http://notch.tumblr.com/post/2389820531/minecraft-beta

Super rare unknow thing?

Can only be a dragon.

You can throw eggs.
Leaf decays.

Sounds.. Suweet

Edit: Now I have to reinstall my texture pack though! :'( Heh..

YAY!!!!!!

That just figures.. Beta goes up, minecraft.net goes down.

Heh just saw somone on the server. Disconnected soon after.

Well, it seems that notch hasn't uploaded the beta server program yet.. Heh, nice.

Oh, and I just started a SP game.. Just to see the leaves decay, and I shed a tear :')

If I close minecraft and update, I wont be able to get on the server, but then I could be the first to find the secrets within the sourcecode..... What to do?!?!?

Wait...

He caused a forced update...

But didn't upload the new software for servers?

What the Griefers??

holy Griefers, items bring up name tags when hovered over o_O creepiness

/*  35 */     a(dw.class, "Creeper", 50);
/*  36 */     a(dn.class, "Skeleton", 51);
/*  37 */     a(bg.class, "Spider", 52);
/*  38 */     a(jc.class, "Giant", 53);
/*  39 */     a(oi.class, "Zombie", 54);
/*  40 */     a(oh.class, "Slime", 55);
/*  41 */     a(ap.class, "Ghast", 56);
/*  42 */     a(qi.class, "PigZombie", 57);
/*     */ 
/*  44 */     a(pd.class, "Pig", 90);
/*  45 */     a(ca.class, "Sheep", 91);
/*  46 */     a(au.class, "Cow", 92);
/*  47 */     a(pj.class, "Chicken", 93);

well, I see no dragon....

he did mention he might squeeze in a new mob before xmas though :S so who knows

Update on sourcecode examination:

no new block types either.

:( but Beta is released!

YOU CAN HOLD DOWN BACKSPACE IN THE SERVER IP FIELD!!!!

also, the minecraft server jar on minecraft.net is beta now.

so there is no secret extra?

what is a giant? :o

Giant is a giant zombie. Also Discharge, in the commented out moblist, wheres number ... 43?

Old mob, never released.

They are line numbers. The java decompiler I use generates them. line 43 is blank so it just doesnt bother putting in the line number for that I suppose.

And, I have had no luck hacking serverside inventory yet. It looks pretty well done. We might be safe from hacks at last!

From hacks? You mean safe from spheres?

Your java decompiler must be differnt from the one I use then. Heh.

No spawning spheres and stuff still works, just so long as you have the materials for it (which is fairly limiting)

Ah, so a sphere generated on a mass scale (more than the amount of seperate blocks held in your inventory) is no longer possible? Sounds good.

Question, would a chest & inventory wipe be valid. Also kits?
This would be the ideal time to make a switch to a economy based server. Where everything has a real value.

What about duping in chests?