[Noisebridge-discuss] Window for Turing Classroom (was "Classroom Turing Porthole")

Tue Feb 8 21:35:33 UTC 2011

You are in a small, dimly-lit room that contains piles of junk. To the
west is a door to an elevator. To the east are bright lights of the
main room. You will most likely be eaten by a grue.

There is a round piece of glass here.

) get glass

You pick up the round piece of glass.

) go east

Walking past large amounts of equipment, computers, and semi-insane
hackers, you find yourself in front of a solid wooden door that says
"Turing" on it.

) use glass on door

You have installed the glass on the door as a window. You now have 3
of 256 points.

...

This really does seem to be the most simple and direct solution to this problem.

-Al

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Jared Dunne <jareddunne at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 on putting the materials that Al already possesses into the door.
> I suspect the groups using the classroom would be quite sad if the
> most convenient whiteboard in the classroom was replaced with a
> window.
>
> j-
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Albert Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just wanted to remind everyone on the thread (though I'm sure everyone
>> is already aware), we already have a circular piece of glass. I got it
>> out of the trash at NB. We don't need to buy anything. I'm just
>> wondering if it would be good idea to put a window in the door at all.
>>
>> To increase privacy, we could make a cutout design of the NB logo or
>> something to put over the window.
>>
>> -Al
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:16 AM, jim <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>    this seems a low priority given the other things
>>> that we could spend time improving: lights, the
>>> behind-the-sink-wash-area.
>>>    if i want to see what's going on in the turing
>>> classroom, i open the door and look.
>>>    there might be a case for privacy, too.
>>>
>>>    as to the interior of the room, there has been
>>> discussion to put some kind of shelving on the "side"
>>> walls, leave the whiteboard where it is, and maybe
>>> repaint the north wall the right kind of white that's
>>> a best choice for projected images.
>>>    there are also plans to change the lights so's
>>> to have bright, dim, and maybe no light depending on
>>> the current activity.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 01:48 -0800, girlgeek wrote:
>>>> There is a place nearby that sells used building material if we want to
>>>> recycle.  They have lots of windows.  I suspect that we can get 1 with
>>>> frame.  Otoh, there is always Lowes. I know, how dull!
>>>> -Claudia
>>>> On 2/7/2011 7:40 PM, Patrick Keys wrote:
>>>> > I figured that a thick sheet of glass would be more cost-effective.
>>>> >
>>>> > But on the topic of acrylic: where do you buy your acrylic?  I've heard
>>>> > that tap plastics has good deals.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Patrick
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On 2/7/2011 6:54 PM, Sean Cusack wrote:
>>>> >> Though totally awesome, a piece of acrylic that big would be *spendy* -
>>>> >> like $150 or so is my guess? Also, the biggest problem with plastic in
>>>> >> general - it gets scratchy as a mofo when you start to clean it! Not
>>>> >> saying its undoable, but it may be a bit harder to implement than
>>>> >> originally thought.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Sean
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> On Feb 7, 2011 6:09 PM, "Patrick Keys"<citizenkeys at gmail.com
>>>> >>> <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>>  wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Wow... I had the exactly same idea earlier today and planned on posting
>>>> >>> it: a window for the Turing classroom.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Seriously, a window into that classroom would really open that space up
>>>> >>> in a positive way.  My idea, though, was to replace the whiteboard next
>>>> >>> to the classroom door with an equally-big acrylic/plexiglass window and
>>>> >>> move that whiteboard to a different wall.  We could then put a set of
>>>> >>> cheap blinds over the inside of the window for when a group wants
>>>> >>> privacy or needs darkness for a projector.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Patrick
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On 2/7/2011 6:02 PM, Albert Sweigart wrote:
>>>> >>>> I have a circular piece of glass I fished out of the trash at NB which
>>>> >>>> might make a nice window for the Turing classroom door. It might offer
>>>> >>>> a nice way to see if the room is in use without opening the door all
>>>> >>>> the way. The glass is a circle with about a foot diameter (we'd make
>>>> >>>> the window smaller.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Anyone object? Anyone want to help?
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> -Al
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