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first_seventhe

hmmm

Sep 20, 2009 21:08

So Open Office's Calc, while neat and free, doesn't solve anything past linear equations - not by Solver, or by graphical regression (really? I can't fit a polynomial??)

Guess I'm back to EXCEL tomorrow. Sorry, world, I tried to have a hate-on for MSOffice, but I'm an engineer: I like things that do what I need them to.

grad classes + homework

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drakonlily September 21 2009, 03:22:11 UTC

Yeah. My TI89 is ... my lifeblood. And Matlab

hyuga September 21 2009, 03:56:29 UTC

Hahaha you beat me to it. "Get a damn TI-89."

hyuga September 21 2009, 03:58:36 UTC

Or, like, Mathematica or Maple or some shit...

drakonlily September 21 2009, 03:59:29 UTC

I sometimes don't even USE it! Just HAVING it is like having a binki or a security blanket!!

hyuga September 21 2009, 04:09:55 UTC

I totally know the feeling. I always keep it on my desk.

first_seventhe September 21 2009, 11:42:22 UTC

I have a TI-89, but seeing as I have to have something printed out to hand in, that's not a great solution. And why buy Mathmatica when I have EXCEL at work?

albijuli September 21 2009, 16:19:14 UTC

YOU
(I stalk your last.fm and twitter)

hi :3

hyuga September 21 2009, 16:38:32 UTC

Aha! This is not a coincidence is it?

Also you're a foobar user? How cool is that?!

albijuli September 21 2009, 16:51:50 UTC

Oh, it totally is. I think. Possibly.

Heck yea, foobars! Also Opera.

hyuga September 21 2009, 21:57:13 UTC

It can't be! You said you're stalking me after all ;)

first_seventhe September 21 2009, 11:42:57 UTC

I love my TI89! It just DOESN'T PRINT THINGS I CAN HAND IN. blarg.

albijuli September 21 2009, 16:23:10 UTC

Wait. Doesn't that model have a USB where you can do stuff...? Probably not print out stuff because that would be too useful.

Backpedaling, I tried to use OO exclusively for awhile- word processing, if you stick to the very basic formatting, is fine. But Hyne help you if you want to do something "fancy" like WRAP TEXT AROUND A FUCKING IMAGE OR SOMETHING OR BULLET POINTS WITHOUT RIDICULOUS SPACE ISSUES. And ppts NEVER look right on computers with pptview or msoffice, and Excel sheets get wonky, and...

Yea, so I totally don't blame you for sticking with MSOffice. I went back to MSOffice 2003 myself (I hate the newest version, and that's a whole other kettle of fish and this comment is already too damn long).

hyuga September 21 2009, 21:57:53 UTC

No, you can print out graphs from the TI-89. Tables too. Other stuff, I'm not as sure about.

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