People talk about boycotting Exxon/Mobil, or having gas tax breaks for the summer, but neither one will help bring prices down. It's all about supply and demand, Economics 101. The ONLY way to have an impact on prices is for EVERYONE to use less gas. Less demand = lower prices for the same supply. How hard is that to understand?

Sorry, but that means smaller cars for the daily commute. The $4000 '98 Grand Marquis someone mentioned as a "better choice" isn't such a hot bargain after you've run a few tankfuls of juice through its big ol' V8 at prices now north of $3.60 a gallon and rising. That gets old REAL quick.

If you absolutely MUST have a huge gas-guzzler by all means knock yourself out, but as far as I'm concerned you forfeit any right to complain about high gas prices when you choose to drive such a vehicle. You knew what you were getting yourself into when you bought it.

However, the Smart isn't that great on gas, there are plenty of other cars now which get similar or even better mileage and have more space. Smarts fit well in Europe where the streets are so narrow in some cities and parking can be hard to find, but that's not really an issue in most places here.

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And, for the on-topic bit, I think that the main case where zebra striping is noticeably helpful is where the table is too wide to fit the screen, and require scrolling. A condition which they explicitly tried to avoid in this study.

They also didn't specify the type of borders used in the non-striped table. There are images of the zebra-stripped table, but not of the other (not even in the full study PDF). Zebra-striping makes it easier to "move" along a row. But if the row borders are clear anyway, and the column borders aren't much more prominent than them, it's less necessary.

Though, well, yes, the fact that people think it looks better is reason enough to do it when it's not too technically challenging.

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http://www.hulu.com/three-sheets

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Fixed a lady’s computer, and sure enough, 2 weeks later, she calls me back because of more porn.

The virus is xpantivirus.com and takes a lot of time to remove because of all the viruses it brings along….

Anyhow, she was drinking beer at noon, celebrating winning a divorce settlement against her previous husband.

I ignored the drinking, and most of the comments. But then I said ’see this’ and pointed to her computer. She tried to sit on my lap! (That should have told me something, but, I didn’t understand it at the time).

Anyhow, I finish removing all the viruses, present her with a bill and she said “get out”. I said, but you haven’t paid me yet.

She repeated ‘get out’, and I said, ‘well I best remove the programs I left on your computer’. I then removed the anti-virus program (she didn’t pay for it anyway). I was tempted to put back the viruses, but stupidly, I have some pride.

She did call the next day to apologize and promise the cheque is in the mail. It still is in the mail, right? Too bad we are not allowed to post her email address? s_stefnjack@yahoo.com

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