Re:For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up
by rick_2047 on Friday October 30, 2009 @12:55AM
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umm...amidst of all these no-doubt informative discussion, I found no one here appreciated how cool Hardware Hacking can be. And when it is done with something as minimalist as a Calculator(while these have more power than the first PDPs at MIT labs),there is just one word for it MIND BLOWING. I mean...look at them, they are making fcking GAMES for these. DUDE even FPS?A FPS on a calculator,in your face X-Box.
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Re:For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up
by rick_2047 on Friday October 30, 2009 @04:21AM
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Okeyyy...If I getting down voted these many times,hardware hacking may not be cool.Or did something else ticked someone off?Please any comment might help me understand what is so offensive about this post.
Re:For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up
by pmjordan on Friday October 30, 2009 @07:22AM
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I'd guess that your tone, combined with the borderline off-topic-ness and the fact that you haven't really added anything to the conversation ticked people off. I wouldn't and didn't downvote you based on that comment, but certainly wouldn't upvote. I suspect if you'd phrased it differently and maybe made it a little more useful, people would have responded differently, e.g. "I really admire these calculator hackers, it's amazing what can be done on these simple machines, e.g. these cool games: [link], [link] and [link]."
The HN userbase appreciates a high signal/noise ratio. Merely calling something "cool" is considered noise.
Hope that helps.
Re:For Texas Instruments, Calculator Hackers Don't Add Up
by pwmanagerdied on Friday October 30, 2009 @02:29AM
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Get the fuck off this site.