Prizm Online Training Course (Free Prizm?)

krazylegodrummer56 · Power User (Posts: 452)

I turned in the first assessment in earlier today I'm wait for them to respond to both now.

Alex · Official Cemetech Site Manager (Posts: 7912)

I'd like to express concern again that your assessments may be overlooked or disqualified as a recent event as come about. I'm not linking you to this, just merely making you aware that it might not have been in your best interest to mail all three at once.

However, I haven't read anywhere that you're only allowed to email one assessment at a time. So, maybe you're still in the clear.

KermMartian · Site Admin (Posts: 64334)

It's clear to me that you're a trustworthy person (I hate to couch it in these terms, but I feel that on the whole our long-term members here at Cemetech tend to be largely mature and trustworthy, which I think is not universally true). I'd be happy to vouch for your honesty if it was called into question for this.

KermMartian · Site Admin (Posts: 64334)

It's different for everyone, what's the problem? Going back to the slides didn't help?

krazylegodrummer56 · Power User (Posts: 452)

It's different for everyone, what's the problem? Going back to the slides didn't help?

krazylegodrummer56 · Power User (Posts: 452)

I'll try both. But that first one, I've already attempted but is a little hard for the first one because in the slides the one like it has 3 numbers the question only has 2.

<edit>I completed the first question looking for problems that matched the ones in the assessment.

I keep getting a Range ERROR when I try to do 2.) c.).

alberthrocks · Power User (Posts: 406)

They took all three and sent out a PRIZM. Smile

I don't think they would mind much if it was only a few people. From my POV, it seems that they have enough to last 90 days... because the trial also lasts that long (for the manager software).

Also, we should remember that even with Casio's kind hand, don't expect them to smile and release a magical SDK or anything. Razz

I recall a member on Omni getting an email response from a Casio rep saying that they don't plan on releasing an official SDK soon because they're concerned about what will happen with it. This was probably before Casio caught wind of the cheating. With that said, I don't think cheating will propel them to hate us, since it's bound to happen anyway. Teachers will likely use old-fashioned email (or even... CDs!) to let other teachers get free PRIZMs. Casio has already designed anti-cheating methods, hence why I don't think there will be any halting of the program, nor any change in trust.

It's important to note that Casio may not be the final decision makers in allowing coding/SDK/hacking/etc. on the calc. I'm 99% sure the guys at TI who wrote the Nspire protection code hate it. However, the stockholders at TI, as well as the teachers, influence the company's decisions. The same goes for Casio. It may turn out that popularity from their products will, in turn, lock them up. (OS updating and region locking is already in place, anyway.) If this occurs, I won't be surprised - the hacking community for both TI and the PRIZM are still the minority; those companies (TI and Casio) have bigger fish to handle, like stockholders, parents, and educators. (If you really want to attribute a reason, think a bit more broadly - as long as major companies still believe in application and IP security, lesser companies like Casio are likely to follow that stance.)

*sigh*

On a less condescending note, I got in - legitimately! Very Happy

HOMER-16 · New Member (Posts: 85)

Yeah, I don't think it was because they caught wind of cheating. (Imo, it seems like only a minor incident, and it's already been dealt with so it's not doing much to dwell on it) More, they're afraid of having the calc used to cheat and such on tests. The email I got was: