\chapter{Office Machines and Guest Accounts}

\section{Etiquette}
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SIPB tends to have various machines which are useful because they are
fast or unique in some way.  They are usually set up so that they can
be shared by members.  This is considered a privilege, and an earned
one at that --- being a SIPB member carries responsibilities as well
as benefits.

Please be polite about sharing machines. Among members, the person
sitting in front of a machine has some amount of priority --- it is
inappropriate to log in remotely and then use up all of the swap space
on a machine thus blowing away the X server --- remember that the
person in the office is there answering questions in person and on the
phone, and is thus doing something productive.

This is not to say remote usage is not helpful; for example, using the
various sipb machines to compile all versions of a given program for
the SIPB locker is a reasonable thing to do. Just don't be annoying
about it.