I have a questions, Is CGMINER for mac OSX the same as the miner talked about in this thread ? The reason I ask is because I want to know if there is a way to have CG miner launch my terminal window with my default terminal settings.. I apologize if this is the wrong thread . was more of a vanity question really... just got burned out on CGminer opening in a bland black on white terminal window... all my other terminal windows open with the default settings.

I'm not trying to be disrespectful, but I feel this answer was silly... Regardless of wether it's 6 dollars or less "IT''S MONEY" , not only that but it's money that has to get absorbed back into the general ledger and that is above the advertised 2% . That alone is something I would not want any part of if I were slush because it gives the appearance of impropriety . There are several fair solutions, but I'll just leave it at that. My point is, to dismiss any amount of money shows a total disrespect for money itself.

The way I read his last statement of "no issues" yesterday was just that... The issue you pointed out that was posted form the 2nd I believe, was resolved and closed out.. I see this a lot in my line of work, where a client will try to correlate two separate notices where in fact the notices are simply put "two notices" no relation .

I understand your questions a 100% , and when you are dealing with money only a dumb man doesn't ask questions ... I'm a little skeptical of people who replied to your post who have only, one or two history posts.. I myself am VERY new , and I understand your concern.. Honestly I would love to know the data points you keep an eye on so that I can learn more. As for the LARGE drop you seen... Keep this in mind... the stratum servers may not have went down, they may have only became unreachable from your point of view.. I work for a global ISP, and built the US's first OC 192 coast to coast... when traffic traverses the internet it has to pass from what I call the edge routers up to a particular route reflector that services a specific region of the US.. If the route reflector shifts this type of dynamic traffic, you WILL see a drop ... I have seen these complaints come in a MILLION times over from companies that deal in online trading of MAJOR us companies ... I can tell you this, It can happen .... The listeners of the stratum servers are up, but "a portion" of traffic is dropped on the traverse ... It all boils down to trust, honestly that sucks... but it is what it is .. I just got in this to play around and see what it is all about, like I said I'm a beginner when it comes to "Bitcoin" pools but I have YEARS and YEARS experience in networking and server support.. I have supported some of the worlds biggest businesses and I have seen things like this a lot and there is very rarely ill intention . I'm not saying that being skeptical is bad, its good to ask question, but you need to also understand the limitations of the answers that can be given .

I want to put my two cubes in my basement that has a temp of 48 to 58... would that cause any thermal damage if the cubes shut down and went through a rapid cool down... Just playing the what ifs so I'm making good decisions and not putting my toys in a dangerous situation ..

Hurt even more watching it .