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<p><font face="serif">Good morning Chemistry Linux (Dock) users:<br>
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<p><font face="serif">We have several new users on Dock this
semester and I anticipate this trend growing as we move into the
new building. I didn't get a chance to brief all the new users
on the "rules" of etiquette on Dock -- the main one being that
if you are not actively doing a calculation or working on
something, then please LOG OFF and close out your graphical
session. When you log into the console and leave you
effectively lock others out from using dock. I came in this
morning and found a terminal session that was two days old.
That meant any chemistry research students or faculty members
who needed to use the system on Friday were locked out.<br>
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<p><font face="serif">Don't interpret this as "don't use the
machine" -- it is a great resource for us and has some, although
dated, great graphics and computing abilities. I want us to use
it to its fullest potential. With so many people now depending
on it for research, however, we all must be a little more
diligent about playing nice. Here are some guidelines we need
to follow. <br>
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<p><font face="serif">1. Jobs running longer than a few hours really
should be run via the batch queues -- which I will gladly show
you how to use. <br>
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<p><font face="serif">2. If you are not using the system actively,
or are leaving for class, please LOG OFF</font></p>
<p><font face="serif">3. If you come in and find the system locked
and you need to use it, contact me (preferably via text msg) so
I can check to see if the system is truly idle before killing
off wayward running jobs/processes and rebooting the system.<br>
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<p><font face="serif">That is all...<br>
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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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