Comment Re:Why would you want to game on Linux (Score 2) 332
You know, I always liked the system layout of the TI-99/4a
Comment Space elevator (Score 1) 208
I'm not interested until it's strong enough to use as a space elevator ribbon.
Comment simplified bugs (Score 1) 360
I run bug/task reporting tools at a marginally large company. We use Atlassian Jira for that, and one of the processes that has worked well to capture data from non QA type folks is a bug type called "simplified bug" that simply has space to comment, add screen shots, and feed in minimal data (what release is it, platform, and maybe two others).
Any bugs filed from simplified that appear coherent enough are modified into a full regular bug, with some followup. It's a bit more labor intensive, but the qa team has a few people watching the simplified bug list, and we get a lot of useful data from it.
Student Googles Himself, Finds He's Accused of Murder 184
University of Florida student Zachary Garcia was more than a little surprised to find out he was wanted for murder after Googling his name. It turns out the police were looking for a different man but had mistakenly used Garcia's photo. From the article: "Investigators originally released a driver's license photo of Zachary Garcia — spelled with an 'A' — but it was Zachery Garcia — spelled with an 'E'— who was charged in connection with the crime."
