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.
Scotland is a Independent Internet Nation
“I am confident that the .scot domain name will prove to be a real asset to the people of Scotland and to the worldwide family of Scots.” – Nicola Sturgeon, deputy first minister
Scotland has declared independence from the UK, well, at least on the internet. A .scot domain has been created with fifty “pioneers” being the first to use and manage the generic top-level domain (gTLD). Some of these “pioneers” include the Scottish Government, NHS Scotland, and both sides of the independence vote; Yes Scotland, and Better Together. The new domain will be able to purchase for the the public from September 24th, a week after the independent vote on September 18th. A move to .scot might not be all sentiment. According to the Register, a survey of 2,000 Britons found that the greatest demand for a regional web address was in Scotland. Surprisingly 71% said they would be more likely to buy from a firm that had a .SCOT address.
Chromecast Gets RickRolled
“Once a prankster has hijacked the host seat, they could send the Chromecast videos, or songs, or do whatever else you normally might as the legitimate operator.”
A software bug has been found in the Google Chromecast that allows someone to take control of the device and re-direct the device where ever they see fit. The issue came to light when a white-hat hacker Dan Petro developed the Rickmote, a device built to exploit the bug in Chromecast. This device takes over the Chromecast and connects it to YouTube to play Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” or rickrolling. Raspberry Pi have more information on how the bug was discovered here.
Life in the Unexpected Fast Lane
“To the best of my knowledge, this recall is the first occasion on which any car manufacturer has admitted publicly to a link between a software malfunction and sudden acceleration and issued a recall to fix the software”
Anthony Anderson comments on the software issues that caused Honda to recall 175,000 of their hybrid vehicles in Japan. The company stated that a software bug in the electrical control unit in the car could cause the car to suddenly accelerate. This is not the first time that issues have arose with car software and sudden acceleration. Toyota in the US is facing a number of civil cases in which claimants are stating their cars suddenly accelerated before crashing. Read more about it here
Now Drop and Give me 20!
If your code tests don't pass, drop and gimme 20. New initiative to promote fitness at work. pic.twitter.com/1HkwCuQwKa
— Paul Stamatiou (@Stammy) July 23, 2014
Twitter designer Paul Stamatiou comes up with a novel way to test the code of developers at the Twitter office.
Now just Hit Ctrl+C
Is this the most useless menu item ever? Thanks for this, Google Docs. #UX #usability @skrug http://t.co/SdpENYqSns
— Neil Studd (@neilstudd) July 23, 2014
Neil Studd comes across a menu item on Google Docs that directs you to does absolutely nothing.
