Reid Burke » stupid http://reidburke.com A webdev in San Jose, California. Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:42:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 So Much for Online Math Help http://reidburke.com/2007/12/02/so-much-for-online-math-help/ http://reidburke.com/2007/12/02/so-much-for-online-math-help/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:22:20 +0000 Reid http://reidburke.com/2007/12/02/so-much-for-online-math-help/ So I’m trying to study for my upcoming math course exams. I was recommended by my instructor to use MathXL, “an online homework, tutorial, and assessment system,” by Pearson Education. This web app sucks because I can’t even use the damn thing. The registration process used SSL and required a “strong” password (it complained about my first choice). However, the system then e-mails you that password back in plaintext!

After logging in and finally selecting my course, I am told that the system requires Internet Explorer’s ActiveX. Couldn’t the “I require Microsoft Windows, stop wasting your time” warning be shown before I went into all of this trouble?

I’m going to study math the old-fashioned way now.

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