Welcome to our weekly round-up of our picks of the quotes of the week. This includes our favourite comments, articles and quotes from the world of testing and beyond.
Just a Billion Bugs
“Totally unacceptable” – John-Daniel Trask
That is the opinion of the CEO of New Zealand company Mindscape on the fact that his company has just announced that it has just reached the milestone of reporting a billion bugs with its reporting tool Raygun. Raygun is a third-party tool which reports app and software crashes to Mindscape clients via their servers. Clients of Raygun include Microsoft and Apple owned Beats Music. The tool was only launched by the company in spring 2013.
A bug Free World
“It is possible to create a better world with fewer bugs, but the bugs are always going to be there” – Dick Bussiere Tenable Network Security Asia Pacific principal architect
Considering a billion bugs was found by Mindscape’s tool, it seem likely that this scenario is a long way off. Dick Bussiere discusses the possibilities of creating bug free software with ARN recently and concludes it is unlikely to happen soon. Read the article here
The Name Bugs Me
“A developer I know once said, “Bugs should not be called bugs, they should be called Massive F#@k-Ups [MFUs].” – David Thielen CTO & Founder, Windward Studios
David Thielen argues that software bugs should be renamed. He brought up a quote from a book he wrote 25 years ago that he believes is still relevant to the software testing world today. Read the full article here.
Computer Says No (We Don’t Have the Budget)
Researchers at @IBM are testing a version of #IBMWatson designed to listen & contribute to business meetings http://t.co/FBjwrTqaai
— John White (@JohnWhite) August 7, 2014
It has been a story floating around the internet this week, IBM are in the process of developing WATSON, (a computer programme that they developed before to participate in human interactions) to take part in business meetings. The system is in development in IBM’s Thomas J. Watson research centre in New York. A test with the system has WATSON “attend” a meeting, listen to mic’ed-up attendees and then at the end, make recommendations from the meeting. WASTON is intended help researchers explore how software can understand and participate in human interactions.
And Finally….Home Cinema D.I.Y.
How to make a rubbish home cinema for £0 http://t.co/HR86JidCmZ pic.twitter.com/IP9SxjmY1K
— i100 (@thei100) August 2, 2014
For those of you who are D.I.Y. enthusiasts, and are fans of cinema, here is something to try over the weekend. This is a excellent how to guide to build your very own home cinema. I just might give it a try myself. Read the full instruction here
