The EICAR Test. Have you ever wondered how to test your Antivirus software to ensure it’s proper working? Well here is a quick and easy way to test your antivirus. The process is called EICAR test which will work on any antivirus and was developed by European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research. This process can be used by
Facebook held another hacker cup this year again for the second time! What a way to kick start a new year too! I know there have been a couple of visitors around the world coming to my site searching for solutions to this year’s Hacker Cup problems. Unfortunately, I did not participate in this year’s
This morning from 2300hrs – 0200am GMT+8, I was hacking at Online Round 1A on Power Overwhelming problem set. Those guys were super PRO with the other challenges, the solved the algorithms in less than an hour! INSANE!
Anyway, there was an error on Facebook end with regards to the test case engineering for Power Overwhelming
Having been qualified from the Qualification Round, the next round of challenge is in Online Round 1. I am excited, and I would be lying if I said that I am not nervous.
Online Round 1
Online Round 1 consists of 3 sub-rounds, each lasting 3 hours. Competitors who advance to Online Round 1 can participate in
The scoreboard for Facebook Hacker Cup Qualification Round was out. I am kind of disappointed though, I was ranked 2971 out of 5749 hackers WORLDWIDE.
And the results on Facebook aren’t accurate. I was ranked 2901 / 5749 on some instance, and was ranked 2971 / 5749 on some instances. Well in any case, I am
Studious Student
You’ve been given a list of words to study and memorize. Being a diligent student of language and the arts, you’ve decided to not study them at all and instead make up pointless games based on them. One game you’ve come up with is to see how you can concatenate the words to generate
Well, this morning GMT+0800 8AM marks the end of the qualification round. I will be posting the next two solutions if I have the time.
Everybody on Facebook seem pretty excited about the results, so am I. I would say that it was challenging and indeed it boost my learning, improved the way I develop and
Double Squares
I recently registered for Facebook Hacker Cup and decided to take up the challenge. I completed the Double Squares challenge and the Studious Student. As a hacker, an algorithm or a programming hacker, I believe in sharing and definitely LOVE to share.
Well, at the end of the day, I believe everyone has the privilege to learn
