X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f From: "RadSurfer" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: New IRC Channel: #moderncalcs Date: 21 Jan 2007 14:18:50 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 53 Message-ID: <1169417930.877303.91410@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.211.227.24 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Trace: posting.google.com 1169417937 7347 127.0.0.1 (21 Jan 2007 22:18:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse AT google DOT com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:18:57 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060909 Firefox/1.5.0.7,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Complaints-To: groups-abuse AT google DOT com Injection-Info: q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com; posting-host=66.211.227.24; posting-account=1GPkVgwAAAB6bukoI9gMKaj6XCNAPrFQ To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com #moderncalcs created December 2006 is intended as a real-time chat channel for anyone using any model of scientific/graphing/programmable calculator, especially those of modern design. However, any calculator-related topic is acceptable. The channel is set up as a self-help channel: This means that those of you who join in this real-time irc chat are expected to share your knowledge with others. Pass along any fascinating tips you have discovered on your own, or learned from others, web pages with valuable information, and the like. This is a new irc channel! It is just now getting started! Therefore, please do not be surprised if when you check it out there might not be too many present... help us get going by joining, it is ok to remain idle in the channel (as long as it does not interfear with anyone). This is to be considered a 100% family-rated channel! Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will any unacceptable topic or material be permitted in the channel. Unlike usenet, irc chat is real time chat with other people! Everyone see's what you type and can respond to you immediately. Please use proper courtesy, punctuation, and grammer. Please remember that some users might not have English as their native language, so please lets set a good example for them. You may share this message with others to help spread the word. Please let me know from where you heard about #moderncalcs. Topics which can be discussed in this channel include: Which calculators are best suited to a given kind of mathematical problem? Programmable vs. Non-programmable Calculators. Working a problem to be compatible for solving with todays "ordinary" calculators. Is it possible to have too much functionality in a calculator? I have a laptop, do I really need to carry a high-end graphing calculator too? Adapting mathematical highend software (PC/Mac/Linux) problems to the calculator. Using C/C++ and Assembly to program todays high-end calculators. and so on... Thank you, RadSurfer AT yahoo DOT com RadSurfer op #moderncalcs on Freenode IRC Server.