Photoshop Can't Open Its Own Files

Sometimes my Photoshop doesn't open its own files on the first try:

Contradictory Texts on Vimeo

Today I registered an account on vimeo.com and wanted to create a channel for collecting a videos about software testing. And Vimeo said to me, that I have not created a channel yet, but I can't create one, because I have already created 1:

Turned out that I can't create channel because my e-mail wasn't confirmed. After confirmation I see this picture:

And after creating a channel I see this picture:

So, actually the first block is about my current channels and the second block is about my future channels. In the situation when I can't have present channel and can't have future channel both messages are in conflict with each other.

And they have same message about groups too:


And here is first video in my channel: agile developer Anton Keks is talking about professional testing on Nordic Testing Days 2013:

Anton Keks Nordic Testing Days 2013 Keynote: "Being A Professional Software Tester" from Nordic Testing Days on Vimeo.

Bug As Art

Interesting article about how bugs can be beautiful: Bugs are Beautiful: Apple Maps’ Unintentional Art by Mike Brown.

Some iOS Maps glitches: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedernorrby/sets/72157632277119513
Google Earth glitches: http://www.postcards-from-google-earth.com
The Sims glitches (likely black humor): http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/sims%20glitches

Firefox 21.0 Can't Import Bookmarks Properly

I have a new computer in the work, so last days I did a lot of export/import things. And the only one problem (a little one, not actually the problem) that appears is importing bookmarks in the Firefox. Instead of putting toolbar bookmarks in the toolbar section it makes a folder with same name "Bookmarks Toolbar":

Memory Issue On Mars

Photo by ASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

A computer glitch on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has forced the robot to switch to a backup computer while engineers try to resolve the problem. In the meantime, Curiosity's science work is on hold, and the spacecraft is in a minimal-activity state known as "safe mode" while its backup computer is updated with the command codes and parameters it needs to take over the rover's full operations. "We're still early on in the process," said Richard Cook, Curiosity project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "We have probably several days, maybe a week of activities to get everything back and reconfigured."

About reasons:

The computer problem is related to a glitch in flash memory on the A-side computer caused by corrupted memory files, Cook said. Scientists are still looking into the root cause the corrupted memory, but it's possible the memory files were damaged by high-energy space particles called cosmic rays, which are always a danger beyond the protective atmosphere of Earth.

The source: NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity in Safe Mode After Computer Glitch

UPD

"I don't expect there to be any long-term impact," project manager Richard Cook told Reuters. But "it's probably too early to tell." The $2.5 billion robotic geology station was in the middle of analyzing its first samples drilled out from the interior of a rock when its primary computer developed a problem on Wednesday.

Article: Computer glitch suspends NASA Mars rover operation

UPD2
Fixed:

PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has transitioned from precautionary "safe mode" to active status on the path of recovery from a memory glitch last week. Resumption of full operations is anticipated by next week.

Article: Curiosity Rover's Recovery on Track

ATM Interresting Behavior

Interesting behavior of ATM I discovered today. I wanted to put cash on my bank account using ATM.

Procedures:
* I inserted card
* I entered PIN code
* I inserted the cash
* ATM counted the cash
* I chose "Transfer money to account"
* ATM said "Wrong PIN"
* I entered the right PIN
* ATM transfers money to my account

Why the PIN verification procedures at this stage? What if I enter the wrong PIN 3 times? Does it give me my cash back?

Bug In The Oracle Pl/SQL Developer 7.1.5

There is a bug in Oracle PL/SQL Developer 7.1.5: timestamp field is sorted only by the day, not taking in account months, years and time.



In the picture you can see, that the sorting is ASC and the first value is 01.11.2010 09:37:54, the last value is 26.04.2010 13:02:21, which is definitely older, so should be before the first one.

But the sorting is wrong only if use GUI - this sorting icon to the right of each field. If give sorting rules in the SQL query ORDER BY SYS_START_TIME ASC, then it is correct.

How To Cheat At Online Courses

I am studying IT at the University of Tartu, where a lot of materials and tests are online. We have a moodle.ut.ee system for organizing all these online stuff and as I founded yesterday it is not very suitable for IT students.

Another day I had to do some crosswords and when I saw them I was really interested how they were made.


So I looked into the source code of the page (I am usually looking into that if the web page structure is interesting for me). The crossword is made in JavaScript and I was really surprised when I saw all the correct answers there:


L = new Array();
L[0] = new Array('','G','','','','','','','','','','','','P','','','','','','');
L[1] = new Array('A','R','E','A','A','L','I','L','I','N','G','V','I','S','T','I','K','A','','');
L[2] = new Array('','E','','','','','','','','','','','','\u00DC','','','','','','');
L[3] = new Array('','E','','','','','','','','','','','','H','\u00C4','G','U','S','A','D');
L[4] = new Array('','N','','','','','','','','','','','','H','','','','','','');
L[5] = new Array('','B','','','','','','','','','','','','O','','','','','','');
L[6] = new Array('','E','','','U','N','I','V','E','R','S','A','A','L','I','D','','','','');
L[7] = new Array('','R','','','','','','','','','','','','I','','','','','','');
L[8] = new Array('','G','','','','','S','\u00DC','N','K','R','O','O','N','I','A','','','','');
L[9] = new Array('','','','','','','','','','','','','','G','','','','','','');
L[10] = new Array('','','','','','','','','','','','','','V','','','','','','');
L[11] = new Array('','','','','','D','I','A','K','R','O','O','N','I','A','','','','','');
L[12] = new Array('','','','','','','K','','','','','','','S','','','','','','');
L[13] = new Array('','','','','','','O','','','','','','','T','','','','','','');
L[14] = new Array('','','','','','L','O','G','O','P','E','E','D','I','A','','','','','');
L[15] = new Array('','','','','','','N','','','','','','','K','','','','','','');
L[16] = new Array('','','','','','','','','','','','','','A','','','','','','');


In fairness I should say that this crossword is made using quite famous test systems Hot Potatoes.