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March 6, 2012 - Perhaps Microsoft Should Have Tested Windows Azure More?

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Do you have the time?

So we know it's Leap Day, but what time is it?

On Wednesday, February 29th, Windows Azure experienced about 8 hours of downtime for some of its critical services. The cause? Leap Day. copyrightjoestrazzere

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February 28, 2012 - Have You Ever Taken The Crappy Path?

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Take the Crappy Path

Take The Crappy Path

Wikipedia defines the Happy Path as "a default scenario that features no exceptional or error conditions, and comprises the sequence of activities that will be executed if everything goes as expected."

Alan Page calls it "Simple inputs that should always work."

But as a professional tester, you should consider the Crappy Path.

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February 14, 2012 - Perhaps The Russian Space Agency Should Have Tested More?

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Not actually the Russian Mars Probe

The Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt launched on November 9th, 2011, was working immediately after launch. But a command to start the engines wasn't successful. Instead, the spacecraft went into "safe mode" and was trapped in orbit until it splashed into the ocean two months later. copyrightjoestrazzere

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February 2, 2012 - How will the NFL's 2011 Season End?

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Patriots preseason rainbow - a pot of gold at the end of the playoffs?

With Super Bowl XLVI fast approaching, I thought it would be interesting to look back on the predictions some sports writers made before the season started.

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