Yikes! You're right.
Just idling one Firefox window on this page shows the process at about 13% CPU usage. No other browsers open, not even an animated ad this time.
I open lots of Slashdot stories as tabs and get to reading them when I get to them. I guess I'll have to stop that.

Not everyone is all or nothing about ads.
I see a checkbox to disable ads on this site, but I don't click it.

On common sites I visit that I feel are worth visiting, I don't block their ads either.

All random sites, ads blocked unless I find them to be unobtrusive or worthy of my support.

I'm OK with advertising. It has to overcome a few barriers but it's not something that is altogether horrible everywhere. What really matters is whether I am in control or not.

This is why I have regular flares, orange smoke flares, signal flash, water, food, bedding, etc...
When I go into the wilderness. I've never had to use anything more than water, food, bedding, matches/lighter, and bandages.
I'm prepared for more, but if the shit hits the fan, I want rescue teams to find me or those I'm with as fast as possible.

It's been done and it is hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWTFG3J1CP8
It's the Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris

While that is a very interesting story, it's certainly not the case for every juvenile offender.I have seen entire families that are crooks use their children to commit robberies, burglaries, shoplifting, and more. The reason is that the kids get slaps on the wrist and zero jail time for committing the same crimes as their older family members. There have been gang members so entrenched in gangs that they've beat their children for wearing the wrong color clothing!

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=823226&catid=14

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A St. Paul father has been charged for allegedly hitting his four-year-old son because the boy was wearing a shirt with the color of a rival gang

Ouch. Sounds similar to my issue. Found a harddrive on the website. Went in to buy it. None on the shelf. Stock check: none in any store in the state.
Drive on the site: $119. Nearly identical drive in store: $189.
Nearly identical drive at Fry's: $109.

I spent $7 in gas to drive to/from Fry's and saved that much in tax alone, had the product in hand the same day, and Best Buy gets nothing except contempt from me yet again.

I know that physical object and copyright don't match 100%, but consider the following scenario:

A guy steals a knife from someone. The knife is infinitely reproducible so while the owner hasn't lost anything except control over the knife, it makes the owner of the knife angry.
Using the knife, the guy whittles a bunch of wood into neat little sculptures which are also infinitely reproducible.
Sure you can prosecute the taking of the knife, but what of the sculpture? Does he not have ownership of his sculptures?

One of the risks of spaying a dog is the increased chance of osteosarcoma, an aggressive bone forming cancer.
My dog was spayed, and did develop osteosarcoma. While the first tumor was noticed on her upper knee and she was taken in to the vet for a biopsy, by the time the results came back two weeks later, the tumor was almost three times as large and she was having a hard time standing up or laying down. An xray confirmed that smaller tumors had already spread to lungs, liver, and several other joints. You are correct so far as my experience with bone cancer goes. It can be surprisingly swift and systemic in growth.

Her system was already inflamed due to breast cancer(something spaying was supposed to help reduce the chances of) and treatment for it. I would bet that the bone cancer was there all along until her immune system could no longer hold it off. If dogs had lifespans similar to humans, I would have taken any opportunity to help her. As it was, it was the end of the road. The vet had no reasonable treatment that wasn't equal to selfish attempts at prolonging life. It was this experience that led me to understand how physician assisted suicide isn't as horrible as some would have us believe.

It is not a hypocritical statement for someone to say that "using a wheelchair has helped me overcome the loss of my legs."
There are ways to solve a problem, without directly reversing the cause of a problem.

Or is it confirmation?
I don't have to think deeply, I just have to skim through all the deep thinkers posting here and consider the various arguments.

Recession nothing.
After witnessing how the Mexican government shut down almost every restaurant, school, movie theater, grocery story, stadium, and more... I keep two months food on hand plus six months rent/utilities on hand.
It was very handy when I got laid off April 1st. Yeah, talk about the worst day of the year to get laid off other than Christmas, but I was prepared. I was re-hired in 6 weeks, but I only burned through half my food.

Having the food on hand meant that being laid off did not lead to a panic mode reaction. Unemployment paid $9.70/hr instead of the $17.35 I was making. Thus, when a job offer for $11.00/hr came by, I was willing to pass it up by not responding. Holding out paid off since a friend of a friend referred me to a job that paid $16.00/hr. I accepted that. It sucks going from tier 3 support to tier 1 support, but there's a clear progression that leads to a $24.00 a job if I play my cards right.

I know some folks here make much more, but the game played is still the same. We all have to face our jobs from the position we're in. I appreciate the game plans and observations in the thread since they really seem to apply to my life and my long term goals.

Ronald McDonald would never make it onto the plane. He's a wanted man.

Logorama
http://www.movieweb.com/movie/FI7ZKaacWmIjae/VIxLwDBxj8PZBD

(Hilariously creative short film with a world where everything is a logo.)

It's a terrible statistic to start with.
Note the use of the word "intruder" to narrow down the possible rebuttal scenarios and maximize the statistic's numeric value for shock value.
Note that it leaves out the possibility of not needing to shoot the gun as an effective use of a gun.
Note that suicides are also included to maximize the numeric value of people "shooting themselves" and ignores the fact that not having a gun may not change the eventual outcome.

It reminds me of one gun statistic that was released phrased the "possession" of a gun as being mere ownership. Never mind the fact that the gun could have been an old .22 bolt action rifle in a closet at home, but the owner was out on the town and got shot and robbed. The study counted that as showing how people who "possess" guns as being more likely to be shot than non-gun owners. It was laughably easy to spot the data massaging that study had done.

People like to consume the statistics they're given because it's convenient. They're little "facts" they can point to and say, "See! There's the truth!" when it's a distortion of the overall picture or even the opposite of what the numbers actually mean. It's something that's done by everyone who wants to sway public opinion about any subject at all. A little skepticism of statistics is healthy and would go a long way to help people understand when they're getting a fast one pulled on them.

Since we're clarifying things: .308 typically refers to .308 Winchester, a high-power rifle cartridge .380 typically refers to a lower power handgun cartridge.

Open carry deters armed robbery in Kennesaw
Captain Jerry Quan, the Commander for Precinct One, where the Wafflehouse is located, confirmed Matt Brannan's story as one in which the open display of a pistol deterred a well armed robbery crew.