Universal soldier

For users reporting problems running the Mac version of the Lipscomb Calculator, I am happy to report that I've identified the problem, and fixed it for some people. The version I uploaded today (as in 10 minutes ago) is a "Universal" binary. This means that it will run happily on an older Mac or a new Intel Mac. The only limitation is that you MUST (no exceptions) be running OS X 10.3 or OS X 10.4 (Tiger). Earlier versions of OS X and OS 9 will not run the program. If you have problems please let me know. If you have success, please let me know.

Party At The End Of The World

Time to find out what the end of the world might look like. In case you missed the notice yesterday (buried in the bottom of a lengthy post), I have released OSX and Windows versions of my Strunk Eugene calculator. It has been tested extensively by people who have independently validated the results. I'm confident that I've captured PERS' methodology correctly (at least as it has been publicly explained) and the results should give you a picture of what your situation could look like next July 1. In later versions I am going to try to give the user the choice of implementation date, although there will be constraints as I cannot forecast COLAs out too far. You can download the program by clicking on the link to the left of the blog screen, below the "About Me" section. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE (did I say it often and loud enough) read the posted "Read Me" before downloading and, especially, before coming to me about problems. Thanks to Martha and Peg for their unflagging help in getting out some gnarly bugs and for data entry, and to Dick for some OS X suggestions and help.