Oct. 18th, 2003
So today I got a new scientific calculator, and a new TI-89, which my parents will partly pay for.
The TI-89 is, of course, a TI-89.
The scientific calculator is a Casio fx-115MS S-V.P.A.M., and let me tell you, this thing is sweet.
Yeah, yeah, so it's absolutely nothing compared to the TI-89, but for a scientific? This thing does definite integrals! (Though any sort of discontinuity will screw it up...) Numeric differentiation, too! It can display answers, with, instead of an exponent, a prefix, ranging from tera to femto! (Though not centi, hekto, deci, or deka.) It can do quadratic regression! (And 5 other types.) It can automatically solve systems of linear equations! It can work in binary, octal, or hex! (Though doing so disables many other features.)
I mean, this is all peas compared to the 89, but it's *on a scientific calculator*.
Hehe, from the manual:
(The above value is a sample only. Results differ each time.)
Well, I should hope so...
-Sniffnoy
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The TI-89 is, of course, a TI-89.
The scientific calculator is a Casio fx-115MS S-V.P.A.M., and let me tell you, this thing is sweet.
Yeah, yeah, so it's absolutely nothing compared to the TI-89, but for a scientific? This thing does definite integrals! (Though any sort of discontinuity will screw it up...) Numeric differentiation, too! It can display answers, with, instead of an exponent, a prefix, ranging from tera to femto! (Though not centi, hekto, deci, or deka.) It can do quadratic regression! (And 5 other types.) It can automatically solve systems of linear equations! It can work in binary, octal, or hex! (Though doing so disables many other features.)
I mean, this is all peas compared to the 89, but it's *on a scientific calculator*.
Hehe, from the manual:
- Example 8: To generate a random number between 0.000 and 0.999
| SHIFT | Ran# | = | 0.664 |
(The above value is a sample only. Results differ each time.)
Well, I should hope so...
-Sniffnoy
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