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Movies - F9 (2021)

 

Windows maximum disk size

File System Size Limits File System type Maximum volume size Maximum file size Supported OSes FAT-8 ? 8 MB FAT-12 16 MB 16 MB FAT-16 ? 16 MB FAT-16B 2 GB 2 GB FAT-32 2 TB 2 GB Operating System File System Size Limits Operating System File System type File System size Notes MS-DOS below 3.0 FAT 16MiB MS-DOS 3.x FAT 32MiB MS-DOS 4.0 FAT 128MiB All FAT 504MiB MS-DOS 5.0 FAT 512MiB All FAT-16 2GiB FAT-16 limit MS-DOS 6.x FAT 8GiB Windows 4.0.950 (95) 32GB Windows 4.0.1111 (95 OSR2) 32GB Windows 4.10.1998 (98) FAT-16 128GB BIOS, for physical computers, also can be a constraint. Windows 4.90.300...

Virtualization - Microsoft Windows 4.90 (Millennium) on VirtualBox 6.1

Installed and working Host: Windows 10 64-bits Hypervisor (Type 2): VirtualBox 6.1 (see configuration file below) Guest: Microsoft Windows 4.90.0300 (Millennium) Instructions here . Windows Millennium disc image  here . Boot floppy disk here . Windows serial numbers here . Windows virtual video driver from here . Steps Create a VirtualBox Guest with the following set-up Type: Microsoft Windows Version: Windows ME Memory: From 128MB to 1536MB Hard Disk: From 10GB to 128GB Network: Bridged with PCnet PCI II (Am79C970A) For more details, check the config file code below Mount Guest images Mount floppy to Millennium boot disk (Microsoft Windows ME Setup Disk (OAK).img) Mount optical to  Windows Me (101 - Retail Full).iso Start the installation Start the guest Chose the Window ME iso image When the floppy boot menu appears, chose "Boot from CD-ROM" When the next menu appears, chose "Start Windows Setup from CD-ROM" Press ENTER Chose "Configure unallocated..."  ...

Virtualization BASH: Set VirtualBox Guests for macOS serial number

This script sets the VirtualBox macOS guests Serial Number and other stuff to allow a macOS to correctly see the underlying hardware.  All my macOS guests have a name composition to easily identify the type of OS. I could had used the "OS Type", but it is too much work.  This script only sets the serial number for Big Sur guest. The line with  grep "Mac OS X 11."  is used to grab only the macOS 11 guests. #!/bin/bash # https://en.tab-tv.com/?p=18929 # https://github.com/MagerValp/MacModelShelf/blob/master/dump.markdown (Apple Serial Number Product Code) # https://mrmacintosh.com/list-of-mac-boardid-deviceid-model-identifiers-machine-models/ # MacBookPro15,1 (15-inch Mid 2018) Mac-937A206F2EE63C01 # JG5H MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) # JG5L MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) # JG5M MacBook Pro (15-inch, ...

Virtualization - macOS 11.5.1 (Big Sur) x86 on VirtualBox 6.1 for Windows 10 x84

Installed and working Host platform: Windows 10 64-bits Hypervisor (Type 2): VirtualBox 6.1 (configuration as below) Guest: macOS 10.5.1 (Big Sur) More information here . Package (not ISO) downloaded from  here . (used an old version as basis) Serial number built from here . Board Id from here . VB set-up script  here . <?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- ** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE. ** If you make changes to this file while any VirtualBox related application ** is running, your changes will be overwritten later, without taking effect. ** Use VBoxManage or the VirtualBox Manager GUI to make changes. --> <VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.virtualbox.org/" version="1.15-windows">   <Machine uuid="{e3cadff1-6bbf-4f14-9538-1885e84924b9}" name="Mac OS X 11.5.1 (Big Sur)" OSType="MacOS_64" snapshotFolder="Snapshots" lastStateChange=...

Virtualization - ReactOS on VirtualBox 6.1

  Installed and working Idea came from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e29I3dA8o4 Host platform: Microsoft Windows 10 64-bits Hypervisor: VirtualBox 6.1 ReactOS image downloaded from https://reactos.org/. Only the nightly build works.  Full VirtualBox configuration as below For OS only: HDD 4GB For OS and Office packages etc: HDD 10GB For OS, packages and extra space: HDD 20GB <?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- ** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE. ** If you make changes to this file while any VirtualBox related application ** is running, your changes will be overwritten later, without taking effect. ** Use VBoxManage or the VirtualBox Manager GUI to make changes. --> <VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.virtualbox.org/" version="1.17-windows">   <Machine uuid="{07795fd6-2615-4564-ab5b-b897e1575e64}" name="ReactOS" OSType="Windows2000" snapshotFolder="Snapshots" lastStateChange="2021-07-27T09:00:44Z"...

Apple Serial Numbers

  Serial number structure Script to set VB data #!/bin/bash # https://en.tab-tv.com/?p=18929 # https://github.com/MagerValp/MacModelShelf/blob/master/dump.markdown (Apple Serial Number Product Code) # https://mrmacintosh.com/list-of-mac-boardid-deviceid-model-identifiers-machine-models/ # MacBookPro15,1 (15-inch Mid 2018) Mac-937A206F2EE63C01 # JG5H MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) # JG5L MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) # JG5M MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) # JGH5 MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) # JGH6 MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) # JGH7 MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) # JGH8 MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) sBoardId=Mac-937A206F2EE63C01 sProductCode=JG5M GetVMDetails() {   sKey="$("$...

IT - How to recover the password for an already connected WiFi network in Windows

C:\Users\afberendsen> netsh wlan show profile  <SSID>  key=clear Profile  <SSID>  on interface WiFi on-board: ======================================================================= Applied: All User Profile Profile information -------------------     Version                : 1     Type                   : Wireless LAN     Name                   :  <SSID>     Control options        :         Connection mode    : Connect automatically         Network broadcast  : Connect only if this network is broadcasting         AutoSwitch         : Do not switch to other networks         MAC Randomization  : Disabled Connectivity settin...

Movies - Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (2019)

 

Movies - Ashin of the North (2021)

 

Movies - Blood Red Sky (2021)

 

Movies - Joe Bell (2020)

 

Movies Jolt (2021)

 

Movies - Midnight in the Switchgrass (2021)

 

Movies - Lorelei (2020)

  What a surprise. I always though that Pablo Schreiber was a good actor. However, I never considered him to be so good. The plot is not so different from so many other movies. What makes it different is the acting.
 When I was a 10 (-ish) boy back in Brazil, my uncle, from Germany visited us. One day I was playing a game, at home, with some friends from my neighbourhood. He said something, which I do not recall the words, about my friends. Many years later I realised that he was referring for the fact that my friends were not white, This was my first contact with real racism.
when a school with 100 teachers has one 1 podophile teacher (1%), the school is almost always closed. Almost all the parents want the school to be burned and the ground to be salted. when a criminal organization with 100.000 members has 1.000 members indicted for paedophilia (1%), the parents most of the time will say "it is an isolated case". this is the catholic church.

Movies - Feuertaufe (1940)

What propaganda. The fist 15 minutes looks like a gay porn movie: lots of young man only using swim suit shorts. Sometime at the middle of the movie, is shown some images of a big fat whale and a very gay guy, as the epitome of Nazi command. 

Movies - Held (2020)

 What a waste of time. As soon the "husband" came back the house, with a bleeding head, I said "scam". As soon they both dozed and someone came to make some "arrangements" I said "the husband is part of the show". A the moment that the "special door" was left open, it was clear that the producers were morons.

Movies - Lansky (2021)

 

Movies - Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)

 Very funny

Movies - Pig (2021)

  Nicolas Cage climbing out of his deep pit.

zsh

 Well, recently I began to use zsh, instead of bash....this is going to be a nightmare... I will record as much as I can to identify all the changes and how to deal with this multi-environment. One of  my requirements, is to be able to use the same .profile for all shells. Until now, I was able to use a single .profile with a case "$0" to switch between all the special configurations. It covers sh, ksh, bash, csh and X. 

Movies - Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)

 

TV Show - Marvel's Loki - Season 1

The New Yorker - 2021 June 14