Actually, I have no idea why Obama would invest in Brazilian oil and not Gulf of Mexico oil.

Probably something to do with that big ass oil spill a few years ago. He can look like he's protecting the environment here, while simply getting the oil from elsewhere.

If you have any sort of documentation of an industry certification, you might be able to skip some classes. In my case, I had an A+ cert that I had simply taken on my own before attending a community college. Having that allowed me to skip 3 mindless classes. Best $300 I ever spent.

You must not be a fisherman. There definitely is an appropriate amount of exaggeration, and too much exaggeratoin.

Compared to navigating to a competitor's website that works in $browser? For the average non-technical person, or the office drone locked down to IE6, the answer is yes.

Not a bad idea, but be prepared for:

1. What are the steps to reproduce the problem?
   a. "I clicked on the Internet"
   b. "The thingy didn't work"

Using NotScript? NoScript is nicer, but NotScript does mostly the same thing.

I think the best way to learn Blender is to follow along with one of the thousands of free video tutorials found on Vimeo, YouTube, or some of my favorites:

• Blender Cookie
• The Blender 3D Course
• Blender Artists has a bunch of tutorials posted in their forums

Have fun!

As opposed to the teenage dipshits who are attacked by glittery "plugins" for their MySpace page. Most people are completely clueless about how they get attacked - It's got nothing to do with age at all.

Don't forget the "First Post!"

I can believe it just fine. I just opened a 3 page paper I'm working on, and my citations moved around on me between saving the document on Tuesday and opening it today - all on the same machine. Somehow, the kerning grew in the intervening time. It was noticeable because it shunted a word down to the second line, and MLA requires the second line of a citation to be indented. I'd have been dinged a few points for that if I hadn't checked before turning in the paper.

Seriously. By frivolously calling because your water tastes bad, you're potentially drawing rescue personnel away from a real rescue. Somebody could _die_ either rescuing your sorry ass, or somebody in a real emergency could die because the rescue crews were dealing with you. Maybe a few days in jail would help you think about it.

Yep, it definitely results in a satisfying explosion. I can't remember whether or not it makes for a less or more painful mosquito bite.

Flying into Islamabad, Pakistan, the flight attendant announced that it was illegal to take aerial photos. Sad to hear this nonsense is coming to a country that should know better.

I'm sure Edison was still busy inventing past 40.

I can't tell if you're using hyperbole, made a mistake, or just don't know what a megabyte is. I seriously doubt you have 100 gigabytes of RAM on your system.