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GeneralRe: I feel like a stalkermember Michael Martin 4 Nov '12 - 3:48 
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Yeah that was me, I figured a beer or a few was due next time I visit my daughter in Greystaynes. You are out that way somewhere I beleive.

Mount Druitt, so about 20 to 30 minutes by car depending on the traffic.

Michael Martin
Australia
 
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
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JokeRe: I feel like a stalkermemberRavi Bhavnani4 Nov '12 - 5:23 
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
I HATE BIG DATA
Google+ just informed me that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast.  And you're planning to clip your toenails today.  Never underestimate the power of big data!
 
/ravi
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GeneralRe: I feel like a stalkermemberMycroft Holmes4 Nov '12 - 11:40 
The really frightening thing is I was chasing through a bacon blog earlier, then again the odd are pretty good I would do that almost any day, as for a dip just one word, Singapore. Ever thought of going into fortune telling.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

JokeRe: I feel like a stalkermemberRavi Bhavnani4 Nov '12 - 11:43 
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Ever thought of going into fortune telling.
I knew you'd ask me that. Smile | :)
 
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GeneralRe: I feel like a stalkermemberJörgen Andersson4 Nov '12 - 5:26 
Just be happy that Google isn't in the pr0n business and starts giving recommendation links to your friends from your own surfing habits.
(no smiley on that, I find it totally plausible)
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

GeneralRe: I feel like a stalkerprotectorAspDotNetDev4 Nov '12 - 9:19 
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
the pr0n business and starts giving recommendation links to your friends

 
On the other hand, it would be hilarious if it let me know some of my lady friends ended up in the pr0n business. Shucks | :->

GeneralRe: I feel like a stalkermemberMycroft Holmes4 Nov '12 - 11:43 
The temptation to set up anonymous browsing is getting stronger all the time. However I don't think any of my friends have any illusions about me, if they do I'll be disappointed.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

Questionneed help to select a Software ModelmemberPAthanKp3 Nov '12 - 23:19 
hello my name is PAthan Kp, im a student of HND Computing (1st Semester)
im working on a assignment, so need your help to select a right software model, for a Home Appliances company to develop a software.
 
Scenario
You are currently working as a Software Engineer at a Company that deals in making Automated Home Appliances. The Company has to come up with new model of each product every year depending on the market trends and user needs.
The purpose of the software developed for such appliances is to configure and control the hardware. So the job of the software engineering department is to develop the software that controls, configures and test the hardware.
As the software is embedded within the hardware, so the software application for the devices must be completely tested and implemented before the shipment of the product.
 
Task
1. Compare different software development life cycle models and select the best method for the given problem.
2. Discuss how the selected system development life cycle is best for the given problem.
3.Give examples to support your idea by sugguesting any other projects that can also use the particular method selected by you.
4. Select an alternate system development life cycle method that can be used to solve the given problem.
AnswerRe: need help to select a Software ModelmemberSimon_Whale3 Nov '12 - 23:29 
to help you with task 1.
 
you must improve your Google-fu skills
1. open the google homepage Google[^]
2. type into the search page without the speech marks "software development life cycle models"
3. read the through the results, personally I would start with searching WIKI
 
4. Any problems please post in the QA or forums asking specific questions and saying where you are stuck and what you have done and we will help you as much as possible.
 
Sorry for the sarcastic response but I dont want to be spending my sunday DOING your homework.
 
Simon
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AnswerRe: need help to select a Software ModelmemberMaximilien3 Nov '12 - 23:29 
Well, good for you.
 
Do you expect us to do your homework for you? What have you done yet ? I assume you have course documentation (books, slides, references) that you can use to answer all of those.
 
When (if) you are employed, will you continue asking others to do your work for you or will you take the responsibility of doing it yourself, taking the risk of failure?
 
Have a nice one.
Nihil obstat

GeneralRe: need help to select a Software ModelmemberPAthanKp4 Nov '12 - 0:33 
noh just wanted to know which is the best Model and which one is alternative...!
i think incremental is the BEST Model for this Project, just need suggestions.
GeneralRe: need help to select a Software ModelmemberEddy Vluggen3 Nov '12 - 23:37 
PAthanKp wrote:
As the software is embedded within the hardware, so the software application for the devices must be completely tested and implemented before the shipment of the product.

NASA completely tests their stuff, before blasting the billions into space. Yet even there, things sometimes explode. If the task states "completely tested", then the task fails before it is started.
 
PAthanKp wrote:
Compare different software development life cycle models and select the best method for the given problem.

How many "software development life cycle models" have been introduced to you during class? Can you explain me what a "software development life cycle model" is, or give me an example?
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GeneralRe: need help to select a Software ModelmemberPAthanKp4 Nov '12 - 0:31 
Waterfall
Prototyping
RAD
Incremental
Spiral
WINWIN Spiral
AnswerRe: need help to select a Software ModelmemberEddy Vluggen4 Nov '12 - 0:57 
PAthanKp wrote:
Waterfall
Prototyping
RAD
Incremental

In that case, the correct term would be "software development methodology".
Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
They hate us for our freedom![^]

GeneralRe: need help to select a Software Modelmemberjim lahey4 Nov '12 - 21:59 
You forgot Cowboy Coding.
AnswerRe: need help to select a Software ModelmemberMycroft Holmes3 Nov '12 - 23:40 
PAthanKp wrote:
so need your help to select a right software model,

There is your problem, that is your job, researching the different models and then making a selection based on the research you have done.
 
If you had included some evidence that you have begun doing the research you may have got a different response, although you really should go to the design forum for this type of discussion.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH

AnswerRe: need help to select a Software Modelmember GeekBond 4 Nov '12 - 0:35 
Google is your best friend and CP won't answer your homework unless you've tried and encountered roadbloacks at which time you would be required to use the Quick Answers forum to get 'quick answers'
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is SILENCE, the second is LISTENING, the third MEMORY, the forth, PRACTICE and the fifth is TEACHING others!

AnswerRe: need help to select a Software ModelmvpOriginalGriff4 Nov '12 - 0:48 
For that application, the model you should use is AIRFIX[^]
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

GeneralRe: need help to select a Software ModelmemberJohnny J.4 Nov '12 - 1:03 
Surely only if you can't fix it with silvertape?!?! Confused | :confused:
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GeneralRe: need help to select a Software ModelmvpOriginalGriff4 Nov '12 - 1:16 
You may need some glue logic.
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

GeneralRe: need help to select a Software ModelmemberSoMad4 Nov '12 - 9:43 
I am not sure that approach is going to fly at his esteemed college. Smile | :)
 
Soren Madsen
Answerneed help to select a Software ModelmemberAbhishek Pant4 Nov '12 - 1:32 
Sorry dude,Today is sunday We do not do homeworks.
But you can refer to types of software models.
Can refer to book by Katson Publication of software engineering
AnswerRe: need help to select a Software Modelmemberharold aptroot4 Nov '12 - 1:42 
PAthanKp wrote:
help to select a right software model
As with any decision, you should approach it like this:
- list the pros and cons of every possible choice.
- link them to the specific scenario.
- select the best* choice.
 
Splitting the first and second steps like that is an approximation that you can't always afford. Sometimes they should be merged to the step:
- predict the real positive and negative effects of every choice.
That step can usually only be approximated, because it usually involves an element of random chance, but usually it can be approximated very well using experience (of yourself and others), detailed information of the complete scenario (not enough given in this question) and logic.
 
* "best" means that the sum of weighted pros plus the sum of weighted cons (cons are negative, so you just add them, not subtract them) is highest over all choices. Don't divide - you're not looking for the "most efficient way to produce 'pro' ", you would often end up making a choice that has no cons (and therefore an infinite efficiency) but those choices usually give very little 'pro'.
 
Usually there are several best choices, that only differ in some trade-offs that (by construction) apparently don't affect the pros and cons. There is no reason to choose one of them over the other. If you feel one of them is better than an other, then your pros and cons were formulated incorrectly. For example, if you feel that one choice is better than an other because the other makes you a cold-hearted a**hole, consider the effect it may have on your interactions with others and recalculate the pros and cons taking other peoples' perception of you into account.
 
You now know how to correctly (ie optimally) make any choice ever, from choosing a move in chess to what to say to your romantic interest. This procedure is often time-consuming though, so you may have to recursively apply this procedure in order to choose whether to apply it.
QuestionCoursera Lecture vedios on Android TabmemberWajihAhmed3 Nov '12 - 20:32 
Any ideas, if it is possible to watch the lecture vedios on android tab?
AnswerRe: Coursera Lecture vedios on Android TabmemberMaximilien3 Nov '12 - 23:32 
What lecture videos ?
 
I would imagine the Android Tab have numerous different video players that support many formats (VLC comes to mind).
 
if not, you can program one yourself.
Nihil obstat

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