Have you found a solution for the problem of spontaneous reboots on xserves. This only happened to us once a month or so but so many other had it much worse. Apple enterprise support did not have a clue how to resolve this issue do you?
http://www.afp548.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=18&showtopic=4870
Thank you for the info about running without a gui. I will use this info. I do not think the article was about you since you offer information and ideas that can benefit others. This is not that common among those whom the article is about though - it is a real issue.
How in the world did you conclude I do not use ssh??? I even install cygwin on many windoz boxes th use it there too!
And I agree with your mouse comment, savvy Mac users do improvise but their laptops give you less flexibility. Seems like you agree about the need for a change here... what about resizing windows from any edge or corner?
This is little stuff but it portrays an attitude of unwillingness to change even when wrong. I told my boss apple would have to run on intel eventually and him and the others spent a great effort trying to convince me how inferior intel was and why apple would never stoop to that level - they were unable to think clearly because they were too busy being fanatics.
I have experience administering 12 xserves and 35 OSX clients located in US, UK and india. We ended up using xserves, imacs, powerbooks, and G5 towers because the CTO was an apple fanatic, not based on what was the best product after fair evaluation.
From my experince I would never use OSX as a server platform because it has been less reliable than windoz and I am not a fan of windoz. Real unix is not tied to the GUI the way OSX is - a GUI problem can easily lock or crash an OSX server while "real" unix or linux does not have this weakness. Perhaps OSX without a GUI would be more reliable????
While I like Linux it also has it's flaws but using it or a "real" unix flavor for servers will lead to much more reliability. From my experience OSX is great as a client for those who are comfortable with the interface but it is not more stable than windoz which is a serious insult but true in my experience. I can say that OSX is more secure than windoz for a dumb user but a careful windoz user can be as or almost as secure if the right safeguards are in place.
Personally I use Linux as primary OS and run windoz in virtual machines when needed. Some day Mac users may evolve to the point where they can use more than one mouse button and/or be able to resize windows from any edge or corner. When simple stuff like that happens I may use OSX more for a desktop, but I do not ever expect to use it for important services.
Since the CTO has left we have moved most critical services to Linux and things are much more stable now.
It seems like a cult of personality, with apple/OSX being the personality, will continue to prevent the apple fanatics from seeing clearly.
I will be serverly trashed for these comments but the ones that are serious about apple know there are many real and serious issues with this proprietary OS/Hardware combo especially for critical services.
If you want to solve serious apple issues afp548.com is a great resource for serious information and it seems they do not religiously sugar coat issue as most apple users do.
So you ask who created God as an excuse not to face him yourself. This is a nice try but it will not help you as you are accountable to and will face YOUR CREATOR not your creator's creator. You might try to say you did what you want in life and ignored or even actively hated God because your creator also had a creator but that is not likely to help your case much. I see a lot of angry athiests on this topic. They do not like the idea of being accountable to a creator and find solace in the THEORY of evolution thinking that if everything was just a chance random accident then they are not accountable and are in essence their own God.
This is a moral issue for most. While some are really seeking answers and testing theorys most have made a moral decision to reject God and the related accountability being aware of His existence brings. Evidence for creation is all around and is readily available to all who would seek it. Sadly most on both sides of this issue do not want to know the whole truth so they hide behind what they call "science" or "christianity" but is really just a subset of facts adjusted to their already established rejection of a creator or evolution.
What is science is what we can see and reproduce such as variation within a kind or micro-evolution. What is theory is what we cannot see or reproduce such as one kind changing to another like a dog to a cat for instance or God making Adam from the dust.
Darwin expected tons of future evidence to support his claims but that evidence has not been found as he expected so todays evolutionists have created many excuses - just read up on puctuated equilibrium for a good laugh. With this theory/excuse they claim that one kind suddenly changes to another because the eveidence of that happening gradually as Darwin expected we would find does not exist. There is even a text book that shows a chicken hatching from a duck egg as an example. This theory takes a lot of faith to believe. Then you have the gene mutaion theory that attempts to solve the same issue by claiming mutations caused the sudden changes in kind. Since I was not there I have to say both theorys are possible but it seems more likely to me they are just desperate attempts to keep evolution credible and keep from being accountable to God.
It should be noted that Darwin became extremely angry at God for allowing his mother to die a horrible death of cancer. He could not understand how a loving God could let this happen so he rejected God and began to formulate his theorys.
Finally the Kansas definition is a good change because it challenges each theory to be fully exposed and explored. Students will be challenged to test each and come to their own conclusions instead of the theory police deciding one theory is to be excluded because they do not like it and claim it is "not science". I would also say that theory police should not limit thought or exposure to evolution in Christian schools either.
Finally, many great intelects have tried to disprove God exists only to find the evidence for Him overwhelming and finnaly becoming Christians. CS Lewis, Josh McDowell, and Ravi Zacharias (rzim.org) are good examples of this and who knows if this might happen to you too if you started thinking more clearly...
Just think clearly for a moment... If I said my theory of origin for my wristwatch was an accidental result of an explosion in an electronics factory what would you say about my theory? How about if we blow up a billion factorys that all have the right materials for my watch are you now more likely accept the theory that my watch is a pure accident and was formed with no intelligence input? While possbile this theory is weak in my opinion. So the fact that my watch can be formed by a designer plus the right materials is science because we can see it happen that way but that does not mean it is the only way it could happen. If we could not see it happen it is just a strong theory while the accidental cause is a weak theory.
My wrist is much more complex than my watch yet people will claim it is science that my wrist happened by accident while my watch required a designer and never see the contradiction.
Thank You for the tip, and I assume you are right since most of the installs I do are server and I could not opt out of those. I guess I did not look carefully enough when installing clients based on the experience with server. I appologize for the bad info about client. I will use this info in the future when appropriate. Thank You. As for being an alleged Apple technician I work on PC and Mac hardware, Linux, OSX, Windoz, and OS2 OS's and am always trying to learn more about each. As I learn more from people like you maybe someday the alleged charge will stick! Thanks again for the correction.
Not true. You will see if you reinstall that you CANNOT PROCEED without giving registration info and yes you can work off line as long as you want but on the first internet connection it will phone home and you have NO CHOICE on this. I service Macs often and have no reason to make this up just as Apple users have no reason to defend Apple when they do something wrong. OSX server is worse, requires a CD key and checks that key during install and other functions like LDAP replication and who knows what else.
That is the first thing an OSX install does after intall - It calls home on the very first internet connection entering YOUR info into THEIR database. Yes in this case they tell you but you cannot install without providing the info and you cannot opt out of having it sent as you can with microsquish. This is not saying something good about MS but something bad about Apple. How do they get you guys to blindly spin for them? OSX is clearly slow and you guys say it is fast... and on and on it goes. Your enthus
Who is too stupid to know any better?
1. You use porn sites... stupid!
2. You have know clue about IE history while other browsers often do the same thing... Stupid!
3. You think W is stupid and at the same time wonder why he is successful... Very Stupid!
Because you do not like someone or their positions does not make them stupid. Underestimating your enemies makes you stupid.
There is a lot more proof of God's existence then there is for the lunar landing although I have no problems with the truth about either. Where there is design there must be a designer. Where there is order comming from chaos inteligence must be input to cause it. Creating some hoax pictures is easier than getting the complexity of life from chance RANDOM processes. If you wear a watch on your wrist which is more complex the wrist or the watch? If I told you the watch happened by accident you would find that silly. How rediculous is it to say the more complex of the two is a random event? On top of all this to know God does not exist requires a great deal of knowledge. You would have to be able to consider all possibilities. If you can do this maybe you are God. The real problem is personal accountability to God... That is what you are BELIEVING does not exist. Very unlikely but it is possible the lunar landing is false but when you imply you can proove God does not exist you have stopped thinking and turned to your belief, faith, and hope that He does not.
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Have you found a solution for the problem of spontaneous reboots on xserves. This only happened to us once a month or so but so many other had it much worse. Apple enterprise support did not have a clue how to resolve this issue do you? http://www.afp548.com/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=18&showtopic=4870
Thank you for the info about running without a gui. I will use this info. I do not think the article was about you since you offer information and ideas that can benefit others. This is not that common among those whom the article is about though - it is a real issue.
How in the world did you conclude I do not use ssh??? I even install cygwin on many windoz boxes th use it there too! And I agree with your mouse comment, savvy Mac users do improvise but their laptops give you less flexibility. Seems like you agree about the need for a change here... what about resizing windows from any edge or corner? This is little stuff but it portrays an attitude of unwillingness to change even when wrong. I told my boss apple would have to run on intel eventually and him and the others spent a great effort trying to convince me how inferior intel was and why apple would never stoop to that level - they were unable to think clearly because they were too busy being fanatics.
I have experience administering 12 xserves and 35 OSX clients located in US, UK and india. We ended up using xserves, imacs, powerbooks, and G5 towers because the CTO was an apple fanatic, not based on what was the best product after fair evaluation. From my experince I would never use OSX as a server platform because it has been less reliable than windoz and I am not a fan of windoz. Real unix is not tied to the GUI the way OSX is - a GUI problem can easily lock or crash an OSX server while "real" unix or linux does not have this weakness. Perhaps OSX without a GUI would be more reliable???? While I like Linux it also has it's flaws but using it or a "real" unix flavor for servers will lead to much more reliability. From my experience OSX is great as a client for those who are comfortable with the interface but it is not more stable than windoz which is a serious insult but true in my experience. I can say that OSX is more secure than windoz for a dumb user but a careful windoz user can be as or almost as secure if the right safeguards are in place. Personally I use Linux as primary OS and run windoz in virtual machines when needed. Some day Mac users may evolve to the point where they can use more than one mouse button and/or be able to resize windows from any edge or corner. When simple stuff like that happens I may use OSX more for a desktop, but I do not ever expect to use it for important services. Since the CTO has left we have moved most critical services to Linux and things are much more stable now. It seems like a cult of personality, with apple/OSX being the personality, will continue to prevent the apple fanatics from seeing clearly. I will be serverly trashed for these comments but the ones that are serious about apple know there are many real and serious issues with this proprietary OS/Hardware combo especially for critical services. If you want to solve serious apple issues afp548.com is a great resource for serious information and it seems they do not religiously sugar coat issue as most apple users do.
So you ask who created God as an excuse not to face him yourself. This is a nice try but it will not help you as you are accountable to and will face YOUR CREATOR not your creator's creator. You might try to say you did what you want in life and ignored or even actively hated God because your creator also had a creator but that is not likely to help your case much. I see a lot of angry athiests on this topic. They do not like the idea of being accountable to a creator and find solace in the THEORY of evolution thinking that if everything was just a chance random accident then they are not accountable and are in essence their own God.
This is a moral issue for most. While some are really seeking answers and testing theorys most have made a moral decision to reject God and the related accountability being aware of His existence brings. Evidence for creation is all around and is readily available to all who would seek it. Sadly most on both sides of this issue do not want to know the whole truth so they hide behind what they call "science" or "christianity" but is really just a subset of facts adjusted to their already established rejection of a creator or evolution.
What is science is what we can see and reproduce such as variation within a kind or micro-evolution. What is theory is what we cannot see or reproduce such as one kind changing to another like a dog to a cat for instance or God making Adam from the dust.
Darwin expected tons of future evidence to support his claims but that evidence has not been found as he expected so todays evolutionists have created many excuses - just read up on puctuated equilibrium for a good laugh. With this theory/excuse they claim that one kind suddenly changes to another because the eveidence of that happening gradually as Darwin expected we would find does not exist. There is even a text book that shows a chicken hatching from a duck egg as an example. This theory takes a lot of faith to believe. Then you have the gene mutaion theory that attempts to solve the same issue by claiming mutations caused the sudden changes in kind. Since I was not there I have to say both theorys are possible but it seems more likely to me they are just desperate attempts to keep evolution credible and keep from being accountable to God.
It should be noted that Darwin became extremely angry at God for allowing his mother to die a horrible death of cancer. He could not understand how a loving God could let this happen so he rejected God and began to formulate his theorys.
Finally the Kansas definition is a good change because it challenges each theory to be fully exposed and explored. Students will be challenged to test each and come to their own conclusions instead of the theory police deciding one theory is to be excluded because they do not like it and claim it is "not science". I would also say that theory police should not limit thought or exposure to evolution in Christian schools either.
Finally, many great intelects have tried to disprove God exists only to find the evidence for Him overwhelming and finnaly becoming Christians. CS Lewis, Josh McDowell, and Ravi Zacharias (rzim.org) are good examples of this and who knows if this might happen to you too if you started thinking more clearly...
Just think clearly for a moment... If I said my theory of origin for my wristwatch was an accidental result of an explosion in an electronics factory what would you say about my theory? How about if we blow up a billion factorys that all have the right materials for my watch are you now more likely accept the theory that my watch is a pure accident and was formed with no intelligence input? While possbile this theory is weak in my opinion. So the fact that my watch can be formed by a designer plus the right materials is science because we can see it happen that way but that does not mean it is the only way it could happen. If we could not see it happen it is just a strong theory while the accidental cause is a weak theory.
My wrist is much more complex than my watch yet people will claim it is science that my wrist happened by accident while my watch required a designer and never see the contradiction.
Thank You for the tip, and I assume you are right since most of the installs I do are server and I could not opt out of those. I guess I did not look carefully enough when installing clients based on the experience with server. I appologize for the bad info about client. I will use this info in the future when appropriate. Thank You. As for being an alleged Apple technician I work on PC and Mac hardware, Linux, OSX, Windoz, and OS2 OS's and am always trying to learn more about each. As I learn more from people like you maybe someday the alleged charge will stick! Thanks again for the correction.
Not true. You will see if you reinstall that you CANNOT PROCEED without giving registration info and yes you can work off line as long as you want but on the first internet connection it will phone home and you have NO CHOICE on this. I service Macs often and have no reason to make this up just as Apple users have no reason to defend Apple when they do something wrong. OSX server is worse, requires a CD key and checks that key during install and other functions like LDAP replication and who knows what else.
That is the first thing an OSX install does after intall - It calls home on the very first internet connection entering YOUR info into THEIR database.
Yes in this case they tell you but you cannot install without providing the info and you cannot opt out of having it sent as you can with microsquish. This is not saying something good about MS but something bad about Apple. How do they get you guys to blindly spin for them? OSX is clearly slow and you guys say it is fast... and on and on it goes. Your enthus
Who is too stupid to know any better? 1. You use porn sites... stupid! 2. You have know clue about IE history while other browsers often do the same thing... Stupid! 3. You think W is stupid and at the same time wonder why he is successful... Very Stupid! Because you do not like someone or their positions does not make them stupid. Underestimating your enemies makes you stupid.
There is a lot more proof of God's existence then there is for the lunar landing although I have no problems with the truth about either. Where there is design there must be a designer. Where there is order comming from chaos inteligence must be input to cause it. Creating some hoax pictures is easier than getting the complexity of life from chance RANDOM processes. If you wear a watch on your wrist which is more complex the wrist or the watch? If I told you the watch happened by accident you would find that silly. How rediculous is it to say the more complex of the two is a random event? On top of all this to know God does not exist requires a great deal of knowledge. You would have to be able to consider all possibilities. If you can do this maybe you are God. The real problem is personal accountability to God... That is what you are BELIEVING does not exist. Very unlikely but it is possible the lunar landing is false but when you imply you can proove God does not exist you have stopped thinking and turned to your belief, faith, and hope that He does not.