The following is a final exam question from a course on Microsoft Excel:
3. Research on the internet how to set up a free or small charge Web site. Type the instructions and then set up a free Web site of a business you would like to establish. Include as many graphics to attract the attention of anyone who you believe would buy your prodcut(s) or services. Then e-mail to me your new Web address so I can view it and submit the printed instructions to me by Thursday, May 1, 2003.
Sounds a little extreme considering the fact that this is a course on Excel with absolutely no instruction on the Internet. The instructor should have no expectation that her class should be Internet-savvy at all, yet this question is here.
Moreover, the instructor also has questions that are unclearly written and expect knowledge of accounting practices (balance sheets). While I think that these are things that most people should know or learn, it seems patently unfair to me that people that signed up to take a course on Excel are being tested on their knowledge and comprehension of topics that are completely unrelated to the course.
On second thought, forget the Accord. I want a job making commercials like this. It's a shame that it's a UK commercial and may or may not get airplay here. Then again, a 120-second commercial is an eternity in a commercial block.
(WARNING: It's large. 11.6 MB large.)
Courtesy of Jack Gulick.
Update: Looks like the ad's been removed from the server. I can see why. I have a copy. If you really want to see it, let me know and I'll find a way to get it to you.
Public Service Announcement: Final Fantasy Beta Testing
The folks at ENIX are soliciting playtesters for PlayOnline, Tetra Master, and Final Fantasy XI Public Beta. Only thing is you have to have the network adapter and online connection for a PS2 or a whole laundry list of things for a PC. Looks like Mac owners are out of the lurch on this one.