BlartVersenwaldIII, that sounds like fun, but I think I'd like have to have access to google to help me with some of those.
Much as though it's obviously verboten in an actual exam instance, 90% of the time you're trying to fix a system in the real world, you're going to want to fall back on documentation, other users experience, etc.
There will be rare times when its not possible to get internet access, but in the real world, interpreting search results on technical queries could, arguably, be as important as any part of the preceding education process IMHO.
Access to that sort of information is a tool, much like fstab or grep - how you use it shows your level of proficiency; you can work out peoples technical nouse by how they use internet search results to aid their troubleshooting process IME.
Not really a specific comment on the article/thread, just something that came to mind. Be interested to see what others think.
Steven R
Biting the hand that feeds IT
