🚀 go-pugleaf

Paul Batten wrote:
> 
> 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.
When I did it I cheated. I got the Borland C++ help files out for some
of the questions I didn't know. At least the window popped up UNDER the
Win95 taskbar (I have mine at the top of the screen) so I could resize
it by using the buttons therein.

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