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How Exhaustive Testing Ensured a Successful Voyage for the Mars Rover Bonnie Bailey writes on the software testing that took place to ensure that NASA's Curiosity rover would have a successful voyage to Mars. NASA's Mars Science Laboratory handled the myriad risks through well-planned software architecture, tight coding standards, and exhaustive testing. |
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The Attack of the Copyright Enforcement Robots Filtering of copyright material has been common in text, but it is now extending to video. In addition to issues determining when reuse is acceptable, there are major issues determining the real owners of material. A whole new class of bugs is emerging from this—and the need for new laws! |