From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-06-25T05:57:24+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] LSRC Name Picker (#129)

James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Jun 24, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Morton Goldberg wrote:
> 
>> On Jun 24, 2007, at 12:28 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:
>>
>>>     * Each time your application is run, it should select and display
>>>       a single name from the list.  Your application should remember
>>>       previously selected names and not choose them a second time.
>>
>> There are two ways to interpret 'run':
>>
>> 1. The app has a Pick button and a new winner is selected each time it
>> is clicked.
>>
>> 2. The app automatically runs each time it is started up and it picks
>> one winner. To pick another, the app is relaunched.
>>
>> Which behavior is wanted?
> 
> I meant each time your application is started (#2).  I can see where #1
> might be attractive for something like a web application, but I have a
> hard time imagining that the program will run non-stop for two days.
> 
> James Edward Gray II
> 
> 
> 

Yeah ... and typically from the two Ruby conferences I've been to, it
may not even run on the same laptop twice in a row. That's one more
organizational detail. :)