ZankerH comments on Knowledge is Worth Paying For - Less Wrong

45 Post author: lukeprog 21 September 2011 06:09PM

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Comment author: SilasBarta 22 September 2011 02:52:52AM *  2 points [-]

Undergrads typically need the physical textbook, not just an electronic one, for example to use in an open book test. (Though I was mainly trying to smuggle in a mention of a pirate site that does cater to autodidacts ...)

Comment author: ZankerH 23 September 2011 12:20:59AM 2 points [-]

Instructors on my university had no problem with people bringing copied books to open-book exams.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 April 2012 10:14:32PM 1 point [-]

In most tests in my university, people are allowed to bring pretty much everything they want except other people and devices to communicate with the outside world.