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Are Betas Taking On Lives of Their Own?
Ant writes "CNET News.com's Paul Festa thinks the final stage of software development, beta versions, are taking on a life of their own, as companies tinker endlessly with their products in public according to a recent article. Google is one of the companies that keep using "beta" term for years for its products."
Ok, this reminds me of the endless beta of the old BBS software Renegade BBS. It's really nothing new.
You know, it may be a good idea to not post on slashdot while drunk and/or high!
Betta, not beta. Betta splendens. http://betta.allbio.org/
I struggled over wether to put that link as my sig. I found that hosting co. from another slashdotter's post (similar sig) and I was truely grateful for it. It was exactly what I wanted for my personal site. If I really wanted to spam, I'd have a link in my sig to some site full of pop-up crap.
The only thing I'm sorry about is the fact that my post here wasn't nearly as funny as I had thought. I'm going to stop posting things when it's past my bed-time....it's never funny the next morning.
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In a natural state it is quite common for humans to act in territorial ways and kill other humans for very minor reasons.
John Locke says otherwise...I take it you believe Hobbes then?
And yet when we have animals as pets it's okay to let them fight each other because it's their nature, and because it entertains us?
In a word, yes. Because of any number of reasons: 1.) we are at the top of the food chain, 2.) we can reason (you can make a case with humans not to kill each other, animals you can't), 3.) it's fun. I say bring back the cock fights!
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