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HeatherKay
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:13 pm Posts: 7262 Location: Here, but not all there.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8492862.stmFront page news! Colour me impressed. *edit* Well it was till the Oscars gazumped it.
_________________My Flickr | Snaptophobic BloggageHeather Kay: modelling details that matter. "Let my windows be open to receive new ideas but let me also be strong enough not to be blown away by them." - Mahatma Gandhi.
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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YAY!!!!!
Standards compliance FTW!
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:54 pm |
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onemac
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:14 pm Posts: 1598 Location: Right here...... Right now.......
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This 'Government Department' still uses it  and XP Pro SP1  Yes, you've read correctly SP1  Our ICT chaps are on the cutting edge I'm telling you...... Al
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 2:28 pm |
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AlunD
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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To replace all the systems that won't work with anything but IE6 across all of government is going to cost many many million. 
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:04 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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And it'd be worth it. What we've got now must surely amount to an illegal monopoly.
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:07 pm |
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AlunD
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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Believe me you don't want to go there 
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:10 pm |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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Try 'Doze 2K on a Pentium D from God knows when 
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:15 pm |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:27 pm Posts: 12251
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Don’t forget to sign the Number 10 petition, for all the good it will do.
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:24 pm |
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Question: why were these systems designed only to work with ie6 in the first place?
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:53 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Indeed. Seriously, that's terribly short sighted. Were they expecting (perhaps not unreasonably) for the clients to be keeping to a reasonable upgrade path? 
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:54 pm |
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AlunD
Site Admin
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:12 am Posts: 7011 Location: Wiltshire
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That was the browser ( no real options ) that was used the fact that it was so totally non standards complaint didn't matter as it allowed the suppliers to do what they wanted in terms of functionality. Deep Joy 
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 4:02 pm |
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Jun 18, 2009 5:10 pm Posts: 5836
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/02/microsoft-warns-of-ie-flaw-affecting-windows-xp-users.arsDo we have a "MS Failboat" thread?  [Edit] Actually MS have done pretty well to get it to last this long to be honest
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