This equation should be taught in all math classes! From a strictly mathematical viewpoint it goes like this:

1. What Makes 100%?
2. What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
3. Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?

We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions. If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

It is obvious that H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

And K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

While B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T

2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

Finally, and most effectively A-S-S  K-I-S-S-I-N-G

1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 127%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that while Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it’s the Bullshit and Ass Kissing that will put you over the top!

I downloaded and installed Firefox 3 both at home and at the office this morning. Installation went smoothly, no issues at all. The default theme looks more or less like in version 2 and I could rearrange the toolbars just as I wanted (and had them before).

What makes Firefox the fastest growing (and most popular) browser is the numerous add-ons. So the biggest reason NOT to upgrade would be incompatible favourite add-ons and such. However, I was thrilled to find out that most worked out of the box (the authors have had 36 months to prepare…).

Secondly, without being to subjective, I strongly believe the latest version is noticeably faster than any version before it. Especially when loading pages, like mine, filled with JavaScript and other code. There’s also a bunch of new features that silently appears while you’re surfing (and I meant that in a positive way).

Add-ons known to work

Alexa Sparky - Display Alexa data in your statusbar!

Download Statusbar - View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing.

Extended Statusbar - A Statusbar with Speed, Percentage, Time and loaded size (like in Opera)

GooglePreview - Insert preview images (thumbnails) of web sites into the Google and Yahoo search results pages.

HTML validator - HTML Validator is a Mozilla extension that adds HTML validation inside Firefox and Mozilla. The number of errors of a HTML page is seen on the form of an icon in the status bar when browsing. The extension can validate the HTML sent by the server or the HTML in the memory (after Ajax execution).

LIVE HTTP headers - View HTTP headers of a page and while browsing.

MeasureIT - Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.

PicLens - Full-Screen, 3D. PicLens transforms your browser into a visually stunning experience for finding and viewing online photos and videos. The “3D Wall” lets you effortlessly search and zoom your way around thousands of images, videos, news feeds, sports feeds, and more.

Tab Scope - Preview and navigate tab contents through “popdown”.

Torbutton - Torbutton provides a button to securely and easily enable or disable the browser’s use of Tor. It is currently the only addon that will safely manage your Tor browsing to prevent IP address leakage, cookie leakage, and general privacy attacks.

Window Resizer - Resize your browser to various standard resolution sizes.

I also installed a bunch of dictionaries, some Google add-ons and one of my favourites, ColorZilla. The last one is not included on the standard Mozilla add-on site so it had to be downloaded and installed from the authors website.

If you know of other useful stuff, please share!!

Conclusion

After one days use I must admit I’m very impressed, and if you haven’t made the change yet I urge you to at least give it a try! Anyone with a similar or opposite reaction - feel free to share in the comments below.

Firefox 3 will be available shortly, you can follow the progress at wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.0. As you can see most of the work is done, and we should all be able to grab the latest release in just a short while - 1 hour to be exact.

Make sure you download version 3 through the official channels in order to participate in their World record attempt!

Please let me know what you think after you’ve installed and tried it. With all the hype upfront I’m sure we’re going to get mixed reactions.

Could be useful to know what add-ons who work and who don’t as well…

If you have just bought a new computer you might have noticed that there’s a lot of programs on it you don’t use. Also, these programs are very likely to slow things down. So what do you do? Re-install? Fortunately the solution is much simpler, and you don’t have to pay companies like Sony an additional $50’s to clean it for you.

The PC Decrapifier will uninstall many of the common trialware and annoyances found on many of the PCs from big name OEMs. Below is the current list of software and items that the PC Decrapifier can detect and remove. You get to see the list of items it detects and then choose what will be removed automatically.

If you know about any other useful tool that does this for you please share in the comments below.

According to himself Gary McKinnon hacked into the US computer systems only to find answers related to UFO’s and the like. Now he’s facing 70 years behind bars IF he gets extradited to the US.

The final appeal is held today, and yo can follow this intense political drama on his blog (and the news) freegary.org.uk.

This blog website is intended to support British citizen Gary McKinnon, who is facing “fast track” extradition to the USA (after over five years since his initial arrest !). Gary was indicted by a US court in November 2002, accused of “hacking” into over 90 US Military computer systems from here in the UK. The unjust treatment of British citizens (and others) when facing the might of the US Military “justice” system, which practices detention without trial in Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, and stands accused of making use of torture by allied regimes (”extraordinary rendition”) is an ongoing scandal. It cannot be excused even by a “war on terror”. It seems only just that Gary should face any charges in a British court, and to serve any sentence, if he is found guilty, in a British prison.

What do you all think, should he be extradicted? Or should he be tried at home (England)? And did he really do any damage at all? After all he’s already served 5 years behind bars.