Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

I'll tell you this.  One is experimental, but after testing is almost certainly going to be released for public consumption.  I just have to verify the limiters.

One is going to be built from the experimental, and that's the next one I publish.

And there will probably be three, four, maybe five more after that in the same series.  I think you guys are going to have a good time with these.

Ooh, I will be done with LTU in one week, the temptation will be strong. 

What happens if the experimental version turns out to be safe and more effective than the released version? Will it be sold as an upgrade?

You're assuming I am testing a new technology in the experimental that won't be in the one I release.  That is not the case.  Both will be 5.75.7G and both will have the same new technology.  What the experimental is testing is:

1. Does this program goal work as well as the models say it will?
2. What exactly does this program goal do in real life testing?
3. Do the new limiters work as intended?

This new generation of tech uses two limiters, not just one.  The reason the experimental isn't just being released is that if the limiters don't work as intended, it won't be wise of me to release it to the public.

So far, they appear to function as intended, but this experiment will last at least three weeks and we are only into Day 2.

The goals of the experimental are... hmmm.... rather sensitive.  It has to be controlled properly.  If it makes it through testing, you'll see why.