[geeks] OS X mystery...

[Nick B]

Clearly this is just the next logical step in Designed Obsolescence.  A
brand new SMART feature - Self Destruct/Manufacturer Lockout, "Your drive
will self destruct in 30 minutes.  Click here to buy an extra 8 hours at
half off!"
Nick


On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote:

> Sent from mobile device that advertises itself for no good reason
>
> > On 10 Jan 2014, at 12:09, Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On 01/10/14 11:39, Michael Parson wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, Shannon wrote:
> >>>> On 04-Jan-2014 11:17, Shannon wrote:
> >>>> I have had an issue with my Mac Pro for months, where it is unable to
> fork()
> >>>> any more, thus cannot start any apps.
> >>>>
> >>>> The issue is caused by a process table full of ps zombies.
> >>>
> >>> [ snip ]
> >>>
> >>> Figured this one out. Hopefully serve as useful information to other
> >>> Apple users.
> >>>
> >>> The issue is caused by a hard drive monitoring menubar program, which
> >>> for some reason fires off /bin/ps repeatedly as a child process and
> does
> >>> not reap them.
> >>
> >> ... Which hard drive monitoring menubar program?
> >
> > What a very bizarre thing to do.  This is supposed to monitor the hard
> > drive how, exactly....?
>
> By killing it faster obviously.
>
> >
> >
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