RDSS Update Schedule - Pace and Cap

Ted Craven · 07-25-2008, 09:55 AM

Friends,

By nature I am an optimist and enthusiast, and consequently guilty from time to time (well, more frequently, really) of expecting that I can accomplish more than I end up being able to.

I have been preparing an update to RDSS (for some time now) which I hoped to release by the end pof July, which now includes a lovely live toteboard interface including auto-scratches, MTP, Results (tied into all Analysis screens), wider screens, bigger fonts, extra readouts (e.g. Running Style, Total Energy on more screens, the classical Energy! readouts) - but approaching what I imagined to be the top of the Stretch, I find my poor software is still unstable on fields of more than 10 horses.

I have too long delayed what I knew I would eventually have to do (but which I was hoping I could defer to after Version 1.0) and work on a number of the internal memory structures to prevent the kind of crashes we still see after working a number of races or simultaneous tracks - what to speak of adding all the goodies described above, and more in the pipeline.

Maybe the foregoing is more than you all wanted (or care) to know, but it's my excuse and I'm sticking to it

. Plus, between going to Saratoga and a few other family (vacation) matters, I need a week+ of downtime, lest smoke begins escaping from my ears.

Long story short: there will be no RDSS update in July. I will shoot for early September for something I hope you all will find worthwhile waiting for.

Thank you all again for you continued support and well wishes, which (aside from visions of staggering pari-mutuel riches) are a large part of what makes this project so satisfying!

yours,

Ted

07-25-2008, 09:55 AM	#1
Ted Craven Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 9,251	RDSS Update Schedule Friends, By nature I am an optimist and enthusiast, and consequently guilty from time to time (well, more frequently, really) of expecting that I can accomplish more than I end up being able to. I have been preparing an update to RDSS (for some time now) which I hoped to release by the end pof July, which now includes a lovely live toteboard interface including auto-scratches, MTP, Results (tied into all Analysis screens), wider screens, bigger fonts, extra readouts (e.g. Running Style, Total Energy on more screens, the classical Energy! readouts) - but approaching what I imagined to be the top of the Stretch, I find my poor software is still unstable on fields of more than 10 horses. I have too long delayed what I knew I would eventually have to do (but which I was hoping I could defer to *after* Version 1.0) and work on a number of the internal memory structures to prevent the kind of crashes we still see after working a number of races or simultaneous tracks - what to speak of adding all the goodies described above, and more in the pipeline. Maybe the foregoing is more than you all wanted (or care) to know, but it's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Plus, between going to Saratoga and a few other family (vacation) matters, I need a week+ of downtime, lest smoke begins escaping from my ears. Long story short: there will be no RDSS update in July. I will shoot for early September for something I hope you all will find worthwhile waiting for. Thank you all again for you continued support and well wishes, which (aside from visions of staggering pari-mutuel riches) are a large part of what makes this project so satisfying! yours, Ted __________________ RDSS - Racing Decision Support System™