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Re: Testing Challenge: Break the glass

mobile DVR — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:00:02 -0000

Really tough task! I'll definitely give it a try. I wanna win the challenge wish me luck. Thanks

Re: Testing Challenge: Break the glass

Ajay Balamurugadas — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:46:40 -0000

Any other way to download the app?

Re: Testing Challenge: Break the glass

Paul Berry — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:53:03 -0000

I can actually top that. I've broken the phone I would have run this on. (Stuck reflashing ROM image.)

Re: What Testers can learn from the Vulcan Death Grip

Angel — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:01:47 -0000

Very informative post! I watched Vulcan death grip in the movies actors or villains are performing and wondered, how they do that. But now I think it's not that hard and I can also perform death grip. Thanks

Re: Testing Schrödinger’s Cat

SamTheMan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:08:49 -0000

I am sorry you have completely failed with the concept of this thought experiment reducing the superposition eigenstates to a single eigenstate via the monitoring.

If you had ever read the initial version of the experiment as presented in Die Naturwissenschaften you would know the cat is pined such that it could not interfere with the mechanism or poison.

You also fail with the 1hour limit reducing much of your questions to be irrelevant such as lead poisoning.

Please consider fixing this blog. It is one of the first google image results and I fear many people will get the wrong idea about this experiment after reading your post.

Re: Group Testing – Getting the right people for the job

Lisa Davidson — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:10:31 -0000

Thank you for sharing this post. Group Testing is an interesting topic, I would like to know what QA Testing professionals think about it. What are the limitations that we should keep in mind?

Re: The Job Market and Software Testing Certifications

K E — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:50:26 -0000

Interesting to read all this - I am the HR director for a testing consultancy. I agree that the jury is out on ISEB qualifications, but clients do like the comfort blanked of seeing ISEB on CVs, it's just a box ticking exercise. However, I am more interested in your comment re the job ads - what exactly would you like to see on a job ad that then makes it more interesting. If we need someone to write, execute and automate test scripts etc., that's what we need, I can't think of any better way to put it across. Very happy to alter wording if it means I get access to higher quality consultants. Do tell :-)

Re: Usability Testing with my Mortgage Adviser?

usability testing — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:49:12 -0000

You describe a good process- sitting down and observing users is the KEY to doing good usability testing.

Re: What Testers can learn from the Vulcan Death Grip

Aruna — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:26:05 -0000

Hi,

Great Post!

The analogy of Vulcan Death Grip and software testing is awesome. The way it has been related to software testing is really excellent.

I have also almost always unconsciously been pushed into focusing only on tools and the execution of the suite right in front of me unless the user points out a very trivial yet a $320K defect which slipped my fingers.

You said "not thinking simply and looking for those defects which may seems small and insignificant, but from the user’s perspective, are huge!". This is a good finding. We are so carried away by overhyped tools that we did not apply our brains which can really make a difference from the user-perspective.

I really love the analogy. Thanks for sharing this great post.

Regards,
Aruna
www.technologyandleadership...
"The intersection of Technology and Leadership"

Re: ToolKit

Adam Brown — Sat, 21 May 2011 11:43:03 -0000

Thanks Justin. I will give Hexawise a look at some point this weekend. Looks very impressive looking at the PDF (https://app.hexawise.com/He...

generatedata.com looks similar to the fakenamegenerator tool above but can give you a massive customisable list instead of just one user at a time. Definitely useful for populating a table very quickly from a CSV.

Thanks for the recommendations :)

Regards,

Adam

Re: ToolKit

Justin Hunter — Thu, 19 May 2011 21:30:38 -0000

@brownie490,

Good list.

I'd also recommend generatedata.com (for all kinds of data generation needs) and hexawise.com (to generate highly efficient tests - in much less time than it takes you now to select and document your tests - that will help you zero in on the combinations that will trigger more defects in less time). Hexawise has been described as a pairwise testing tool on steroids.

Disclaimer: I'm biased about Hexawise because It's my company.

Justin

Re: Testing Schrödinger’s Cat

Steven — Wed, 18 May 2011 20:15:46 -0000

If you open the box, and the cat is still warm, you know he was alive.

but one thing is sure: the cat wil be death after you open the box.

Re: Crash Test Dummies – Using realistic Test data

Adam Brown — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:15:07 -0000

Thank Jon. I've actually been looking for something like that for a while, so that has actually helped me out loads.

In an application I'm testing at the minute, one of the comments from the test review was that my Test data needed to be more realistic in case it is shown to auditors.

Thanks again

Adam

Re: Crash Test Dummies – Using realistic Test data

Jon Winstanley — Thu, 12 May 2011 19:10:13 -0000

Hi Adam,

There is a web site which can generate realistic people data for you, plus they have an API nowadays so could be incorporated into a testing suite.

http://www.fakenamegenerato...

Hope it helps,
Jon

Re: Usability Testing with my Mortgage Adviser?

Usability Testing Software — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:55:05 -0000

Hi,

I just came to your post and reading above thing it is very impressive me and it is very nice blog.Thanks a lot for sharing this.

Re: inPrint

Ajay Balamurugadas — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:19:55 -0000

Congrats Adam! Good Luck for future achievements & learning...

Re: Crash Test Dummies – Using realistic Test data

Darren McMillan — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:43:52 -0000

@Adam Brown

A nice lesson learnt for Felix ;-)

That made me laugh Adam :-)

Re: Testing Schrödinger’s Cat

Internet User — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:43:00 -0000

Wait a minute... If you have 'more than one way to “look inside” the box' you are still looking inside of the box... Your point seems to be pointless.

But I do get your point of saying "Testing, to me, is looking inside the box to get rid of any doubt and to prove the outcome one way or another". Agreed.

Good post.

Re: Testing Schrödinger’s Cat

Paul Yavarow — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 22:01:25 -0000

Many of you are suggesting ways to determine wether the cat is alive by adding sensors and technologies, that is not the point of this expermient. It was to explain how any property of any electron cannot be know for sure at any time.

Re: Crash Test Dummies – Using realistic Test data

Adam Brown — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:06:27 -0000

Hi Felix.

The picture in the post is of a Crash Test Dummy at a desk. I thought it was funny :)

When referring to a Television programme, in English-English anyway, "Programme" is the correct spelling. When referring to an application, "Program" is the correct spelling.

From memory, the American-English spelling for a Television programme is "Program".

I'm going to assume that you are a tester, so in future it might be worth keeping in mind that different countries may spell words differently to yourself. Another example I can think of is "Colour", "Favour" and "Favourite". Although these may look wrong to you (as you would spell them color, favor, and favorite), these are in fact the correct way to spell them according to the Oxford-Cambridge Dictionary which we adhere to in England.

Hope this helps :)

Adam

Re: Crash Test Dummies – Using realistic Test data

felix — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:17:39 -0000

wat is tat pic supposed to mean. plus you spelled program rong its program. prograMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM there is no "e" GET IT , NO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE JUST AN MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM reply with correct spelling. You couldnt beat a kindegartner at a spelling bee. for that matter you couldnt beat a chicken.

Re: Testing Schrödinger’s Cat

the cat — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:03:08 -0000

Not to rain on your parade but by the mere fact of testing this experiment you are changing the results of the experiment according to quantum mechanics. the whole point of me going into the box is not to determine if i am dead and alive. the point is to show that if Schrodinger equation is used then according to quantum physics both solutions have been met.

The act of putting sensors inside the box is the essentially the same as opening the box.

Re: Crash Test Dummies – Using realistic Test data

Adam Brown — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:11:51 -0000

Thanks Joe. Looks like an interesting read from the excerpt! I will give that one a look.

Adam

Re: Crash Test Dummies – Using realistic Test data

Joe Strazzere — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:57:09 -0000

"I find the idea of using a dead animal quite laughable. Surely all this proves is that crashing a car at a certain speed is fatal if it’s being driven by a Sheep? I couldn’t think of a suitable, real life testing example of this. What do you think? Leave a comment below."

In many cases using dead animals, live animals, or dead humans would be far preferable to a crash test dummy, and could provide extremely useful information.

If you have chance, read "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" by Mary Roach.

Here's an excerpt:
"By and large, the dead aren't very talented. They can't play water polo, or lace up their boots, or maximize market share. They can't tell a joke, and they can't dance for beans. There is one thing dead people excel at. They're very good at handling pain. For instance, UM 006. UM 006 is a cadaver who recently journeyed across Detroit from the University of Michigan to the bioengineering lab at Wayne State University. His job, which he will undertake at approximately 7 p.m. tonight, is to be hit in the shoulder with a linear impactor."

Re: Crash Test Dummies – Using realistic Test data

Stu Taylor — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:27:21 -0000

Yeah, that should say noise from the signal, not noose! Swine iPhone!

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