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Software IntegrityGlitch Watch - 250,000 cell phone subscribers without service Approximately 250,000 cell phone subscribers lost service for most of Tuesday
this week in Vermont and neighboring states. According to the Brattleboro
Reformer, a “software issue” caused the problem, which caused the
loss of Unicel̵ Posted: May. 9, 2008 04:04 PM Video: New Features in Java 6 With JavaOne commencing this week, there will be much persuasion for those not
yet upgraded to Java 6 to do so.
Although not as rich in features as the move to Java 5 was, Java 6 still has
benefits. My favorites include:
- A scripting engine (Rhino) Posted: May. 7, 2008 04:26 PM Glitch Watch - Volvo recalls 65,000 cars Ford Motor Company announced this week that it will recall 65,000 Volvo V70 and
XC70 cars because of a problem with the software that controls the side-impact
air bags. Apparently the recall applies only to cars in Europe.
According to Volvo’ Posted: May. 2, 2008 08:00 AM Book Review - Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash Tom and Mary Poppendieck are two leading evangelists of Lean software
development who share their experiences at conferences on a regular basis. Their
first book was an excellent introduction to lean principles and tools, and this
book continues the Posted: Apr. 29, 2008 03:34 AM Glitch Watch - Lower than low fares at Aer Lingus Glitch Watch is a bit abbreviated this week by virtue of the fact that I am on
the road which severely limits the amount of time I have available to sort
through the mail bag. However, one story did catch my eye this week. Irish
airline Aer Lingus Posted: Apr. 25, 2008 11:55 AM Video: Cease Inspections When investigating Lean for the first time, books and articles that give an
overview of the principles and tenets of Lean can appear to be contradictory.
For example many managers may question how Cease Inspections can be advocated
where a basic prin Posted: Apr. 23, 2008 01:15 PM Glitch Watch - Nuclear software fault goes undetected for 28 years Stillwater, MN: the Stillwater Lift Bridge got stuck in the open position for
more than two hours this week after its controlling computer got
“confused”. According to Minnesota Department of Transportation
spokeswoman Mary McFarland-Bro Posted: Apr. 18, 2008 06:00 PM Glitch Watch - TomTom gets lost in FLA Problems with a new $3m automated trip reservation system caused difficulties
last week for disabled users of Chicago’s paratransit system. Apparently,
computerizing the dispatch system was supposed to make things better for the
roughly 6,000 Posted: Apr. 11, 2008 02:54 PM Video: Small steps When your manager says: “We expect you to write good quality code,”
many people, especially junior developers, will freeze, thinking about code
structure, performance, best practices, company coding standards, patternsÂ… the
list goes on a Posted: Apr. 8, 2008 06:12 PM Glitch Watch - Turkey hunters forced to wait in line Wednesday last week in Lake Placid, FL, residents were warned to boil water
after a computer glitch caused the town’s water storage tanks, which
together hold some 300,000 gallons, to run dry. By Friday, the water was back
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