My IE 7 doesn't work

Of course "Ununoctium" a Latin-derived name for the number 118, much as "Pentium" is for the number 5. Now, the 5th element is not called "Pentium" (probably because of trademark issues) and is instead called "Boron", which sounds more like an AMD budget brand. Even so, it would be logical to conclude that Ununoctium is the 113th-generation successor of the Pentium Netburst architecture, which has been miniaturised to the size of a single atom and produces so much heat it decays radioactively in less than a millisecond.

infiniterats

Subject: Bugs in IE7 Final

Hi, a friend of mine installed the new IE7 today. He has a genuine version of Windows, no hacks, everything normal.

So, he installs the program, is asked to reboot, does it.

First reboot, crashes at the 'Windows is being started' (sry, translated from German, don't know what its called in English)

Second Boot, after about 3 Minutes the Desktop appears, we waited for another 5 and then rebooted in safe mode.

Uninstalled IE7, then the computer rebooted automatically without asking. Booted back up, everything was fine again.

It is kinda sad, that Microsoft calls this a 'Final' Version!

Cya
Markus

Subject: Climate Change

In an Oct 18 lettter, Joe Stewart asserts that Krakatoa and Mount St Helens "dumped (roughly) somewhere near 140,000 years of humanity's current estimated greenhouse gas output into earths [sic] atmosphere". I guess it's just the letters section, and I shan't expect the Inq to fact-check letters. If you visit enough "global warming is a hoax" web sites, you'll find many instances of the above statement, with the claimed factor ranging from simply "more than", to "100x" to "500,000x". That's usually a tipoff that this is yet another urban legend.

So let's ask some guys whose business is not climate change (either denial or affirmation), but actually research of volcanoes, say http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/Gases/man.html

CO2: "Man-made (anthropogenic) CO2 emissions overwhelm this [volcanic] estimate by at least 150 times."

SO2: "Volcanoes release only 13% of the sulfur [...] compared to anthropogenic sources." (volcanoes: 10.4 Tg/yr versus humans: 79 Tg/yr)

To address the issue of unusually large historic volcanic eruptions, including the oft-quoted Mt. St. Helens, see http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/grp6/question1375.html The short answer: even Helens pales by several orders of magnitude compared to anthropogenic sources.

Mr Stewart is woefully misinformed.

alex

Subject: ACCUSER!!!

.. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is no doubt googling furiously for "how to build a nuclear bomb."

you are quite an accuser for an IT online tabloid, aren't ya? Or is it your christianity that somehow grab a hold of ya and let your paranoia overwhelm your sanity?

strivearth

Subject: TALL ELITE HUMANS

At 6'4", good looking, AND sporting a bigger than average penis (though not a huge penis...), I already fit the description for the future class of elite overlords.

By the way, is the purveyor of this theory Dutch by any chance??

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-09-16-dutch-tall_x.htm
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/316/7149/1929/b

So since the chinese and japanese are little people with small penises, does this mean they will be the imp-like morons so described? Because that obviously goes againt the popular wisdom.

And as a member of the elite class can I collect duties or tariffs of some kind from the little people??

By the way, I think evolutionary theories regarding the human race are total bunk. In 100 years much less 10,000 years we will be genetically altering ourselves to produce desirable traits.

In 10,000 years the entire race will be self modified many times over.

Evolution is already flying out the window.

octamember

Subject: "Web rage"

> Gibbons, who, the court heard, has a history > of violence, travelled 70 miles from south > London to beat the heck out of Mr Jones, with > a pickaxe handle.

"Web rage"? What utter bollocks. Sounds like this 'tard is an ornery bloke that can't control his temper. He could just as easily have been set off by the fellow in line next to him at the chip shop as by another poster in a web forum.

If that had happened, would we be reading about "fish rage"? Somehow I doubt it.

Someone needs to tell this bloke to shut his yob and take responsibility for his actions (and for being a total wanker). Or perhaps nail his left testicle to the roof :).

Keep up the good work,

Charles

Subject: Evolution

Thirty or fifty years ago there were similar noises being bandied about over the (d)evolution of the species. It's all bogshit with the advent of DNA tech. We could all be Borg with implants in a few dozens of years so I wouldn't worry too much about eloi and moorlocks "evolving". We won't ever have enough time to go there ;-)

Dhu

Subject: Eloi and Morlocks

I had to think about this for a second, then suddenly realized he's just recoined the Eloi and Morlocks from the Time Machine, just the switching the characteristics around. The Eloi are now tall and intelligent, the Morlocks short and stupid.

While in a 100,000 years a new human species is likely to develop, I'm not too sure it'll be as radical as everyone envisions, nor will the way of life we have now likely always be the same, ie., maybe cocoanut bronze skin and square jaws will give way for the fad of razor sharp fangs and retractable claws.

Personally I'd see us making good use of genetic engineering as we adapt to new environments; I've always fancied having gills *and* wings.

Sincerely,
Scott Peterson

Subject: Hexus.

Having just retired from Sandia National Labs , I had an email exchange with one of the Hexuxs's most englightened about some benchmarks they used in a comparison a few months ago. I specificly questioned why they failed to use the IEEE/ ASTM /ANSI sanctioned benchmarks at spec.org.

I know from the DOE tests this year that in 64 bit Intel takes a 42% drop in Rpeak vs 32 bit Rpeak. AMD experiences a 16% drop from 32 bit Rpeak to 64 bit Rpeak. . I then pointed out that his benchmark proceedures didn't meet IEEE guidelines. His response was that the benchmarks he used were those his readers wanted.

In the stero HiFi world there has been along reconised bias by some reviewers. There is even a reviewing the reviewers site. The BS and misinformation is so deep in the computer trade press that there should be a reviewing the reviewers here.

http://www.high-endaudio.com/reviewers.html

Ed hinders

Subject: Bully

Guns are more violent than any video game. They can't be sold to minors but they can be used by minors hopefully under the supervision of an adult.

So, what's the big deal about a video game? How exactly is the legal system involved in such a release anyway? Even so, the judge could never stop the sale of such a game. And it is unlikely that any ban of sales to minors would pass muster under the Freedom of Speech laws.

Any kid playing this game to find ways to further his terror of other children is a sicko anyway and needs help.

jdblaich

Subject: You tube red tape

On the "walks like a duck" legal principle that seems to be used in the report, it would appear that Flash ads are "Broadcast TV" and should suffer the full regulation imposed on ITV1,2,3,4 etc.

Seems only fair.

Buffy

Subject: get off it, wanker...

what would you do if your best friend just sent you an email to your blackberry while you were sitting in a pub wasting time listening to some wanker prattle on?

the teacher should demand that they turn them off in class, though.

since the kids are so rude.

touristguy