🚀 go-pugleaf

Ben Pfaff wrote:

> Michael Littman <mikelittman@erols.com> writes:
>
>    The format is multiple choice.  To take either of the tests, simply go
>    to www.123apply.com and select the link,  "Take a beta test".  The rest
>    should be self-explanatory.  Before taking the test, check out the 'top
>    ten' list to see the best scores to date!
>
> Your testing interface royally sucks.  I tried to take the test, and
> started it.  Upon starting it, my Netscape window resized itself to
> fill the whole screen.  This is extremely antisocial behavior (I use
> 1600x1200 mode, why should I need the whole screen for Netscape), but
> I could live with it I suppose.  But the big problem is that when I
> resized the window (so that I could take notes on the test in another
> window, in order to post comments) Netscape tried to reload the page.
> That caused an error to come from your server accusing me of trying to
> `go back'.  After that neither reloading the page nor the back nor the
> forward buttons in my browser did anything useful.
>
> I think you need to seriously unfuck up your testing interface before
> you try to do anything serious with the results.
> --
> (supporter of the campaign for grumpiness where grumpiness is due in c.l.c)
>
> Please: do not email me copies of your posts to comp.lang.c
>         do not ask me C questions via email; post them instead

  Perhaps there's method in their madness.  If they don't go full screen and
screw-up
if you try and re-size, its pretty easy to copy and paste the test questions
into a small piece of
code, compile it and get the correct answers with no knowledge of c/c++.
I should think folks will probably figure this out anyway. I would take
fantastic test results with
a pinch of salt.

Paul.