it does get me all quite riled up
my initial reaction always is to plot some disruption (reset admin pass, create a hidden admin, etc)
all the visual and performing arts computers at syracuse u are now bound to active directory including faculty and staff personal laptops... so any type on install requires admin privileges meaning it has to be approved by IT.
when did IT start dictating pedagogy?
at the moment students all come with new macs + 10.8. teaching station is still at 10.6. something simple like demoing screen capture from quicktime turns into a 1/2 hour "wait... this is different on your system?"
totally OT now but im going to try installing 10.8 to a USB Flash with pd-extended "non-production environment ready" build and just boot to my own system.... bypassing all vpa it internals
maybe that will work and i wont have to get all fired up on wednesdays with the knowledge that our academic institutions almost fully assimilated into the corporate model that we here in the state so idealize.
thanks for your ears
m
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Lorenzo Sutton lorenzofsutton@gmail.com wrote:
On 13/09/12 19:14, m.e.grimm wrote:
my rant is as follows
when making a request to have pd-extended 0.43.1 installed on the teaching station i get:
"Mark:
For obvious reasons, we won't install a beta release of software in a production environment.
The current latest production release will be installed."
which im fine with 042.5 but this is just more annoying than anything else.
am I alone or do others on this list in Universities battle with IT on a daily basis? i am suspecting im not alone.....
is it the word "BETA" that is so bothersome? what is a "production environment"? am i not producing something?
After quite a while and after gaining a certain amount of trust and respect by the IT people (but also with some backing by my boss, and I must say they are clever guys, not as stubborn as what you write) I got an 'experimental' machine where I'm admin: but that's because my job may include installing and testing alpha-alpha software and report back to developers... But I'd assume 'audio' and 'video' machines are always less restricted (the people working with MACs have full admin on those as well).
Good luck Lorenzo.
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