OJTheAviator

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Still pretty awesome.
Community usually has that covered, maybe ask around on /r/thinkpad or /r/linux4noobs.
 
Personally I've never had a good experience with Ubuntu regardless of hardware; I will always recommend Manjaro. But I bet it is a known issue and has a known fix.

It was announced four days ago that Lenovo would bring Linux certification to their well-known ThinkPad and ThinkStation, including drivers and full support for running Linux. There is even the option to have Linux pre-loaded! In the past, you had to install it yourself and risk having a bunch of issues with hardware, software, and driver stuff.
 
 
I personally say, great job Lenovo.
 
Source: https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-brings-linux-certification-to-thinkpad-and-thinkstation-workstation-portfolio-easing-deployment-for-developers-data-scientists/

Since the C-9 was just a variant I don't really count it tbh lol

That's fascinating! If I were to be super pedantic, the C-9 military variant of the DC 9 is entirely retired. But, that's as close as you can get to a prior retirement. Even all the McDonnell Douglas fighters still see some limited use.

Something I noticed is the MD-90 is the first McDonnell Douglas jet to be retired.
 
The DC-8 isn't retired yet. The DC-9 isn't. The DC-10, MD-11, MD-80 and, if you want to count it, Boeing 717 aren't. Just the MD-90.

Hmm. I don't know about that. But to each their own

you are funny. F4 get is to me because of how versatile it was. interceptor, bomber, wild weasel, recon. land and carrier based

Agreed if you add 18 to that and actually mean F22

I don't really pay too much attention to military ACs but the B-2 Spirit, B-29 Super Fortress, and what you just said lol, also the new F35s are pretty cool. Oh and the C-17.

you think about how delta was the first and last MD-90 operator

I mean agreed, but damn that'd suck with all the extra inspections and maintenance lol

Would absolutely love an MD-90 because apparently they have the same engine as some A320s, IAE V2500.
But an older 757 would be pretty cool (like an earlier 80s one) if it hadn't already gotten winglets would install the scimitar winglets (basically the plan I laid out for the 757 I found that was built in 1992, but it'd be like 10 years older) and install this so it feels like a newer plane to the pilots, maybe give it synthetic vision.
 
 

I kinda like the paint.

Boeing lost all the guidance when management moved away from the factory
I'd have to ask my family member who use to work their what their thoughts are on some of the latest aircraft designs

yep I think the NG should've been the end of the 737 family and a scalable 797 that would've been co-developed with the 787 as a combo of a FSA and NMA option that could seat as few as like 130 and as many as about 200 or so passengers and fly as far as 3,000-4,000nmi and maybe on a ER version get up to around 5,000-6,000nmi
I believe the 787 gets around 7,000-8,000nmi  but a narrow body 787 would be cool

My favorite airplane is the Boeing 737 classic yes I know its a bit boring of a plane but whatever i  like it anyways

Sweet plane /s

Here it is. covers 200/300 along with their ER variants.
goes over 21 sections
1. intro
2. Structors
3. Equipment
4. Flight dek
5. EICAS
6. Coms
7.  Indicating and recording
8. Navigation
9.Autopilot
10.Electrical systems
11. fuel
12. APU
13. Engine options
14. Hydralics
15. landing gear
16. Flight controls
17. Environmental systems
18. Ice+rain protection
19. Fire protection
20. Cabin systems/lighting
21. Cargo systems
 
Feel free to ask about a section and I can grab some pictures from it. I don't have a scanner so I couldn't scan the whole thing.

Seven Fiddy Seven

EDIT: A jailbreak has been released for OS 5.6.0 and below!
You can find the topic about it here:
 
Original post:
I know I'm new to this forum, but I have been an active member of the calculator community for over 4 years. I'm trying to spread the word about this as much as I can, hopefully achieving a segment on TechLinked, and to give TI enough negative backlash to consider negotiating better terms with the community. I'll keep this article as an overview, but I'll link my in-depth sources at the end.
If you want to get up to speed quickly, I made a video that summarizes the vast majority of all the information I've gathered across dozens of sources! There's a lot of information that wasn't covered in this thread so check it out if you want to know everything!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSkN0aMswXs
 
What exactly happened?
Just a few days ago, TI Education announced that the most recent OS for theTI-84 Plus CE (-T) and TI-83 Premium CE removes the ability for the calculator to run any Assembly (ASM) code. With the decision planned to go global, this means that any program written in ASM or C will not run on any CE operating on the newest TI OS 5.5.1 or higher!

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(Source: TI-Planet: Français | English)
 
Why did this happen?
One big factor in the decision to ban ASM was due to a video created by a student and a teacher that showed the exact steps to bypass a Test Mode restriction in OS 5.2.2, an obsolete, 3 year old OS. What made the matter worse is they passed the issue off as if it were still present in modern OSes! With the video gaining almost a quarter of a million views, TI thought they'd need to take some drastic measures to uphold their Exam Mode security reputation.
 
Why is this so frustrating?
This is quite a punch in the gut for the community, TI had given TI-Planet (a very reputable TI forum that has been reporting on calculator news for over a decade) a beta build of OS 5.5.0 to review and post about. This build given to TI-Planet had all the benifits of the new Python abilities, however ASM was not banned on this build. To the community, it looks like TI knew we would hate the removal of ASM and therefor gave a different build to us just to drum up support. Then when release date came, they pulled the rug from under our feet and released OS 5.5.1 instead which did include the ASM restrictions
 
TI-Planet, has privately shared security flaws related to Exam Mode TI needed to fix, and kept vulnerabilities a secret as to not cause this exact situation. TI Planet has put so much meticulous care into protecting the hobby of thousands of students and future Computer Science Majors, like me, it's infuriating to see one clumsy video with a quarter of a million views set years of hard work go up in smoke.
 
TI Planet's time trying to protect the community isn't the only thing wasted, the hundreds developer's countless hours spent creating amazing content from overclocking utilities, to math additions like CAS, and games will become obsolete when newer calculators inevitably outnumber older ones. TI does offer alternative programming options like TI-BASIC and Python, but as TI Planet user jean-baptiste boric points out on Cemetech:
Source: Cemetech: English
 
It's also infuriating that TI's consistent reactions of killing a fly with a sledge hammer has done nothing to solve their security, in fact it has only worsened it. I think forum Planet Casio explains it better than I can:
Note: I have paraphrased the French to English translation in order to make it sound as coherent as possible.
(Source: Planète Casio: Français | English)
 
Now that ASM is banned and this situation can't get much worse, the community is already finding exploits that allows not only the ability to run ASM code anyways, but ways to bypass TI's insecure Exam Mode (which was only ever 'secure' because the community was careful not to release the exploits to the public). The community is already brainstorming alternatives that will both satisfy TI and the dedicated programming community. We're doing our best to come to terms with TI and avoid creating another cat-and-mouse game of finding and patching exploits (which happened on the Nspire).
 
Conclusion:
Like I said at the beginning, my goal is to spread the word about this as much as I can. Although this is only effecting the CE line up of calculators right now, TI has not ruled out releasing updates to older models that also bans ASM.
(Source: An e-mail from TI-Cares posted on TI-Planet: Français | English)
 
Sources:
These go more in-depth than I did in this article. TI-Planet's 20 year history of ASM on calculators is a particularly great read.
Cemetech:
TI Removes ASM/C Programming from TI-83 Premium CE: English
TI-83 Premium CE/TI-84 Plus CE ASM/C Removal: Updates: English
 
Planet Casio:
TI supprime les programmes assembleur sur TI-83 Premium CE et 84+ CE version 5.5: Français
TI removes assembly programs on TI-83 Premium CE and 84+ CE version 5.5: English
 
ticalc:
TI removes access to assembly programs on the TI-83 Premium CE: English
 
TI-Planet:
Mise à jour 5.5 supprime assembleur TI-83 Premium CE & 84+CE: Français
Update 5.5 removes TI-83 Premium CE & 84 + CE assembler: English

Does anyone here sim FSX, X-plane?????

That's awesome! When I visited, most of the X-planes were away from the main museum, on the base. It was pretty cool to be able to see all those weird planes up close! Is that black plane near the center (below the "U.S. AIR FORCE" on the XB-70) the supersonic drone tested on the SR-71? I forget the name, but I remember hearing about it.

Some random screenshots from XP11:

Cirrus Vision Jet:
 
Boeing 737-800 (Zibo mod)
 
A321-200 (ToLiss)
 
MD-88 (Rotate)
 

It's the Lockheed D-21 that was the drone.  The SR in the picture is actually one of the older YF-12A and to be honest I have not gotten a good photo of the thing.  You would be amazed at the fact that the auto-focus on my DSLR truly has problems getting a good read on the surface of that thing with how dark they keep the inside of the museum.

I should also add since it's sorta related, it was kinda cool when I was in Huntsville visiting with my boyfriend @handymanshandle for the first time in the 3 years of us being in a Long Distance Relationship to drive by the NASA Space and Rocket Center and their static SR-71 (not sure if it's a real SR-71 or what) I hope when I get back down there to check out that place lol