Lecture 6: Solving Problems - Richard Buckland UNSW 2008

Human Nature, Testing, Top-down problem solving. How to get started when you first get a problem. The importance of testing.
Also: magic numbers, style - the search for meaning, "why are you here?" mastering skills, why kids give up on musical instruments, pleasure and pain, richard getting fit, software piracy/viking numbers, Bjorn. First twinges of RSI. Moving to an 8bit Microprocessor.

My lousy memory about facts and figures: Viking 1 and 2 were landers not rovers, and viking 2 failed first, not Viking 1 - it was Viking 1 with the software problem.

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[alanzeino]

Genius' don't post comments on YouTube.

[evotech]

Brilliant, I'm going to watch through all of these at work.

[jhamien920]

He is the man dude!

[DroopyDog17]

too much white noise

[StuartLoria]

Great way to teach, teachers should not limit themselves to recite a book or to just assign difficult and lengthy tasks.

[iVenDettta]

that formule is just about priorities, isn't that hard, it's basic math.

[rflejeune]

He's obviously never coded in LISP.

[drzucconi]

Best description I've heard about top-down problem solving.

[halflifeproductionz]

whenever i have a programmer's block i drink some Mother! xD

[soundofgeek]

@0121ryanh117:

Looks like we agree after all - claiming to be a genius isn't a particularly wise thing to do, even if the claim is accurate (which I'm not sure of in this case)