Think about it, a touch screen is just a physical link between your hand and what you are trying to achieve.
This country is full of thickos.
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Then why did she phone!
My brain hurts
Good question.
Happens all the time, people just don't understand.
Are you on about my post ?
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Simpler in most situations, not always better though. You can be far more accurate using a mouse, however for most people a touch-screen would be more than suitable.
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It's harder to accidentally hit a stealthed switch.
She probably had a PDF reader as a plug-in in Word on her last PC
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Well I guess so
brain interfaces are the next step,Although I defy any machine to make sense of mine
She definitely didn't, I built the last PC.
If you click the scroll wheel once, you can scroll by dragging without having to hold a button down over the scroll box. Then you click one more time to stop drag scrolling.
Even harder to flip a big red switch,
It's not for that reason they make a flat beige switch on a flat beige background, which on pressing doesn't initially seem like it is doing anything.
They make these things obscure because of fashion, not for function
Exams are getting easier, and though I disagree that they are getting as easy as the post you replied to, I definitely did find my degree a lot easier than my A Levels.
A levels are a pita, at least if you are trying to do (non biological) science + maths.
People who get triple A's at levels in Chemistry, Physics and Maths are pure geniuses. People who get C grades in Biology and Geography and fail Maths are dumb dumbs like me
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.. and you installed every single one of her applications?
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Exams are getting easier, and though I disagree that they are getting as easy as the post you replied to, I definitely did find my degree a lot easier than my A Levels.
A levels are a pita, at least if you are trying to do (non biological) science + maths.
People who get triple A's at levels in Chemistry, Physics and Maths are pure geniuses. People who get C grades in Biology and Geography and fail Maths are dumb dumbs like me
In a few subjects at my school, A Level teachers use previous O Level papers to test the kids. Apparently it's really good preparation for the exams.
Exams have gotten easier in the sense of all the legal rules that surround exams make it so much easier now.
A's at levels in Chemistry, Physics and Maths are pure geniuses. People who get C grades in Biology and Geography and fail Maths are dumb dumbs like me
It's not that hard for chemistry and maths, but for physics it's rock hard.
I only know one person who got an A in the last module and he is applying for physics at UCL.
Not just your post, although I still don't understand it.
You asked her what a keyboard and mouse was, because if she knew what they are, she knew what she was doing before the incident?
I build the images which are rolled out to every PC, the user has no admin rights to install any software. Each machine is audited regularly and we have strict policies on what software can/cannot be installed given that the machine is connected the command and control system (I support the fire brigades control centre).
I'm not implying the user was 'thick' like others may have in this thread, I appreciate other people aren't as IT minded, and vice versa, I know nothing about accountancy so I don't tell the guys in finance how to do their jobs.
If she's trying to open documents solely through word, I think searching, bypassing user rights management and installing a pdf plugin would probably also be out of her comfort zone.
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Yes but it still shows how exams are being made easier.
There is plenty of evidence from reputable sources. Mine comes from a reference in Ben Ben Goldacre's book Bad Science.
You're more than welcome to buy the book read it and check it's sources. It is a very well referenced book.
This is one of the reasons every Tom, Dick and Harry can get into University and thus devaluing the meaning of having a degree.
To use the OP's terminology even "thickos" can get degrees nowadays!
That sir, is arse gravy of the highest order. You do realise that what you're suggesting is that we are institutionally dumbing down each generation?
Put down the Daily Mail crossword and try a modern A Level paper. They're all accessible on examining board websites. Heck, want to sit some of the degree papers I've had over the past two years? Try doing them in the volumes that kids today do them in as well - taking 5 A Levels just for a shot of getting a place on a decent Oxford course? 13+ GCSEs as a normal amount?
Pull the other one.
No, the reason any Tom, Dick or Harry can get a degree is because so many more Universities are open and classed as Universities, rather than Polytechnics etc and have rock bottom entry requirements for degree courses of questionable intrinsic value. It never used to be normalcy for University to be the expected path forward from A Levels as it is today. The reason is not exams getting easier, please just stop talking utter bloody tripe.
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Given that results are getting higher I'd say we aren't dumbing down but rather making it more difficult to sift the wheat from the chaff. See my post above.
I've sat A-Levels and Computer Science degree exams thank you. I did them back when you had to be the cream of the cream to get into University.
Perhaps that is why you are spouting such vitriol. Defending your degree are you?
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The government wanted to put basic percentage of RDA on all products (by law) so the customer knew what they were buying had, say, 15% the RDA of Sodium. In fact I think they passed the law.
Tescos did a survey, and found that the vast majority of their customers (7 out of 10) simply didn't understand percentages at all
Tescos did a survey, and found that the vast majority of their customers (7 out of 10) simply didn't understand percentages at all
Given that results are getting higher I'd say we aren't dumbing down but rather making it more difficult to sift the wheat from the chaff. See my post above.
I've sat A-Levels and Computer Science degree exams thank you. I did them back when you had to be the cream of the cream to get into University.
Perhaps that is why you are spouting such vitriol. Defending your degree are you?
Not at all, honestly speaking I'd rather have gone from my A Levels straight into employment. Poverty does not suit me! Sadly, for my chosen career path, it's a degree or the door, hence why I'm writing dissertations for marks rather than doing work for dollar.
But I still don't agree that exams are getting easier. These days there are so many places kids can get good information from which simply wasn't available 20 years ago. Kids couldn't look up the latest information on a particular subject or topic on Wikipedia and chances were that their encyclopaedia was outdated by the time it was printed. It's a digital information age and we play it to our advantage.
And I disagree that it is difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff either, my University entrance offer was based on me doing three A-Levels that were well-respected and relevant to my course. They explicitly stated that there were a number of A-Levels they did not count as being credit worthy and even stated GCSE requirements for my entry offer.