[26178] in resnet
Re: Gaming in Campus Labs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cal Frye)
Wed Apr 6 10:49:57 2011
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Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:49:19 -0400
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From: Cal Frye <cjf@calfrye.com>
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On 4/5/11 4:40 PM, Joanne Pohlman wrote:
> Anyone out there allow/promote/support gaming in public labs?? Our
> director is leaning that way, and I am not so sure it is the best idea.
I think the only concerns are (1) installing applications on the lab
machines and (2) ensuring that they're available for academic purposes
when needed. We have our systems fairly locked down, so I don't think we
have all that much going on here. And if you install it, you get to
support it...
Many folks won't follow through on asking gamers to vacate a machine so
they can write a paper, so your lab monitors, if you have them, get to
enforce that one.
On the other hand, supporting gamers is good PR, and the network demand
is actually fairly slight.
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-- Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
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