When I join a beta and I am accepted into it. I expect to be able to actually beta test the game, yes.
I also expect that they will be responsive to the people show are testing the game for them. I sent them serveral e-mail about my problem and didn't get so much as a auto-response back.
I've done plenty of beta testing in the past, and I hope to do more in the future. This was the worst interaction I've ever had with a company I was testing a product for.
What you described above sounds more like an alpha test to me. Things are susposed to be functional one betas start. It's susposed to find the bugs in the system, not the flaws in the design.
but they couldn't even get that right. after downloading the 600 meg beta, installing it, creating an account and finally logging in, I was told that there was a financial problem with the account. Interesting, seeing as how there are no financial aspects to a free beta testing account.
I'm glad to hear I wasn't the only one this happened to. That was enough to convince me not to bother buying the game. I'm sorry to hear how correct my decision was
I was refering to the IE on the desktop comment in respect to MicroSoft. There isn't really a practical way to keep it from being there. Wasn't refering to a web server.
...but I know I don't want IIS, Apache, or anything else integrated into the O/S any more than I like having IE a part of my desktop O/S.
That's great! So don't put it in your kernel. That's one of the wonderful things about Linux and the like. You can decide what goes into your system. The complaint with MicroSoft is that you don't have the option.
Windows has good office software, games, and stability.
Stability? Windows? My Linux (and other unix) boxes stay up for months at a time running just fine. I have to reboot my Windows box 2 or 3 times a week because it starts running slowly or locks up.
I'll give you office software and games. Hell, those two things are all I use my Windows box for, and mostly the latter. But I can't give you stability.
Why is it when Napster gets told, your product can be abused, Slashdot is quick to say that the users who abuse the system should be punished, not the system.
But when piece of software like this is mentioned, Slashdot jumps all over it because it can be abused.
Shouldn't we keep the same standard here?
Sure the software can be abused. That doesn't mean it will be. And if it is, it should be handled on a case by case basis.
So the quotes were taken out of context. Can someone explain to me why Henson's lawyer wouldn't/didn't submit the context as evidence in his defense? Was there some reason that the full context of the quotes wasn't allowed as evidence?
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When I join a beta and I am accepted into it. I expect to be able to actually beta test the game, yes.
I also expect that they will be responsive to the people show are testing the game for them. I sent them serveral e-mail about my problem and didn't get so much as a auto-response back.
I've done plenty of beta testing in the past, and I hope to do more in the future. This was the worst interaction I've ever had with a company I was testing a product for.
What you described above sounds more like an alpha test to me. Things are susposed to be functional one betas start. It's susposed to find the bugs in the system, not the flaws in the design.
--Ty
I'm glad to hear I wasn't the only one this happened to. That was enough to convince me not to bother buying the game. I'm sorry to hear how correct my decision was
--Ty
They act as if it's impossible to release a commercial package with source under linux at all.
Of course they do, that's what they want people to believe
--Ty
good programming practices aside, it isn't required to.
Actually, you are required to. Compliers just don't enforce it well.
See the comp.lang.c FAQ 11.12 and 11.14
--Ty
The "power struggles" among the major companies is a good thing
Heh, "power struggles".
:)
--Ty
Sadly the first application will be to power the little red LEDs that are in the shoes the kids in my neighborhood wear when playing basketball.
--Ty
Technology is driven by two factors:
1. Its ability to enable sex.
2. Its ability to enable game playing.
So the ultimate way to develop technology is to find ways to apply it to sex based games!
(Making InterSextions (basically a sex based Monopoly game) one of the most important programs of the 20th Century)
--Ty
In order to get the full experience, you also have to hook your computer to the the dimmer switch for the lights in the room.
--Ty
I'm tired of playing Castlevania in my bathroom.
Isn't that part of the point of a GBA?
:)
--Ty
I was refering to the IE on the desktop comment in respect to MicroSoft. There isn't really a practical way to keep it from being there. Wasn't refering to a web server.
--Ty
That's great! So don't put it in your kernel. That's one of the wonderful things about Linux and the like. You can decide what goes into your system. The complaint with MicroSoft is that you don't have the option.
--Ty
Windows has good office software, games, and stability.
Stability? Windows? My Linux (and other unix) boxes stay up for months at a time running just fine. I have to reboot my Windows box 2 or 3 times a week because it starts running slowly or locks up.
I'll give you office software and games. Hell, those two things are all I use my Windows box for, and mostly the latter. But I can't give you stability.
--TyWhy is it when Napster gets told, your product can be abused, Slashdot is quick to say that the users who abuse the system should be punished, not the system.
But when piece of software like this is mentioned, Slashdot jumps all over it because it can be abused.
Shouldn't we keep the same standard here?
Sure the software can be abused. That doesn't mean it will be. And if it is, it should be handled on a case by case basis.
--Ty
I want to be cool like you one day and be able to read an article and never miss anything in it.
Why don't you give people the benefit of the doubt before you flame you fucking coward?
-Ty
It just occurs to me that this could be the start of a large campaign to drive people out of California in order to solve their power problems.
Just a thought.
--Ty
So the quotes were taken out of context. Can someone explain to me why Henson's lawyer wouldn't/didn't submit the context as evidence in his defense? Was there some reason that the full context of the quotes wasn't allowed as evidence?
--Ty
So of course, your post has been moderated as Interesting. :) You can win for losing, can you?
--Ty
I also enjoy Andromeda very much.
It and Farscape are two of the best Sci-Fi on these days.
Oh, and The Invisible Man
--TyI think this is funnier if you have read this slahsdot post, and this article.
--TyI don't know how well MSIE uses it though.
The HTTP spec has lots of ways for your browser (or any cache for that matter) to be able to hold on to content.
Two examples are the
Expires:
and
Cache-Control: max-age
headers. I'm not talking about meta tags, but actual headers in the request.
See section 14.9 of RFC2616 for more info.
--TyShould I add a :) for the humor impared.
--TyI belive Slashdot solved this problem by being bought. :)
--TyI honestly did not know this.
That's what I like about /. I make an off the cuff smartass comment, and I actually end up learning something.
--TyI'm sorry, did I confuse you? Do I need to raise my hand when I make a joke?
*raises hand*
--TyIn my universe, time is flowing forward. --Ty