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I was just browsing the forums, as I do… and saw this forum post mentioning a new OS. Well, naturally, I headded right over and had a look.

YouOS runs inside a web browser and provides a basic but fully customisable desktop, whereever you happen to have an internet connection. It’s fully expandable, with developers busy writing new applications for this system each day.

At the moment, the system is in early days, and there are various glitches throughout, but the system as it stands now is a brilliant attempt.

Hi all… I was doing my usual random browsing of the various forums, when I came across this thread.

Go to http://www.treasury.gov.au/documents/976/HTML/docshell.asp?URL=tax_cuts.htm and have a close look at the page.

Looks fine eh?

Try clicking on the link for the calculator they mention.

Get anywhere? I didn’t think so… here’s why:

<p>The Treasury has prepared a simple indicative
<a xhref="http://172.16.11.147/contentitem.asp?NavId=007&ContentID=976" mce_href="http://172.16.11.147/contentitem.asp?NavId=007&ContentID=976">calculator</a>

Uhh huh… yep… this government doesn’t understand RFC 1918. Most people here know that 172.16.0.0/16 isn’t accessible to anyone publically, and the network admins looking after the government infrastructure should know better. I’d suggest Bonzai and his government may wish to learn a little about TCP/IP, and/or consult with someone who does (not necessarily those who claim to).

Update: It seems the URL has been fixed now… Still… it was amusing while it lasted.

Well, it’s that time again… time to wind up the Qube2, and get it building a seed stage in preparation for yet another release of Gentoo.

Then it’ll be a case of waiting for the official 2006.1 snapshot to be released, and the full stagebuilds will begin in earnest. I may release pre-2006.1 stageballs, we’ll see how everything pans out.

I’ll keep you all posted.