"When the recent A level results were announced, with even more students in the UK getting A grades than ever before, educators were congratulating themselves on improved teaching."
What does this have to do with the article? The increase from ~55 to 70% "low demand" questions refers to GCSE exams, not A Level.
"As many as a third of those surveyed under the age of 30 were unable to recall their home telephone number without resorting to their mobile phones or to notes."
The home telephone number is nowhere near as important any more, simply because everybody has their own cellphone. I know I hardly ever use my landline, so of course it's going to be harder to remember the number.
"When it came to remembering important dates such as the birthdays of close family relatives, 87 per cent of those over the age of 50 could remember the details, compared with 40 per cent of those under the age of 30.'"
Those over the age of 50 have had at least 20 years longer to burn it into their memory:)
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What does this have to do with the article? The increase from ~55 to 70% "low demand" questions refers to GCSE exams, not A Level.
"As many as a third of those surveyed under the age of 30 were unable to recall their home telephone number without resorting to their mobile phones or to notes."
:)
The home telephone number is nowhere near as important any more, simply because everybody has their own cellphone. I know I hardly ever use my landline, so of course it's going to be harder to remember the number.
"When it came to remembering important dates such as the birthdays of close family relatives, 87 per cent of those over the age of 50 could remember the details, compared with 40 per cent of those under the age of 30.'"
Those over the age of 50 have had at least 20 years longer to burn it into their memory
A typical 32-bit PCI bus runs at 33Mhz. Do the math, thats 133MByte/sec, not 133Mbit.
Did anyone else read this as Women Get Lots of Info From Male Faeces?
This is probably a very stupid question, but why can't the offending code which supposedly "broke their new copyright protection" just be removed?