Forum Topics

Primary tabs

Windows 7 Beta

published by You on 2 February, 2009 - 18:01

Salaams

Anyone else tinkering with this? It's supposedly faster than both Vista and XP.

It's a free download for about a week more from the Microsoft website (so may be a good alternative to pirating Windows. But you could just as easily use Linux instead for most tasks and that is also (mostly) free.)

I am using it and it seems ok. Not that I have done any "work" with it.

IE8 seems useable, but there are small artifacts on this site.

Paint seems to have had an upgrade. So does Wordpad.

Howevery, Firefox is extremely ugly in it. Ugly with a capital F.

Teenager passes 23 A levels

published by You on 1 February, 2009 - 18:41

Student Ali Nawaz-ish has passed 23 A levels in subjects including pure mathematics, travel and tourism, and sociology.

He got 21 A grades - a B and a C.

The 18-year-old, who is now studying Computer Science at Cambridge University, said that he used to be a 'below average' student.

Watch video @ BBC News

"I didn't use to be a very good student."

Ghost tales spook hospital staff

published by s.b.f on 31 January, 2009 - 23:50

Derby's new super-hospital is making a chaplain available following reports of a ghostly figure in the building.

Staff at Derby City General hospital, where a £334m building project is ongoing, have reportedly seen a mysterious apparition in the building.

Managers said they took information from staff seriously and were working with the chaplaincy to ease fears.

But they denied any suggestion that an exorcism or similar ceremony was being planned for the hospital.

The Reverend Canon Elaine Jones, an advisor to the bishop of Derby on the paranormal, said she had been asked to visit and investigate the claims.

Ghost sightings

Big freeze expected to hit the UK

published by s.b.f on 31 January, 2009 - 23:38

Icy winds heading for the UK will make temperatures feel "sub zero" as the coldest winter in 13 years continues.

Snowstorms from Russia are expected to hit the eastern part of England on Sunday night.

Night-time temperatures are set to drop to -2C (28F) as a blast of cold air sweeps in from the North Sea.

Bitterly cold easterly winds will cause snow to drift, with forecasters predicting that 5cm to 10cm will fall over many parts of England and Wales.

Snow showers are likely to be less widespread in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

On Saturday, winds began gusting at up to 70mph over the hills of northern Britain and snow could fall as deep as 20cm over high ground in the coming days.

Kashmir protesters fight police

published by You on 31 January, 2009 - 21:28

Kashmir protesters fight police

Hundreds of protesters have clashed with police in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, police and officials say.

The demonstrators were rallying for the release of separatist leaders who have been detained in recent months.

They chanted slogans in support of independence for Kashmir and threw stones at security forces who fired tear gas shells to control the crowd.

The leaders were detained during elections held in December and January.

The authorities accused them of inciting people to boycott the seven-phased assembly elections in the disputed Himalayan region that took place between 17 November and 24 December.

How texting could help the seasonally depressed

published by You on 31 January, 2009 - 16:05

How texting could help the seasonally depressed

The days may be getting gradually longer, but for those who suffer depression from the winter darkness a new scheme which relies on text messaging, could help relieve their symptoms.

Waking up in the dark and returning from work in the dark is enough to get anyone a bit down but for some it is more serious than a bit of winter blues.

Victoria Osborne, 63, finds the colder months in the UK too much to deal with, and tries instead to escape to sunnier shores in order to avoid her depression during this time of year.

"In the winter I just don't want to be here. Last year I went to New Zealand from November to March. This November I went to Cyprus. I find it's like building up a resistance ahead of the winter."

MS stem-cell treatment 'success'

published by You on 31 January, 2009 - 16:02

MS stem-cell treatment 'success'

Stem-cell transplants may control and even reverse multiple sclerosis symptoms if done early enough, a small study has suggested.

Not one of 21 adults with relapsing-remitting MS who had stem cells transplanted from their own bone marrow deteriorated over three years.

And 81% improved by at least one point on a scale of neurological disability, The Lancet Neurology reported.

Further tests are now planned, and a UK expert called the work "encouraging".

MS is an autoimmune disease which affects about 85,000 people in the UK.

Surah Baqarah translation

published by s.b.f on 31 January, 2009 - 14:59

Okay well, I was reading the translation of the Surah Baqarah: The Cow, and there was a section that confused me.

In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy
Alif Lam Mim
This is the scripture in which there is no doubt, containing guidance for those who are mindful of God, who believe in the unseen, keep up the prayer, and give out of what We have provided for them; those who believe in the revelation sent down to you [Muhammad], and in what was sent before you, those who have full faith in the Hereafter. Such people are following their Lord's guidance and it is they who will prosper.

Pages