About the Zoo
The Zoo is Yale University's Computer Science Department's undergraduate computing laboratory. It is a cluster of 38 dual processor Pentium IV machines running Suse 9.1 Professional and is located on the third floor of Arthur K. Watson Hall at 51 Prospect Street. |
Working in the Zoo
See our local collection of online help resources for help in using the Zoo, including policies and rules, hardware and software information, and a brief tutorial to help new users get started. |
Online Zoo Tools
The online Zoo Tools allow you to find out who is currently logged in to the Zoo, see which nodes are free for remote login, request account upgrades, and make trouble reports. |
Zoo Resources
The Zoo is the home of DSAC, the Departmental Student Advisory Committee. It also hosts a collection of personal home pages for undergraduate CS students. |
| Say Hello to the Bigger, Faster, Stronger DSAC! | September 2, 2007 |
It's true. Now there are not five, but SIX members of DSAC for your pizza-purveying pleasure. They can also do such things as FingerOfDoom you if your perl script gets out of hand, or let you know exactly what they think of the classes you're planning on taking.
So keep your eye on this spot for info on the next DSAC pizza party - coming soon to a Zoo near you!
| Blue-Booking Party! | January 18, 2007 |
DSAC Presents: Bluebook/Pizza Party!
Thursday, January 18th, 7pm
AKW, 2nd Floor Atrium
Come eat delicious free pizza and discuss what CS courses you're planning to
take! If you can't get into AKW call the open zoo phone at 2-2169.
| JZW fixed... again! | November 30, 2006 |
JZW was coughing up incomplete lists of people to stalk due to the fact that rusers halts if one of the hosts it's fed is down. In order to restore you to Full Creepiness Capacity, jzw has been fixed to run rusers on
each host separately. This gets rid of the pesky incomplete results problem, but takes a bit longer to run.
It's ok though, it just means that your stalkees have a bit longer to run.
| New Palmrests Are Missing! | October 30, 2006 |
Come on, people, it's been less than two weeks and we're already missing about four palmrests (assuming that the Windows boxes along the back wall never had them). That's not ok. So if you see someone shadily making off with one, give them a stern look and shake a finger at them. If you're one of the culprits, please replace the pilfered palmrests - these need to last for a very long time.
Seriously, if you need one that much, you can afford to spend $10 on it:
grab one here.
| New Palmrests! | October 17, 2006 |
Hoorah! New palmrests for all! Now those of us who live in the zoo can escape carpal tunnel syndrome for a while longer!
These new palmrests are far better (and more numerous) than the old, filthy, granite-constructed ones, and can be used as pillows, heating pads, and even for their intended purpose: keeping litigious thoughts out of your mind while being injured by Yale facilities.
Please refrain from smearing food on them, throwing them out the window, or engaging in PRT (PalmRest Trafficking), as such things are generally frowned upon.
| New DSAC members! | Whenever the hell school started |
Please welcome your new overlor-- er, DSAC members, Tim McDermott (SM '08), Alex Thompson (MC '08), and John Starks (SY '07). In addition, we have two returning DSACers, Jo Balme (TC '07) and Nick Piepmeier (ES '07).
Expect all sorts of fun things from them, such as pizza parties on CS323 and CS223 due dates, and the return of lo-fi gaming nights.