In regards to the topic, it is impossible to be
too anal about testing.
In regards to ralf_c; if this place sucks so much then please head the **** back to whereever you came from.
There is a lot that can be learned from the members of this board. I don't think there is another place online where forum regulars the quality of ours get together to talk shop. Check
this thread for examples of what I am talking about. I learn constantly (and rarely play the role of teacher) by interacting with the other people here with technical backgrounds.
Care for an analogy? In college, there were a few education majors in some of my chemistry courses. You know, they wanted to be high school science teachers. In general, they didn't grasp the material well enough to EVER use it in a lab and they scraped by with a B- or C by and large. They graduate with confidence to teach everyone's children the finer points of chemistry in secondary schools and, in their minds, chemistry is something they have a handle on. Show them quantum mechanics or serious thermodynamics or spectroscopy and they would not even recognize it. The average hardware reviewer is a lot like an education major...