isugamedev-devel

[isugamedev-devel] book

[kyle m. <spi...@su...>]

BEN, BOOK, PLEASE!

*begs*

and would it not be easier to discuss code and such with an irc room or =
something, or a forum perhaps?  maybe its just me =3D]

i mean, i read all the emails and it really doesn't bother me, but... =
whatever =3D]

-kyle (yeah that new guy who shows up late)

Re: [isugamedev-devel] book

[Ben S. <bs...@vr...>]

the problem with irc is that it's hard to get a history. all of the emails 
on the list are archived on geocrawler.com so we can search through them 
later. we're also supposedly working on adding a forum ...

i'm bringing the book by tonight ... ^_^

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Ben Scott
President ISU Game Developers Club
Treasurer ISU Ballroom Dance Company
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On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, kyle mechler wrote:

> BEN, BOOK, PLEASE!
> 
> *begs*
> 
> and would it not be easier to discuss code and such with an irc room or something, or a forum perhaps?  maybe its just me =]
> 
> i mean, i read all the emails and it really doesn't bother me, but... whatever =]
> 
> -kyle (yeah that new guy who shows up late)
> 

Re: [isugamedev-devel] book

[Kevin M. <ke...@vr...>]

actually discussion on email is much easier than irc since you don't have
to hang out in irc 24hrs a day to catch all the important info... :)

a forum.  yes, that would be very cool, and we're looking into it

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On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, kyle mechler wrote:

> BEN, BOOK, PLEASE!
> 
> *begs*
> 
> and would it not be easier to discuss code and such with an irc room or something, or a forum perhaps?  maybe its just me =]
> 
> i mean, i read all the emails and it really doesn't bother me, but... whatever =]
> 
> -kyle (yeah that new guy who shows up late)
> 

Re: [isugamedev-devel] book

[Chad A. <ae...@ae...>]

> and would it not be easier to discuss code and such with an irc room or
> something, or a forum perhaps?  maybe its just me =]

I'm usually on IRC (irc.esper.net, channel #sphere).  IRC does have its
advantages, Kevin.  ;)

Personally, I like discussing the smaller details on IRC, and larger issues on
the mailing list.  For example, introducing somebody to CVS or figuring out how
to set up GLUT is much easier on IRC, because each person gets immediate
feedback.

Re: [isugamedev-devel] book

[Kevin M. <ke...@vr...>]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Chad Austin wrote:

> > and would it not be easier to discuss code and such with an irc room or
> > something, or a forum perhaps?  maybe its just me =]
> 
> I'm usually on IRC (irc.esper.net, channel #sphere).  IRC does have its
> advantages, Kevin.  ;)

when you are on it, yes.  I never said it didn't have a use when you 
actually spend your entire day hanging out there.  
But for a general tool, when most or even some of the people don't use it, 
then it is IMHO worthless.  This also goes for email (when people don't 
use it), but fortunately email is quite standard and is in wide use by 
almost everyone.  Which is why I'd use email, and not exclude any of the 
club members from the benefit of being able to listen to the 
discussions...

> 
> Personally, I like discussing the smaller details on IRC, and larger issues on
> the mailing list.  For example, introducing somebody to CVS or figuring out how
> to set up GLUT is much easier on IRC, because each person gets immediate
> feedback.

email has more effective, and can be as immediate as irc if you are on 
it, monitoring it like a fiend (the sma eyou'd have to do on IRC to be 
immediate).

The bottom line, is you need someone monitoring any form of communication 
in order to provide immediate feedback, whether it is on IRC, Email, or 
AIM...

Email at least is saved in an archive which benefits future club 
members...  so I prefer that one the most, especially for the club, where 
we all want to be able to learn from each other.

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