I've recently build a rather large VM collection of different operating systems (mostly versions of Windows) using Virtual Box, and here are a few things I learnt along the way. Admittedly these are more aimed at running Windows as your host machine.**** 1. Shrinking disk images: While ".vmdk" disk image files may be more compatible with other virtualization software (eg: VMWare), using ".vdi" files can be shrunk to reduce the space used on your host drive.
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I recently heard about the "Fizz Buzz Test", a kind of programming "interview" question or challenge. In short, a given number needs to be checked if it's divisible by 3 or 5 (or 3 and 5) and output either "Fizz", "Buzz" or "Fizz Buzz" accordingly There's a great explanation about the problem, and why it's not as simple as it seems, at http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?FizzBuzzTest Here's my go at it: def fizzbuzz(num) fizz = (num % 3 == 0) ?
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There's a great wireless hacking/security tool called a "WiFi Pineapple", which costs $100. I found a rather popular blog post, titled "Blue For The Pineapple", showing how to turn a TP-Link TL-WR703N router in to a WiFi Pineapple clone. The reason you'd want to do this? The TP-Link TL-WR703N router costs a mere $20 (I bought mine from this ebay seller) - not a bad saving! While that blog post has a lot of great information, I found an easier to follow blog post on doing the same with a TP-LINK TL-MR3020 router, and all of those steps worked great for my router.
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Thanks to this great forum threat: "The Big N00B how-to!" I've managed to get CyanogenMod 10.0.0 (Android 4.1.2) installed on my LG P970. I spent literally hours just trying to get ClockworkMod installed... ROM Manager seemed to get stuck at 100% of the installation, and nothing else I tried work. Installing CyanogenMod: After many attempts and different combinations, what worked for me was downloading the CyanogenMod zip and putting it on my phone's SD card (while you're at it, you should probably download the Google Play Store app from http://goo.
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**2019 update: **"UnlockRoot" is no longer available - even if you have the .exe the installer fails - but KingoRoot seems to work (for Android 4.0.4) but does install an toolbar/"ribbon" on the notification area. As mentioned in a previous blog post, I have an LG P970 Android phone... unfortunately LG have taken a while rolling out updates. At the time of writing this post the official software still thinks Android 2.
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After reading @TroyHunt 's blog post about the (wifi) Pineapple he's been playing with, I got a little jealous and was considering buying one of my own - $100 at HakShop - but didn't really feel like parting with the money or waiting forever for it to arrive. I looked in to how it works, and what software it uses, and what alternatives there are... In short "airbase-ng" (one of the "aircrack-ng" tools) seems to cover most of the bases.
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