I remember doing that at a ride where the S/W was being used. I changed
horses and distances on them - I was not their favorite person:-). I
suspect I was the first to do this.
Part of the problem, as you know, is when all the requirements are not
defined up front you end up with a product that has some "warts." Any
product that will be useful in the long run will have to address how
the sport really works, people show up unannounced, they show up with
different horses, they change distances, they get divorced, they have a
name change, they have a lobotomy, etc...
I used the software once at a ride. I would
rather just do pen and pencil. If you enter the information as the
entries come in before a ride you are bound to dislike the software.
Reason being. People do not always stick with the mileage they sign up
for, they do not always ride the same horse they sign up for. To
change this information during registration is tedious. People do not
want to wait in line for you to fix the info. Then you have those that
are not registered and have to sign them up.
Then you have the in timer and out
timer. Nancy is fast with her system she has. A computer would slow
her down. Not to mention where Nancy is usually put most like does not
have electricity. Then you have the problem of not having enough juice
to run it all day.
Sometime a computer is not the answer at the
time but possibly after for data storage and stats.
Teri Hunter
-- "The person of superior integrity does not insist upon his
integrity
"The person of superior integrity does not insist
upon
his integrity.
For this reason, he
has integrity. The person of inferior integrity
never loses sight
of his integrity.For this reason, he
lacks integrity."
