Having developed software for nearly fifteen years, I remember the dark days before testing was all the rage
Umm.. wtf are you talking about? Extreme Programming is 13 years old, and it wasn't first. Even the waterfall model has testing, and it's 40 years old:
1. Requirements specification
2. Design
3. Construction (AKA implementation or coding)
4. Integration
5. Testing and debugging (AKA Validation)
6. Installation
7. Maintenance
Just because you didn't know how to test your software back then doesn't mean testing didn't exist.
He didn't say testing didn't exist. It definitely wasn't as prevalent or mandatory as now.
He's right. Testing often wouldn't be done until the end of the cycle,
and was frequently shortened or skipped entirely to meet deadlines.
That doesn't seem to happen any more.
The above post implies that you are going to use a waterfall type development methodology. A more light weight alternative is to do iterative development. Deliver a release to the customer every 4 - 6 weeks, and ask if that is what they want. After each one, if they like what they see, ask what they want to see in the next iteration. Negotiate the scope of each iteration, but not the
customers priorities.
Of course, if they don't like what they see, you have a different problem. Figure out how to get on the right track.
I get email on my yahoo account all the time either for buying prescription drugs or sex sites, or some
combination of the two (Viagra). I didn't
subscribe to any of this. That is an accident
as far as I'm concerned.
I once worked at a company where a developer was
giving a non-technical person directions over the phone, and told her to type: rm -rf * as root.
He neglected to have her check what directory she was in first. Apparently, she was in the root directory, and didn't realize anything was wrong until the delete failed (when/bin/rm got deleted).
LIE!!!! Seriously. I got my masters in C.S in 1988. Bad job market then. It took me 18 months to get a job. I thought it would be better to get
my masters as quickly as possible, and didn't have
any real job experience.
Finally, I just made up some job experience. It
was all stuff that I knew how to do, so I could
answer interview questions. Once for a job interview, I rewrote a BASIC program that I had
written for the Commodore 64 into C for DOS.
I submitted this code for a job interview,
which I got. If I didn't change my story, I would
still be looking for my first job.
... it makes me want to kill a kitten (and I'm totally a "cat person" mind you). Yes, I am a cat person too. I like killing kittens, especially if I can use a nail gun. I got 5 with one nail one time. Well, I think the first nail got them, although the next 26 might have finished the job. I'm not sure.
... freedom to objectively present scientific information relevant to the full range of scientific views regarding biological and chemical evolution in connection with teaching any prescribed curriculum regarding chemical or biological origins...
They are talking about objective scientific information. Religious nuts may interpret this as code to teach
intelligent design, but it is not. It seems to me that we have nothing to fear from open debate. Explaining
why evolution is a valid scientific theory, but intelligent design or creationism are not increases the understanding
of the subject. If the law is misused, or the proponent intends it to be misused, that is a different story.
But the quote above seems reasonable to me.
I have also thought about this. I disagree with your statement about a cube being boring.
You would expect that 3D Go would be a lot harder than regular Go. Either 5x5x5 or
7x7x7 should be possible. You would just be playing closer to the corners and edges in the start.
The 2,2,2 point has 8 points below it, as does the 4,3 point on a regular board. I found a program
that would allow you to play 3D Go awhile ago, but never tried playing an actual game with anyone.
It seems to me that a first step is to play 3D Go on a cube, and assess how well that works. If it
does not seem playable, then alternative geometries should be considered, based on the apparent
deficiencies of the cube. It would probably take a few months of playing for an experience Go player
to be able to draw any conclusions.
I am curious anyone has ported gnugo (or whatever) to the nvidia cards using their CUDA C Compiler [nvidia.com].
There was some discussion about this on the computer Go mailing list awhile ago. I am not sure if anyone is actively working on it.
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The brain is a big pile of crap that has slowly evolved over the last few hundred million years or so. There is no elegant explanation for intelligence, because it is just a pile of stuff that has been built up over time. The question is, how do
you make a pile of crap that becomes more useful, as opposed to the properties of piles of crap in software.
I agree with many of the previous statements. Many people exercise and are more muscular
than average. Bodybuilders would all be considered obese according to the BMI, even when
they are in competitions with not an ounce of observable fat.
My weight tends to fluctuate by large amounts. I have been as much as 80 pounds over
my ideal weight, as measured by a lean body mass test, which is much more relevant
than BMI.
When I am a big fat person, not only do I have much less energy, but my concentration and
recall ability are much less than when I am only 20 or 30 pounds overweight. I can
see the difference in myself, and since my weight goes up and down every few years, I have
seen this effect often enough that I know it to be true for myself.
I have not read the article, so I can't comment on it. Obviously, there will be big
differences between people in terms of how much extra weight they can handle. Simple
physics will suggest that the heart can only pump so much blood, transfer so much oxygen,
and remove so much waste. So, when you exceed a certain weight, the oxygen that was going
to your brain is now going to your stomach. It is only a question of what that weight is.
It should be obvious to anyone on this site that only open source
code should be used in electronic voting machines. Undoubtedly,
the most distinguished security researchers would all examine the
code, and a very high confidence level could be achieved.
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Just asking.
Thank god I don't have to hang out with you lot at parties.
What are these "parties" of which you speak?
What kind of hardware do they bring?
I know it's unlikely you'll win, but shouldn't you at least wait until the election is over to buy your fancy boat?
Having developed software for nearly fifteen years, I remember the dark days before testing was all the rage
Umm.. wtf are you talking about? Extreme Programming is 13 years old, and it wasn't first. Even the waterfall model has testing, and it's 40 years old:
1. Requirements specification 2. Design 3. Construction (AKA implementation or coding) 4. Integration 5. Testing and debugging (AKA Validation) 6. Installation 7. Maintenance
Just because you didn't know how to test your software back then doesn't mean testing didn't exist.
He didn't say testing didn't exist. It definitely wasn't as prevalent or mandatory as now. He's right. Testing often wouldn't be done until the end of the cycle, and was frequently shortened or skipped entirely to meet deadlines. That doesn't seem to happen any more.
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City
Time and Again
Time is the Simplest Thing
Of course, if they don't like what they see, you have a different problem. Figure out how to get on the right track.
I get email on my yahoo account all the time either for buying prescription drugs or sex sites, or some combination of the two (Viagra). I didn't subscribe to any of this. That is an accident as far as I'm concerned.
I once worked at a company where a developer was giving a non-technical person directions over the phone, and told her to type: rm -rf * as root. He neglected to have her check what directory she was in first. Apparently, she was in the root directory, and didn't realize anything was wrong until the delete failed (when /bin/rm got deleted).
LIE!!!! Seriously. I got my masters in C.S in 1988. Bad job market then. It took me 18 months to get a job. I thought it would be better to get my masters as quickly as possible, and didn't have any real job experience.
Finally, I just made up some job experience. It was all stuff that I knew how to do, so I could answer interview questions. Once for a job interview, I rewrote a BASIC program that I had written for the Commodore 64 into C for DOS. I submitted this code for a job interview, which I got. If I didn't change my story, I would still be looking for my first job.
... it makes me want to kill a kitten (and I'm totally a "cat person" mind you). Yes, I am a cat person too. I like killing kittens, especially if I can use a nail gun. I got 5 with one nail one time. Well, I think the first nail got them, although the next 26 might have finished the job. I'm not sure.Or hourly? I didn't see anything on Dice.
The 2,2,2 point has 8 points below it, as does the 4,3 point on a regular board. I found a program that would allow you to play 3D Go awhile ago, but never tried playing an actual game with anyone.
It seems to me that a first step is to play 3D Go on a cube, and assess how well that works. If it does not seem playable, then alternative geometries should be considered, based on the apparent deficiencies of the cube. It would probably take a few months of playing for an experience Go player to be able to draw any conclusions.
There was some discussion about this on the computer Go mailing list awhile ago. I am not sure if anyone is actively working on it.
The brain is a big pile of crap that has slowly evolved over the last few hundred million years or so. There is no elegant explanation for intelligence, because it is just a pile of stuff that has been built up over time. The question is, how do you make a pile of crap that becomes more useful, as opposed to the properties of piles of crap in software.
And now, an actor playing Charles Darwin will explain why radiation is a good thing.
What is this logic of which you speak?
My weight tends to fluctuate by large amounts. I have been as much as 80 pounds over my ideal weight, as measured by a lean body mass test, which is much more relevant than BMI.
When I am a big fat person, not only do I have much less energy, but my concentration and recall ability are much less than when I am only 20 or 30 pounds overweight. I can see the difference in myself, and since my weight goes up and down every few years, I have seen this effect often enough that I know it to be true for myself.
I have not read the article, so I can't comment on it. Obviously, there will be big differences between people in terms of how much extra weight they can handle. Simple physics will suggest that the heart can only pump so much blood, transfer so much oxygen, and remove so much waste. So, when you exceed a certain weight, the oxygen that was going to your brain is now going to your stomach. It is only a question of what that weight is.
If this is running in my house, then exhaust gases seem pretty important to me.
It should be obvious to anyone on this site that only open source code should be used in electronic voting machines. Undoubtedly, the most distinguished security researchers would all examine the code, and a very high confidence level could be achieved.
Take C++ instead of English?
Why didn't you guys tell me!
Does the pig have four asses?
Return the DVD to the store in Evergreen.
I will be governor of California.