Introduction, Orientation and Disclaimers

1. Welcome to Daylight Summer School 2002 (5th annual)!

2. What this course IS:
   • Introduction to Daylight
   • A survey of topics
   • Hands-on, how-to
   • Student-centered
   • Balance of theory/practical/awareness
   • Compromise among diverse needs

3. What this course is NOT:
   • Expert certifying
   • Comprehensive

4. Please:
   • Ask questions in class.
   • Ask questions in lab.
   • Tailor the course to your interests.
   • Please cooperate with shared resources.
   • Lab partners optional.

5. Computer facilities:
   • Mick is our summerschool sysadmin.
   • Margaret is toolkit lab coordinator.
   • One or two students per workstation.
   • Webserver "mug.daylight.com", a.k.a., "day0".
   • mug.daylight.com login: mug/coffee
   • Thor/Merlin server: "origin.daylight.com"
   • DayCart web demos are running on demo.daylight.com.
   • Printing: to be announced
   • DY_ROOT=/usr/local/daylight/v473
     Local copy of 4.73 on all workstations.
   • Files for labs at:
     1. mug's home directory on day0
     2. thor's home directory on shared workstations
     3. URL: http://mug.daylight.com/meetings/summerschool02/course/files/
     4. URL: http://mug.daylight.com/support/contrib/
     5. ASK...
   • xvmerlin, xvthor, xvpcmodels: use shared workstations "norte" (SGI) or "pooh" (Gateway/Linux).
   • Oracle/DayCart instance on mug for sqlplus access, mug/coffee.
   • Toolkit programming: C compiler on mug, also DayPerl, PyDaylight.

6. Fun stuff:
   • Wednesday evening: dessert and astronomy at Dave and Dawn's house, 8ish.
   • Banquet Thursday night at 6:30PM at Ore House
   • Monthly star party at Dave and Dawn's house on Saturday night, June 8th.