well everything, everywhere says beta wont start till spring of 2014 soooo we have a while to anguish over Destiny before we play it!

If you think about it, these posts are pointless because if someone was selected: A) Bungie has made them sign an NDA and they're not going to respond to your post or B) if they are not bound by some gag order, the first thing that would happen would be this forum would blow up with posts about the Beta...

..Am I missing something or was a new beta registration added in last week? Or is it the same one that has been there for a year or so..?

My best guess is that Bungie somewhat selects people at random for either some survey or the actual beta. So some of us may get into it in a few days or won't hear from them for a month.