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i found this: Date: 11/22/2000 at 12:12:26 From: Doctor Peterson Subject: Re: History of Order of Operations Hi, Brian. The Order of Operations rules as we know them could not have existed before algebraic notation existed; but I strongly suspect that they existed in some form from the beginning - i...

I mean, why not just do the operations (X, +, -, or whatever) as they occur in the formula (sequentially)?

you can answer that one yourself i think.

just take and equation and solve it using different orders of operation, and notice how many different answers you get.

i wish we had had vics in our schools.

we had apples, and as you know, were way more expensive than vics, and i ended up buying an apple back then, as i wanted to be compatible with the school

i am with you ral-clan.

it might seem a bit expensive at first too many, but you have to take a look at what you are getting.

not just the software, but the box, label, menu, background music, etc..

in the end, it comes out to pennies a game!

wow, i had no idea papercraft was more popular than i thought.

i have only seen works by people doing replicas of sci-fi stuff:

http://aliens.humlak.cz/

i still can't believe my eyes when i look at what people have done!

Has any company ever used a third-party pack-in? I can't think of any examples. I think the Intellivision II came with Burgertime here in Canada. I agree, I think Gorf would have been a good selection... lots of different action. I think Omega Race would be a great choice to show that the VIC could...

one thing i love about people posting their game stuff, is it sure motivates me to get back to the half-baked games i have been working on for ages

i am starting to find that if the computer and the OS do what i want and in a time frame i can handle, then i am happy and could not care less if it is a pc or a mac.

My daughter just got a laptop, which will be easy for her to bring back and forth from our house to her mom's.

I prefer desktops though... easier to fiddle with the guts.

4 hours, ok i was only leaving them on for like 30 minutes

a fellow vintage computer collector in Ottawa, mentioned to me to turn on my old computers from time to time, as he said that would help keep the electrolytic capacitors from going kaput.

so, every 6 months or so, i try and fire up the ones i just keep on shelves.

I've still got Bits & Bytes (the original series, in English) on DVD if anyone wants them.

wow!


i would love a copy!

i actually signed up for the TVO course they had associated with the show

good to be back, as i don't have email addies for some of the people that i pm a lot

i couldn't pick a fav.

for me, it depends on what kind of game it is.

for example, i play Treasure of Tarmin for the intelli. maybe once a year, but the session lasts several hours.

if i play something like demon attack, 10 minutes sounds good to me too