It takes two to tango .
Indeed. Hence why I walked away from them and won't be looking back. I do make mistakes - but I also do learn from them.
I'm not sure why you post that here, this is not the uStream feedback forum.
Because I don't believe they're capable of fixing the problem. If they had any kind of clue, the problem wouldn't have happened in the first place. Remember, Youtube works fine. If uStream can't get things working at least as well as YouTube, then they absolutely don't deserve to survive as a company.
Since you gracefully inform us that you don't want any help to solve the problem, my conclusion is that you just want to vent.
To be honest, I would much rather that uStream fix their broken pile of shit website and player so I can watch the live show. But since I don't believe they are capable of doing that, I'm left with venting as pretty much my only alternative.
Telling uStream that their system is broken for you is a lot more productive than telling a third party.
As I said, I don't believe they can fix it. So no matter who I tell, I believe the outcome will be exactly the same. To whit: uStream will continue to be irreparably broken forever.
However, I
might be able to do a minor good by warning people who might be thinking about using uStream that it's broken and useless... (Or at least that it doesn't work for me.)
And I'm sure it will be more satisfying to scream at the people who might have actually something to do with your problems, although they might not be too motivated to do something about it with your attitude.
If you took this as a personal affront toward yourself or towards Dave, then you've got issues. I think I was plenty clear that uStream is the problem. My rant was in no way intended to be directed towards the EEVBlog or any of the people on the forums here. I have no problems with either.
Then you're not much of a technical-minded person, if you can't see that there are about a million ways that anything can go wrong and only a few ways that will work properly. Have you never been amazed that something complex you designed did actually work properly? Now try this with several very complex systems that interact.
That's a very nice ad-hominem attack, congratulations!
On the topic of complexity in systems: A good programmer always seeks to minimize complexity. uStream either never learned that lesson, or were too afraid to stick to their guns. Either way, they're utter technical losses in the software realm.
I'm sure that Dave will gladly refund you the price of admission for his live show.
Kinda tough to get a refund for a show you could never get into, innit? Not that I was looking for such a refund, mind you. I'm beyond happy that Dave willing gives up his free time to educate and entertain me. He should get a medal for his trouble.
My problems lay entirely with uStream and their lousy, pile of crap, sorry excuse for a website and streaming video player.