Computer Center Bumping Policies
Games
Games always take the back seat to academic use. Always.
You may ask anyone playing games to vacate a computer.
Ask a consultant to facilitate this, if you wish. (Remember:
games are never permitted in the ACC. Game playing is
prohibited between 8 A.M. and 10 P.M. elsewhere)
Special Rules for Special Resources
Some computers have resources not available on other systems.
Examples are the Macs connected to the scanner, the
Mac connected to the synthesizer, and the Pentium systems
in the ACC, which have software that's different from
the software in the GCC.
"Bumping" may only take place if there is a system
available for the current user to continue her/his
work.
For Example...
You wish to use a scanner. Someone is using Excel on one
of those systems with a scanner attached. Two Macs are
available elsewhere in the Mac Classroom. These also
have Excel. You may ask the user to move.
What about the same situation, except that there
are no Macs available except the ones at Post 1,
which do not have Excel? In this case, you cannot
bump the other user. Put your name on the waiting
list. When an Excel-equipped Mac becomes available,
you can bump the Excel user to that Mac while you
take the Mac attached to a scanner.
Consultants are available to facilitate this process,
although Academic Computing encourages users to
handle this themselves.
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