to this comment    23 September 2004, 05:09 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Capitalism
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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I thought it was .equals() ? Hehe, I think there's some function that lets you use == for strings, but it's pointless.

stringvar.intern() == stringvar2.intern()

or something like that... I dunno, Java is weird

Reply to this comment    23 September 2004, 23:32 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Capitalism
Chivo  Account Info

I don't need no steenkin' == for strings. I use Z80 ASM:

ld hl,string1
ld de,string2
call strcmp

And I LIKE it! (durn whippersnappers <grumble> <grumble>)

:)

Reply to this comment    24 September 2004, 01:08 GMT


Re: Re: Have you ever accepted money for putting programs on someone else's calculator?
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Oh yeah! I made some programs to help me out in algebra, two years ago, and I gave it to my teacher. He distrubuted it to people in his classes, and the programs still circulate. Freshmen are always telling me that they like and use my programs. It's fun. :)

Reply to this comment    23 September 2004, 23:30 GMT

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