2357. Pieter (pcp09645895pcs.mnhwkn01.nj.comcast.net) – 19 Apr 2005 15:21:22 [ The Quartic Formula ]

OMFG IM AM GOIGN TO KILL MYSELF

2356. ~the sender decided to with hold its ... (user-7794.lns2-c8.dsl.pol.co.uk) – 16 Apr 2005 14:49:23 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

its my favorite website ever u mingers

2355. Tom 7 (h-67-101-139-222.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 15 Apr 2005 23:25:49 [ NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]

Oops, it looks like I never released the newest version of the OSX build. (You can see the release numbers on the "download" page.) Let's just wait for the next version and I'll sync them up--that should come out this weekend with a bunch of new stuff.

2354. Ken (dialup-4.239.54.195.dial1.philadelphia1.level3.net) – 15 Apr 2005 23:19:38 [ NEW: Escape Beta 2! ]

Tom, are the mac and windows versions different? I use windows at work and a mac at home. I have noticed that on after I upload a rating on windows the lowest number of moves appears below my number of moves. This does not appear on the mac (0s 10.3.8). Also the mac does not sort by newest and ctrl-n does nothing.

2353. BLAZIN~QUTIE (px4wh.vc.shawcable.net) – 12 Apr 2005 17:17:27 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

IS THIS SOEM KINDA CHATROOM?..IF SO ITS REALLY GAY!!!!

2352. Anonymous (px4wh.vc.shawcable.net) – 12 Apr 2005 17:15:27 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

what the hell is this shit ??????????//

2351. four.thirds.pi.r.cubed (168.30.161.190) – 12 Apr 2005 11:06:24 [ Math Shirts ]

Yes, all I could find were shirts like that. Bring on the obscure shirts!

2350. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 11 Apr 2005 18:33:26 [ RDR 2005 Tees ]

Dec 5 is the name of our social organization. Anyway, I didn't make the posters (maybe you are just messing with me, I dunno).

2349. mike (128.237.227.215) – 11 Apr 2005 15:39:57 [ RDR 2005 Tees ]

All the posters say DEC 05 at the top

2348. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 11 Apr 2005 15:22:33 [ BAD SAT SCORES ]

oops!

2347. Anonymous (67-64-144-156.dialup.rcsntx.swbell.net) – 11 Apr 2005 14:54:02 [ BAD SAT SCORES ]

hey try going to a preppy private school where the average SAT score is like 1500 and you got the lowest score of a 950 and rejected from all the colleges you applied to... LIFE SUCKS!

2346. Max (mheath.stu.wesleyan.edu) – 10 Apr 2005 21:26:06 [ Space Survey Response ]

Zing!

2345. Tom 7 (h-67-101-139-136.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 09 Apr 2005 15:31:50 [ Space Survey Response ]

This one is sponsored by Bill Gates, not George Bush.

2344. Max (207-237-35-63.s63.tnt1.nywct.ny.dialup.rcn.com) – 09 Apr 2005 12:13:25 [ Space Survey Response ]

inverse pyramid

2343. jcreed (pool-141-151-143-128.pitt.east.verizon.net) – 09 Apr 2005 00:29:16 [ Space Survey Response ]

excellent

2342. Anonymous (cpe-203-45-212-172.qld.bigpond.net.au) – 08 Apr 2005 17:39:03 [ Space Names! ]

i named my name dog dogs dogs

2341. Anonymous (cpe-203-45-212-172.qld.bigpond.net.au) – 08 Apr 2005 17:38:13 [ Space Names! ]

ytuytutyuytuytuyt,uytutyutyu;yuyutfyuyt,uyuy,uy

2340. mmia (ip68-5-191-35.oc.oc.cox.net) – 08 Apr 2005 10:50:37 [ They are a woman ]

Obviously other problems with number agreement that immediately generate from "are a woman." In this particular sentence it'd make more sense to pluralize everything.

2339. mmia (ip68-5-191-35.oc.oc.cox.net) – 08 Apr 2005 10:45:45 [ They are a woman ]

I'm all for the epicene pronoun; and I don't mind "they" as singular in informal writing or speaking. However, only a "she" can even be a woman; the moment one uses "woman," one already exposes the gender of the party. So it is conceivable that using "she" here would not be more offensive, and could clean up the grammatical clutter.

2338. lil makaveli (216.100.215.144) – 07 Apr 2005 14:07:10 [ FLAMING TEXT ]

will i think all you guyz are lowlifez and need to
get a life....p.s makaveli the don

2337. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 07 Apr 2005 13:27:09 [ RDR 2005 Tees ]

YES

2336. jcreed (pool-141-151-143-165.pitt.east.verizon.net) – 07 Apr 2005 10:12:40 [ RDR 2005 Tees ]

I think there's a good chance I am a sucky runner, and I will probably sign up. Hooray for failure! :)

2335. Tom 7 (h-67-101-139-136.phlapafg.dynamic.covad.net) – 06 Apr 2005 19:38:10 [ They are a woman ]

Typographically, I think that punctuation inside quotation marks looks better (actually, "under" the quotation marks often looks even better).

Outside of formal writing, I often break with typographic tradition, putting punctuation after quotation marks except when it's really a quotation. Examples:

There is nothing wrong with the phrase "secular humanist".

He told me, "I'm a secular humanist."

Although he's a "secular humanist," he still attends atheist church.

(In the last example there is the added benefit of reducing ambiguity.) I think I get this from programming, where languages often use quotation marks to designate string constants (putting the punctuation in there kind of violates its sanctity). But like I said, in formal writing I try to be uncontroversial.

2334. mjn (pool-151-205-107-113.ny325.east.verizon.net) – 06 Apr 2005 16:50:10 [ They are a woman ]

Well, she's certainly got the language skills of a President, I guess.

I believe I agree with Tom--probably she thought something like:
1. Hey, that should be "women".
2. No, wait, "they are a woman" is acceptable.
...and thusly forgot all about the "people".

I think the biggest problem, though, is that there are *three* possible antecedents for "they". Sheesh...

Incidentally, "you guys" is fine, but what's wrong with good old-fashioned "y'all"?

Digression: How do y'all feel about punctuation and quote marks? MLA says that punctuation goes inside a quotation, but outside a word-as-word; I think I'd prefer to have it outside all the time, actually (unless it's part of the quotation, of course)...

2333. Tom 7 (gs82.sp.cs.cmu.edu) – 05 Apr 2005 14:07:31 [ RDR 2005 Tees ]

Also, shorter distance!