Wiki sez, 'The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is a cartel of twelve developing countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela."

So run the numbers again, in your list Nigeria, SA, and Venezuela are listed, combined they make up. . . 3.108 Million barrels a day, which is a fair site more than Canada and since OPEC sets its price collectively and have 79% of reserves so, sure, SA doesn't provide the majority of oil to the US but its two pals in the top five certainly provide more than Canada in a day. So, while you are right that SA doesn't set the price of oil per se, if OPEC embargoed the USA, 60% of the top five producers would be shunning the USA all of the sudden and I would imagine that your Canadian whipping boys couldn't make up the difference on short or even long notice.

Yeah, because the graffiti interface to an old Palm was sooo simple not to mention intuitive.

I am way late to this party but a rebuttal is in order.

>>Who gives a shit what others where doing?

>Many do. When the people in charge of upholding the law routinely and blatantly break it themselves it shows that the system is broken and corrupt.

Here I was actually refering to who using his log of others actions as a defense for his own. Because others do wrong things does not entitle one to do wrong things.

>>Where you speeding or not?

>He said he was stopped in traffic. Draw your own conclusions.

It was a rhetorical question, not meant to be answered out loud.

>>If yes, you are guilty of speeding, if no, then why the hell do you care what other people are doing?

>Because their actions directly affect him in particular and society in general. You'd care if someone raped your sister, he cares when somebody rapes his rights.

Once again, others actions do no excuse our own we are talking about the proper response to a speeding ticket, not society here, stay on subject.

>>Grow a pair and pay the ticket.

>Seems to me that he actually has a pair as he was doing something to at least bring awareness to the situation, as opposed to some that consider "growing a pair" synonymous with "bending over".

Seems to me this guy is whining about the world being unfair. We all knew that already, start the previously mentioned blog already. Once again stay on topic, you know, the speeding ticket and defending against it.

>>You are still entitled to being an ass.

>Where are you from? The US? If so, keep in mind that your country wouldn't exist if not for people "being asses" to his majesty's gang.

I am from the US and that is exactly why I said he was allowed to complain all day long. It is just that he shouldn't feel that his logical fallacies are going to get him(or her) out of a speeding ticket.

Who gives a shit what others where doing? Where you speeding or not? If yes, you are guilty of speeding, if no, then why the hell do you care what other people are doing? A ticket doesn't say you where the only one breaking the law, it says you where caught. Grow a pair and pay the ticket. If you still have that chip on your shoulder, then by all means, call in the police who break the law. You are still entitled to being an ass. Just don't blame others for the you own actions.

Also, Tu quoque. I linked it so you could get an edumacation. This is why the judge would laugh at your log book as a defense.

So your examples of crap are knitting(making) seat covers and turning(making) a nerf gun look steampunk? So two examples of making something means that a magazine called Make is crap? I would hate to hear how you evaluate brooms. "It swept up my dust but it didn't show me full HD video so I think it is a crap broom."

LOL, wut? SA

Some withdrawal is normal, when humans abuse(as in,'habitually use,' not, 'strike') something that started as good but is now needed to maintain a 'normal' life, it is generally considered a problem, no matter the domain.

if "Is it more about the fact that the creative jobs are where the creative people are?" where true then if you where living somewhere where there where no creative jobs, then it would mean that you are not a creative person and if you have moved to get a job then this 'fact' is incorrect. I think the location of creative jobs has more to do with large bodies of water than any other factor.

It can suck and be cool at the same time. Everyone in the world may end up well fed and the SS may use the same tech for assassinations.

If the pilot has access to the same video in the cockpit, then they both see the same thing on their respective screens. So he would in fact, see what the pilot sees. It is just that the scope of what is seen is narrow and ambiguous in the summary.

Just because it is a, "classic," doesn't mean I have to like it.

You do realize that all the established car companies talk about 0-60 times and fuel economy in the same brochures right?

Don't be a twit. Why the fuck would you edit movies or pictures on a netbook? You sir suffer from thinking everybody cares about you, they do not. Please stop. Regards.

I should have seen that coming.

Don't forget the British use feet for aviation and MPH for cars. oh and something called "stone" for weighing people. If you want to rail against non-standardization(non-standardisation) go ahead, just remember you are probably just calling the kettle black.