Comments on: Disclaim This! Would You Beta-Test Your Dentist? http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/disclaim-this-would-you-beta-test-your-dentist/ Entrepreneurship, marketing, personal devlelopment Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Natasha http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/disclaim-this-would-you-beta-test-your-dentist/#comment-4111 Natasha Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:28:22 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=356#comment-4111 The difference is that in one you're paying and in the other you're getting something free. The difference is that in one you’re paying and in the other you’re getting something free.

]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/disclaim-this-would-you-beta-test-your-dentist/#comment-3515 Jonathan Fields Wed, 28 May 2008 20:47:32 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=356#comment-3515 @ Darren - Thanks for joining in the conversation. Your widget looks really cool, will probably try it out on a new blog I am developing (hoping it won't make it blow up! ;-) ). Sometimes, you almost wish certain disclaimers were as blatant/entertaining as yours, like the ones on medicine bottles. How's this for a medicine bottle disclaimee... "This pill will make you feel better, but there's a slight chance it'll also make you smell like the town dump on an August day and there's an even slighter chance it'll kill you shortly after making you feel better." ;-) @ Darren – Thanks for joining in the conversation.

Your widget looks really cool, will probably try it out on a new blog I am developing (hoping it won’t make it blow up! ;-) ).

Sometimes, you almost wish certain disclaimers were as blatant/entertaining as yours, like the ones on medicine bottles. How’s this for a medicine bottle disclaimee…

“This pill will make you feel better, but there’s a slight chance it’ll also make you smell like the town dump on an August day and there’s an even slighter chance it’ll kill you shortly after making you feel better.” ;-)

]]> By: Darren http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/disclaim-this-would-you-beta-test-your-dentist/#comment-3514 Darren Wed, 28 May 2008 20:41:27 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=356#comment-3514 Hey John, good read :p very good point. One thing where you would find this type of disclaimer is on medication :p Hey John, good read :p very good point. One thing where you would find this type of disclaimer is on medication :p

]]> By: Lane Lester http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/disclaim-this-would-you-beta-test-your-dentist/#comment-3510 Lane Lester Wed, 28 May 2008 20:06:26 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=356#comment-3510 In a different type of extreme, what kind of enterprise expects you to pay them even more if they fail miserably to do things right the first time? The answer: any government enterprise. Kids not getting a decent education? Spend more on public schools! Dikes not holding in New Orleans? Give the Corps of Engineers more billions! In a different type of extreme, what kind of enterprise expects you to pay them even more if they fail miserably to do things right the first time?

The answer: any government enterprise. Kids not getting a decent education? Spend more on public schools! Dikes not holding in New Orleans? Give the Corps of Engineers more billions!

]]> By: Shama Hyder http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/disclaim-this-would-you-beta-test-your-dentist/#comment-3508 Shama Hyder Wed, 28 May 2008 19:01:57 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=356#comment-3508 My fiancee is a soon to be attorney Jonathan and he loves disclaimers. hehe. That being said, they are needed in some places and not in others. A service business? No disclaimers needed! My fiancee is a soon to be attorney Jonathan and he loves disclaimers. hehe. That being said, they are needed in some places and not in others.

A service business? No disclaimers needed!

]]> By: Kelly http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/disclaim-this-would-you-beta-test-your-dentist/#comment-3506 Kelly Wed, 28 May 2008 18:12:13 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=356#comment-3506 Jonathan, It would stink in other venues. "You eat this food at your own risk" at a restaurant? Not very likely. "This car has not been road-tested until you sat your risk-taking butt in it?" No way. On the other hand, the language of my lawyer's contracts sounds a lot like this. No guarantees and if we screw up your life, too bad for you. And mine's at the top of her game. Go with somebody new, and what more can they disclaim?? Back to beta-testing for software etc.... My father was a computer scientist, and was paid money to be a beta-tester/ debugger for years (now he's as far from computer science as he can get: he owns a motel). Over time, he saw the divisions he worked in get smaller and smaller, as companies realized that the bar was getting lower and they could just foist incomplete and buggy work on an eager public, who would take on the task themselves in exchange for getting a product just a little before everyone else. It put people out of jobs, and sadly changed what we all expect in a "finished" product, too—much lower quality passes for downloadable/saleable now. My 2¢. Regards, Kelly Jonathan,

It would stink in other venues.

“You eat this food at your own risk” at a restaurant? Not very likely.

“This car has not been road-tested until you sat your risk-taking butt in it?” No way.

On the other hand, the language of my lawyer’s contracts sounds a lot like this. No guarantees and if we screw up your life, too bad for you. And mine’s at the top of her game. Go with somebody new, and what more can they disclaim??

Back to beta-testing for software etc…. My father was a computer scientist, and was paid money to be a beta-tester/ debugger for years (now he’s as far from computer science as he can get: he owns a motel).

Over time, he saw the divisions he worked in get smaller and smaller, as companies realized that the bar was getting lower and they could just foist incomplete and buggy work on an eager public, who would take on the task themselves in exchange for getting a product just a little before everyone else. It put people out of jobs, and sadly changed what we all expect in a “finished” product, too—much lower quality passes for downloadable/saleable now.

My 2¢.

Regards,

Kelly

]]> By: Robyn http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/disclaim-this-would-you-beta-test-your-dentist/#comment-3503 Robyn Wed, 28 May 2008 17:23:52 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=356#comment-3503 Too bad we can't beta test Presidents and get upgrades over the course of their term. Too bad we can’t beta test Presidents and get upgrades over the course of their term.

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]]> By: Jonathan Fields http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/disclaim-this-would-you-beta-test-your-dentist/#comment-3498 Jonathan Fields Wed, 28 May 2008 14:53:16 +0000 http://jonathanfields.com/blog/?p=356#comment-3498 @ Linkbait Cowboy - Interesting, beta-testing existence, eh?! :) @ Linkbait Cowboy – Interesting, beta-testing existence, eh?! :)

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