Comments on: Hole in the Wall http://watchification.com/2008/09/21/hole-in-the-wall/ Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Roo Reynolds - Links for 2008-09-22 http://watchification.com/2008/09/21/hole-in-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 Roo Reynolds - Links for 2008-09-22 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:11:20 +0000 http://watchification.com/?p=160#comment-1142 [...] Charlie Brooker’s screen burn | Culture | The Guardian - “But really, so what? We’ve been here before. It’s basically a Nintendo version of It’s A Knockout. And, what’s more, once you factor in the knowledge that the contestants are competing for charity, it looks less like the death of civilisation and more like a daft game at a village fete, writ large. This is TV blowing off and giggling for 30 unrelenting minutes.” [I wrote my own review last night at watchification.com/2008/09/21/hole-in-the-wall/] [...] [...] Charlie Brooker’s screen burn | Culture | The Guardian – “But really, so what? We’ve been here before. It’s basically a Nintendo version of It’s A Knockout. And, what’s more, once you factor in the knowledge that the contestants are competing for charity, it looks less like the death of civilisation and more like a daft game at a village fete, writ large. This is TV blowing off and giggling for 30 unrelenting minutes.” [I wrote my own review last night at watchification.com/2008/09/21/hole-in-the-wall/] [...]

]]> By: roo http://watchification.com/2008/09/21/hole-in-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 roo Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:20:00 +0000 http://watchification.com/?p=160#comment-1121 Wow. I totally missed that. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_operations" rel="nofollow">Precedence</a> is important, and is totally overlooked. How infuriating. Maths teachers across the country will be quite rightly sharpening their letter-writing pencils. Wow. I totally missed that. Precedence is important, and is totally overlooked. How infuriating. Maths teachers across the country will be quite rightly sharpening their letter-writing pencils.

]]> By: Adam Bowie http://watchification.com/2008/09/21/hole-in-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 Adam Bowie Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:51:15 +0000 http://watchification.com/?p=160#comment-1120 I've just rewatched that bit of the show and the question was in fact: 3 x 12 + 8 / 4 = ? It still should be 38 and not 11... I’ve just rewatched that bit of the show and the question was in fact:

3 x 12 + 8 / 4 = ?

It still should be 38 and not 11…

]]> By: Adam Bowie http://watchification.com/2008/09/21/hole-in-the-wall/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 Adam Bowie Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:46:55 +0000 http://watchification.com/?p=160#comment-1119 Grammar's one thing but they got the maths completely wrong. In a round where one team had to answer a "question" they were presented with something like this (I can't remember precisely): 4 x 9 + 8 / 4 The two options were 11 and 12. But neither was right. The contestants plumped for 11 as reading left to right that appears correct. But as anyone who studied GCSE (or in my case O level) maths should know, multiplications and divisions should be carried out first and in my, possibly misremembered example, the answer is actually 38. If I actually felt it was worth complaining to someone, I would! Grammar’s one thing but they got the maths completely wrong.

In a round where one team had to answer a “question” they were presented with something like this (I can’t remember precisely):

4 x 9 + 8 / 4

The two options were 11 and 12. But neither was right. The contestants plumped for 11 as reading left to right that appears correct.

But as anyone who studied GCSE (or in my case O level) maths should know, multiplications and divisions should be carried out first and in my, possibly misremembered example, the answer is actually 38.

If I actually felt it was worth complaining to someone, I would!

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