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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 16:17:54 MST
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: Taking exams?
- References: <20JAN199318324539@scsuc.ctstateu.edu> <hdev.727606965@dutiai> <1993Jan21.160756.63009@cc.usu.edu>
- Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA
- From: rhelps@bones.et.byu.edu (Richard Helps)
-
- In article <1993Jan21.160756.63009@cc.usu.edu> slp9k@cc.usu.edu writes:
- >>
- >> Hm..., six feet? Is that the distance between you and your neighbour during
- >> your next exam :-)? But more seriously: this will be the next *major* problem
- >> with calcs like the HP48 during exams.
- >>
- > This is just a rumor I heard, so maybe someone at BYU can confirm it.
- > I do not attend BYU, nor do I know electronics so don't ask me how
- >anything was done.
- > The rumor went something like this:
- >
- > The reciver on the HP is limited through hard wiring. So some students
- >At BYU bypassed the wiring and were sending answers across the room to each
- >other during a test. Somehow or other the professor caught them and the use of
- >HP-48's has been banned for all tests at BYU.
- >
- > This raises the question of whether this can really be done. If so I'm
- >afraid that all schools would have to ban the 48 during tests. Isn't
- >technology great?
- >
- >--
- >Disclaimer: I don't care
- >
- >Darrell Fuhriman * "Oh, just like an orange cloud of light,
- >SLP9K@CC.USU.EDU * that just blows right out of it. Wow!"
-
- Sounds unlikely, Based on previous comments published in this newsgroup
- I believe the distance an IR connection can successfully
- operate is limited by the power of the RECEIVER. That's why remote
- control programs for the 48 can function across the room. (The TV has
- got lots of power to spare). I have seen HP48s communicate long distances
- (a few feet) under good conditions without modifications (good batteries,
- no noise).
-
- Certainly my students are still welcome to use calculators in tests. My
- tests are set appropriately.
-
- Please don't lets start the "cheating in tests" thread up again. Cheating
- is not new and technology isn't the cause of it. This argument is
- probably summarized in the FAQ.
-
- Richard Helps, BYU, Provo, UT.
-