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They should be allowed computers
I can't see any reason not to allow them to use computers in this day and age. It wouldn't diminish the programme in any way but would enhance it.
It makes no sense whatsoever to have them pouring over yellow pages for hours when they could be getting on with the task. Also how ridiculous is it for them to be phoning up businesses asking what such and such a word means. |
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I don't think it really matters. Both teams have the same resources and that is the point.
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I can't see any reason not to allow them to use computers in this day and age. It wouldn't diminish the programme in any way but would enhance it.
It makes no sense whatsoever to have them pouring over yellow pages for hours when they could be getting on with the task. Also how ridiculous is it for them to be phoning up businesses asking what such and such a word means. |
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Pouring over the yellow pages for hours is part of the task, not an especially intersting part, but an important part none the less.
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I agree with Paace, being able to use computers would make the tasks more believable and realistic. I don't watch the show for the entertainment of watching people screw up, I watch it because I like seeing the people who do well, and working out who's going to win.
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When in the business world would they not have access to the internet when they needed to source products? It makes no sense at all forcing them to use the Yellow Pages.
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When in the business world would they not have access to the internet when they needed to source products? It makes no sense at all forcing them to use the Yellow Pages.
In business you will need to find information that will take longer than a casual google search, but none that would make good television; on account of being too specific. The only way to have a partially-(tickbox)-research based task is to ban google and dictionaries. I also think realism is bad argument; when in the business world will they have to source their products frrom a little shop? |
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What were they pouring over the yellow pages? And did they clean it up afterwards?
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I get what you're saying, but I think it's done like this to control the amount of information they've got available and make sure it's fair, rather than to make sure it's hard.
Because having the whole internet at their disposal adds more variables. Who knows the better website, who can put together the right search term, etc. etc. It makes the information limitless, they can veer off in all sorts of directions. If you narrow it down to a few set texts, though, you can control it, and be sure both teams are drawing from the same pool of information. Besides which, there are quite a few dead ends on the internet. How many of the businesses they go to look like they'd have up-to-date website listings? I wonder, with a resource as big as the internet, there might be a danger it'd be information overload. The kind of businesses they'd be looking for would be like needles in haystacks. Way more red herrings, and I don't think many of the businesses that are going to be negotiable on price are likely to have particularly high PageRankings. Plus, they'd need ten computers if everyone's to research at once. I reckon there's a certain amount of merit in sticking to books. Easier, more visual, and limits the teams to equal and finite amounts of information. It isn't very realistic, though, no. :p |
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I get what you're saying, but I think it's done like this to control the amount of information they've got available and make sure it's fair, rather than to make sure it's hard.
Because having the whole internet at their disposal adds more variables. Who knows the better website, who can put together the right search term, etc. etc. It makes the information limitless, they can veer off in all sorts of directions. If you narrow it down to a few set texts, though, you can control it, and be sure both teams are drawing from the same pool of information. Besides which, there are quite a few dead ends on the internet. How many of the businesses they go to look like they'd have up-to-date website listings? I wonder, with a resource as big as the internet, there might be a danger it'd be information overload. The kind of businesses they'd be looking for would be like needles in haystacks. Way more red herrings, and I don't think many of the businesses that are going to be negotiable on price are likely to have particularly high PageRankings. Plus, they'd need ten computers if everyone's to research at once. I reckon there's a certain amount of merit in sticking to books. Easier, more visual, and limits the teams to equal and finite amounts of information. It isn't very realistic, though, no. ![]() |
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Who cares about realism? It's more fun to see them struggle without computers.
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This task has never been about realism. It's about seeing how well they can apply their knowledge and negotiate. If you gave them google it would be far too easy in my opinion.
The apprentice is not supposed to be realistic it's about testing skills in difficult situations. |
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This task has never been about realism. It's about seeing how well they can apply their knowledge and negotiate. If you gave them google it would be far too easy in my opinion.
The apprentice is not supposed to be realistic it's about testing skills in difficult situations. |
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They all had smartphones, why didn't they just Google what a candelabrum was? That's what I wan't to know!
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They all had smartphones, why didn't they just Google what a candelabrum was? That's what I wan't to know!
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Last year Zara just phones a library and asked them to look the obscure one up... don't know why no one did that this time, they surely saw it last year.
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They all had smartphones, why didn't they just Google what a candelabrum was? That's what I wan't to know!
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What amazes me is that not one of them knew what candelabrum was in the first place. Found that really strange to be honest.
Just ridiculous really even denying them a dictionary . Instead the BBC thinks our future bright hopes should waste most of the day trying to find out what a word means . |
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I suspect there were told they couldn't. It was innovative of Zara to do it, it would prove nothing if they copied her.
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Just ridiculous really even denying them a dictionary . Instead the BBC thinks our future bright hopes should waste most of the day trying to find out what a word means .
If that's the way to find out what a word means, what's wrong with doing it? Who cares if someone had previously done it? It's not copying people that isn't innovative, it's knowing what to copy and what not to copy. |
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The task is about face-to-face negotiation, not to see who can use Kelkoo or Google.
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I've never heard the word candelabrum being used, candelabra yes. I think most of the people they asked would have known what a candelabra was.
Just ridiculous really even denying them a dictionary . Instead the BBC thinks our future bright hopes should waste most of the day trying to find out what a word means . I find it hard to imagine that these young people have never come upon or seen the word "candelabra", which would lead them to "candelabrum" if they thought about it for two second. Even if they haven't seen one surely they would have heard the word used or seen it written down in literature, dramas, news stories, programmes about antiques, etc. I do worry about the very limited scope of young people and it is extraordinary that even with the internet and "spell check" they frequently make basic errors. |
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... the word "candelabra", which would lead them to "candelabrum" if they thought about it for two second.
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Candelabra is the plural of candelabrum. I loathed Latin at school but it is extraordinary how much more you know about the English language if you were taught just a modicum of Latin, even if you think you didn't retain it.
I find it hard to imagine that these young people have never come upon or seen the word "candelabra", which would lead them to "candelabrum" if they thought about it for two second. Even if they haven't seen one surely they would have heard the word used or seen it written down in literature, dramas, news stories, programmes about antiques, etc. I do worry about the very limited scope of young people and it is extraordinary that even with the internet and "spell check" they frequently make basic errors. |
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I was surprised that no one knew about that, but I don't think it's fair to cast doubt on all young people (one of which I am) because of it. If the whole women's team hadn't known what it was, would you have said you worry about the limited scope of women?
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I've never heard the word candelabrum being used, candelabra yes. I think most of the people they asked would have known what a candelabra was.
Just ridiculous really even denying them a dictionary . Instead the BBC thinks our future bright hopes should waste most of the day trying to find out what a word means .
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