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Comment on Hardest level in a game by Thegamez18

Thegamez18 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:54:41 +0000

Guitar hero through the flames and fire song and street fighters alpha 3 bison last boss using ryu or the other way around

Comment on Hardest level in a game by Technology Blog

Technology Blog — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:51:06 +0000

My brother would be amazed this post. We were not too long ago discussing about this. lol

Comment on When is a bug not a bug? by Rich Gubby

Rich Gubby — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:35:23 +0000

You’re right, of course. Actually having contact with the end user and asking is what anyone normal would have done.

But in this particular situation regular contact wasn’t something that was available and was almost frowned upon (even though the end user was internal staff)..

Comment on When is a bug not a bug? by Ian Dominey

Ian Dominey — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:52:36 +0000

Well, technically, your friend was right. But then so are you. Ultimately the example that you gave was a flaw in the specification but it was also a flaw in the release process. Having regular contact with the end user throughout the development life-cycle would have fixed that problem. E.g. “I’ve implemented the add thing that you wanted, does this look correct to you?” long before releasing it and then updating your unit tests with the newly discovered requirement would have saved a lot of time.

I wince at your use of the term ‘common sense’ however. Assumptions, even the most obvious and innocuous seeming ones can come back to bite you more often than you’d think.

Comment on The need for speed by Rich Gubby

Rich Gubby — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:32:29 +0000

I think he’ll do the long jump. I also think he may do the 400m!

So he could be the world record holder for:
100m
200m
400m
4×100m
4×400m (if he’s part of it he’ll break the record!)
long jump

that wouldn’t be a bad effort!

Comment on The need for speed by Ceri

Ceri — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:23:41 +0000

Several days after Bolt broke the world records in 100 and 200 meters events, Mike Powell, the world record holder in long jump (8.95 meters set in 1991) argued that Bolt could become the first man to jump over 9 meters, the long jump event being “a perfect fit for his speed and height”.

ANOTHER World Record coming chaps?

Comment on The need for speed by Ceri

Ceri — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:21:08 +0000

I am 1cm shorter than Bolt. However, I am 40kg heavier! Look, I was a judo fighter! I needed the weight to, erm, balance!

Anyway, after his 100m run at the Olympics, you know when he slowed down for the rest of the field there was some analysis done of his performance:

“Bolt’s coach reported that, based upon the speed of Bolt’s opening 60 m, he could have finished with a time of 9.52 s. After scientific analysis of Bolt’s run by the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Oslo, Hans Eriksen and his colleagues also predicted a sub 9.60 s time. Considering factors such as Bolt’s position, acceleration and velocity in comparison with second-place-finisher Thompson, the team estimated that Bolt could have finished in 9.55 s had he not slowed to celebrate before the finishing line.”

It’s since come to light at that race, there was no headwind, he slowed down AND he was running with one shoelace undone! OUCH!

Bolt ran all the way to the line in the Berlin Worlds in another record time of 9.58s! Can he really knock off another 0.14s to take the World Record to 9.4something?

Comment on The need for speed by Chris

Chris — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:49:44 +0000

Bolt is basically perfect for sprinting. He’s really REALLY tall and has power / muscle mass with it so his stride is long and explosive. The question is will we ever see a taller, more powerfully built man? And will they go in to sprinting or the circus?

Normally really tall people have a touch of the Crouch’s about them…. Bolt is different.

Comment on Clouds.. thousands of em.. by Ceri

Ceri — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:56:50 +0000

I like clouds.

Comment on The need for speed by Ceri

Ceri — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:56:25 +0000

Some points to consider:

Can athletes keep going faster in the 100 metres?

Yes…

*Usain Bolt could shave some hundredths of a second off his time by running through the line and not raising his arms

*If the race starts being measured in thousandths of a second, even slight improvements will count as a new record

*A course of gene therapy could give athletes a new edge, boosting human capabilities yet further

No…

*We’re already reaching our top speed. Scientists believe man cannot run faster than 30mph, with the best at about 27mph

*We have certain physiological handicaps that will always hinder us. We’ll never resemble a cheetah, which can reach 70mph

*There must be some point at which the record will never be broken – we’ll surely never see the 100 metres run in five seconds