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TI-89 graphic calculator

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I treated myself with this Texas Instruments TI-89 Titanium calculator . I really like the computer algebra system and graphic capabilities. Although a bit retro compared with what one can do on a regular desktop, I was impressed to see this calculator solve all my high school advanced calculus questions symbolically by just pressing a few buttons.

Android Tournament: Group C

Group C in the ongoing 2013 chess tournament between UCI and XBoard engines for Android just completed a five seconds-per-move tournament played from both sides of all positions in the Silversuite gambit opening suite. Congratulations to Toga II for its promotion to Group B. Games available at the tournament site .                                                  1 Toga II 1.4.1SE *         30.0-20.0 33.5-16.5 36.0-14.0 37.5-12.5 137.0/200 => B 2 Arasan 15.2 JA  20.0-30.0 *         27.0-23.0 27.5-22.5 35.0-15.0 109.5/200 3 Texel 1.01      16.5-33.5 23.0-27.0 *         29.5-20.5 35.0-15.0 104.0/200 4 crafty-235      14.0-36.0 22.5-27.5 20.5-29.5 *         30.0-20.0  87.0/200 5 Rotor 0.8       12.5-37.5 15.0-35.0 15.0-35.0 20.0-30.0 *          62.5/200

Android Tournament: Group D

Group D in the ongoing 2013 chess tournament between UCI and XBoard engines for Android just completed a five seconds-per-move tournament played from both sides of all positions in the Silversuite gambit opening suite . Congratulations to Crafty its promotion to Group C. Games available at the tournament site .                                                  1 crafty-235      *         31.0-19.0 34.5-15.5 31.5-18.5 37.5-12.5 134.5/200 = > C 2 cheng3 1.07 JA  19.0-31.0 *         25.0-25.0 30.5-19.5 33.0-17.0 107.5/200 3 Daydreamer 1.75 15.5-34.5 25.0-25.0 *         26.5-23.5 30.0-20.0  97.0/200 4 scorpio-27-ja   18.5-31.5 19.5-30.5 23.5-26.5 *         29.0-21.0  90.5/200 5 GarboChess 3    12.5-37.5 17.0-33.0 20.0-30.0 21.0-29.0 *          70.5/200

Android Tournament: Group E

Group E in my 2013 chess tournament between UCI and XBoard engines for Android just completed a five seconds-per-move tournament played from both sides of all positions in the Silversuite gambit opening suite . Congratulations to Garbochess 3 for its promotion to Group D. Games available at the tournament site .                      1 GarboChess     *         26.5-23.5 32.5-17.5 32.5-17.5 33.5-16.5 125.0/200 => D 2 sloppy-023-ja  23.5-26.5 *         25.0-25.0 31.0-19.0 23.0-27.0 102.5/200 3 danasah-488-ja 17.5-32.5 25.0-25.0 *         23.0-27.0 29.5-20.5  95.0/200 4 tucano104-ab   17.5-32.5 19.0-31.0 27.0-23.0 *         25.5-24.5  89.0/200 5 betsabe-II-130 16.5-33.5 27.0-23.0 20.5-29.5 24.5-25.5 *          88.5/200

Android Tournament: Group F

The test and qualification rounds of my 2013 chess tournament between UCI and XBoard engines for Android are over and the group tournaments have started. Group F just completed a five seconds-per-move tournament in Group F played from both sides of all positions in the Silversuite gambit opening suite . Congratulations to betsabe-II-130-android-ja for its promotion to Group E. Games available at the tournament site . 1 betsabe-II-130     *         26.0-24.0 31.0-19.0 36.0-14.0 37.5-12.5 130.5/200 => E 2 phalanx-xxii-ja    24.0-26.0 *         21.5-28.5 33.5-16.5 37.0-13.0 116.0/200 3 typhoon-android-ja 19.0-31.0 28.5-21.5 *         28.0-22.0 35.0-15.0 110.5/200 4 TJchess 1.01U      14.0-36.0 16.5-33.5 22.0-28.0 *         27.0-23.0  79.5/200 5 kmtchess-121-ja    12.5-37.5 13.0-37.0 15.0-35.0 23.0-27.0 *          63.5/200