#169874 - 09/07/2003 21:50
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
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pooh-bah
Registered: 12/02/2002
Posts: 2298
Loc: Berkeley, California
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Me too. My empeg is way too stable.
Matthew
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#169875 - 09/07/2003 21:58
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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I haven't laughed this hard at a BBS post all day. Thanks, man.
Oh, me too.
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#169876 - 09/07/2003 22:13
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: Daria]
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Registered: 02/04/2002
Posts: 691
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i'm not sure about everyone else, but i've been checking the beta link on empeg's site multiple times every day waiting for an early copy of 3.0
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#169877 - 09/07/2003 22:16
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
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I wonder if Rob regrets handing those cd's out yet 
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#169878 - 09/07/2003 22:29
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: msaeger]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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canwehavethealpharob? canwehavethealpharob? canwehavethealpharob? canwehavethealpharob? canwehaveapooldad? canwehavethealpharob? canwehavethealpharob? canwehavethealpharob?
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#169879 - 09/07/2003 23:42
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: oliver]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
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i'm not sure about everyone else, but i've been checking the beta link on empeg's site multiple times every day waiting for an early copy of 3.0 Don't have to do this manually, I still have my script I made to monitor the page and notify me if it changes. If anyone wants me to toss their e-mail address (including SMS) into this script, send me a private message. It seemed to work well back when we were all waiting for the 2.0 betas.
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#169880 - 10/07/2003 02:16
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: oliver]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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No point: it will be at least a week before all the participants get home and start reporting, then it will depend on when the next pizza-fuelled bug blat can take place.
Don't hold your breath.
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#169881 - 10/07/2003 05:05
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: matthew_k]
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Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
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No friggin' kidding!
Mine is SO STABLE that I had to resort to trying my hand at developing something! Now THAT'S unstable!!
Me.
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#169882 - 10/07/2003 06:22
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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No point: it will be at least a week before all the participants get home and start reporting, then it will depend on when the next pizza-fuelled bug blat can take place.
Which is why you should send a copy here now 
I bet I could find a bug today.
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#169883 - 10/07/2003 07:27
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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Yeah, I feel like those of us who couldn't make the meet are now second-class citizens. Those who were there can bask in the glory of the 3.0 alpha, while we're all stuck in the past with our 2.0 release. I want cross-fading, damnit.
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#169884 - 10/07/2003 07:30
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: tonyc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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I think it is just mild payback that any new hardware is almost always available in the US first. I am certain that it will be released when it exits the alpha phase.
It would be useful, though, if someone with the alpha could post the release notes as a "teaser", just to show everyone in the US what they are missing...
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#169885 - 10/07/2003 07:35
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: pgrzelak]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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I think it is just mild payback that any new hardware is almost always available in the US first.
But it's usually not against the rules for your friends in the states to buy one and send it to you.
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#169886 - 10/07/2003 07:39
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: pgrzelak]
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enthusiast
Registered: 28/03/2002
Posts: 230
Loc: Dudley, UK
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Nah, you are barking up the wrong tree, it isn't an intercontinental thing, just simply "Being In The Right Place, At The Right Time"
DAMMIT........ WHY DIDN'T WE GO.... [SOB];)[SOB];)
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#169887 - 10/07/2003 07:48
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: simspos]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Valid point. Right place / time. I eagerly await the "bug blat", but I do not expect it very soon.
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#169888 - 10/07/2003 07:57
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: pgrzelak]
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enthusiast
Registered: 28/03/2002
Posts: 230
Loc: Dudley, UK
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Yeh I share your pessimism, the "don't hold your breath" statement was a bit of a giveaway 
However all is not lost, I think we should move forward with yn0t_'s campain for NOT being treated as second hand citizens.
Fight for yer right to 3
Cheers, Sim
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#169889 - 10/07/2003 08:24
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: simspos]
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enthusiast
Registered: 08/08/2000
Posts: 351
Loc: chicago
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i think the empeg guys know a thing or two about how to do their jobs. they've decided to limit the alpha release, and i think we should respect that.
when they're ready to release it to the world, they will.
--dan.
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#169890 - 10/07/2003 08:31
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: simspos]
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Registered: 27/10/2002
Posts: 568
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What has suddenly changed so much? They've just enlarged the alpha-tester group and now it is a lot more public who is in it.... So there's been first-class and second-class Empeggers for a long time....
Stig
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#169891 - 10/07/2003 08:32
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: djc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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i think the empeg guys know a thing or two about how to do their jobs. they've decided to limit the alpha release, and i think we should respect that. I for one am not questioning their ability to do their jobs. I just don't see meet attendance as a good barometer of who's worthy of getting alpha releases.
They are of course entitled to release the software whenever and to whoever they want... And I'm entitled to bitch about not being one of those people.
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#169892 - 10/07/2003 08:37
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: tonyc]
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enthusiast
Registered: 08/08/2000
Posts: 351
Loc: chicago
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i understand where you're coming from. it just seems to me that there's little point in begging, when they've already decided how to manage the release.
--dan.
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#169893 - 10/07/2003 08:40
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: djc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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i understand where you're coming from. it just seems to me that there's little point in begging, when they've already decided how to manage the release. Well if there were a requirement that every post on this BBS had a "point" to it, I think we'd have a lot less fun around here. And I certainly wouldn't be in the "top 5" of prolific posters.
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#169894 - 10/07/2003 08:46
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: tonyc]
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enthusiast
Registered: 08/08/2000
Posts: 351
Loc: chicago
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heh..."point" taken.
--dan.
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#169895 - 10/07/2003 10:40
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: simspos]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 06/02/2002
Posts: 1904
Loc: Leeds, UK
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I think they have quite abit of work to do on 3 before a beta release.
The new features are cool, but my player is quite unstable. ie it locks if you skip through tracks too quick, or fast forward or backwards for too long. I am thinking of putting it back to 2.0 final until the beta of 3.
The bug where my player kept saying "No Harddrive found, contact support" has been fixed by 3.0a, or was that RobS. and his soldering iron at the meet ??? Cheers Rob, the player has never been so good.
Cheers
Cris.
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#169896 - 10/07/2003 10:57
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: djc]
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enthusiast
Registered: 28/03/2002
Posts: 230
Loc: Dudley, UK
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Woh! take a chill pill guys, it's all just a weez u know can't a person have a little fun around here any more
Personally I have no interest in trialling alpha software, I WANT THE NEW FEATURE SET, but I can wait for the beta to come out, on the other hand I do like a good wind-up and this is an ideal occasion to be a bit "cheeky", on the grounds of being deprived. Just for fun honest.
I actually believe it's good thing that we all show our undying enthusiasm about the upgrades (and believe me, I'm as enthused about this as anyone ) otherwise how are the empeg guys going to be motivated to greater and greater achievements if no one shows any interest.
TOTAL RESPECT TO ALL THINGS EMPEG 
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#169897 - 10/07/2003 12:06
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: Daria]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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People are already doing so - but it's not the finding of the bugs. You forget that car software development is now a "Spare time" activity at Cambridge - it doesn't officially happen.
I tell you what might speed the process up - bung a bit of money behind the bar at the Wrestlers, and let them know that the food and beer is paid for. This might cause a "Bug Blatt" to be scheduled earlier, rather than later - hence speeding up the delivery of a Beta....
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#169898 - 10/07/2003 12:11
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: simspos]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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That's the spirit. There there, it'll be alright soon....
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#169899 - 10/07/2003 12:14
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: Cris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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Very definitely, the soldering iron. Yours was the only one I have seen with so many IDE header legs unsoldered, and quite literally hanging in space - a total of 4 on one side and two on the other! Incredible, no wonder it didn't work.
Don't forget you can always flip back to 2 to enjoy "No Hang Playback" for a while..... 
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#169900 - 10/07/2003 12:16
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: tonyc]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
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Anyone who's prepared to travel halfway around the planet is, in my books, worthy of getting an alpha release
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#169901 - 10/07/2003 13:09
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: schofiel]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4180
Loc: Cambridge, England
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I tell you what might speed the process up - bung a bit of money behind the bar at the Wrestlers, and let them know that the food and beer is paid for. This might cause a "Bug Blatt" to be scheduled earlier, rather than later - hence speeding up the delivery of a Beta.... Loth as I naturally am to dissent from a programme of free Wrestlers, I've got to say that it doesn't look like there's going to be much spare time to be spent on anything round here, car-player or not, until Pearl gets finished...
You'll like Pearl, though.
Peter
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#169902 - 10/07/2003 13:23
Re: Need 3.0 Alpha software for upgrade
[Re: peter]
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Registered: 02/04/2002
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do you guys have an eta for pearl?
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