look in the boot/isolinux (i think that's the right dir), and look at the config file to find the kernel arguments, kernel file, etc, and then copy them on to the hard drive or floppy disk, put grub on the floppy disk, and make sure that the kernel gets passed a root=/dev/cdrom or whatever device node it is.
Since you have no hard drive, if the kernel/initrd doesn't fit on the floppy, you'll have to netboot (there is an option for that when you compile grub), you need a tftp server on another box.
I've done this with mandrake before, it's not big problem.
What precautions do these LiveCDs take to prevent damage from occuring to the installed base system?
Well, the fact there isn't a RW NTFS driver makes it safe enough (your partition is mounted read-only), as well as the fact that the root partition is on the cd. Unless you do it yourself, it won't touch the hard drive.
Yeah, I know what ya mean...you could always make a cleanup function as a pure virtual function of the base class, and give all the pointers declared in-function to the exception class, and clean them up in the catch block (still messy, and hogs memory).
GCC supports nested functions (i think), would that make it any easier? I've never used it (maybe it was some weird dream, I've had a few), but could you could just free all the allocated memory inside the dunction in a nested cleanup function, called at the end and in the catch block?
You're right though, things like this have meant I haven't touched C++ since I was 12...I just use C, Java, or Python or Perl or something. Just about anything really...except PHP. Never written anything important in it, and proud of it;)
Because that would then mean that your DB queries are stuck to that one DB. And LOTS of people know SQL, too. You don't want every developer involved in an app that needs to store data to have to learn a whole new API.
Frankly - I don't want my picture taken in the mens locker room either
I dunno...depending on who it is, I might try for sex...but when you consider the kind of ladies who would be taking the pictures, probably not.
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Who wants a CD that can't be copied or played in a car?
This is way, way overhyped. I haven't yet come across a CD that I have not been able to rip. Blood Sugar Sex Magik could...Neon Ballroom could...American Idiot...The Long Road...Get Born...the list goes on. Even on RIAA music I have not found anything yet which I can't copy/rip.
Seriously, how many computationally expensive apps does the average user use? From my experience, the average user uses word, outlook express, and IE. And maybe Excel. Now for a gamer, there would be quite a few more programs than that. HL, HL2, BF, UT, for example, they would make up just as many programs as most people use.
Use of Exceptions in C++ as they were intended is the biggest. I've yet to meet anyone except the guys who write the books, who uses them properly. Even many web sites and tutorials that explain exceptions do it wrongly.
This is next followed by the use of virtual functions correctly, as laid out in the C++ FAQs book. Programmers I run into tinker with virtual functions without really making the jump to basing their code around the entire idea of reusable, replaceable components.
Could you possibly go into more detail? I'm 15, have been doing C/C++ a couple of years, and haven't really had any problems with any of those aspects. What would you say the main problems are with using exceptions only when the shit hits the fan and virtual functions whenever you expect to derive? Or am I doing the right thing? I'd hate to spend the next 5 or 6 years doing it all wrong;)
I believe any kid can learn basic programming. Any kid who really gets into it could really make some great programs. It isn't until an adolescent develops more abstract thinking that they fully understand all the nuances of programming
It depends really...I'm 15 now, I started when I was 7 (8086 ASM, then BASIC, C++, C, etc. etc) I understand a fair amount of the abstract stuff, and I can do it in my head.
But there are some skills that can't be developed that easily, mostly in the implementation part. For example: last night I tried to implement a B-tree. Makes perfect sense in my head, I can imagine what should be happening. Then I try to implement it, and surprise surprise, 7 hours later, I have gotten nowhere. Maybe it's because I haven't had any proper training, but IMO, people my age aren't really able to implement stuff well. Understand maybe, but not do properly.
What about the ears though? I know mine couldn't take 1/3 atmosphere...
And what I meant was where there was a hole...i mean, there is pressure in the body, at the very least I would have thought that the blood vessels would expand, and possibly break.
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Of course you can get the same in Bali or Malaysia...
;)
I know someone who lived in Malaysia for a few years, and the amount of stuff she got over there is just amazing
I think he actually meant being sent to prison...
TRYING TO KILL OUR GUYS IN AFGANISTAN!
And I suppose when one of your people in Iraq gets beheaded, it's ok, because "WE WERE TRYING TO KILL THEIR PEOPLE IN IRAQ"?
You mean the three of them ?
;)
Two of them now
It has HTTPS.
Because the best drives are SCSI.
look in the boot/isolinux (i think that's the right dir), and look at the config file to find the kernel arguments, kernel file, etc, and then copy them on to the hard drive or floppy disk, put grub on the floppy disk, and make sure that the kernel gets passed a root=/dev/cdrom or whatever device node it is.
Since you have no hard drive, if the kernel/initrd doesn't fit on the floppy, you'll have to netboot (there is an option for that when you compile grub), you need a tftp server on another box.
I've done this with mandrake before, it's not big problem.
High end servers sure aren't gonna be using SATA...
If you have 'make install' in sudoers, you don't deserve a job ;)
What precautions do these LiveCDs take to prevent damage from occuring to the installed base system?
Well, the fact there isn't a RW NTFS driver makes it safe enough (your partition is mounted read-only), as well as the fact that the root partition is on the cd. Unless you do it yourself, it won't touch the hard drive.
Well I remember one which would take about 10 hours before any effects were shown, but can't remember the name.
Yeah, I know what ya mean...you could always make a cleanup function as a pure virtual function of the base class, and give all the pointers declared in-function to the exception class, and clean them up in the catch block (still messy, and hogs memory).
;)
GCC supports nested functions (i think), would that make it any easier? I've never used it (maybe it was some weird dream, I've had a few), but could you could just free all the allocated memory inside the dunction in a nested cleanup function, called at the end and in the catch block?
You're right though, things like this have meant I haven't touched C++ since I was 12...I just use C, Java, or Python or Perl or something. Just about anything really...except PHP. Never written anything important in it, and proud of it
Because that would then mean that your DB queries are stuck to that one DB. And LOTS of people know SQL, too. You don't want every developer involved in an app that needs to store data to have to learn a whole new API.
Check his UID...what do you expect? ;)
Frankly - I don't want my picture taken in the mens locker room either
I dunno...depending on who it is, I might try for sex...but when you consider the kind of ladies who would be taking the pictures, probably not.
Who wants a CD that can't be copied or played in a car?
This is way, way overhyped. I haven't yet come across a CD that I have not been able to rip. Blood Sugar Sex Magik could...Neon Ballroom could...American Idiot...The Long Road...Get Born...the list goes on. Even on RIAA music I have not found anything yet which I can't copy/rip.
Better to let some criminals go free than to let innocent people get punished.
Seriously, how many computationally expensive apps does the average user use? From my experience, the average user uses word, outlook express, and IE. And maybe Excel. Now for a gamer, there would be quite a few more programs than that. HL, HL2, BF, UT, for example, they would make up just as many programs as most people use.
Deadly != fast-acting
Could you possibly go into more detail? I'm 15, have been doing C/C++ a couple of years, and haven't really had any problems with any of those aspects. What would you say the main problems are with using exceptions only when the shit hits the fan and virtual functions whenever you expect to derive? Or am I doing the right thing? I'd hate to spend the next 5 or 6 years doing it all wrong
I believe any kid can learn basic programming. Any kid who really gets into it could really make some great programs. It isn't until an adolescent develops more abstract thinking that they fully understand all the nuances of programming
It depends really...I'm 15 now, I started when I was 7 (8086 ASM, then BASIC, C++, C, etc. etc) I understand a fair amount of the abstract stuff, and I can do it in my head.
But there are some skills that can't be developed that easily, mostly in the implementation part. For example: last night I tried to implement a B-tree. Makes perfect sense in my head, I can imagine what should be happening. Then I try to implement it, and surprise surprise, 7 hours later, I have gotten nowhere. Maybe it's because I haven't had any proper training, but IMO, people my age aren't really able to implement stuff well. Understand maybe, but not do properly.
Better would be to require a PIN for all transactions, and use a modified mobile phone without any phone stuff, very, very small.
Just everything needed to sign a token that they send, after decrypting the private key with a password.
What about the ears though? I know mine couldn't take 1/3 atmosphere...
And what I meant was where there was a hole...i mean, there is pressure in the body, at the very least I would have thought that the blood vessels would expand, and possibly break.
More info! I'm paying $60 for 512/128 with 16gig soft cap...
Wouldn't the lack of pressure break the skin and get to the deeper blood vessels?