[Imcamericorps] [UCIMC-Tech] Public access pc's

[Isak Griffiths]

Chris, et. al.,

Is there any progress on this?

Thanks,
Isak

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Isak Griffiths <isak at ucimc.org> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> That would be *amazing.* A constant issue is members and other loosely
> associated IMC folk who routinely clack away on the keys and talk on cell
> phones at the computers during shows. There are posted hours, but the hours
> appear to only apply to anyone who has nothing to do with the IMC.
>
> Thanks,
> Isak
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Chris Ritzo <chris.ritzo at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> We can do this. I'll look into it either tomorrow or Saturday. If anyone
>> is interested, perhaps tech can get our stuff together to "upgrade" the
>> installs on the public machines.  At least one other request I've been
>> thinking about is to have them turn on & off at regular times, so they are
>> not on when no one is around.
>> T
>> Once we get things set up, we can do some documenting to share with staff
>> who regularly are around when the machines are in use.
>>
>> -chris
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Austin McCann <austinmccann at ucimc.org>wrote:
>>
>>> I just mentioned this same thing to Carol yesterday. I think it's in the
>>> best interests of our organization that we (I can't use tech-speak here,
>>> unfortunately) make users unable to play sound without headphones. Is that
>>> easily doable?
>>>
>>> Sound access is a necessity, but let's mandate headphones?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Isak Griffiths <isak at ucimc.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>> I have repeatedly asked people who use the public access pc's to bring
>>>> headphones and or turn the music / tv shoes / whatever down.
>>>>
>>>> People almost never bring headphones, and I have to keep making the
>>>> same turn down requests to the same people. The people on pc's show
>>>> little regard for other people in the space regarding volume or
>>>> content.
>>>>
>>>> It is possible to quickly and easily disable the soundcards in
>>>> Windows.... Is that an option here? If so, what group would this need
>>>> to go before for consensus?
>>>>
>>>> Isak
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