Our fellow beginners may find the above code intimidating but fear not, this solution will be broken down bit by bit. I added inline-documentation (comments) so you can skim through the code easily and fathom the solution’s purpose. Comments in C# can be added in two ways: // for a single-line comment and /* [ENTER …
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Will it work?
Just last month, I had tried to install Windows Vista on the Acer Aspire 5732z, which sadly flopped as I could not for the life of me find the drivers compatible with the operating system. To add insult to injury, not even my TP-Link TL-WN823N USB wireless adapter was able to install properly, thus running …
Installing Windows Vista on the Acer Aspire 5732z
Why Windows Vista? Windows Vista, the successor of Windows XP, was subject to inexorable criticism due to issues such as lack of drivers support, poor performance, and the implementation of UAC (User Account Control), a new security feature most users deemed annoying. The development of Windows Vista, at the time known by its codename Longhorn, …
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Installing and testing out MaurenLite on Windows XP
Prior to publishing the very first version of MaurenLite, a text editor written in C#, I had set the target framework to .NET Framework 3.5 in order to implement support for Windows XP. This post will demonstrate the process of installing MaurenLite, note that this process works on the successors of Windows XP as well. …
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Tweepy API for Python: #2
In order to be able to use Twitter via a Python script, you must at least have access to the standard Twitter API. You will then need to provide the access tokens and consumer API key in the script so as to gain authorized access to your account. This post shows how one can easily …
Is Windows 8 radically different than previous versions of Windows?
Windows 8, one of the most notorious versions of Windows ever developed by Microsoft apart from Vista and Millennium Edition (often shortened to ME), was released to manufacturing on August 1st 2012 and later on released to the general public on October 26th 2012. Like its predecessors, Windows 8 is a personal computer operating system …
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Tweepy API for Python: #1
As mentioned in a previous blog, I had included the Tweepy API for my Embedded Systems coursework. This online API, provided by Twitter, allows users to use Twitter via a Python script. One would need to import the tweepy library (so as to access said API) and the access tokens, these can be acquired upon …
Phase #1: Lots and lots of research!
I am currently working on Cormac McAnallen, Ireland’s very first high profile case of SADS after finishing off Stephen Gately’s section. The process of researching is going smoothly, I plan to finish researching by next week. I may upload the Gantt chart, I have only until 10th June to work on this assignment.
Raising awareness about SADS in Malta
Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (often shortened to SADS, or otherwise known as Sudden Adult Death Syndrome) kills approximately 600 people between the age of 14 and 35 per annum in the United Kingdom. The victim usually dies in their sleep after the heart suddenly stops beating, this usually stems from an undetected heart defect which …
Excerpt of Networking Security Vulnerabilities (from June 2018)
Security is never guaranteed when it comes to computer systems, much less for computer networks for they are always susceptible to numerous threats. Most threats may degrade the performance of the network or system, for instance it may behave erratically, and may even render it unstable. It can be rather cumbersome for users to look …
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