**FIRST EMAIL**/Invitation to Beta test the New Control System

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by Shadow503

I'm not sure I buy the GP argument. Would anyone really care if it was a few characters over? Their character counter includes line breaks, so arguably we could use the additional characters for formatting to improve the readability of the essay, thus making the job of the person reviewing the essay easier. I do agree that it probably wouldn't work, as they likely already have code in place to trim quotation marks & ect. so they probably threw in a filter too.

Either way, we're under 2500 characters, so I'm not trying anything funny. Good luck to all who are applying!

This is one of those instances that I really think GP does apply (although people tend to use it as a scapegoat for things they don't like around here) The rules of the beta test application are the same for everyone and while you "may only be adding a few characters" you are intentionally trying to circumvent rules that are in place.

Also in a similar note since this beta test has said that they want chairman's teams what kind of role model team does things like this. Now I am not trying to make a big deal about this but every once in a while people need to stop and think about what they say or do from those perspectives.

I read and article reciently that talked about the current generation of technical savvy people and how many feel entitled to whatever is technically possible. For example borrowing photos from google images on the easy side or from a harder perspective leaching data from a site for your own uses. While these are both technically possible there are ethics around doing so. Basically just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should and being savvy enough doesn't entitle you to being above the law. < enough ranting now back to your regular scheduled thread.>