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  1. Testing scripts. Lots o' em. on What Does a Software Tester's Job Constitute? · · Score: 2

    There are several different industry software testing platforms which allow for the creation of complex automated testing scripts. These scripts can be very complex and constitute a programming language in their own right. The idea is to be able to provide a script that the developer can run to recreate a set of error conditions so they can be fixed. Likewise you would end up with a series of scripts, that when run (often over the course of a day or more) will test all aspects of the software and check for new errors or confirm functionality. These scripts will have to be updated as the application changes, so if done right its a full time job.

  2. Re:"Linux Command Line Tirckery" HA! on Windows 8 Features With Linux Antecedents · · Score: 5, Funny

    Learning to use a computer should *NOT* require knowledge of mice and keyboards. The computer should know what I want it to do and just do it. I shouldn't even have to plug it in (electricity is dangerous!).

  3. Re:massive battery hog = massive failure. on Tesla Reveals Its Model X Gullwing SUV · · Score: 1

    Your made up range aside, most people drive their luxury SUV to Whole Foods and back, no more.

  4. Re:ISO Mounting on Windows 8 Features With Linux Antecedents · · Score: 1

    Or... plug which ever mouse you want into your Mac. But then perhaps the intricacies of the USB connection are beyond your comprehension.

  5. Good idea, expand it to cover more fule sources. on Power Plant Converts Fruit and Veggie Waste Into Natural Gas For Cars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lots (around 40%) of harvested fruits and veg' rot in the field because the US consumer wont buy imperfect produce. Seems like a lot of potential fule out there.

  6. Big questions. on US Approves Two New Nuclear Reactors · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will they be built with standards and interchangeable parts, or by the lowest bidder using totally unique designes that ensure no personal or parts can be used on both?

  7. Re:You're a douche on Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open Source Jobs? · · Score: 0

    Herman Cain? Is that you?

  8. Consulting. on Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open Source Jobs? · · Score: 2

    Only source I know of outside the rare internal position is as a consultant being hired piecemeal to make modifications to existing open source software. Basically company A saying we want to use software B because its free (aka open) but we want it to do Y so hire X to make the changes. Dont know that you can make a carrier out of it, especially if you refuse to bid on non-open source jobs.

  9. Re:I'd have expected better from IBM on IBM Seeks Patent On Judging Programmers By Commits · · Score: 3, Informative

    Why? This is IBM we're talking about. They used to judge programmers on the number of lines of code generated rather then on the efficiency of said code.

  10. Re:Then why... on The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers · · Score: 4, Informative

    They (the carriers) dont lose money on each transaction, they just make less. So in that case, less profit per unit by more units is a sustainable business model.

  11. Re:5 mill on virtual pet cloths? on Superpoke Players Sue Google · · Score: 5, Funny

    Every minute and every penny Kenja's ever spent has been on something indisputably worthwhile, so he's justified in looking down on these idiots (i.e., meaning everyone but him).

    Hey... history will vindicate me and my collection of porcelain unicorns.

  12. Re:Spelling slowly dies as the Internet strangles on Superpoke Players Sue Google · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it is cloths that the then tailor into clothes?

  13. 5 mill on virtual pet cloths? on Superpoke Players Sue Google · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I dont want to live on this planet anymore... But really, unless there was a 'we'll never shut down" clause in the user agreement I dont see the idiots winning this one.

  14. Re:What about MaxiPad? on Apple Could Lose $1.6 Billion In iPad Lawsuit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not till Apple introduces the new 21 inch Max-iPad.

  15. Re:Beta on Google Releases Chrome For Android Beta · · Score: 1

    The many Lords of the parthenon forbid that Google actually uses the term "beta" correctly unlike 99% of the software companies out there. Beta does not simply mean "pre-release".

  16. Re:Where is the Source Code? on Google Releases Chrome For Android Beta · · Score: 2

    http://www.webkit.org/coding/bsd-license.html

    Really nothing more to say...

  17. Re:Didn't Android *always* have Chrome? on Google Releases Chrome For Android Beta · · Score: 4, Informative

    Nope. It has (had) a simple browser based on the Webkit API.

  18. Re:bayweb on Honeywell Vs Nest: When the Establishment Sues Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    Base model Bayweb thermostate is 220$. I'd not call that MUCH cheaper.

  19. Re:A bit of a contradiction on Honeywell Vs Nest: When the Establishment Sues Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    Its simple, like Apple Nest uses brushed aluminium and glass while the Honeywell Prestige (which does the same and more) costs less but is made out of white plastic. Glass, aluminum & other peoples technology is innovative!

  20. Start a petition on change.org! on Delayed Outrage Over A Censored Site; What's a Better Way To Spread News? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just start a petition on change.org to demand faster response to change.org being blocked!

  21. Re:uhh.. this is sponsored by a democrat on Proposed Law Would Give DHS Power Over Privately Owned IT Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    They can block this bill, if they dont it means they aprove of it and you bringing up the President is just a straw-man argument. The Democrats do not claim to be the party of small government and fiscal conservatives.

  22. Re:uhh.. this is sponsored by a democrat on Proposed Law Would Give DHS Power Over Privately Owned IT Infrastructure · · Score: 1

    So the President will sign it after it gets shut down by the Republican Congress? Or will the Republicans pass it so it can be signed into law?

  23. Re:Good article, bad summary on A5 Mystery Solved (Why Siri Won't Run On iPhone 4) · · Score: 2

    The issue is that Siri was free, and then Apple took it away and made it an exclusive feature of a new phone so people would buy it. Personally, I dont care. But the claim that there is any technical reason for it other then to get people to buy new hardware doesn't stack up. Sure, it may run better on the 4S, but it was running fine on the 3GS at one point.

  24. Re:No, Siri won't run on the iPhone 4 because... on A5 Mystery Solved (Why Siri Won't Run On iPhone 4) · · Score: 3, Informative

    But the iPhone 4 use to run Siri. Apple removed it from the App Store, broke everyones existing copy by blocking it from the servers and then made it a 4S exclusive.

  25. Re:So why couldn't the complainent move? on Seattle Library Lets Man Watch Porn On Computers Despite Complaints · · Score: 1

    And if parents dont want their child exposed to the Koran, or Catcher in the Rye, should those also be banned from the library?