I could be off base here, I don't have an XServe, but I am considering it.
The main reason one might want to use OS X Server over GNU/Linux or one of the other BSDs is the UI to the meat of your configuration. As many others have said, if you are a small design shop, you already have a person in house that keeps things running smooth. Odss are good that that person doesn't know or want to know Linux.
You can run quite a bit of your free software on an OS X box also, just look here and here.
The main reason I am looking at an XServe is that dollar for dollar it seems to beat up the competition.
I would really like to see a head to head between a Dual Proc. Xserve, comparable Opteron and comparable Xeon doing mundane tasks like Web/DB.
- For some reason Firebird sometimes "captures" my mouse-click in OS X and forces me to log out to use the mouse again. Kinda strange. I'm trying to figure out a pattern, but its something with right-clicking, then hitting the keyboard or somethign.
I'm guessing it's deeper than Firebird, sometimes when the &$$%^# cat walks across my PowerBook keyboard I have to log out to get the mouse back and I use Camino, to me the widgets fit in better.
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You should be running your server through the ringer every time you change something or new holes are found, every 2 weeks is a decent number.
This is just one of many steps to consider;-)
It's a good idea to have a box local that is configured exactly like your live one for this, the tests can eat a lot of bandwidth and make a mess out of your logs. Of course if you are testing the box as a whole there is no substitute for testing the live box.
. They need to have some sort of customizable chooser type deal. I have a bunch of apps that I want to categorize in folders and keep out of the dock. I also want to be able to access them through a menu rather than digging through my applications folder. The chooser (sort of like a start menu on windows) would be great for this.
Have you tried creating a folder in your home directory. Create folers inside that one for your categories (Development, Graphics...) add an alias for each app into the correct folder. Drop that folder into your dock, right(ctrl)-click on it and you have your start menu style app launcher.
I'm sure there are many ways to do this, just a suggestion.
I still can't figure out why they didn't put Applications in the dock by default.
Your second item sounds like Expose fits failry nicely, but I'm not you so I could be wrong.
Aren't you stereotyping old people as being not tech savvy?
I try not to respond to ACs as they will never see it, but.
Well, yes and no.
Most 70 year old people are not tech savvy, most not all. Of the ones that are, there are probably even less that know how to rip VHS to mpeg and out of those there are probably less that would and then share it online.
Out of my 2 sets of grandparents, one thinks that digital is a synonym for expensive, they do not own a computer. The other worked on the SR-71 so it's a safe bet he has a technical mindset;-), also does not own a computer.
I'm in no way labeling old people as technically inept, but most folks don't expect the person that leaked the video to be 70 years old, 20 sure.
Yeah works great, until some "friend" of yours does a reply to all or doesn't know how to use BCC or some moron that should definately know better leaks your email (linked no less) onto usenet and your pristine private address is now junk (I'm not bitter;)
qmail is your friend (I'm sure the others do something similar) me-somejunk@example.com for every place that needs an address.
[OT] does anybody know an easy way to use a '.' in addition to a '-' for the extension addresses? I have been unable to find any references online.
Glad to help, I initially learned about them on/. about a year and a half ago.
Also if you get the Pro or Premium you get the TrustLogo, just hover your pointer over the logo and it tells you who you are dealing with.
It also has stats so you can see if anybody bothers to look that close. (now I need to go check out my stats), the percentage is pretty low, but it's cheap enough that if it saves one sale it's covered itself.
Nope, it's a funny number, but it seems to be some kind if industry norm.
I really don't think I should disclose how big my transactions are to this company. It's really none of their business.
Actually you don't. What this does is provides a sort of insurance to the consumer. See here.
It's just peace of mind for the consumer, that says that if I/you rip them off as an InstantSSL customer, InstantSSL will guarantee any fraudulant transaction up to the amount of your cert.
Apple will manufacture the player, which will not have the iPod name but will have the same design and features as Apple's third-generation iPod players, Phil Schiller, senior vice president at Apple, said in an interview. Also, the HP music player will come in "HP Blue," he said.
Found here, props go out to guet for posting the link over on macslash
It's also the fact that systems have high initial costs ($1299 for JUST A BOX!)
It's also because most people are used to the fact that their $300 white box is unuseable as a primary machine after a couple years. Sure it makes a nice fileserver/router/whatever.
But there are many people out there happily running Panther on 5 year old Macs.
Not that I disagree with you, but until things that run more efficiently are the only things available, I don't see much adoption.
Do you think that Cell phone talking, coffee drinking, makeup applying, Canyonero driving Soccer Mom is going to get one of these because it's good for the environment?
I'm not sure what's more entertaining, the fact that I got (-1 Interesting) or the fact that I'm not sure how to explain the math behind that;-)
Of course then again there is the fact that the post I made after that stating that I made a stupid post and to mod the parent into hell was modded as troll...
I kinda hope that the parent stays (-1 Interesting) I'll have to save it for my scrap book. Like it matters, that and a dime will get you nothing.
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Don't base the quality of a PowerBook on problems people are having with iBooks, they are completely different animals.
I have a TiBook 1GHz and considering the hell that the cat put it through it can take more than "normal use".
I could be off base here, I don't have an XServe, but I am considering it.
The main reason one might want to use OS X Server over GNU/Linux or one of the other BSDs is the UI to the meat of your configuration. As many others have said, if you are a small design shop, you already have a person in house that keeps things running smooth. Odss are good that that person doesn't know or want to know Linux.
You can run quite a bit of your free software on an OS X box also, just look here and here.
The main reason I am looking at an XServe is that dollar for dollar it seems to beat up the competition.
I would really like to see a head to head between a Dual Proc. Xserve, comparable Opteron and comparable Xeon doing mundane tasks like Web/DB.
You can also get packages here
Now, show me a theatre PC style case for one of these and I'll buy it tomorrow.
Hush Technologies small, quiet and fast (going by specs, I haven't figured out how to justify it yet, baby due any day).
I have been watching these guys for a while, you can get them with a VIA C3 and now a P4, Celeron, Athlon or Duron
You need to update your sig, that post made it to -1, Interesting.
Now I have seen 2 of those, the other one being mine.
- For some reason Firebird sometimes "captures" my mouse-click in OS X and forces me to log out to use the mouse again. Kinda strange. I'm trying to figure out a pattern, but its something with right-clicking, then hitting the keyboard or somethign.
I'm guessing it's deeper than Firebird, sometimes when the &$$%^# cat walks across my PowerBook keyboard I have to log out to get the mouse back and I use Camino, to me the widgets fit in better.
You should be running your server through the ringer every time you change something or new holes are found, every 2 weeks is a decent number.
;-)
This is just one of many steps to consider
It's a good idea to have a box local that is configured exactly like your live one for this, the tests can eat a lot of bandwidth and make a mess out of your logs. Of course if you are testing the box as a whole there is no substitute for testing the live box.
Does anyone have any decent references to the claimed problems with PHP and Apache2?
I googled on "php apache2 (bug|problem|issue|sucks)" and only got 34,500 hits so it can't suck that bad.
That being said, I have been using PHP4/apache2 exclusively for at least 18 months and I haven't had any problems.
Actually all of the effected Cisco products are in fact services that run on Windows.
Uh, sorry, but the ATA 18x series equipment are hardware boxes that are in no way Windows Services.
Vonage uses the ATA 186 for their service, although it's not vulnerable as in Vonages case it's SIP.
More here
...I learned to like people...
;-)
Do you have the URL for that HOWTO?
I've been trying for years to like people and it just seems tougher than finding a decent ATI driver for X11
. They need to have some sort of customizable chooser type deal. I have a bunch of apps that I want to categorize in folders and keep out of the dock. I also want to be able to access them through a menu rather than digging through my applications folder. The chooser (sort of like a start menu on windows) would be great for this.
Have you tried creating a folder in your home directory. Create folers inside that one for your categories (Development, Graphics...) add an alias for each app into the correct folder. Drop that folder into your dock, right(ctrl)-click on it and you have your start menu style app launcher.
I'm sure there are many ways to do this, just a suggestion.
I still can't figure out why they didn't put Applications in the dock by default.
Your second item sounds like Expose fits failry nicely, but I'm not you so I could be wrong.
Aren't you stereotyping old people as being not tech savvy?
;-), also does not own a computer.
I try not to respond to ACs as they will never see it, but.
Well, yes and no.
Most 70 year old people are not tech savvy, most not all. Of the ones that are, there are probably even less that know how to rip VHS to mpeg and out of those there are probably less that would and then share it online.
Out of my 2 sets of grandparents, one thinks that digital is a synonym for expensive, they do not own a computer. The other worked on the SR-71 so it's a safe bet he has a technical mindset
I'm in no way labeling old people as technically inept, but most folks don't expect the person that leaked the video to be 70 years old, 20 sure.
Am I the only one that finds it "out of character" for a guy who will be 70 years old in 10 days to be the one that leaked the film?
Rip to FLAC.
Then use this to encode to the codec of the week on the fly.
Yeah it takes more space, but gigs are cheaper than time (my time at least).
Warning: link is definately Not Safe for Work
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Just cruise down the strip a little...
Adult Video News does their show at the same time
Yeah works great, until some "friend" of yours does a reply to all or doesn't know how to use BCC or some moron that should definately know better leaks your email (linked no less) onto usenet and your pristine private address is now junk (I'm not bitter ;)
qmail is your friend (I'm sure the others do something similar) me-somejunk@example.com for every place that needs an address.
[OT] does anybody know an easy way to use a '.' in addition to a '-' for the extension addresses? I have been unable to find any references online.
Glad to help, I initially learned about them on /. about a year and a half ago.
Also if you get the Pro or Premium you get the TrustLogo, just hover your pointer over the logo and it tells you who you are dealing with.
It also has stats so you can see if anybody bothers to look that close. (now I need to go check out my stats), the percentage is pretty low, but it's cheap enough that if it saves one sale it's covered itself.
"Trusted by 99.3% of current Internet users"
Nope, it's a funny number, but it seems to be some kind if industry norm.
I really don't think I should disclose how big my transactions are to this company. It's really none of their business.
Actually you don't. What this does is provides a sort of insurance to the consumer. See here.
It's just peace of mind for the consumer, that says that if I/you rip them off as an InstantSSL customer, InstantSSL will guarantee any fraudulant transaction up to the amount of your cert.
Found here, props go out to guet for posting the link over on macslash
I use Instant SSL cheap, good service and I haven't seen any compatibility issues.
It's currently #3
It's also the fact that systems have high initial costs ($1299 for JUST A BOX!)
It's also because most people are used to the fact that their $300 white box is unuseable as a primary machine after a couple years. Sure it makes a nice fileserver/router/whatever.
But there are many people out there happily running Panther on 5 year old Macs.
Not that I disagree with you, but until things that run more efficiently are the only things available, I don't see much adoption.
Do you think that Cell phone talking, coffee drinking, makeup applying, Canyonero driving Soccer Mom is going to get one of these because it's good for the environment?
I have a set from Walnut Creek for Slackware 3.x from 1995 or 1996 (not positive on the version/year it's at home) if that's what it comes down to.
Of course, I doubt I'm the only one that has old CD's laying around.
I'm not sure what's more entertaining, the fact that I got (-1 Interesting) or the fact that I'm not sure how to explain the math behind that ;-)
Of course then again there is the fact that the post I made after that stating that I made a stupid post and to mod the parent into hell was modded as troll...
I kinda hope that the parent stays (-1 Interesting) I'll have to save it for my scrap book. Like it matters, that and a dime will get you nothing.