> On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Ez-Aton wrote: > > > I second this idea. > > Favouritism is a bad thing, especially when there are no "better" students > > than others. This whole method sux. When I used to be at the Technion I saw > > it, and hated it. I still hate it.
Please - don't manipulate it. You twist the original idea. We could make it "local" and you would hate CS even more. It has nothing to do with favouritism but making it (especially) for a specific course. We can help them (and we do. We have just made the party wider), or not - the decision is in our hands. > > > > Ez. > > > > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 14:13, Orr Dunkelman wrote: > > > My suggestion for the queueing algorithm is as follows: > > > > > > You register - your in. > > > FCFS. > > > > > > You're not registered - you get to be installed only if there is an open > > > slot (pan intended). > > > > > > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003, Adir Abraham wrote about "[Haifux] Some notes > > regarding the instaparty": > > > > > The party is there for everybody in general, but the first priority > > > > > will be given to OS course (234120), the 2nd to OS structures course > > > > > (046209), 3rd for other students, and 4th for any other person, so > > > > > please ask the person's name - before you install. There will be a list > > > > > with names for OS course students, at least. Approximately, 200 people > > > > > should arrive for both days. > > > > > > > > Maybe I'm out-of-line questioning this decision (since I won't be there > > > > to help, most likely), but why the 234120 favoritism? Why do EE students > > > > have to come in 2nd place and Mathematics students (like I was) come 3rd? > > > > How will installers who are not students, or students of a non-CS > > > > department, feel of such discrimination of their friends? > > > > In anycase, I don't even understand which "queue algorithm" you plan to > > > > apply to enforce this favoritism and how you plan to avoid "starvation". > > > > I would strongly recommend that you rethink this idea... > > > > > > > > There are other ways to throttle demand, by the way. You can ask for > > > > advanced registration, and you can sell CDs for people to install on > > > > their own instead of waiting in line. > > > > > > > > > CDs in advance, and we might not. Don't count on it too much. > > > > > Whatsoever - the students will get references so they will know where > > > > > to download ISOs from. > > > > > > > > How do typical students (toar rishon, not in dorm) download ISOs? It's > > > > not as easy as you might think. Not everybody has a high bandwidth > > > > connection and (shudder) not everybody has a CD writer. > > > > Anyway, the truth is that after a sucessful installation not everybody > > > > will need the CD-ROMs, so maybe not having them will not be such a huge > > > > loss. > > > > -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Adir Abraham Technion's Advisors Group and Public PC Farms Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Haifa, Israel ICQ# 1841481 Cel# +972-53-243438, +972-55-481245 KeyID: 0xD8DC85C7 Fingerprint: 138D 8F41 7A06 44A0 3DBB 9DC3 FE8B 2658 ____________________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> mQEPAzLax/sAAAEIAK2bI8utornDYd5LdU+/TABNmqXneiXuLx4j8OKD2GjfS/O8 E6nrX69ot4uU5ryjp5h+7VHBZqCQz+8VC8ly2ANtycejAc82gllVC96fbA+Y6uuN uI9aXkwNqhphmmQZIVaOZDRAo9//1zX9r41xY+8rKSQuNcp+FPD/A5Itng0xhsfS KkCV4tT0mGpiydUHFrugk/bouXPYwUHXSnHp/mPdGsjgqipezHPzCWIn3xcJjk2/ tjd5/ym+arWpKW5nvTuvalcMi2DIcEilSrT5NLwgeuh3eqitYOc9WTiMNMvUiVcP sucJkdxNwjEX9MgD/bLY9wT/13brqxk71tjchccAEQEAAbQnQWRpciBBYnJhaGFt IDxhZGlyQHZpcGUudGVjaG5pb24uYWMuaWw+iQEVAwUQMtrH+6sZO9bY3IXHAQGb 0gf9FwrJBKaTP0yvf3+vwtB+9ftS0woz1TawJwflC5EoHJs7D/5GzkAaRV82RSkH P9fSHmM+LUB0huBBK1qtNyXHWIjQTmYwFYC8Oen4q0Fyze7cloSnpD1rVjI0HoCO UU8bbz0Iseizdjhnl2PTItQ+dkKzLcww1jW5iPXOWd1o8/8s2aebhrpDRO8BfAYg H29jhmDtuVQDPgFfkN/kP+xpHQplMN5Qh1oP22f+Wyg8sVvSv8P7cM+88u46FHi3 zvHpVnZKIBtKhksnH1PYXtz7FvS7vA+MbpM47kgmQGL5Ygig0pUUbBCGlzmg2Hvd 262YCdVYNwpIjQWBLJI8orea0Q== =dgNP -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
