On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 00:08 -0500, Leonid Isaev wrote: > On (11/15/10 09:05), Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > -~> On Sun, 2010-11-14 at 14:39 -0500, Leonid Isaev wrote: > -~> > On (11/14/10 14:05), Isaac Dupree wrote: > -~> > -~> On 11/14/10 09:32, Jim Pryor wrote: > -~> > -~> >... > -~> > -~> > > -~> > -~> >I would certainly understand and could not reasonably object to any > -~> > -~> >distro's demoting dcron to an unofficial package. But as I said, I I > -~> > -~> >will fix dcron anyway, I hope within the very near future. I'll announce > -~> > -~> >here when I believe the git version has the necessary fixes, and if > -~> > -~> >feedback sounds good, will make a new official release. > -~> > -~> > > -~> > -~> >Extra hands might not help right at this particular moment, but they > -~> > -~> >would help the package be more reliably maintained going forward. I'd be > -~> > -~> >glad to give other interested developers git-push privileges. > -~> > -~> > -~> > -~> Thank you for your efforts! I am sure it is a service to many > -~> > -~> people to have a dcron that works well. Even if Arch devs decide > -~> > -~> a different default cron daemon for Arch some day. > -~> > > -~> > Yeah, I double that. Especially considering what a nightmare teaching can be > -~> > close to the end of a semester... > -~> > > -~> Teaching as a nightmare? What's marking, then? > > Easy. It's like measurement. If you know an average grade for the class and the > spread (e.g. based on past experience), just distribute true grades according > to an appropriate probability distribution... All you need is a good random > number generator. If done properly, takes ~20 min/30 people, including checking > + bookkeeping. Then, back to research! > Now I understand why my marks never seemed to correlate with effort back during my degree years.... I must remember this trick for the next time I mark 80+ scripts.
