Quotes of the Week: Pottermore Beta Testing
There was a surprising press release from Pottermore last week. It seems they are postponing the sale of ebooks due to the "unexpected" numbers of Beta Testers who signed up. It seems JKR invited us in herself, but they never thought we would actually show up!
Guardian UK: Pottermore Delays EBook Launch
"We've seen really high levels of activity, and interaction with the site has been phenomenal. This affects how quickly we can give everyone access," said the site's official blog. "Access may be granted quickly, but please note it could also take some weeks or months, depending on demand."
"Depending on Demand" ~ yeah, no one expected so much interest from the largest and most active fandom the world has ever known! Who did they think were going to line up to buy those ebooks? *snort* And it's the fault of those pesky fans doing the Beta that more fans can't be added! They have to blame the fans because they can't admit is that much of the website is flawed and downright irritating, and so many of the fans are peeved, that they probably get a million messages a day telling them what is wrong with the Beta. But I imagine this is how it always is with beta testing in general, so I went looking for some quotes:
One man's crappy software is another man's full time job. ~Jessica Gaston
"Press CTRL-ALT-DEL now for an IQ test." ~ Anonymous
Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you are as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it? ~Brian Kernighan
Program, n. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages; v. tr. To engage in a pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward. ~Author Unknown
Phase 1: Uncritical acceptance.
Phase 2: Wild enthusiasm.
Phase 3: Dejected disillusionment.
Phase 4: Total confusion.
Phase 5: Search for the guilty.
Phase 6: Punishment of the innocent.
Phase 7: Promotion of nonparticipants."
~ Harsh Reality of IT Project Life Cycle.
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Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. ~Martin Fowler
It's not a bug - it's an undocumented feature. ~Author Unknown
Version 1 of any software is full of bugs. Version 2 fixes all the bugs and is great. Version 3 adds all the things users ask for, but hides all the great stuff in Version 2. ~Fred Blechman
Writing the first 90 percent of a computer program takes 90 percent of the time. The remaining ten percent also takes 90 percent of the time and the final touches also take 90 percent of the time. ~N.J. Rubenking
If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. ~Edsger Dijkstra
Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. ~Michael Sinz
The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state. ~J. Osterhout
The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs can't acquire bugs by sitting around with other buggy programs. ~Harlan Mills
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code. ~Richard Pattis
The ultimate metric that I would like to propose for user friendliness is quite simple: if this system was a person, how long would it take before you punched it in the nose ?" ~ Tom Carey
Guardian UK: Pottermore Delays EBook Launch
"We've seen really high levels of activity, and interaction with the site has been phenomenal. This affects how quickly we can give everyone access," said the site's official blog. "Access may be granted quickly, but please note it could also take some weeks or months, depending on demand."
"Depending on Demand" ~ yeah, no one expected so much interest from the largest and most active fandom the world has ever known! Who did they think were going to line up to buy those ebooks? *snort* And it's the fault of those pesky fans doing the Beta that more fans can't be added! They have to blame the fans because they can't admit is that much of the website is flawed and downright irritating, and so many of the fans are peeved, that they probably get a million messages a day telling them what is wrong with the Beta. But I imagine this is how it always is with beta testing in general, so I went looking for some quotes:
One man's crappy software is another man's full time job. ~Jessica Gaston
"Press CTRL-ALT-DEL now for an IQ test." ~ Anonymous
Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you are as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it? ~Brian Kernighan
Program, n. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to turn one's input into error messages; v. tr. To engage in a pastime similar to banging one's head against a wall, but with fewer opportunities for reward. ~Author Unknown
Phase 1: Uncritical acceptance.
Phase 2: Wild enthusiasm.
Phase 3: Dejected disillusionment.
Phase 4: Total confusion.
Phase 5: Search for the guilty.
Phase 6: Punishment of the innocent.
Phase 7: Promotion of nonparticipants."
~ Harsh Reality of IT Project Life Cycle.
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Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand. ~Martin Fowler
It's not a bug - it's an undocumented feature. ~Author Unknown
Version 1 of any software is full of bugs. Version 2 fixes all the bugs and is great. Version 3 adds all the things users ask for, but hides all the great stuff in Version 2. ~Fred Blechman
Writing the first 90 percent of a computer program takes 90 percent of the time. The remaining ten percent also takes 90 percent of the time and the final touches also take 90 percent of the time. ~N.J. Rubenking
If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. ~Edsger Dijkstra
Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life. ~Michael Sinz
The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state. ~J. Osterhout
The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs can't acquire bugs by sitting around with other buggy programs. ~Harlan Mills
When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code. ~Richard Pattis
The ultimate metric that I would like to propose for user friendliness is quite simple: if this system was a person, how long would it take before you punched it in the nose ?" ~ Tom Carey
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