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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sean DonCarlos" data-source="post: 21890" data-attributes="member: 152">It is possible to make near-perfect software...a particular piece of software I developed 8 years ago to get a video surveillance system talking with various third-party devices is still being used today and has not had a major bug in its lifetime, even though I have not looked at the code in 6 years. But the software in question took a very long time to develop and was extremely expensive compared to similar products. Extreme accuracy is possible only at the cost of extreme price and development time. In some situations (like video surveillance), this tradeoff is worth it; for other situations (like pinball) not so much.While I don't think anyone looks at FarSight as a charity, many of us feel that what they are doing will not be re-attempted if TPA does not succeed. They have overreached somewhat in chasing their ambition, yes, but if the choice is 95% or even 90% accurate tables and no tables at all, I'll take the tables.And perhaps we'll look back two years from now and say to TPA newcomers, "Back in my day, we had to play Monster Bash blind, with one flipper and a bad camera, in the snow, uphill both ways, blah blah blah..." <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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