Comment Re:Good Journalsim, Good Article (Score 1) 68
LOL
I fiddled with gtranslate and got
Rechtschreibung Jugendkorps
I'll use both.
How Healthcare.gov Changed the Software Testing Conversation 118
An anonymous reader notes an article about how the tribulations of Healthcare.gov brought the idea of software testing into the public consciousness in a more detailed way than ever before. Quoting:
"Suddenly, Americans are sitting at their kitchen tables – in suburbs, in cities, on farms – and talking about quality issues with a website. The average American was given nightly tutorials on load testing and performance bottlenecks when the site first launched, then crumbled moments later. We talked about whether the requirements were well-defined and the project schedule reasonably laid out. We talked about who owns the decision to launch and whether they were keeping appropriate track of milestones and iterations. ... When the media went from talking about the issues in the website to the process used to build the website was when things really got interesting. This is when software testers stepped out of the cube farm behind the coffee station and into the public limelight. Who were these people – and were they incompetent or mistreated? Did the project leaders not allocate enough time for testing? Did they allocate time for testing but not time to react to the testing outcome? Did the testers run inadequate tests? Were there not enough testers? Did they not speak up about the issues? If they did, were they not forceful enough?"
Upload a Spoof Video, Go To Jail (In Dubai) 107
Taco Cowboy writes with news, as reported by the BBC, that eight people have been imprisoned in Dubai for creating a spoof video about youth culture in that country, for which they were accused of acting "with the intent of inciting to actions, or publishing or disseminating any information, news, caricatures, or other images liable to endanger state security and its higher interests or infringe on the public order." "The video, posted to YouTube, was a gentle satire on young men in the Satwa residential suburb of Dubai who adopt a 'gangsta' pose despite living the sedate, prosperous lifestyle more usually associated with Dubai residents."
Comment Cory Doctoroww (Score 1) 399
Woofie indeed.
Your narcissistic utopia, not so utopian when exposed to real people.
Comment Re:Erase all button (Score 0) 96
Any so called medical perfessional who wants to use this needs to have it used on them first before any procedure.
Comment In celebration (Score 4, Interesting) 283
BUILD YOUR OWN!
This is a steampunk variant.
http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/politics-The%20Steampunk%20AK47.html
Comment I quit trusting them a decade ago (Score 1, Informative) 291
Hell I also do not trust PGP.
I trust GNUPG as long as Canonical doesn't improve it.
Comment Meh I want better (Score 0) 145
These tests must be performed where relevant on both the mug, the lid and the mug with the lid.
It must not loose more than 20 percent of the initial energy of the contained liquid for 1 hour.
It has to survive a
dishwasher
washing machine
dryer
It must survive a 60 gravity impact on every facet on
concrete
steel
tungsten
tungsten carbide
It must to survive the effects of a solid tungsten carbide cutting tool for 10 seconds.
It has to survive all of this at -40, -20, 0 , 25 and 150 Celsius.
At nominal room temperature it has to survive and be cleanable
muratic acid for 12 hours
1 oz gasoline until evaporated
1 oz grain alcohol until evaporated
1 oz acetone until evaporated.
An impact from a
It has to look cool.
Comment Vice investigates Soylent, finds rats and mold (Score 1) 440
http://pandodaily.com/2013/11/12/vice-investigates-soylent-finds-rats-and-mold/
It's being sold as a supplement so they don't have to prepare it in a facility that meets FDA rules for food preparation.
This is a typical food fad fraud organization.
Comment Re:You had me at ... (Score 1) 328
If I can't brew it in my bath tub it ain't 'MERICAN enough fer me!
I also brew it in three sheds. Of course I only brew 200 gallons a year for personal consumption.
However if I'm forced to I can work with a sleezy science teacher and cook up some pseudo-cannibanoids. We'll dye the powder blue.
Comment Re:Wait, what? (Score 1) 419
My parents have satellite TV and Internet you insensitive clod! It's also cheaper than cumcast though the internet is capped.
Comment Re:National Interest? (Score 1) 382
How about just quit stealing money to fund it and let me send my kids to a really good school so they can do it with private money for private interests?
Withhold Passwords From Your Employer, Go To Jail? 599
ericgoldman writes "Terry Childs was a network engineer in San Francisco, and he was the only employee with passwords to the network. After he was fired, he withheld the passwords from his former employer, preventing his employer from controlling its own network. Recently, a California appeals court upheld his conviction for violating California's computer crime law, including a 4 year jail sentence and $1.5 million of restitution. The ruling (PDF) provides a good cautionary tale for anyone who thinks they can gain leverage over their employer or increase job security by controlling key passwords."
Comment Why are there maggots in my geek soup? (Score 1) 40
WHY? OH WHY?
Comment Re:Remind me (Score 2, Insightful) 195
I won't hire someone who admits to being on G- or has a resume or card with G- on it. It shows an inebriated lack of the skills I need.
