Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Oct 2009 13:21 UTC
So, we have Apple who is paranoid about people installing legally purchased copies of its operating system on non-Apple labelled machines. Just when you thought it couldn't get any more ridiculous than that, we have a hardware company trying to prevent people from installing operating systems on its hardware. Wait, what?
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Member since:2005-09-21
I know what you mean, there weren't any math classes that allowed calculators, and sneaking one in was an easy way to get yourself a 0 if caught. Im only 27 so it wasn't all that long ago... A few fellow nerds did get around it by wearing those calculator watches 
but still you should know how to do the work and using a calculator is kinda cheap way out (or a way for schools to get pad grades for funding in the future)
RE[3]: Plagiarism risk?
by StephenBeDoper on Thu 15th Oct 2009 03:56
in reply to "RE[2]: Plagiarism risk?"
Member since:2005-07-06
I know what you mean, there weren't any math classes that allowed calculators, and sneaking one in was an easy way to get yourself a 0 if caught. Im only 27 so it wasn't all that long ago...
I'm a few years older, but the attitude of most of high school math teachers was basically "you're not in elementary school anymore, I assume that you know how to do basic arithmetic by now, so I don't care whether or not you use a calculator."
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2007-07-14
When I last took a calculus class, the instructor allowed NO CALCULATORS.
None of this silliness with banning some and allowing some depending on the level of programmability.
It meant that the teacher actually had to grade the answers by hand, and the text was shorter because you can only do so much by hand.
That approach still resonates with me.