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Submission + - Unit Testing: Good Idea/Bad Idea? (blogspot.com)

Submitted by ZacGery on Tuesday March 26, 2013 @11:15PM

ZacGery writes: The phrase "unit testing" evokes a wide variety of opinions within the developer community. At this point, most individuals understand the concept through direct experience or community osmosis. In fact, the TDD (test-driven development) model is initiated through the development of a failed test that satisfies a new feature. Once completed, a developer performs the minimum amount of coding required to pass the test. This continues through an iterative cycle until the code meets an acceptable standard. Over the past 10 years, dozens of unit testing frameworks have been built by the developer community to satisfy the need for unit testing.

Submission + - Working calculator crafted in Minecraft (youtube.com)

Submitted by

legoleg

on Sunday March 25, 2012 @01:12PM

legoleg writes: "Not mine but I thought this was pretty cool:
6 digit addition and subtraction, 3 digit multiplication, division and trigonometric/scientific functions. (The reason these are only 3 digits is because multiplication and division would take a long time to decode/complete/encode. Also, the fraction display is hard enough to build for 3 digits, let alone 6 — 6 digit RAM would not only be massive, but a bit pointless since the curves follow the same pattern surrounding the peaks.). Graphing y=mx+c functions, quadratic functions, and equation solving of the form mx+c=0."

Comment Re:damn those titles (Score 1) 183

by legoleg on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @05:41PM (#37604836) Attached to: Spock Gives Up the Con

The ones he's stashing for his soup? Or are you saying he's fat??

Submission + - How to Get a Job in IT (byatool.com)

Submitted by legoleg on Friday May 13, 2011 @12:57PM

legoleg writes: A free e-book on how to get a job in IT. It's really useful with lots of topics from a guy with lots of experience. Great for anyone looking for a job.

Submission + - This Robot Needs a Hug (itworld.com)

Submitted by

itwbennett

on Friday May 13, 2011 @11:35AM

itwbennett writes: "It has been an interesting week at the Computer Human Interaction (CHI) show in Vancouver, what with all the humans and computers interacting. And none have interacted quite so interestingly as a robot developed by scientists at Japan's Osaka University that can convey physical emotions through a phone call or e-mail system. Its intended use: Hugging the elderly so you don't have to."

Comment Re:Non-US alterantives (Score 1) 173

by legoleg on Monday February 07, 2011 @06:15PM (#35130982) Attached to: Last.FM To Require Subscription For Mobiles and Home Devices

Try http://jango.com/
works in Russia :)

Submission + - Watch a Deleted Love Scene from the Empire Strikes (shadowlocked.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 15, 2011 @09:06PM

An anonymous reader writes: 48 seconds of interplay between Leia and Han Solo, culminating in a steamy kiss. Takes place in Cloud City as they discuss Lando's trustworthiness; I think Leia will be sad to be proven right this once.

Submission + - Poll submission

Submitted by legoleg on Wednesday November 10, 2010 @04:57PM

legoleg writes: How have you been annoyed with IP Geolocation?
-None
-A little
-Everyone thinks I'm a terrorist and won't let me buy anything
-Everyone loves Cowboy Neal

Submission + - Record companies lose, artists gain (espen.com)

Submitted by mork on Sunday October 24, 2010 @05:53AM

mork writes: A recent MSc thesis from two students at Norwegian School of Management show that after 10 years of digitalization of music, the average (Norwegian) musician's income has increased by 66%. As a group, the only losers in digital music seems to be the record companies. The musicians' income increase is due to increased income from concerts, various collection agencies and stipends from the government in the period from 1999 to 2009. During the same period, record sales have decreased by about 50%. The fall in income from record sales is less important for the musicians, however, since, on average, they only receive 15% of record sales, whereas they receive on average 50% from concerts and 80% from collection agencies (who collects provisions from radio play and other uses of the artists' productions.). The thesis also shows that the fall in record sales also means that record companies are becoming less important as launchpads for new artists, and that records to a larger degree become "business cards" — i.e., a marketing tool — to attract audiences to concerts.

Submission + - LSE breaks world record in trade speed with linux (computerworlduk.com)

Submitted by LingNoi on Sunday October 24, 2010 @04:00AM

LingNoi writes: The London Stock Exchange has said its new Linux-based system is delivering world record networking speed, with 126 microsecond trading times.

The news comes ahead a major Linux-based switchover in twelve days, during which the open source system will replace Microsoft .Net technology on the group'(TM)s main stock exchange. The LSE had long been criticised on speed and reliability, grappling with trading speeds of several hundred microseconds.

The 126 microsecond speed is “twice as fast” as its main international competitors, the London Stock Exchange said. BATS Europe and Chi-X, two dedicated electronic rivals to the LSE, are reported to have an average latency of 250 and 175 microseconds respectively. Netiher company immediately provided details. But many of the LSE'(TM)s older and more traditional rivals offer speeds of around 300 to 400 microseconds. Nevertheless, Linux is now standard in many exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange.

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