Comments on: Testing Out IT Principles – With Children http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2008/12/08/testing-out-it-principles-with-children/ Storage and Virtualisation Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:12:37 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris M Evans http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2008/12/08/testing-out-it-principles-with-children/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Chris M Evans Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:12:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/testing-out-it-principles-with-children/#comment-482 Dave<br/><br/>Yep, had those comments too - some old Win98 games we had couldn't cope with *more* than 256 colours! Fortunately the boys have outgrown those games. <br/><br/>We played a Wii racing game recently. Both the boys couldn't keep the car straight on the track. I played it and had no problem. They tried to claim I'd cheated somehow! Dave

Yep, had those comments too – some old Win98 games we had couldn’t cope with *more* than 256 colours! Fortunately the boys have outgrown those games.

We played a Wii racing game recently. Both the boys couldn’t keep the car straight on the track. I played it and had no problem. They tried to claim I’d cheated somehow!

]]> By: Dave http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2008/12/08/testing-out-it-principles-with-children/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Dave Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:19:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/testing-out-it-principles-with-children/#comment-481 My kids still tell me how cross they are that some old Windows 98-only games don't run on our XP machine (the 98 machine having gone to the hardware graveyard). My kids still tell me how cross they are that some old Windows 98-only games don’t run on our XP machine (the 98 machine having gone to the hardware graveyard).

]]> By: Chris M Evans http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2008/12/08/testing-out-it-principles-with-children/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Chris M Evans Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:35:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/testing-out-it-principles-with-children/#comment-480 Andrew, it was certainly refreshing having to go back to basics and explain technology in simple terms! <br/><br/>On a slightly unrelated topic, I made my children watch Carry On Doctor at the weekend so they could appreciate how good TV is now. When Kenneth Williams said "Ohh Matron!", my wife and I were on the floor with laughter. The kids thought we were on another planet. Andrew, it was certainly refreshing having to go back to basics and explain technology in simple terms!

On a slightly unrelated topic, I made my children watch Carry On Doctor at the weekend so they could appreciate how good TV is now. When Kenneth Williams said “Ohh Matron!”, my wife and I were on the floor with laughter. The kids thought we were on another planet.

]]> By: Andrew Storrs http://www.thestoragearchitect.com/2008/12/08/testing-out-it-principles-with-children/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Andrew Storrs Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:48:00 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/testing-out-it-principles-with-children/#comment-479 Awesome Chris, I wish every IT project needed to be filtered through a 6 year old before being approved; they tell it like it is after all. :) Awesome Chris, I wish every IT project needed to be filtered through a 6 year old before being approved; they tell it like it is after all. :)

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