Fun With Beta

Mwa ha ha, ha HA HA HA!!!!

*Twitch Twitch*

*shudder*

Ok, so if someone is talking about multiple people, and accidentally uses a plural pronoun where a singular one should be used, such as in the sentence "everyone went to the store and bought themselves a ham," I can forgive him. I would politely correct the usage, so long as it is approriate to do so, but the offense can be forgiven.

(If, however, the misusage is intentional, because he believes that the English language is sexist, and is trying to affect a grammatical revolution, then he can be cast in the Pit of Despair for all I care. We won't go into that, as my thoughts on this topic have been made abundantly clear.)

But, verily, when you use a plural pronoun when you are talking about one singular person, there is no word in elvish, entish, or the tongues of men for your stupidity.

To wit:

"This is Shirley Lin, who seems like they [sic] might be a girlfriend of Zedadias’"

There is only one rational reaction to this grammatical mangling: scream like Wilhelm.

(Irony of ironies, the first sentence of this post originally ended "I can forgive them". You guys never would have let me live that one down if that made it to press.)

Gravity Update

Version 1.3 is available! A co-worker told me, "I won't play your little game until I can blow stuff up." Well, now you can blow stuff up (sort of):

This release shall from now on be referred to as the CPU-Eater Edition. To see why, try this:

1. Run the sim

2. Press X to turn on fracture mode

3. Press S to open the Seed number dialog

4. Enter 31500 and click OK

5. Cackle with pitiless glee as whole worlds are rent asunder as they enter the cosmic maelstrom.

I hope you have a multi-core CPU if you want to do other things while this program is running. Other things to try:

• Press 0 (zero) to turn on auto time acceleration
• Press SHIFT+= to set auto acceleration to maximum
• Press I or G or to turn on pretty colors

When auto acceleration is on, the program will adjust the speed and/or graphical detail to try to maintain between 10 and 20 fps. Notice that orbits (and co-orbits) are now displayed with time acceleration on, so you can see how they evolve and affect each other over time.

Apparently, someone saw fit to have their rental car information sent to me. Do with this what you will.

Joe C, YOUR RENTAL IS RESERVED. send this information to my cell phone Confirmation number 43585984CA1 Total Confirmed Rate CAD53.87 Thanks for renting at budget.com. Have a pleasant trip!
pick-up Tue, May 18, 2010 09:00 AM 1285 THE QUEENSWAY ETOBICOKE, ON M8Z 1S1 CA YK4 hours Mon - Fri 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM; Sat 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM phone 416-259-1189
return Wed, May 19, 2010 09:00 AM 1285 THE QUEENSWAY ETOBICOKE, ON M8Z 1S1 CA YK4
car economy 2- or 4-door automatic air conditioned car class A HYUNDAI ACCENT 3DR or similar options equipment & services none protections none driver preferences no-smoking
offer code/number BCD none coupon none personal information Joe C joecool@gmail.com	my confirmed rate car 45.00 taxes and fees energy recovery fee .83/day .83 car tax 1.85 taxes 6.19 options total CAD53.87 1 day 0 hour rental unlimited free kilometers rate code AQ

Happy 6th of July!

Boy, it sure is a good thing handguns are illegal in Chicago: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/chicago.area.shooting.2.1072542.html. Heaven forbid I have one.

It's nice to know Eugenics is still alive and well.

We mustn't let those undesirables reproduce.

Oh, but this is for the children. Or the lack thereof.

The Pool.

Place ya bets!

Birthday: _______

Weight: _______

Length: _______

Ok, here's the deal: you get 5 points for each day your birthday guess is off by. You get 1 point for each ounce your weight guess is off by. 2 points for each quarter-inch your length guess is off by. Lowest score wins an imaginary bag of marshmallows.

Also, the eye color is potentially up in the air so you can make guesses as to that, but we might not know for certain what that will be at birth, so I'm not including it in the official betting.