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  1. Re:She Did Comment On It on Hundred-Ton Dome To Collect Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    Actually I think that is reasonable coming from someone who used to (still does?) go around saying Droll, baby drill.

    It does show she is very short sighted though. If she is so concerned about relying on other countries for oil then the US really needs to get off oil rather than ruining the nature side with pumps, pipes, etc or risking this happening again.

    We'll eventually run out and I don't think she realises that. Even if we don't, it just makes sense to come up with a way to be completely reliant on ourselves and better yet make others dependant on the US for energy.

    All the oil producing countries have to do quit using the dollar in retaliation for the US supplying itself with oil and even if the US has its own oil its money will become worthless almost over night. That wouldn't be the case if it was producing a new energy that others would rely on.

    The more oil we find, the more likely we are to put off moving to something else. That's just human nature.

  2. Re:Fill, baby fill! on Hundred-Ton Dome To Collect Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    I'd like to know if she's given her opinion on this. I'm sure it would be insightful.

  3. Re:PDFs in linux? on Looking At Google's Flashified Chrome · · Score: 1

    I think that's a value added feature not a bug.

  4. Re:Faster and faster on Looking At Google's Flashified Chrome · · Score: 1

    Seeing how it's faster on my computer compared to all other browsers on my computer then I would assume they are genuinely making it faster. I doubt JS was much of a priority for anyone until recently and Google has the most interest in making it super fast since they're all about web apps.

  5. Re:Yay for Google on Looking At Google's Flashified Chrome · · Score: 1

    Yeah no one else uses browser search data or any other data they can get their hands on and only Google want your data.

  6. Re:I'm sure... on GIMP Resynth vs. Photoshop Content Aware · · Score: 1

    How is it difficult to download and extract it when even holds the same folder structure as Gimp so you don't even have to navigate folders and move files. You just extract into program files. Hell that's easier than some PS plugins.

  7. Re:I'm sure... on GIMP Resynth vs. Photoshop Content Aware · · Score: 1

    I knew about it ages ago when I first got into Gimp. Like Firefox, if I'm told it has plugins then I look for them. Would you argue that Adblock is at some sort of disadvantage for not being included in Firefox?

  8. Re:I'm sure... on GIMP Resynth vs. Photoshop Content Aware · · Score: 1

    This is it. A lot of people will say Gimp can't do print catalogues and all sorts of high end stuff that the vast majority of people don't use which makes it irrelevant. A company that needs those things can easily afford PS and imo Gimp isn't really going after them.

  9. Re:Even so... on GIMP Resynth vs. Photoshop Content Aware · · Score: 2, Informative

    True though Gimp did better, imo, on the first one. The rest were pretty awful for both.

  10. Re:It's not really that bad on How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? · · Score: 1

    Let me guess you like the idea of Sarah Palin as president?

  11. Re:It's not really that bad on How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? · · Score: 1

    The right are just as responsible for government control. The patriot act itself is probably the worst thing to ever happen to american freedom.

  12. Re:It's not really that bad on How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? · · Score: 2, Informative

    People do get to judge their neighbours and do it all the time. Americans lately seem to want to express their opinion on how shitty everyone else's healthcare is even if they have zero experience with it.

    Like it or not you are part of a community that you need. It has always been that way no matter tea party mongos say. It will always be that way too. It's just how humans operate so live with the fact people have an opinion on the US.

  13. Re:It's not really that bad on How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? · · Score: 1

    You missed the point completely. Obama is more to the right than he should be as are most of his party members. The right still dislikes him because they're even further to the right some which are bordering on crazy land.

    True conservatism has been dead in the water for decades.

  14. Re:It's not really that bad on How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't be the end of the world. It could only ever be the end of human life or life as a whole but it would take a whole lot worse for the planet to suffer.

    Not that it has to be the end of human life either. Just the mere fact this will fuck up a lot of people's jobs in the local fishing industry, their surrounding environment, etc should be enough for people to realise it is bad. But who cares if people end up broke and living in a shit hole when we need oil?

  15. Re:It's not really that bad on How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? · · Score: 1

    Everyone knows Nixon was a sissy liberal. He met Elvis and his evil gyrating hips.

  16. Re:It's not really that bad on How Bad Is the Gulf Coast Oil Spill? · · Score: 1

    Yeah because shit loads of oil has always been known to be good for the water and life within it.

    In fact my gold fish take 30 weight oil quite happily but anything over that doesn't really agree with their stomachs.

  17. Re:These % estimates are stupid on IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low · · Score: 1

    Most people won't do that and unless you're into pain, you probably do use one more than the others. I have all the main browsers installed mainly for testing but I use FF by far more than the others though I occasionally feel like using Chrome for awhile. Chrome is, imo, better in performance, but their minimal design and need to treat everyone like a bit of a stupid baby gets old after awhile so I only use it in small chunks.

  18. Re:For Chrome, the following wouldn't hurt... on IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low · · Score: 1

    I do agree with Google minimalist approach. Fair enough most space should go to the page but it doesn't take that much to eat up space with add-ons. If they haven't changed it yet, I'd also like control of how many websites display on my homepage. Perhaps it would look ugly to them but I want to display more than 8.

  19. Re:good on IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wanted to be first so I didn't have time for the finer details. ;-)

  20. good on IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's insecure and awful. Bye bye!

  21. Re:Am I missing something? on Russian Company Buys ICQ · · Score: 1

    Pedos use ICQ and Pedo buy a lot of stuff online?

  22. Re:I still PREFER! ICQ on Russian Company Buys ICQ · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if I would call it super fast email. ICQ has multi-user chat which was awesome and the AIM, MSN, etc came about and they did not have functionality at first. TBH, I only moved away from MSN because of my frineds who went to MSN. If it weren't completely useless minus friends I would go to Google Talk / ICQ but no one really uses those.

  23. Re:Very popular on Russian Company Buys ICQ · · Score: 1

    I haven't used ICQ in ages. It was the most important part of my life about 10-8 years ago but now not so much. I still remember my pw and UID which is 5600178. Not quite as low as your but it's my second one. That said I am certain my first UID was above 1,000,000. I, unfortunately, was not able to have net access as early as some and certainty not as early as when they were dialling into BBSes (I assume) on the "The facts of life" sitcom. Yes I am aware it is sad when you can remember early sitcom nerdiness but I did have a thing for Blair despite her real life religious life.

  24. Re:Some of us were waaaaay ahead it seems. on One In Eight To Cut Cable and Satellite TV In 2010 · · Score: 1

    Same here. Between DVD box sets and the internet, there is no reason for TV, imo. Even within the UK you don't really need to pay the TV licence and I won't be soon. I just need to buy a big ass monitor for game console so I can get rid of the TV.

  25. Re:Not a Netbook on Blurring Lines — Dual Core Atom To Lift Netbooks · · Score: 1

    Imo, the EEE 901 was one of the last netbooks, as you've pointed out most netbooks are bigger and lack the portable functionality like a SSD.

    Netbooks have just become cheap laptops.