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Saturday May 21 2011 3:20 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_test_organization

An independent test organization is an organization, person, or company that tests products, materials, software, etc. according to agreed requirements. The test organization can be affiliated with the government or universities or can be an independent testing laboratory. They are independent because they are not affiliated with the producer nor the user of the item being tested: no commercial bias is present. These ‘contract testing’ facilities are sometimes called ‘third party’ testing or evaluation facilities. Many suppliers or vendors offer some chemical testing, physical testing, and software testing as a free service to customers. It is common for businesses to partner with reputable suppliers: Many suppliers have certified quality management systems such as ISO 9000 or allow customers to conduct technical and quality audits. Data from testing is commonly shared. There is sometimes a risk that supplier testing may tend to be self-serving and not completely impartial. Large companies often have their own specilized staff and testing facilities laboratory. Corporate engineers know their products, manufacturing capabilities, logistics system, and their customers best. Cost reduction of existing products and cost avoidance for new products have been documented. Another option is to use paid consultants, Independent contractors, and third-party test laboratories. They are commonly chosen for specialized expertise, for access to certain test equipment, for surge projects, or where independent testing is otherwise required. Many have certifications and accreditations: ISO 9000, ISO/IEC 17025, and various governing agencies. Independent testing might have a variety of purposes, such as:There are various technical standards available which organizations can use to evaluate products and services. For example in software usage, the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process improvement approach that “provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes. ” There are various levels attainable within CMMI, the highest of which is Level 5. Attaining this level of certification verifies that the practices of the organization are exemplary. The Testing Maturity Model (TMM) has been designed to complement CMMI and is based on best industry practices. The TMM has 2 components; firstly, a set of 5 levels that define testing capability covering maturity goals, subgoals and activities, tasks and responsibilities and secondly, an assessment model consisting of a maturity questionnaire and an assessment procedure. There is also the Test Process Improvement model from Sogeti. This supports the improvement of test processes by looking at 20 key areas and has different levels therein to enable insight into the state of the key areas. In order to satisfy the criteria stipulated in the best practice guidelines, organizations must be committed and must invest time and money to implement and adhere to the processes as defined by such guidelines. Typically, companies have a small test team which coordinates the entire testing activity. During the testing cycle, the test team is supplemented with the readily available developers.

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The lighting and set of the second scene ended up being not quite up to our standards, even though we tried our best to stage it properly. We are reshooting the second scene at a more realistic venue on March 25th. We are hoping to make it look more professional.

Also, I have not yet added sound but I will be doing that as soon as the reshoot is done.

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ESET utilizes advanced heuristics and leverages virtual PC technology to enable archives to be unpacked in real-time for behavior analysis. Basically, NOD 32 can detect emerging threats before updated definitions being released. NOD 32 not only detects viruses; it also detects spyware, adware, rootkits, etc. If you a novice home user looking for a stand alone antivirus product that is light on resources, NOD 32 is for YOU.

**Want to know how to enter ESET’s sweepstakes for a MacBook Pro or Sony VAIO? More details can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dJzu3yb6qc

*If you want to see the tutorial on finding out if your computer is 32 bit or 64 bit you can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQOdeMeIrKQ

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see this and much more at

http://www.wolfeyedangel.com

Some interesting information

The success of The Underground Comedy Movie infomercial suggested to Offer that he should sell something more mainstream. Drawing upon his experience working in flea markets, he decided in 2006 to market a cleaning product that he saw there, an absorbent towel that he called the ShamWow!.[8][9]
The advertisement, filmed in the summer of 2007 with a budget of $20,000, became a popular hit.[8] Slate.com’s Seth Stevenson praised Offer for his “impressive and subtle mastery of the pitchman’s art” (with lines such as “you know the Germans always make good stuff”), and wondered if Offer’s “abrasive manner might also mark a unique, new strategy in the annals of pitchdom.” Stevenson compared Offer to earlier, “more upbeat” television pitchmen like the late Billy Mays and the Home Shopping Network hosts and concluded that Offer’s “smooth-talking condescension” was more suited to the present “zeitgeist” than the “earnest fervor” of spokesmen like Mays and Ron Popeil.[9]
Consumer Reports reported that the infomercial for ShamWow! initially featured Offer claiming that the product held “20 times its weight in liquid”. Later, the infomercial was changed to Offer claiming the ShamWow! held “12 times its weight in liquid”, then again to “10 times”. Consumer Reports did its own test on the product and found that it does indeed hold 10 times its weight in liquid but no more.[10]
Offer says that he has sold millions of the towels.[8] Notwithstanding his infomercial success, Offer says that “this is not my career” and that he considers himself to be in the film business.[8]
Pitchman Billy Mays had been promoting a similar product called Zorbeez two years prior to Vince Offer’s ShamWow! product. Mays noted that the ShamWow! commercials use many of the same product demonstrations as the earlier-produced Zorbeez commercial. In February 2009 while on the Adam Carolla radio show, Billy Mays publicly challenged Offer to a “pitch off” between their respective absorbent towel products.[11] Popular Mechanics compared the absorbency of two towel products and declared ShamWow! the more effective of the two.[12] This result had been hotly contested by Billy Mays before his death, and was a major part of the season finale of his Discovery Channel show PitchMen. During the final episode, it was suggested that the Popular Mechanics tester did not use the Zorbeez correctly.[13] Fox’s “Deal or Dud” segment tested the ShamWow and struggled to get the product working as advertised, calling it a “dud.”[14]

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