[CoLoCo] ubuntu and science fairs

[TJ Heaney]

She could always attempt to mount Linux on a dead badger....

But, in seriousness, wouldn't this be more of a social experiment as opposed
to a Weird Science(tm) experiment? Where it measures the reaction of a user,
as opposed to the impact on the user in the form of side-effects?

On Feb 4, 2008 12:57 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:

> On Feb 4, 2008 12:38 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu> wrote:
> > Jim said humans are a pain in the ass.  I assume he meant other than me.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 12:36 -0700, TJ Heaney wrote:
> > > Anyone have a resource as to why using Humans is out?
>
> Human subjects are touchy and usually require a number of protections.
> I'm guessing as a matter of course the school district will not allow
> human subjects, but it's a guess at the moment - but an educated
> guess.
>
> For the record, I have no intention of telling my daughter what to do.
> However, she is looking for ideas so I was hoping to present a couple.
> I would like to see her do a real experiment (rather than a
> demonstration) and that is what she wants to do too.
>
> -jim
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