Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
:> For some reason the Pov Ray Gods have decided its okay to expire the current
:> beta without putting up a new one, perhaps they enjoy having us get hooked
:> on its features than taking them away <grin>. But here is a way around it.
:> Just set your clock back to Jan 14th, start the program, and reset the clock
:> to today's date. As long as you don't quit the program that will work.
:> Hopefully these so called programming mavens will see the harm they are
:> doing and reset the beta's timer so it will expire when they finally have
:> something suitable to post.

: Did you actually check if a new beta was available before posting...?

: Even hours before your post betas for all three supported platforms were
: available!

  This gives a good idea: Make povray beta check the date regularly when
running. For example before each render. :P

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