Falcon Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: The Last Word I'm not. In fact' date=' I'm looking for a particular (software) library. [/quote'] Which one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: The Last Word Well, turned out I am not looking for a library, which was part of my problem. I'm looking for a full installation package. I'm using VMware for the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: The Last Word That'll do it. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: The Last Word Doing anything for the first time is usually far more difficult than you'd been led to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: The Last Word You presume I've never done anything for the first time. You're WAY off on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 23, 2007 Report Share Posted March 23, 2007 Re: The Last Word Generic "you", not specific "you". Installation documents never adequately cover the process for anyone who's never used the product before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Re: The Last Word 220909 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word 581838 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word First day of quarter. Syllabi and first assignments to hand out. The war on trees marches on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Yeah, every once in a while, I look back on the days when my teachers would talk about having a "paperless" society. Then I laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I laugh too. Derisively. The more computers, the more paperwork gets printed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Paper copy is the only place to hand out information people are likely to need when computers are unavailable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word That and one needs paper copies in case of crashes or data loss. If anything, I think my office goes through MORE paper the more efficient our computers get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterdeath Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word We get in (almost) all our data electronically. So, we then print it all so we can enter everything into the database by hand. Then we scan the data, so we can have a permanent record that we link to the database in case we need to see originals. Then we recycle the paper. At least we do that. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word We recycle, too. Ours isn't QUITE that redundant, but we do print out these massive reports (single-sided, of course), which get put into some binder and stored until the data updates, and then they print another report . . . Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterdeath Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word We're working on a program that takes the data that we receive, and then puts it into a format that our db2 system can read directly, and then keeps a version of the original so we don't have to scan. All we'll have to do is analyze/error check and go from there. They've been talking about it for ... um, it's 07, I got hired in 99, so 8 years at least. And we've just now got a system that takes in some of the data and connects it to the scan version. So, we've got most of the front end and some of the back end. But the middle. Heh. I've got major job security. D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I'm in a pretty similar situation, myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word We'll see if I can get a page set up for the course. Such things exist at the institution, but when first I looked into it the hassle of getting the initial page set up and getting the appropriate permissions was more work than it was worth. Things have changed, supposedly. Being a minimalist, all I want is a static page where I can hang the document files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I had a professor who went nuts trying to get students to pick up assignments online. Poor guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Trying to get students to do anything is a good way to go nuts. All you can do is recommend, and whack 'em good if they don't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Yes, we had to go online to get grades, which finally worked on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word I'm hoping I don't have anyone try dry-labbing their moon observation assignment this term. Give that we'll have three full moons during the quarter, I hope not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Dry-labbing? Is that when they don't actually attend . . .? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Yeah, when you don't do the lab, just make up numbers and submit that. I've had it happen more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: The Last Word Heh. Never did that, honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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