RSI paper FAQ 2006

Are computer presentation facilities going to be available?
Yes. There will be a laptop and LCD projector in each presentation room. Students will need to submit their presentation in PDF by the deadline (TBA) for their speaking group.

The printer is jammed. How do I remove my print job from the printer queue?
Find the job number of your printing job by typing
lpq.
The print job number xxx will appear on the same line as your name. to remove the print job from the queue, type
lprm -Pxxx,
where xxx is the number of your print job.


The printers in this cluster are backed up, what are the names of other printers?
Type
cview printer
to get a list of printers and the number of jobs currently running on the printer.
To see the printer queue for the printer ajax, type
lpq -Pajax
If you wish to remove your print job from ajax, and it's job number 652, type
lprm -Pajax 652


How do I print a subset of the pages of my paper?
dvips -pp 7-12 main.dvi
prints from page 7 to page 12.


Where are the "quality printers"?
Information on specific printers is available by typing moira at an athena prompt.



How long is the paper?
10-15 pages, not including large figures and tables.
This does not include appendices, abstract, or the cover page.
You will be handing in three copies of your paper and electronically submitting the paper.


How long are the talks?
The talks are a maximum of 10 minutes, plus 5 minutes for questions and answers.


How do I transfer data from a zip disk to athena?
If it's a DOS disk, you may do so. Here's an example with the data stored in the folder mytalk:
add mtools
mdir z:
mcopy z:/mytalk/ ~/www
The command mdir z: will give you a list of files/folders on the zip disk.
Note that Mac-formatted zip disks do not work. The Mac's can format, read, and write DOS-formatted disks, which do work on athena
You may also look at the On-line Help regarding use of Zip drives on Athena and use of disks with DOS format
Thanks, Marc!


How do I pdfit?
If you are on a Sun, type pdfit at the athena% prompt.
If you are on a Dell, either move to a Sun, or login remotely and pdfit from there. This can be done by using ssh;
athena% ssh USERNAME@athena.dialup.mit.edu
athena% pdfit

Please e-mail me with other pertinent questions or constructive comments.
I could use some help choosing a better background color too.