The most irritating thing that I've encountered was while trying to snag a domain name that was definitely a regional name. It was cancelled by NSI for non payment 7 months before it left the whois database. Then once it was out of the whois database, I was still not allowed to register it for another 5 weeks. I was told that it hadn't finished processing on their end. If they're going to continue their squatting practices and continue to be as inefficient as the federal gov't - the least they can do is have the whois database be the *last* place a domain gets removed from before it is available for registration. Otherwise we're flyin' blind out here.
"In my experience, this is the ultimate problem with Open Source development: not enough formal engaged testing."
This guy's nuts! I guess his definition of "formal engaged testing" has nothing to do with REAL WORLD, day in and day out testing of software. He REALLY needs to read "The Cathedral And The Bazaar". Hey, Andrew, if you're reading this, its http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-baza ar/
The number one necessity: Infolust(tm) - That's what we call it around here. You gotta love this stuff. The more you learn needs to just feed your desire to learn more. Kind of idealistic, but that's the way I see it.
Oh yeah - there's one more thing that you'll gain from being an admin. Bitterness - once you start to become bitter, you'll know all the hard work is paying off.
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The most irritating thing that I've encountered was while trying to snag a domain name that was definitely a regional name. It was cancelled by NSI for non payment 7 months before it left the whois database. Then once it was out of the whois database, I was still not allowed to register it for another 5 weeks. I was told that it hadn't finished processing on their end. If they're going to continue their squatting practices and continue to be as inefficient as the federal gov't - the least they can do is have the whois database be the *last* place a domain gets removed from before it is available for registration. Otherwise we're flyin' blind out here.
"In my experience, this is the ultimate problem with Open Source development: not enough formal engaged testing."
a ar/
This guy's nuts! I guess his definition of "formal engaged testing" has nothing to do with REAL WORLD, day in and day out testing of software. He REALLY needs to read "The Cathedral And The Bazaar". Hey, Andrew, if you're reading this, its http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-baz
The number one necessity:
Infolust(tm) - That's what we call it around here. You gotta love this stuff. The more you learn needs to just feed your desire to learn more. Kind of idealistic, but that's the way I see it.
Oh yeah - there's one more thing that you'll gain from being an admin. Bitterness - once you start to become bitter, you'll know all the hard work is paying off.
Regards,