snort

Lore's new column is up, this one in the form of a changelog, no less. Starts good, gets much better.

Version History for UltraSolve Online Assistant

1.7

"Accept" button now grays out when appropriate.

Improved support for multiple users.

Added keyboard shortcut for "Publish" command.

Removed "bellowing moose" alert noise.

No longer displays middle finger image at system startup after free trial period is over.

Spell-checker now less "snotty."

Now fully compatible with iTunes.

1.6

Now remembers preferences settings correctly.

Lowered volume on "bellowing moose" alert noise.

Removed Easter egg displaying Photoshopped image of Lisa J. Pavenston apparently enjoying coitus with Dick Cheney and The Three Stooges.

Code merge with Online Assistant Deluxe Edition.

No longer plays "Conjunction Junction" every time you hit a function key.

...

In other news, I have a rampaging migrane. Must go home soon.

there are many pylons

Slashdot article on a talk by Ron Moore, BSG guru, transcribed by the least literate nerd in the world who originally spelled "Cylon" as "Psylon," but managed to make his "fixes" even worse:

Boomer, very little thought. An extension of family and a second family unit. The part where Boomer was a Pylon suggested by co-producer....

I must've missed that episode.

Also, I never heard of the Bath School Disaster before today -- thank you, Wikipedia. Man goes on very carefully-planned explosive rampage, blows up school, car -- kills 45, injures 58, most of them in grade school. Deadliest school violence in American history. And it happened in 1927. I blame the radio.