Firefox 1.0 Released
Posted by donkey (5 Comments)	Tue Nov 9th '04 06:42:14 PM
"The release of the first full version of a web browser called Firefox has managed to drum up a respectable amount of pre-launch fervour. Fans of the software have banded together to raise cash to pay for an advert in the New York Times announcing that version 1.0 of the browser is available. The release of Firefox 1.0 on 9 November might even cause a few heads to turn at Microsoft because the program is steadily winning people away from the software giant's Internet Explorer browser. ... Internet monitoring firm WebSideStory has charted the growing population of people using the Firefox browser and says it is responsible for slowly eroding the stranglehold of IE. Before July this year, according to WebSideStory, Internet Explorer was used by about 95% of web surfers. That figure had remained static for years. In July the IE using population dropped to 94.7% and by the end of October stood at 92.9%. ... A campaign co-ordinated by the Spread Firefox website attempted to raise the $50,000 needed for a full page advert in the New York Times. The campaign set itself a target of recruiting 10,000 volunteers. Ten days in to the campaign 25,000 people had signed up and now about $250,000 has been raised. The ad is due to run sometime in a three-week period in late November/early December. The surplus cash will be used to help keep the Mozilla Foundation running. " get firefox here: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ get an optimised version here: http://www.moox.ws/tech/mozilla/ also while googling for firefox in image search I found this website: http://www.rdrop.com/~dognut/textonly.html
News Source: BBC NEWS	Genre: Intrawab

World's cleverest woman needs a job
Posted by James (2 Comments)	Sun Nov 7th '04 02:14:50 PM
A qualified industrial engineer with an IQ of 200, five masters degrees wants a job in the UK after spending two years on the dole in Bulgaria. According to Press Association reports, Daniela Simidchieva is struggling to find gainful employment, even as a cleaning woman, despite being listed by Mensa as the "world's cleverest woman". Her mind boggling IQ is equal to that of Marie Curie, according to reports. She told PA: "I love learning, but I also want to work. In the last 44 years I have studied economics, education and sociology at universities in Bulgaria and Britain. I am qualified as an industrial engineer, as an English teacher and as an electrical engineer as well as having my five Masters degrees." She concludes that in Bulgaria "employers do not want clever employees". Given the skills shortage in the IT sector we all keep hearing so much about, and the need to get more women into science, engineering and IT, we're sure Simidchieva will be able to find a job in Blighty in no time. In the interests of fairness, we would like to point out that some people have immensely high IQs, and are very highly qualified, but are also staggeringly bonkers. Some less charitable folks might also argue that someone that smart should be able to come up with an alternative way of making a living. But not us. Oh, no.®
News Source: THe Register	Genre: General News

Dismayed Americans consider move to Canada after Bush win
Posted by donkey (4 Comments)	Sat Nov 6th '04 01:59:33 AM
Canadian immigration officials said the number of US citizens visiting their website went up six-fold the day after the US election. There was speculation that Democrats fed up with George W Bush's win were thinking of moving over the border. where is Canada Mr. President? Somewhere up here!
News Source: BBC NEWS	Genre: Politics

Bush Wins.
Posted by joe (10 Comments)	Wed Nov 3rd '04 01:01:52 PM
STUPID FUCKING AMERICANS (well, 51% of them)
	Genre: Politics

Apparently there's some election on ;)
Posted by donkey (6 Comments)	Tue Nov 2nd '04 12:21:01 AM
tbh I just want to move that horrible witches picture off the front page but we may aswell talk about the US presidential election. I'm sure you all know that the election is on the 2nd of Nov. I'm supporting Kerry (obviously, i assume you all are too?). Some interesting facts and figures: Quote THE CAMPAIGN IN FIGURES 75%: Percentage of those in an ABC poll who thought it was the most important election of their lives $272,573,444: Amount raised by President George W Bush (correct as of 13 October) $249,305,109: Amount raised by Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry (correct as of 13 October) 43,256: Number of times adverts were run from 21 to 27 October $46,367,413: Total amount spent on adverts from 21 to 27 October 208-169: US newspaper endorsements for Mr Kerry and President Bush (correct as of 31 October) 28-14: loss by Washington Redskins football team - since 1936, a loss in their last home game before the election has been followed by victory for the challenger holy crap! they've spent >$0.5 billion! jesus!
News Source: BBC NEWS	Genre: Politics

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