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    The Terminator: Did someone photoshop that woman's nipple off? more »
    yertle: As a gadget lover, I feel your pain. As an engineer working in mostly embedded software, I know that these ideals just can't always be realized. The t... more »
    Ajh: Add in to this the videogame industry. xbox 360 failure rates, patches for your 360 and ps3 games.. This never happened with SNES. We had solid pro... more »
    Rabid Penguin: I'm a software developer, and I've been developing business-oriented applications for quite some time now, and I hear your cries and want to make a di... more »
    d_r_e: Well said Jesus. more »
    Rabid Penguin: I don't really see what you're complaining about. Don't buy first gen products. Although companies shouldn't be releasing obviously, extremely faulty,... more »
    Nickolai_the_Russian_guy: jesus, when are you going to stop going on these ridiculous rants and report gadget news? i dont care about how ur fed up with "beta culture" or about... more »
    Munch the BanNail: I blame the stock market in no small part. The highest managers in ever company (CEO, President, Etc.) have a responsibility to increase the stock va... more »
    Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: We've cultivated to perfection the art of disposing and replacing just about every product and service you can think of. We're a throw away society. ... more »
    Slartibartfast: C'mon Jizz, NSFW warning please. more »
    Curves: Beta is just a way to shift R&D and testing expense to the consumer. Free feedback from users to increase profit margins. I wont buy a first model... more »
    OMG! Ponies!: The solution lay in part in the legal system. There is an implied warranty of merchantability and an implied warranty of fitness for a particular pur... more »
    Apoc112: Well said! I think part of the issue that you didn't address is the freedom of information about unreleased products... admittedly, I would have never... more »
    scarbrtj: Here, here, JD. Personally, I'm tired of all this. But I'm mostly tired about the fact that it seems that we all have given up. Maybe we were all to... more »
    tackett: Those are good points, and I thank the people who have to be the first one with a new product. I'm the guy who reads the reviews & the tech sites ... more »
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    A Call for Revolution Against Beta Culture

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