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The Apollo lunar landing programme, which culminated in Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s moon walk on 20 July 1969, represents a technical achievement that has yet to be surpassed. The computer systems that helped them get there were among the most advanced of the time. Certainly, no more complex public software project
had been undertaken before the Apollo programme.

The Apollo Guidance Computer, developed at MIT for the lunar landings, was the first embedded system. It was also the first example of a fly-by-wire system. Such systems are used today on modern aircraft such as the airbus A-380. The pilots relied on computers controlled by safety-critical software to keep them alive and enable them to navigate the 384,400km to the moon, control the descent and launch of the lunar lander, and return safely back to Earth. Thousands of computer technicians and programmers were involved in the Apollo programme. The software development process Nasa used to co-ordinate these people is often cited as an example of software engineering, although the term was coined midway through the lunar project.

As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of one of man’s greatest achievements this week, the idea of software projects being engineering projects has somehow been forgotten. Businesses are keen to gain a competitive edge by churning out software. Apart from in aerospace and some safety-critical -applications, speed of application development has become more important than quality. End-users accept computer bugs as a way of life. The British Computer Society is keen to raise the bar, with training, accreditation and certification, which it hopes will turn computer programming into a profession, with professional standards.

Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing initiative shows that commercial software can be made less buggy. But will users accept the price of higher quality software, the longer development time and the potentially higher licence fee? They need to. As computer technology becomes embedded in human society, the effects of buggy code will become more obvious and damaging. Software must be engineered to a high quality.

Cliff Saran

This was a news broadcast that I decided to TiVo and then edit down to the good parts and post for everyone to see. Hope you enjoy a piece of LA history:

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Frankly, I am a man of action and consequence. I don’t much believe the idea of coincidence and so on. However, when I got this and I looked at it, I was amuzed at first like anyone else would be but then I thought to myself no way in hell and this must be a coincidence. I mean anything can be made to look like anything right? Anyway, I got this and I wanted to share it and let you think about it yourself.

1. Fold the older new $20 dollar bill as shown above

2. Then fold it on the left side as shown above

3. Fold again the same way on the right side and supposedly you see the burning

4. This is a zoom of the same picture to see it for yourself I guess

5. Flip it over and you are supposedly going to see the twin towers burning

6. This is the zoom of the same thing

7. The final “hidden” message I guess is this and I have no idea how they got here

anyway, enjoy it for what it is, some conspiracy theory and if you believe it, good for you and if not then good for you too.

Well, my politically opinionated posts are nothing new; however, I usually don’t post something unless I agree to a great extent with it. Although I am not completely satisfied with the representation, I found it to be a good analogy just the same and felt it worthwhile to share. Hope you find it interesting as well, given the climate of elections and platforms and hollow BS to continue for a long while before it does down, it might serve as a refreshing take.

Now this going to rub a shit load of people the wrong way. So before I get your bitching, pissing, moaning, flaming and whatever else you got, keep in mind that one of the reason I love this country is the ability to say what you think and feel without fear of persecution. Agree with it or not, its someone’s position and I agree with parts of it.

Now its time for YOU to think and decide what you believe. If you feel like sharing by commenting, would love to hear it. Just keep it clean and respectful as everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don’t want this turning into a pissing contest with who can shout the most or loudest number of insults at one another.

NOTICE: ANY COMMENTS DEEMED TO CROSS THE LINE OF COMMON DECORUM AND DECENCY WILL BE DELETED AT MY DISCRETION. I WILL NEVER CENSOR BECAUSE I DISAGREE, BUT I WILL DELETE ANYTHING THAT IS AIMED AT JUST BEING MEAN, RUDE, SPITEFUL OR OFFENSIVE FOR THE SAKE OF SHOCK VALUE WITHOUT ANY SUBSTANCE.

Well the title is only as accurate as what you take away from this. I am just sharing what I believe and my hero Einstein tends to agree.To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself, and why do I defy authority? Because I am always curious and authority often attempts to prevent it.The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.