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Oooer. Deeper, deeper. Yes, yes. Yes... Oh yes! Right there. Do it! YES!
Hold on... there are people watching us. :O: Is that you mother? :blushing:
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Oooer. Deeper, deeper. Yes, yes. Yes... Oh yes! Right there. Do it! YES!
Hold on... there are people watching us. :O: Is that you mother? :blushing:
No it's me, Steve.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobsobol
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I still keeping my optical drive for live CD/DVD in case something goes very wrong >=PQuote:
Originally Posted by bobsobol
But yes even MS let you install Win 7 from pendrive using official tool. Some older PCs don't support booting from USB so optical drive is still a must. Most games and apps now have digital distribution so it's not a problem when you scratch/lose CD because only your CD key is important.
I usually live boot from USB too. There are still some 10 year old PCs at work and a couple will only boot USB formatted in a certain way, but they all have the ability to USB boot. Thing is, you can format a USB drive like a floppy, a CD or a Hard Disk. The location of boot information is different in the three different modes, and they are not compatible enough for you to create an image on the device which has the boot code of all three. Specifically, Floppies have no MBR and contain a single partition with no partition table where a Hard Disk contains the partition table (even if there is only one partition) where the floppy would have the boot sector. :S The CD image would usually have the session catalogue there IMS.
Not really, some of my friends still have 'few' (3~4) years PCs that don't support booting from USB, some BIOS don't support USB sticks at all. If you would like to boot on PC like that than you will need USB stick with special chip that will emulate it as external CD drive. I think you still can still buy those somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobsobol
Most USB memory devices emulate a block level device attached to an external IDE controller. If you take an ISO and block level copy it to the raw USB device the stick looks like a CD to your BIOS.
At least, the sticks I've tried always do, but I know what you mean about different sticks working differently. Of course, they all have different IDE controller emulation and stuff. I know it often doesn't work with MP3 players, digital cameras or phones, because their firmware has certain expectations about the filesystem and such. Even a format instruction often fails on those.
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OMG! Was looking up "Goody Two Shoes" for another post, and found this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B2a6l6wM2k
Good memories. Adam Adamant owned. XD But wait!!! ... Is that where Jonny Depp got his inspiration for Cpt. Jack Sparrow? :lol:
Takeo Ischi - New Bibi Hendl 2011 - YouTube
This guy is more Bavarian than Bavaria XD
I was told I could introduce myself here
Hi, I'm Adil, a 15 year old with too much spare time on his hands :D. I came to the Prison Tale section after stumbling across some interesting discussions about private server development and client reverse engineering. I also came seeking escape from Habbo (yes, I know, it's a stupid game). Prison Tale also seems like quite an interesting game.
So anyway, hi PT section :D
Hi Caustik!
Yea, PT is kinda old, and unnecessarily complex. Compared to Habbo, reversing it is pretty intense. XD I hope you really do have a lot of free time. ^_^
Have you played PT? Did you get a dev server up yet? If not, here's my number 1 tip, don't try to install it on your main computer. Use a virtual machine instead. :wink:
Good luck. If you get stuck, have a search around and if you still can't figure it out, by all means ask us. Please keep a note of the threads / posts which you tried to follow. That will avoid us pointing you to stuff you've already read that, for what ever reason, didn't help.
Not so funny when you remember that in 1918 Mahatma Gandhi actively engaged in military recruitment drives for the British army. :wink: In fact, he had served in the army, and actively promoted enlistment in two previous British Imperial conflicts! But during those campaigns, he was enlisting army medical personnel, where he actively recruited combatants for the Great War. ^_^
Definitely sounds like a terrorist to me. :wink:
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Too serious... this made me chuckle. :lol:
Rubber duck debugging!
Rubber duck debugging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anyone tried? Does it work better with rubber objects? I can't imagine anyone on this forum debugging in this way... or can I? ;)
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Never heard of it. I have never seen a "rubber duck" except in the hands of Erny on Sesame Street, let alone held a conversation with one. :lol:
I have frequently found "Confessional Debugging" to be incredibly useful. I suppose, if I didn't have a human being to hand, a rubber duck would suffice. Honestly, it doesn't have to be someone who understands code, it can be the dumbest 2yo blond you ever met, or even a pet. In some ways, this is better, because it encourages you to speak in more simplistic terms, and the problem is often that you are looking at it too technically.
I suspect a 2yo, or pet dog / cat would be better than a cardboard Linus Torvalds, Bill Gates, Rob Norton or Steve Wozniak. Because you would be looking at those cardboard cut-outs for inspiration. "What would my hero do?" Where explaining the problem to one who you do not expect to know the answer will make you "dumb down" the situation. You usually forgot something a 2yo would have considered obvious. In fact, it's probably the very fact that it was so obvious that caused you to forget to inform the computer about it. And we all know how stupid they are. :lol:
I do tell my cats all sorts of silly things, sharing my day with them and imagining what they have got up to while I was at work out loud with them. Answering their cries based upon my imagined understanding of their meaning, and even "Silly Daddy. He thought you said you where hungry, when all you really wanted was a clean litter tray." But I don't think I've ever tried to explain my code to them. I suspect I have said "You wouldn't do it like that would you? I'm sure you have a much better algorithm in your head to solve that one. If only the keys where paw sized." when they are looking at the cursor bouncing across the screen sat between me and the keyboard. :D: They just look like they are intently reading the code. :lol: