Citizen Godden

The impression everyone was given in the community was that IE8 would be different. It would be web standards compliant. Well bad news folks..

It appears that a few sites don’t actually render correctly in the Beta version of Microsoft’s upcoming answer to the modern browser wars. IE8 Beta fails to render 2,400 sites in initial tests, as their creators expected. And those aren’t a few never-before-heard-of sites, but major sites that get millions of hits. Check out the list in a recent ZDNet post.

Now you can argue that the browser is a beta, so things can change, but my argument is that the engine (the part that actually renders web pages) isn’t going to change at all. The only differences between this “platform ready” beta version and the release version boils down to a few GUI changes or usability adjustments.

So expect another Microsoft-broken internet, at least for the foreseeable future. Tech Snake isn’t worried however – the vast majority of visitors to this website use Firefox, or another browser that is sensitive to the web standards. So congrats to everyone who has seen the light!

In a scene that conjures up visions of Terminator, the US Airforce have revealed the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s refueller will be an automatron. Not only is it another job gone by the wayside (which we could do with more of in the current climate) but also it makes the perfect inside job for a takeover.

Picture it, when the Asimos have massed on the Eastern border of Europe and are preparing for attack – the F-35′s are taken out of their hangers with tactical nukes onboard. The robots come to refuel them – ah but do they? Moments after takeoff, they run out of fuel and it’s game over for humanity.

I can see it, it will happen, and you’ll all be sorry when it does if you don’t listen now! OK – taking a step back from the paranoia end of the world stance – I’m not sure if trusting a robot to refuel a plane is a good idea. Fuel + sparks from robot’s innards = BOOM! It’s a simple formula..