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<font face="serif">Okay -- the test is upon us. </font>Once thing
that I want to recommend is that you NOT spend your entire time in
front of a computer. There are several components of the test that
will best answered just sitting at a desk with a pencil, calculator,
and maybe a reference book. There are also some components of the
test that may require more than a couple of minutes of computer
time. For that reason I recommend that you all do the following:<br>
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1. Find a place to work (either on the third floor or first floor of
Willet) where you have your "space"<br>
2. RESERVE a computer (either in lab 336 or in lab 110B) where you
can do your computer work. I will give each of you a "placecard" to
put at your machine.<br>
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Part of "doing quantum mechanics" is knowing which tools to use
when. You have some BIG TOOLS in your pouch: Gaussian, Mathematica,
and Excel. If you need to let something run while you work on
something else, then by all means do that. Use your tools well and
your time efficiently!<br>
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EMBRACE your nerdiness! See if you reconize the equation behind <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw">Donny Osmond</a><br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pounds_aj@mercer.edu">pounds_aj@mercer.edu</a>)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207 (478) 301-5627
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj">http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj</a>
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