So... how long before some malicious cyber advocate decides to go after certain pages to try to game and use this to try and get content off of Face Book?
With this info known, I just wonder if that's a possibility. Thoughts?
We've had agreements in places like Germany, for example for far longer than the Korean Conflict has been a zone. And we still base troops there, partyl because of NATO obligations, but still.
While I get your point, I'd like to add that caclulating propensity to start war with number of years engaged in conflict is really, not the same thing. I'm not sure how you divied this up, whether you counted things like Somalia, Bosnia/Kosovo, etc.
I love the numpad, for games, and data entry. I rarely would consider a laptop that doesn't have that feature. So Numpad means more horizontal width on the monitor, but not a guarantee of large size.
(that is if I was going to consider this line of thought at all)
Google has its hands in a lot of things that don't seem related, Search Engines, Docs, the Cloud, Email, etc. Amazon was a Retail company that built a great back bone and now their Cloud offerings are what others run on, but if you are a retailer who might compete with Amazon, there is clearly risk there. Facebook is just one social platform, it does have a lot of power, to control what gets said in its walls, but I'm not sure how you'd break up facebook at all. Where as many of Google's services could be spun off into separate companies (and may already be doing that ot some degree - Android OS/Pixel biz, search engine and ads biz) FB is hard to see boundaries within. I don't see what's wrong with Apple though. Their business makes sense to stay together, between Phones/Tablets/Computers all are general computing devices at this point.
Now yeah the apple store is a little weird, but as long as the internet exists there are other ways to get software on your iOS device I think.
If Trump was a real conservative, he would simply tell the government to stop sponsoring NFL games while the country's flag is being protested. That would do a HECK of a lot more IMO then you would think.
All the ones used by humans? Seriously, the survey taken in this manner is more than likely, biased. Just because someone uses Github doesn't mean they put all their bugs in Github (which skews the numbers), furthermore, its likely that newer languages may be using techniques which allow a lot more bugs, but they get found because of process and aren't being checked in with bugs because of it. Translation, modern methods have a lot more to do with lower bug counts in newer languages, then anything I'd imagine.
Look, it does sound like a lie, in that Obama might not have been messing with the FCC to get there. However, you can't ignore articles like this One about an internet kill switch that showed there is a desire within government to have some level of control of the internet. (the justification was 'for emergencies', but I say this is ridiculous where is the first people will go in an emergency if they need important information: hint: google, although radio in some areas might still be the go to place.)
So did Republicans lie? No, but it certainly might be a mischaracterization of the how, if not the motives. The Right has long seen attempts to silence them by people on the left. That's not tin foil hattery, (btw, liberals were worried about trump doing the same thing recently also.)
Only recently have I been able to floss regularly. I have a little bit of receding gum line and I have had several pretty bad Dental appointments. Some of this is due to probably eating too much sugar snacks and soda, but two things have changed it improve my teeth health. First the last two visits I got fluoride on my teeth which did a lot to help me with the liver the Sensitivity I was developing. Secondly I did make an effort to floss it may not be everyday but I noticed it improved and my doctor visit my hygenist visit was much better. I've continued to try to brush semi-regularly not daily but sometimes multiple times a day if I feel I need it and I noticed a great Improvement in the health and feeling of my teeth because of it. It since I have multiple months of evidence here even if you may say it's anecdotal evidence it works for me so I will keep doing it
Programming is and isn't necessary to be a successful tester, but what is needed is a way to really get your mind around how the system works. For some, programming helps with that, for others, models, state transition diagrams, or a simple developer explanation of the architecture is sufficient. Let us also be clear, in saying, that knowing how to understand code, to read it, if you will, is a far cry from being able to code it, and to do so well.
I've met some top notch testers who would never be confused with a programmer, but they could get to know the system and all its quirks and business rules better than some of the devs on the project. I've always respected people like that.
So when an earlier comment says, we just fired all the bad testers and we had improvement, this actually doesn't surprise me. This is knowledge work, and that requires sapience and critical thinking a skill that both devs and testers need in good measure.
its far worse than that. The reporter said should we have databases.... and trump almost has this look of... like that's a stupid question... we are certainly capable of having that... But the wall.... we need the wall!
the New River/Roanoke valley of Virginia which includes the city/towns of: Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, Salem and Roanoke. Multiple colleges, Industrial parks where software firms are located (Ex: Rackspace, Corvesta, Qualtrax, etc. Check out the Roanoke - Blacksburg Technology Council for some articles about the region here: The RBTC We moved here a few years ago and this area is a fantastic place to raise a family, there are plenty of tech jobs and the cost of living is fairly low compared to other technology hotbeds.
I think the issue now, is cable networks are now so ubiquituous. Consider this you have
Nickelodeon
Nick Jr (Toons for Tots)
Nick Toons (Generally for upper elementary to HS kids)
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
Disney
Disney XD
Disney Jr
Sprout (PBS's All kids network I think)
The Hub
Did I miss any?
SO I think the issue, isn't that sunday morning cartoons are gone. People have migrated to other services that fill their niche, and away from Broadcast Television mostly. It had become rare that anything on Broadcast TV on Saturday was worth watching, that I hadn't already seen.
Your mileage may vary. Sure you can write thousands of unit tests. That's maybe a good idea, if those tests bring enough value to continue to exist long term.
However, the higher up the integration stack you go, to service layer, APIs, UI the further removed you are from isolation, and the slower, and more prone to flakiness automated integration tests become. Not only that, even if you somehow manage to NEVER have a flaky test, if a company like Google with all its billions of revenue, can reach a point (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyOHJ4GR4iU - GTAC 2013 Keynote: Evolution from Quality Assurance to Test Engineering) can reach a point where they have so MANY tests that they cannot reasonably run all of them often enough due to resource requirements, then you may find yourself in a similar boat as well.
Simply automating all the checking isn't going to cover everything. This doesn't even begin to address usability issue, certain types of security testing, or performance testing, (which may require some automation, but will likely require a smart individual to maintain and interpret the results)
VP of Engineeing:... that's great, but QA is not a verb, and in fact, that isn't what testing is either.
MBA CEO: But what do we call our department responsible for testing.
Project Manager: The Quality Assurance Team.
VP of Engineering: I didn't choose the name that was there when you hired me.
Absolutely.... The fight with GKar and Michael York as a 'King Arthur' archetype fighting in down below and glorying over the battle. That line ranks among my favorite... along with the one who followed it, when GKar passes out, and Arthur turns to Marcus and says Sir Gawain had the same problem, and we dubbed him the 'Green Knight'... LOL Priceless.
Lennier and Vir's 'They never listen..." followed by, 'same time tomorrow?' Was awesome.
My problem, was I only remembered him (Boxleitner) for one other roll. As 'super spy' Scarecrow in Scarecrow and Mrs King. As a kid, a show I didn't really appreciate till i got older and saw reruns.
I'm pretty fluent with C#, and competent with VB. I just worry about giving a youngster too much of an environment to play in off the bat, and since I came to C# from Basic->C->Ada->C++/Java->PHP->C# the experience I have with it gives me some confidence. However, I also wonder whether it might be too much for a younger child, even one as intelligent as my son is. I've been contemplating HTML, then throwing in some CSS and JS. I haven't decided yet. Part of me is interested in Ruby, Python, or PHP as a starter for him. I don't know Ruby or Python, but I know I could pick it up. I just wonder whether it is better to shoot from something I know pretty well, or if I should be more concerned with how terse the language is to start.
I decided yesterday that I could start with just some basic logical ideas, maybe flow charting type stuff, just to get him thinking about how control structures might work. 4th Grade might be too soon though.
Some colleges still have so called CS 1 or CS 5 courses (or whatever they number them) that teach just that. I'm not sure where other universities put such training, if at all, but don't assume all Universities are the same. I never took the course, and I tutored a couple of folks who did as a Computer Engineering student. I don't think the issue is about devising a curriculum, but having a good quality text, even if its a tiny one can be a great help to a home schooler. You can have the child read and work through exercises on the computer or whatever. When I was in HS they had a text that fit onto the stands they used to use for keyboarding. Very nice actually. We basically learned to type, and then learned to use the word processor and type.
C could be a good Language, Ada is an interesting one also, but I wonder if VB or VBA is more useful? The other thing for home schoolers that I wonder, is what environment we let them run in. We home school our son, and he's starting 4th Grade, and i want to give him something small to whet his appetite. If he likes it then I'll provide more. If he hates it, I may still provide him more, but in lower dosages, LOL. I feel programming may become a skill like working on cars, where a lot of people will do it in their spare time, or in parts, without it being the focus of a career.
The real question I have about home schooling and programming is what environment to setup. For us we have windows machines so that limits us. I want to get him some basic ideas about programming, but I'd also like to keep him from offing my desktop that he would be using as well. So given that I'd like to give him a little protection as he starts to learn this, what do you guys recommend as a language that provides a lot of the basics. I'm less concerned about OO right now, as procedural style programming? Would you go VB? VBA within say excel or access? Would you use C or C#? Things like that are questions that really need to be answered before you begin a course like this I think.
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So... how long before some malicious cyber advocate decides to go after certain pages to try to game and use this to try and get content off of Face Book? With this info known, I just wonder if that's a possibility. Thoughts?
We've had agreements in places like Germany, for example for far longer than the Korean Conflict has been a zone. And we still base troops there, partyl because of NATO obligations, but still.
While I get your point, I'd like to add that caclulating propensity to start war with number of years engaged in conflict is really, not the same thing. I'm not sure how you divied this up, whether you counted things like Somalia, Bosnia/Kosovo, etc.
I love the numpad, for games, and data entry. I rarely would consider a laptop that doesn't have that feature. So Numpad means more horizontal width on the monitor, but not a guarantee of large size.
Or if people have forgotten. DIgg before Kevin Rose got out.
I feel similarly, but about Google and Amazon.
(that is if I was going to consider this line of thought at all)
Google has its hands in a lot of things that don't seem related, Search Engines, Docs, the Cloud, Email, etc. Amazon was a Retail company that built a great back bone and now their Cloud offerings are what others run on, but if you are a retailer who might compete with Amazon, there is clearly risk there. Facebook is just one social platform, it does have a lot of power, to control what gets said in its walls, but I'm not sure how you'd break up facebook at all. Where as many of Google's services could be spun off into separate companies (and may already be doing that ot some degree - Android OS/Pixel biz, search engine and ads biz) FB is hard to see boundaries within. I don't see what's wrong with Apple though. Their business makes sense to stay together, between Phones/Tablets/Computers all are general computing devices at this point. Now yeah the apple store is a little weird, but as long as the internet exists there are other ways to get software on your iOS device I think.
As soon as you move away from an interstate a mile or two it drops fast
If Trump was a real conservative, he would simply tell the government to stop sponsoring NFL games while the country's flag is being protested. That would do a HECK of a lot more IMO then you would think.
All the ones used by humans? Seriously, the survey taken in this manner is more than likely, biased. Just because someone uses Github doesn't mean they put all their bugs in Github (which skews the numbers), furthermore, its likely that newer languages may be using techniques which allow a lot more bugs, but they get found because of process and aren't being checked in with bugs because of it. Translation, modern methods have a lot more to do with lower bug counts in newer languages, then anything I'd imagine.
Maybe people wanted money for football bowl game tickets and lodging and airfare or possibly they just wanted money for Christmas to travel?
Look, it does sound like a lie, in that Obama might not have been messing with the FCC to get there. However, you can't ignore articles like this One about an internet kill switch that showed there is a desire within government to have some level of control of the internet. (the justification was 'for emergencies', but I say this is ridiculous where is the first people will go in an emergency if they need important information: hint: google, although radio in some areas might still be the go to place.)
So did Republicans lie? No, but it certainly might be a mischaracterization of the how, if not the motives. The Right has long seen attempts to silence them by people on the left. That's not tin foil hattery, (btw, liberals were worried about trump doing the same thing recently also.)
Only recently have I been able to floss regularly. I have a little bit of receding gum line and I have had several pretty bad Dental appointments. Some of this is due to probably eating too much sugar snacks and soda, but two things have changed it improve my teeth health. First the last two visits I got fluoride on my teeth which did a lot to help me with the liver the Sensitivity I was developing. Secondly I did make an effort to floss it may not be everyday but I noticed it improved and my doctor visit my hygenist visit was much better. I've continued to try to brush semi-regularly not daily but sometimes multiple times a day if I feel I need it and I noticed a great Improvement in the health and feeling of my teeth because of it. It since I have multiple months of evidence here even if you may say it's anecdotal evidence it works for me so I will keep doing it
Would that be the same Takata airbag that is recalled what unions and millions of airbags for defects from the last two years?
Programming is and isn't necessary to be a successful tester, but what is needed is a way to really get your mind around how the system works. For some, programming helps with that, for others, models, state transition diagrams, or a simple developer explanation of the architecture is sufficient. Let us also be clear, in saying, that knowing how to understand code, to read it, if you will, is a far cry from being able to code it, and to do so well.
I've met some top notch testers who would never be confused with a programmer, but they could get to know the system and all its quirks and business rules better than some of the devs on the project. I've always respected people like that.
So when an earlier comment says, we just fired all the bad testers and we had improvement, this actually doesn't surprise me. This is knowledge work, and that requires sapience and critical thinking a skill that both devs and testers need in good measure.
its far worse than that. The reporter said should we have databases.... and trump almost has this look of... like that's a stupid question... we are certainly capable of having that... But the wall .... we need the wall!
the New River/Roanoke valley of Virginia which includes the city/towns of: Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Radford, Salem and Roanoke. Multiple colleges, Industrial parks where software firms are located (Ex: Rackspace, Corvesta, Qualtrax, etc. Check out the Roanoke - Blacksburg Technology Council for some articles about the region here: The RBTC We moved here a few years ago and this area is a fantastic place to raise a family, there are plenty of tech jobs and the cost of living is fairly low compared to other technology hotbeds.
I think the issue now, is cable networks are now so ubiquituous. Consider this you have
Nickelodeon
Nick Jr (Toons for Tots)
Nick Toons (Generally for upper elementary to HS kids)
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
Disney
Disney XD
Disney Jr
Sprout (PBS's All kids network I think)
The Hub
Did I miss any?
SO I think the issue, isn't that sunday morning cartoons are gone. People have migrated to other services that fill their niche, and away from Broadcast Television mostly. It had become rare that anything on Broadcast TV on Saturday was worth watching, that I hadn't already seen.
Your mileage may vary. Sure you can write thousands of unit tests. That's maybe a good idea, if those tests bring enough value to continue to exist long term. However, the higher up the integration stack you go, to service layer, APIs, UI the further removed you are from isolation, and the slower, and more prone to flakiness automated integration tests become. Not only that, even if you somehow manage to NEVER have a flaky test, if a company like Google with all its billions of revenue, can reach a point (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyOHJ4GR4iU - GTAC 2013 Keynote: Evolution from Quality Assurance to Test Engineering) can reach a point where they have so MANY tests that they cannot reasonably run all of them often enough due to resource requirements, then you may find yourself in a similar boat as well. Simply automating all the checking isn't going to cover everything. This doesn't even begin to address usability issue, certain types of security testing, or performance testing, (which may require some automation, but will likely require a smart individual to maintain and interpret the results)
VP of Engineeing:... that's great, but QA is not a verb, and in fact, that isn't what testing is either. MBA CEO: But what do we call our department responsible for testing. Project Manager: The Quality Assurance Team. VP of Engineering: I didn't choose the name that was there when you hired me.
Absolutely.... The fight with GKar and Michael York as a 'King Arthur' archetype fighting in down below and glorying over the battle. That line ranks among my favorite... along with the one who followed it, when GKar passes out, and Arthur turns to Marcus and says Sir Gawain had the same problem, and we dubbed him the 'Green Knight'... LOL Priceless. Lennier and Vir's 'They never listen..." followed by, 'same time tomorrow?' Was awesome.
My problem, was I only remembered him (Boxleitner) for one other roll. As 'super spy' Scarecrow in Scarecrow and Mrs King. As a kid, a show I didn't really appreciate till i got older and saw reruns.
I'm pretty fluent with C#, and competent with VB. I just worry about giving a youngster too much of an environment to play in off the bat, and since I came to C# from Basic->C->Ada->C++/Java->PHP->C# the experience I have with it gives me some confidence. However, I also wonder whether it might be too much for a younger child, even one as intelligent as my son is. I've been contemplating HTML, then throwing in some CSS and JS. I haven't decided yet. Part of me is interested in Ruby, Python, or PHP as a starter for him. I don't know Ruby or Python, but I know I could pick it up. I just wonder whether it is better to shoot from something I know pretty well, or if I should be more concerned with how terse the language is to start.
I decided yesterday that I could start with just some basic logical ideas, maybe flow charting type stuff, just to get him thinking about how control structures might work. 4th Grade might be too soon though.
Some colleges still have so called CS 1 or CS 5 courses (or whatever they number them) that teach just that. I'm not sure where other universities put such training, if at all, but don't assume all Universities are the same. I never took the course, and I tutored a couple of folks who did as a Computer Engineering student. I don't think the issue is about devising a curriculum, but having a good quality text, even if its a tiny one can be a great help to a home schooler. You can have the child read and work through exercises on the computer or whatever. When I was in HS they had a text that fit onto the stands they used to use for keyboarding. Very nice actually. We basically learned to type, and then learned to use the word processor and type.
C could be a good Language, Ada is an interesting one also, but I wonder if VB or VBA is more useful? The other thing for home schoolers that I wonder, is what environment we let them run in. We home school our son, and he's starting 4th Grade, and i want to give him something small to whet his appetite. If he likes it then I'll provide more. If he hates it, I may still provide him more, but in lower dosages, LOL. I feel programming may become a skill like working on cars, where a lot of people will do it in their spare time, or in parts, without it being the focus of a career.
The real question I have about home schooling and programming is what environment to setup. For us we have windows machines so that limits us. I want to get him some basic ideas about programming, but I'd also like to keep him from offing my desktop that he would be using as well. So given that I'd like to give him a little protection as he starts to learn this, what do you guys recommend as a language that provides a lot of the basics. I'm less concerned about OO right now, as procedural style programming? Would you go VB? VBA within say excel or access? Would you use C or C#? Things like that are questions that really need to be answered before you begin a course like this I think.
"It's time for my Dalek Poetry Reading
This one is called Daffodils
Exterminate Daffodils
Exterminate Daffodils
Exterminate Daffodils
Exterminate, Exterminate, Exterminate"
I don't recall where I saw this online, but it made me Laugh so hard I fell out of my chair!