PC Beta Version

kissmad · Post by **kissmad** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:34 am

Is it ready yet?

Post by **Dust In The Wind** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:16 am

LOL

JUST DUST

PS - Are we there yet??

Post by **Jonas** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:16 pm

<Hands Dust an empty cup>

We're not stoping until we get there.

Seriously we may open up the beta a slight be wider over the weekend and then wide open next week.

Post by **Dust In The Wind** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:28 pm

Thanks Jonas I needed something to put my drink in...

JUST DUST

LOL

RiverBelle · Post by **RiverBelle** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:30 pm

On your marks....get set..... (Belle gets ready)

grandmaS · Post by **grandmaS** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:35 pm

grandmaS makes sure her blue dressed is pressed and spoon is laying on the desk

Will have fresh cookies for everyone

Hugs and Smiles

PurplePeril · Post by **PurplePeril** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:27 am

Jonas wrote:<Hands Dust an empty cup>

We're not stoping until we get there.

Seriously we may open up the beta a slight be wider over the weekend and then wide open next week.

See how much they love us? They're working over the weekend just for us Backgammon fans

FrshVaBreeze · Post by **FrshVaBreeze** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:17 am

What exactly does the term BETA mean?

grandmaS · Post by **grandmaS** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:42 am

Beta basically means its not quite done yet, so you can play it and if you see anything that doesn't seem to work quite right, or look quite right etc. you can post about it and let the guys know that before it is a "finished" product you would like to see this or that fixed, or changed etc.

Its kind of in test mode ..............

Hugs and Smiles

HEXA · Post by **HEXA** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:17 am

She answered your question and did a fine job =o), but i found this extra bit interesting...

I guess it was called beta because the words relationship to the greek alphabet. Alpha being the 1st & Beta being 2nd letter in the alphabet. (alpha the 1st test by those who created it, beta being the test by a select group etc..)

beta

Historical note: More formally, to beta-test is to test a
pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software
by making it available to selected (or self-selected) customers and
users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product
cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout
the industry. `Alpha Test' was the unit, module, or component test
phase; `Beta Test' was initial system test. These themselves came
from earlier A- and B-tests for hardware. The A-test was a
feasibility and manufacturability evaluation done before any
commitment to design and development. The B-test was a
demonstration that the engineering model functioned as specified.
The C-test (corresponding to today's beta) was the B-test performed
on early samples of the production design, and the D test was the C
test repeated after the model had been in production a while.

Post by **Dust In The Wind** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:29 pm

Yep and nice research

JUST DUST

FrshVaBreeze · Post by **FrshVaBreeze** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:28 pm

Thanks to both of you for the answers! I was wondering if it was 'second' testing as in second letter of the alphabet so that part was really what I was looking for. I think I got lost somewhere around "the B test is the C test and the C test is the D test" but ultimately, I got my answer! lol

HEXA · Post by **HEXA** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:26 pm

Thanx Dust

You're welcome Frsh, lol i didnt get that part either, lol over my head for sure..

ibeeducky · Post by **ibeeducky** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:06 am

Oh My Oh My.....complicated fer us silly fun lovin peeps Hexa !!

hmmm think I lost my daffy siggy....

da duck

Just_Ice · Post by **Just_Ice** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:50 am

/me Thinks if Hexa goes back to '80s puffy hair things won't go over her head so easily.