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Re:Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred ... by visarga on Thursday June 04, 2015 @12:04PM (#9660157)
Maybe students who are disadvantaged on their internet access could test on other subjects, such as math or physics. It seems unfair to penalize the other people who have access to information and can use it.

As a child I was not allowed to use calculators in math - for the reason that "what if your computer breaks?" - well, it never broke. It was a stupid rule, especially after 4th grade.

Computer access will always be available, so why ban it during testing?

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Re:Computer Scientists Are Astir After Baidu Team Is Barred ... by morcheeba on Thursday June 04, 2015 @01:13PM (#9660610)
"what if your computer breaks?" is a poor reason. The real reason is to get an estimate of results in your head so you can cross-check the computer for mistakes. How much ice cream to feed my city of 30,000? If the computer says 7.336E9 kg, that's a problem.
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