You Can't Coach That

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Internet Explorer 8 - standards at last?

I read on ZDnet the other day that Microsoft is warning web site owners that they must start preparing for the release of Internet Explorer 8. This comes after Microsoft announced that "Super-standards mode" would be the default in the new browser. Super-standards mode? What about just saying the thing meets current web standards? Surely "standards-mode" would be enough to indicate this. When I drive my car later today I won't be in "super-law-abiding" mode - I will either follow the traffic rules or I won't. Sorry officer, I am driving in "quirks" mode today, you and the rest of the world will have to do things my way.

How ridiculous that we should have Microsoft warning everyone that the upgrade of Internet Explorer might "break the web". First they make life difficult for web developers by arrogantly ignoring standards with their browser, now they warn of impending doom because they have finally bowed to pressure and will make Internet Explorer comply with generally accepted standards.

Long live Firefox.

"You can't coach that"

Posted by Head Coach on 06/15 at 12:44 PM
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Saturday, June 07, 2008

I can solve the energy crisis

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last 5 years you would be aware that the world faces somewhat of an energy crisis. Some would argue it is already here. A rapidly rising oil price (petrol here is A$1.50 per litre or US$5.70 per gallon), green house gas emissions, nuclear waste to be disposed of, we are in a bad way. Progress on developing alternatives to our current energy technologies appears painfully slow.

Well dear reader, I have the solution. Picture a tense scene in a Hollywood blockbuster. Our hero is edging his/her way down a dark tunnel or passage. Said tunnel/ passageway is lit by a line of convenient flaming torches that the bad guys have placed on the walls.

These torches are lit by what must be the most amazing energy source known to man. It is inexhaustible, cannot be extinguished and in no way consumes the stick on the end of which it burns. Surely we can harness this amazing fuel to power our turbines to produce the electricity we all so much depend upon. Perhaps we have the wrong people working on solving our energy problems - over to you Mr Spielberg, Mr Lucas et al.