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Nix all the legacy crap that bloats the NT kernel, write it for new systems and release it as such.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_23:52:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "fae3bb83c62e197ec78e7ab933cf3ee3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Karim,<br><br>Unreal Tournament under OSX was never finished. It was a preview release or beta. On my G3 UT ran pretty good under OS9 but OSX was painful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_21:47:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "ded8f3ca7b9339d8865def51b0275fa0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647508": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@Darby: \"\u2026. by the way, is MS going to get rid of that idiotic Home/Professional distinction in Vista? =/\"<br><br>I'm afraid not, there will be five versions of Vista: Business, Enterprise, Home Premium, Home Basic and Ultimate.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_19:05:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "020054cdc75e3a0bff5d8a0c3076dd0c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm back to mac, totally. The 64 bit OSX will scream on the new hardware. Windows got too fat, other cores are far more efficient from MacosX to Linux... Maybe they should just do a 64-bit DOS, with Office on top... Maybe they should develop a Vista skin for Linux. Or maybe they should do somethingreally new instead of going after the Ipod... Maybe it's too late. Maybe that's why Bill Gates is jumping ship...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_17:19:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "16e6a926028f01a84695ac94fed276d2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"That\u2019s why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can\u2019t get Vista right.\"<br><br>Well, there's a good reason for this: Apple has to do much much much much less QC work on OS X releases than MS does.  Apple knows what hardware will be running it's OS, it built the hardware.  MS has to account for about 1,000,000x10^10 (slightly exaggerated) different setups.  This is a major reason Apple has continued to pair its OS with its machines exclusively.  I've even heard that once upon a time MS didn't want to bother developing a GUI for PCs so asked Apple to develop the Mac OS for PCs (pre-Windows) but Apple also didn't want to bother with it =)  If you know what's running your software it's easier to make leaner software.<br><br>In response to someone elses comment about using a GPU to render the UI, it's not that costly.  And I do believe OS X uses OpenGL to render pretty much everything on screen: <a href=\"http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quartzextreme/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quartzextr...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_16:45:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "747394d94374c52dab8f06e592653264", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647511": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Comment #49: \"I hate how people compare OS X to XP and Vista. I see people typing things like.. \u201cThat\u2019s why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can\u2019t get Vista right.\u201d<br><br>That\u2019s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple \u201cpatches\u201d it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you\u2019d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11!\"<br><br>SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP... congratulations on stating the obvious.  While I am somewhat upset at having to pay 70 some dollars every year to year and a half to upgrade my OS X, I am not upset at the continued development and the near constant improvements functionality and speedwise to the OS.<br><br>I'd rather that than wait a number of years for an update that (so far) sounds like it will force anyone running a computer more than a year or two old to upgrade and then may even slow your workrate down.  The reason you're thinking Vista is such a big jump forward (and it is in most regards) is because it's the first one in a while.... by the way, is MS going to get rid of that idiotic Home/Professional distinction in Vista? =/", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_16:52:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "747394d94374c52dab8f06e592653264", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RAID 0 on comment 49 writes: \u201cThat\u2019s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple \u201cpatches\u201d it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you\u2019d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11!\u201d<br><br>Each version of OX X are very different OSes. Even security issues are different.   Features continue to improve with each version.  There was no feature change from SP1 to Sp2", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_16:53:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "4929cd3083939cdfd2955e7a4d3df8c7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "---<br>OS X is a major rewrite of OS 9. Sorry you missed one of the most successful and technologically impressive transitions ever accomplished.<br><br>Comment by JHG \u2014 August 3, 2006 @ 9:12 am<br>---<br><br>Actually - it is a major rewrite of the os9 api's ( carbon ) and a major revision to the OpenStep operating system.<br>It is NOT os9. But it is a set of cleaned up os9", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_17:15:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "dc8dd7b4026f67f9c2f46b170875305c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Vista is simply not ready. What is sad is that MS is closing down bugs (as opposed to fixing them) in order to get this puppy out of the door.<br><br>My main on the go 3g card (a vodaphone data card) does not work with Vista. It was simply closed today with no work around!<br><br>My mail/news client, Turnpike, does not work under vista. The app-compat bug was closed today (no work around)<br><br>Oh - and in Xp and earlier, you could drag an object from explorer into a cmd prompt and get the full path dropped into cmd.exe. This too is broken and has been closed as \"will not fix\".<br><br>Vista needs a Beta 3.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-02_17:49:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "9ef25d8965b2841eefc61052d1364482", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of the 85 posts only 15 mention Apple.  Why is that when Vista is a hack of OS X.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-02_15:02:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "e463e6eb213b0772164872671357a0cd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"MSFT had a chance to re-work the OS and put it on top of a BSD or a LINUX kernel. They chose to stay proprietary instead. The customers will continue to pay a price for that decsion. \"<br><br>TomB, how old are you, twelve?<br>Where'd you get the idea that *nix is the be-all and end-all, and can't be surpassed?<br><br>I thought it was sad that Apple abandoned its attempt at its own modern OS design in favor of yet another *nix, since it meant that every desktop OS is either NT-derived or has a *nix core.  I liked that Apple had a unique design with Classic Mac OS, and it's too bad they failed when trying modernize it.<br><br>Anyway, I don't think *every* OS should to be *nix.  Unless you want OS design to stagnate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-02_15:02:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "5a0d04c001d4c3aaa837fc36e890823c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647517": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"That\u2019s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple \u201cpatches\u201d it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you\u2019d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11!\" - Jason<br><br>That's a load of crap. Windows NT is ONE VERSION no matter how many times MS \"patches\" it. If you look at it the way Jason does, the you'd have to say OS 9 is the same as OS X. Right?? XP is still version 5 of NT not 6!<br><br>XP is version 5.1 of Win NT where as 2000 was version 5 originally... so Version 5 of Windows has been out since February 17, 2000.<br><br>Version 10 of Mac OS has been out since March 24, 2001...<br><br>But you could also make the argument that it is version 1 since it isnt based on the same code, right?<br><br>According to wikipedia, the \"[d]evelopment of Windows NT started in November 1988\". But the first release was in 1993. It had a horrible UI... the same as Windows 3.1<br><br>Also according to wikipedia, \"Mac OS X is based on the Mach kernel and the BSD implementation of Unix, which were incorporated into NEXTSTEP, the object-oriented operating system developed by Steve Jobs's NeXT company after he left Apple in 1985.\"<br>NEXTSTEP had a very concise simple UI. Win NT 4 Megapixel 16-bit color graphics long after NExt step.<br><br>BSD was a direct descendant of Bell Labs/MIT UNIX code that dates back to the 1960s.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-02_14:48:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "d08c2683eb7d1ba2fab57b9289436c25", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"That\u2019s why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can\u2019t get Vista right.\"<br><br>Cody, Apple is at the other extreme, which is nearly as bad as far as I'm concerned.  Do we really need 4 updates in 5 years, at $130 per update?  I think not.<br><br>And there's no way in the world Microsoft could get away with that, as the userbase is too big and the corporate base wouldn't stand for it.<br><br>I'm still on OSX 10.3, because I didn't care about Spotlight and dashboard enough to shell out the annual $130 tax yet again.  And if 10.5 is just as uncompelling (relative to $130), I'll skip that too.<br><br>Unfortunately, Apple adds artificial requirements to their software to require the latest OS (iWork 07 and iLive 07 will require OSX 10.5, eventhough there's no good reason for it (Apple could easily gracefully disable any functionality that required the latest OS (if there is any) so that it would run on 10.3, but they don't so as to force upgrades).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-02_14:40:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "5a0d04c001d4c3aaa837fc36e890823c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RAID 0 on comment 49 writes: \"That\u2019s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple \u201cpatches\u201d it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you\u2019d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11!\"<br><br>OS X is a major rewrite of OS 9.  Sorry you missed one of the most successful and technologically impressive transitions ever accomplished.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_12:12:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "5201e306c37562746a8cdeebe24bef32", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647520": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why wait for Vista?  Get a Mac and run OS X now, and even  Windows on it if you must.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-02_13:55:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "c820f4fe13d1dfdb4351e96645b48328", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647521": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Molly C: Just one small comment: Apple supports only two major revisions concurrently. So, currently, 10.3 and 10.4 are supported (get security updates etc.) and 10.2 and earlier are not. Hence, when 10.5 appears, staying at 10.3 will potentially make your situation slowly less secure as new holes are found and not plugged.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_11:26:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "c83fb4134167a11422c23048fb8a85e3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wonder how come this winsupersite guy gets so much excited about windows vista and gives almost 5 star rating?<br><br>I tried windows vista on my laptop (infact very slow HDD and ATI 64MB graphics card) and everything worked very fine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_11:48:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "6ceaffa4f8d42ba00ef5ff5a3d55d5d0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You...devil!<br><br>I'm just going through reviews and reviews, loking for the monitor to buy. Just when I decided on a compromise, you say this about number of Apple products to be annouced, then MacRumors adds that it might be new displays (I hope with HDCP) and I'm faced with terrible dilema: buy now or wait next week - and I have just 2 days shopping window next week (2 days left in UK and then go back to home country where monitors are very pricey).<br><br>Arrgh!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_11:02:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "b5fa085adf7625a4f9f3bf133b02993e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647524": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "La notizia di un possibile slittamento di Vista \u00e8 inesistente. Quelli sono solo articoli tratti da dei blog di utenti qualsiasi che non hanno nulla a che fare com Microsoft, non fanno parte dello sviluppo e quindi non possono sapere come procede e se sono in difficolt\u00e0 o meno. Ancora una volta si fa tanta disinformazione.<br>Per la cronaca io la beta di Vista l'ho provata e non vedo cos\u00ec tanti problemi come dicono.. anzi \u00e8 pi\u00f9 veloce di XP e parecchio stabile su un PC di 5 anni fa!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_05:23:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b88bcd19e91207366774551509fe4dd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "scobleizer, you're not a Microsoft developer, you're not working on Windows Vista team, so you don't know how the Windows Vista development is going. So please shut up your mouth!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_05:19:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "ad805cb36e7f077dbd7519d3500c3039", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "La notizia di un possibile slittamento di Vista \u00e8 inesistente. Quelli sono solo articoli tratti da dei blog di utenti qualsiasi che non hanno nulla a che fare com Microsoft, non fanno parte dello sviluppo e quindi non possono sapere come procede e se sono in difficolt\u00e0 o meno. Ancora una volta si fa tanta disinformazione.<br>Per la cronaca io la beta di Vista l'ho provata e non vedo cos\u00ec tanti problemi come dicono.. anzi \u00e8 pi\u00f9 veloce di XP e parecchio stabile su un PC di 5 anni fa!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-03_05:23:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "ad805cb36e7f077dbd7519d3500c3039", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I forgotten to say that I'm running Vista build 5472 on an old P4 1.7Ghz with 768MB RAM and new build 5472 runs pretty good, faster than XP. Beta2 also was good on my system.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-02_07:02:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "724d7347a9df99a95f5e26ad7009c09e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Have you ever try the build 5472 ? It's very faster than beta2 and it uses less memory. And also remember that it's a beta.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-02_06:57:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "724d7347a9df99a95f5e26ad7009c09e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647529": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt;You know i think when it ships it will just be<br>&gt;a rip off of the current mac os<br><br>NO FARKING WAY!!!!!<br><br>It'll be a rip off full-stop.  XP with bigger hardware requirements.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-04_12:27:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "0c0a7f81c907cf2b1167f3483e6070a7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When Vista ships, I wounder if Ballmer is gonna do another daOr a \"Vista Vista Vista Vista\" chantnce.  .  Either way, I wanna watch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-02_01:50:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "e3d7283a8793f7790b75cac7674d6150", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Solomonrex: Even with all the flashy gadgets such as Aero and Media Center removed, Vista will still be leaps ahead of XP in terms of the kernel. If you don't believe me, read this section of an article that explains just some parts of the major kernal overhaul in Vista: <a href=\"http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0%2C1697%2C1931914%2C00.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1931...</a><br><br>Oh, and I definitely agree that Vista needs exactly two versions - home and pro. The overwhelming majority of the population do not want to spend an entire day setting up a system. I want things to work straight out of the box, and not hunt for hours finding the exact widgets that I need. Of course, for the people running servers, obviously stuff like calendar and email don't belong on a fresh install.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_23:34:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "d697e0b3ae6b8c7de255e1bf4dcf4c7b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647532": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I doubt if MS will be shipping Vista to its end user in next few months. I found Vista bit slow on widely used 1GB DRAM equipped notebook.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_23:07:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "7563f3121bb6a4e7e44266aa3d023e96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SP1 and SP2 didn't really add THAT much into Windows XP. It was mostly security patches and whatnot. But the different OS X versions might as well be considered new OS versions because of all the cool shit they managed to build within each new version.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_18:44:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "87eda257b7c5b47f249728d387295246", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I appreciate your opinion. I'm a Mac user and haven't touched a Windows machine other than to use a corporate database several years back. I've looked at them and they've been kind of clunky looking, but pretty functional. I enjoy reading your stuff, because you obviously are a big fan of MSFT and also enjoy the Mac. I don't get all the weird chest thumping between the two groups. Vista sounds like it will be a good program if given time to get ready for the release and I don't think MSFT has the luxury of shipping an OSX 10.0 with limited functionality. Keep up the good work. It's nice to see someone rational span the boarder between Mac and Windows.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_18:11:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9f9659b867f7001cb32b079fd7dce9e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have concerns about where MS is going as far as DRM in Vista is concerned. Sure there are driver issues, but this is Beta after all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_18:18:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "d7596fbad43262614cdf77f714089c6c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To Jason<br>-- That\u2019s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple \u201cpatches\u201d it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you\u2019d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11! --<br><br>I don't want to start an OS war; I happily use almost every OS around and try to learn the best from each one's story. Anyway, I have to say that you're totally wrong about MacOS X versioning and distance from 10.x to 10.y releases. Apple is following a particular versioning convention in the form of 10.x.y where 10 corresponds to the name of the operating system (X), x to the major release and y to the patch level.<br>i don't know how much you know MacOS X internals but the distance from 10.2 and 10.4 is at least as much as the distance from Windows NT and Windows 2003 Server. The great difference between the Apple model and the Microsoft model is mainly in the fact that revolutions in the internals have usually marginal impacts on the frontend. People see continuous improvements in performances, stability and functionalities in the form of evolution while developers see continuous harmonization of the frameworks and some revolution in previously uncovered areas (e.g.: 10.4 revolutionized the IOKit and kernel extention model, introduced a Cocoa framework for Quicktime and integrated it into the brand new Core Graphics layer).<br><br>Meanwhile, passing from 10.0 to 10.4, Apple managed three different CPU platforms almost transparently to end users (I can move applications from my Powebook G4 to my new MacBook Intel based as if they were the same identical platform).<br><br>It was not a simple task to achieve such relevant results. MacOS X is the sum of three generations of operating systems and several, very different technologies coming from different worlds. It was not perfect from the beginning, it's not perfect now but it doesn't discharge all the troubles on the shoulders of its users.<br><br>I perfectly understand the difficulties that developing Vista posed on Microsoft and I'm not so scandalized about another delay. But I can't stand with the fact that Vista could be a revolution for Windows users but not for desktop computing at all. It's made up of things already around for three to five years. Microsoft lost a great occasion to break with the past and embrace a more clean, performant and future proof design.<br><br>Marco", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_17:58:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "3ff4271e030291a2ec6fadd5b12d069f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's no way that Microsoft could pull off what Apple did with OS X.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_17:19:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "87eda257b7c5b47f249728d387295246", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As usual, the reporters of faster-than-XP Vista expereiences get attacked because simply not fitting into the whining model promoted here.  God help that anyone would bother to ask or inquire about reasoned details instead.  Hint:  try defragmenting Vista from XP and get rid of typical 30 -50% fragmentation that Vista beta defrag still reports as unnecessary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_20:02:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "fb99f8019124d14a9bc19df846c733c7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"If that means we have to wait till xmas 07 then i don\u2019t care, windows xp is absolutly fine!\"<br><br>I burst out laughing at that. Vista is about saving Microsoft's ass, yours doesn't count.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_16:56:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "c051a64962b3f86c9f8fb561eb62d195", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647540": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know i think when it ships it will just e a rip ff of the current mac os", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_16:56:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "22ba33100a494ec943ed1e1c977ac49b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647541": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Windows Vista is to Microsoft as an emergency 'chute is to a skydiver. Nothing more than a last ditch effort to avoid a horrible crash. That isn't to say the soft has no future. It does. Its future lies in becoming the IBM of this generation of computing. Not the same IT giant, pushing hardware at corporations (though they will be doing so eventually) but an entertainment gargantuan. Xbox 360 is the most positive thing microsoft has had in the past 3 years. The zune has gotten more attention, good or bad, than vista ever has. Mark my words, a time will come when Windows will only be the entertainment software that we run on our Macs. They have set themselves up to fail at all other goals, and they know this. Now if you'll excuse me, my Microsoft.TV repairman said he would be here between 1 and 4.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_19:56:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "d37617f914c3ad838101276ad2b4b568", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@2 You are probably right. But looking at Vista I think they are designing it for themselves in mind, or the press, or the support engineers. Definatley not end users, though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_16:19:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "cb32c794a52da42e578a1dd79f8f7979", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt;Cody, you don\u2019t understand why everyone else wants &gt;something else? It\u2019s because everyone else isn\u2019t stuck &gt;in the year 1992. Hope that clears it up for you.<br><br>Heh, well, I can send and recieve email just like anyone else. At least I'm not a sucker and paying hundreds of dollars for Microsoft Outlook to be able to send and recieve email.<br><br>Which makes me pretty damn smart for saving money like that. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_16:34:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "87eda257b7c5b47f249728d387295246", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There are a couple things here.  Vista has steeper power requirements by MS's own specs.  So there's no way that VIRGIN installs of Vista should be faster than XP, pimped out graphics card or not.  It's just that since nothing else runs on Vista, it probably hasn't been bogged down by a zillion little utilities.<br><br>I'm also upset that MS didn't address performance issues (though I'm not enough of a zealot to read email in pine...).  Specifically, there's no reason why text can't render instantly, no matter how much other crap I'm doing - or why I can't alt-tab or ctl-alt-del no matter how much crap I'm doing.  It's 2006, let's get the basics nailed down for once before we tack on yet ANOTHER graphics system onto Windows.<br><br>Yes, the performance in the final version of Windows should be better...<br><br>But I'm going to say this over and over again: I don't understand why Vista needs top of the line equipment in 2006 to run graphics effects that Mac OSX could do years ago.<br><br>And Jason, Vista is basically the same OS as XP, just like leopard/puma/cheetah/whatevercatitis is the same as OSX from 5 years ago.  Once you disable the graphics system (which 90% of programmers and corporations will do) all we're getting is a new security model, which is there to make up for the XP SP2 security that wasn't quite as good as Unix/OSX/Linux, which is probably only necessary because they integrated IE 8 years ago.  Yes, the search system is new, but I can get that from Google for free (or MSN if I liked their toolbar, but I don't).<br><br>Have I missed anything?  I've looked at screenshots, read articles, visited forums and I'm underwhelmed and I'm pretty sure the community is, too.  This is no Windows 2000.  MS can take its time because it's too late to use Vista hype to sell Back to School computers and no one but hardware makers care.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_16:31:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "5d21d62d95d18914fa9edd9ff888fb8c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647545": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The needs of the Enterprise (rock solid stability, security and backwards compatibility) are not the same as the home user (ohh, pretty UI, must run latest games). Windows needs two versions of the OS (and only two). There is no reason both would need to have the same release date or even the same name (since Windows has a bit of a black, or should I say blue, reputation these days).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_14:49:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "4419050aa7f72e5c2c1524bc07719e94", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree that Vista is not ready to ship but I put the blame on the managers at Microsoft. You have a product that is two years late and you answer \"it will ship when it's ready\" at your annual finance meeting? I believe Microsoft is losing their best programmers because they can not offer better benefit packages. They can't do this since their stock is no good because they have no product(Vista).<br>Balmer is a good CEO if you need a cheerleader. Microsoft needs better management", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_12:01:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "4c88cd2e96fdd0ee4661c1c127b4770e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "5472 is way better and pretty much usable where beta 2 was an abortion.  6 months is overkill if it keeps getting better at this rate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_12:01:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "b14e452c5b91f3105d30f699232930f6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I wish I had picked up some AAPL at $50 a couple of weeks ago :-)\"<br><br>I got a bunch at 18 about 6 years ago.<br><br>\"The needs of the Enterprise (rock solid stability, security and backwards compatibility) are not the same as the home use\"<br><br><br>Gee. I have rock-solid stability, security. and decent compatibility at home but NOT at work. Guess what? I use OS X at home; XP at work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_15:06:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "d446ec980669af5d8c2f161e42f53894", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647549": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jeff hit on a really good point in comment #38:<br><br>Windows is too damned intrusive. When things are working correctly, STFU already. If I have all the drivers to make my USB device work, <i>I don't need to know that</i>. The proper function of that device is all I need. I don't need to be told I just plugged in a device. I was there, I plugged it in. Even with my ADD Poster Child status, I think I can handle not being nannyed to death.<br><br>Windows still acts like a boy scout on speed, and it needs to adopt Mac OS X's quietly efficient British Butler model.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_12:00:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "422187df3c45655b0dc2ae5de0710b27", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647550": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, I'm amused that you post this now. There's no way you would have posted this as a MS employee. You would have self censored it, or at a minimum, sugar coated it somewhat.<br><br>I'm not saying that you're dishonest, far from it. But it's common sense that you give a benfit of the doubt when a company is paying your mortgage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_11:05:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "3717483f26171b61a4e2154fb37ffbd1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647551": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It seems to be common wisdom that Apple gets its OS releases out faster due to a reduced compatibility requirement (usually the last five years or so of machines they've built).<br><br>The other side of that is, OK, we accept the idea of Microsoft taking longer to do a major release of Windows because they are making sure it runs great on all the widely-varied PC's made in the last five years.  But as we enter 3Q 2006, and Vista is still not running well on a lot of hardware..  what conclusion should we draw from that ?<br><br>Is it just getting too hard to have our cake (millions of permutations of hardware choices, all at rock bottom prices) and eat it too (timely OS upgrades)?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_11:30:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "a448e8107129d770d074ba33118d068b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The stakes are so high for Vista that better late than sub-par. Why are the stakes so high? MS must retain the client clout for years to make the rest of the Live \"middleware\" vision work. More: <a href=\"http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2327\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2327</a>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_11:10:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "3700a7d477a8f365e4ba462779f2120a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647553": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dear Robert,<br> I installed Vista Beta 2 on my Thinkpad T41,(1.6, 768 ram, 40 HD.(I had my restore discs from Lenovo) With a clean install, I have been rather impressed by the overall experience with Vista. Everything works,its as fast a XP Pro, which I didnt expect. I am going to stick with it for a few days, see how it goes.  I am not getting the \"aero\" experience, and don't miss what I've never seen. Even Itunes runs fine! I guess I was just lucky, because most of the stories out there are hair raising. I am really interested in seeing RC 1.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_10:54:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "1d750c550a4fb53549db4a50e1ef790f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've played with Vista a bit and I'm not really all that impressed. Let's hope there's more under the new look and window behaviors than what meets the eye. From what I've seen, much of what the consumer is going to *perceive* as being \"Vista\" can already be accomplished by skinning XP and maybe some add-ons.<br><br>As far as what makes OS X so great - and something Microsoft keeps missing - is how it gets out of your way and just lets you work with your hardware and apps. No pop up reminders to clean your desktop or take a tour, no endless parade of announcements that a new printer was found, and found, and found...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_11:03:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "5fe55b2ddecc015b0b5b4ebeeaa551a1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647555": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MSFT had a chance to re-work the OS and put it on top of a BSD or a LINUX kernel. They chose to stay proprietary instead. The customers will continue to pay a price for that decsion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_10:48:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "d446ec980669af5d8c2f161e42f53894", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am still using Windows 2000. I didn't see anything in Windows XP worth paying for. That is Microsoft's challenge - compounded. They have to have something special in Vista for the people who are satisfied with XP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_10:25:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "6255af72b7a3238088267d01a76e15bc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I say delay it as much as possible, you guys missed the back to school season of 2006, so wait until 2007.<br><br>Windows XP SP2 is a fantastic OS, and it still has a lot of life left into it.<br><br>Scoble: you hit the head on the nail, ME was shit, and it's the butt of every joke when it comes to Microsoft. People will forget about the delays if Vista is absolutly amazing.<br><br>If that means we have to wait till xmas 07 then i don't care, windows xp is absolutly fine!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_10:28:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "5546dd483d601293c5ab913071bdcabc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647558": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gets back to how much MS spends on R &amp; D and what the return is. If Windows and Office are your breadwinners, you should be paying more attention to them.<br><br>You can check out the spending chart at:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.stonethembas.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.stonethembas.com</a><br><br><a href=\"http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2006/07/28/microsofts_anti.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2006/07/28/mi...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_10:40:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "8046cd2dcfed8771396b727151e8cb5d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Shame on you scoble, I know MS is not the hand that feeds you any more, but you don't have to turn and bite it. Shame on you<br><br>I was waiting for a reason to unsuscribe, and I guess this is it...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_09:27:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "898e54ca0e526384e3d0a4177edbb480", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Karim: I wish I had bought Apple at $50 too. Sigh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_14:27:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"If this ships in October, I will recommend not installing it and waiting for the first service pack. There\u2019s no way the quality will be high enough to trust it if it ships early. I hope Microsoft takes the time to do this right.\"<br><br>Who are you and what have you done with the real Robert Scoble?!?  Or is this real Robert Scoble unmasked?<br><br>Booger", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_09:31:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647562": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're right about the Vista performance problems. The ex-SysInternals guys (now with Microsoft) are joining the Vista performance tuning team.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2006/07/first-week.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2006/07/first-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_09:21:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "df679bd3d287a21d5ed6020bae384e17", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris: yeah, I way oversimplified things here. On my systems the UI wasn't where I saw slowness. Well, except on my Tablet PC which has crappy video capabilities.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_04:31:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647564": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br>I have a different experience of Vista vs XP to you.  In comparison to XP it is lightning quick. No comparison, vista blows xp out of the water on my machine.<br><br>That says something though, if your getting a different experience they need to work harder at making it more consistent across users.<br><br>What is a worry for me is that it crashes, as in blue screen of death crashes far too frequently.  Aside from that other things need more work including the media center, speech etc so overall I agree this needs to be pushed back until it is functioning smoothly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_04:42:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "1a8dd2d479eccbac6df0962a05a5cae9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Um, the consumer base may not remember 2000 being delayed, but lemme tell you, the IT biz most certainly remembers it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_08:14:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "422187df3c45655b0dc2ae5de0710b27", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647566": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What are the real alternatives?  Let it slip.  If the goal is to find some nirvana of the perfect code, the perfect platform it has long sence passed and moved on.  We won't get that from Windows Vista.<br><br>We will get an OS that continues along the same path, but now requires a DVD to install.  What will drive us to get the next computer?<br><br>Why not do something different, why not build the next OS super light?  Let us build up the OS.  Let us decide what programs and backward-compatiblity we need.<br><br>It's time to change how we compute.  Split the OS into Home and Professional.  Home being the everything included OS(for the grandma crowd) and Professional being an OS that can scale and gets out of the way.  Make it very inexpensive or free.<br><br>Give us the option to offer and subscribe to web2.0 services from anywhere.  Drive the hardware vendors to rethink how they are doing the same old same old.<br><br>Empower me to choose what gets installed!<br><br>This idea isn't that radical it is based on what they are doing with the next version of Office, which is pretty radical divergence from what has come in the past.<br><br>What drove us to upgrade in the past?  No matter what others have said, the OS was better than the previous version.  And I/we happily pushed our Co's to move forward but now why should we?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_08:16:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "d7bc077cffd8180bef8ab7c2aff37541", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert, you imply that the Windows XP UI is drawn with the CPU, but it has been accelerated by the GPU for many years. The menu fade-in/fade-out effect is particularly agonizing on an integrated video chip that doesn't handle it.<br><br>Wish I could comment on Vista performance but I've only run it in a virtual machine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_04:27:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "aeaca12f98b972376b0959b0ab2dfc8a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647568": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"actually the glass should make the UI work faster because it\u2019s being rendered in the graphics processor rather than the main processor.\"<br><br>But most modern day GPU's contains special support for Windows GDI acceleration anyways ... that was  pretty big back then in the olden days when Tseng Labs and Weitek was touting their SVGA cards.<br><br>Also is Vista not supposed to make our computing lives easier and simpler or are they trying to shovel everything including the kitchen sink onto our desktop to justify the pricetag ???.<br><br>I think there is a rather serious disconnect between what normal PC folk want i.e stabler more secure version of XP which they can painlessly upgrade to than what the hordes of \"Program Managers\" in Redmond decides what is good for us.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_07:51:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "0c94d1c6a103c47240fe6cb43e223987", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>actually the glass should make the UI work faster because it\u2019s being rendered in the graphics processor rather than the main processor.</i><br><br>First, glass is obviously not faster than XP.  Obviously.  I have a high-end graphics card in a high-end desktop PC and Aero/Glass is noticeably slower than Windows XP.  By a w i d e margin.<br><br>Where high-end graphics cards shine is in 3D effects like smoke, transitions, warp effects, wave effects that involve overlaying 2D images for eye candy.  Those effects are rendered faster in graphics cards than in CPUs because graphics cards manufacturers design their chips around processing these types of effects.<br><br>\"Rendering\" unique 2D bitmaps to a 3D-accellerated card does not make the UI faster.  It does not offload processing power from the CPU - it simply instates an additional middleman (the graphics card engine) for 3D processing whether or not it is necessary (ie, a 3D render will occur).  This is bad architecture.<br><br>The only reason one would offload a 2D desktop window to a 3D graphics card is for 3D effects but Glass 1) doesn't have that many effects (vs. say Doom III or Quake IV) and 2) people would trade those effects for a faster 2D feel overall anyway and 3)a standard desktop UI outside of games is generally composed of more unique, non-repeating \"texture\" elements (the web browser canvas displaying the text,  individual icons, UI elements like menus and buttons etc) than a video game and fewer 3D effects are generally used on each of those elements for the purpose of keeping things simple and readible for the user.<br><br>Now I'm not saying a 3D desktop with awesome effects wouldn't be cool (compiz anyone?).  I'm saying that for the number of effects Microsoft offers in glass, the performance hit is not worth it.  Hence the Vista UI seems unresponsive.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_04:08:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "9aae0e2c1503b1e541e4c4cb9bb08f0a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647570": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like Vista, although it is the only \"Beta 1\" operating system from Microsoft that I haven't used as my dominant OS.  Why?  Simple - it's too damn slow, even on a top of the line processor and video card with 4 GB of RAM.  It's fat.  It's trying to o too much, for too many.<br><br>I really think MS should change the approach to Windows - don't install a calculator, and a text editor (two of them, in fact) with every copy of Windows - install an Operating System - then let me pick and choose what utilities (Microsoft or other) that I want to put on top on my OS.  From CD burning to music players to text editors - make them optional down-loadable add ons, much like web-widgets.<br><br>If Microsoft could exclude the inclusion of everything except the core OS, the required applications to get me on-line, and the security applications we all know are required, then how much less complex would Vista, or any other Windows OS get?<br><br>And I am not suggesting that MS abandon all of the misc \"stuff\" that makes Windows cool, like built in support for almost anything you need a computer to do -- just don't assume I need it, and don't include it in your core OS - that makes managing and shipping a solid OS almost impossible, and with bandwidth as cheap as it is, there isn't a reason to.  Sure - some people are still on dial up - but are those people really candidates for an OS like Vista?  And assuming they are, put all of the \"extra\" crap on a seperate CD/DVD that they an order.<br><br>IF you can't ship an OS on a CD, it's too damn big, and if you can't install in on a one Gig HD, it's just way too damn big!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_03:48:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "8d5bac396c79513d3c14008928936c1a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647571": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Still, I could care less about class. Not everyone has a powerful GPU in their computer. My ATI Radeon 320M IGP isn't powerful enough to run Glass, and that's pathetic. I know it's not a powerful chipset, but I was able to play and beat Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 on that chipset.<br><br>I don't understand why \"everyone else\" wants shit. Maybe it's because they're to stupid to understand it's shit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_03:44:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "87eda257b7c5b47f249728d387295246", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you suckass worm....remember when you were pimping this ?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_07:23:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "d39f570e9e93d021b29d06f29756a9f9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647573": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cody/Brem: actually the glass should make the UI work faster because it's being rendered in the graphics processor rather than the main processor. The UI isn't where the speed problems are. Rather I feel the slowness comes from the indexer of the search engine and the display of metadata associated with files.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_03:23:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647574": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Windows Vista is the wrong direction for Microsoft. Instead of putting in MORE bloat, they need to seriously re-work Windows, and make it lean and mean. Make it faster. Take out the bloat. Make it able to run with speed.<br><br>Microsoft thinks that by added a resource-intensive glass theme, and by trying to overlay more crap on top of Windows, that they're making it better. Actually, they're making it much worse.<br><br>For example, I'm contstantly trying to cut down on bloat. I'll take a lightweight app more times over than some powerful, popular app. I use Pine (inside cygwin on my Windows machine) for my email. It's fast as hell, and you wouldn't beliving how this sucker flies, even on my shitty Pentium 3 1GHz (my nice laptop needs a new HD).<br><br>Point is, it's time to start actually WORKING on the next version of Windows. I don't want more damn bloat, I want a lightweight, fast, stable OS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_03:05:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "87eda257b7c5b47f249728d387295246", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cody, MS is not designing Vista with you in mind, obviously, and their market is mostly \"everybody else\"... ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_03:12:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "0090eedbf9ec8f1082552d4dce52cc8a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647576": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess I'd better go reserve my floor tile at the South Shore Apple Store, then. I have to get a T-Shirt that says \"Scoble Sent Me!\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_06:49:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c0ab662ba0ed8907f2a8e7d457769a1b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647577": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>no one will remember whether this thing slipped another few months</i><br><br>Don't be too sure of that. It's all about confidence levels, and more months, after this many delays, cements that, makes it a PERMANENT perception. The Street will remember, the share price will reflect that for years (rather decades). Internally people will recall it forever, and that will reflect of future development, impact on management trust and accelerate the brain drain, already took out grand champ Vic, for goodness sake.<br><br>This late, and only a shadow of its former self, with the key planks being but vaporware, oh people will remember, every day, every minute, every millisecond, and if they forget, the press will be there to eternally remind them. Can't get away with it this time.<br><br>Microsoft will never be the same, as getting beyond Vista will be the REAL hurdle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_06:59:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "cab1041ab2de14f71e070c15f8ae968e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"If this ships in October, I will recommend not installing it and waiting for the first service pack. There\u2019s no way the quality will be high enough to trust it if it ships early.\"<br><br>You left microsoft barely a month ago and you already are recommending people to wait for SP1. What a cheap man you are. I am a microsoft employee and I disagree with you. The recent builds are very stable and responsive. I am glad you quit Microsoft coz you dont know what the hell you are talking about and you call yourself a geek. All you ever did was over hype everything. Good luck with your new job and hopefully you wouldnt be doing such backstabbing at the new company.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_13:04:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "ffb2a4a0d9c909ca2647bf383732a731", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you don't like Windows XP notification area \"Balloon\" tips (the popus when you connect a USB device for example), you can turn them off:<br><a href=\"http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307729\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=...</a><br><br>Does require a registry-edit though.<br>Personally, I like the USB balloon notification most times.  I want to know that the OS has recognized my device I've just connected -- just like if I click a button on a GUI I expect to see it \"depress\" to acknowledge that it's received my click.<br><br>What I do find annoying, though, are too-frequent notifications about loosing wireless connectivity.  Would be nice if it could wait a little longer to see if it comes back before interrupting me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_12:42:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "87d9b72fb0efa83a50736bdf5383033a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>I use Pine (inside cygwin on my Windows machine) for my email. It\u2019s fast as hell</i><br><br>Oy, <i>again</i> mit der Pine pimping.  So you use the Unix version under Windows.  I suppose next you'll brag about your \"fast as hell\" 28.8 modem on your 386SX.<br><br>Cody, you don't understand why everyone else wants something else?  It's because everyone else isn't stuck in the year 1992.  Hope that clears it up for you.<br><br>I tried Vista Beta 2 on my Tablet and likewise it was unusably slow.<br><br>But Vista Beta 2 just flies on an Apple MacBook pimped out with 2 GB of RAM.<br><br>Strangely enough Unreal Tournment under OS X (OpenGL) is a dog, while on the same machine running Vista (DX 10), it's super fast.<br><br>The observation about WWDC plus <a href=\"http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?threadid=64885\" rel=\"nofollow\">this thread</a> makes me wish I had picked up some AAPL at $50 a couple of weeks ago :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_14:11:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "67ddf598c32d0ae929852af89fa4b272", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JM: there's no way you are a Microsoft employee. A Microsoft employee would have signed his or her name to such a post.<br><br>Very stable, huh? Hope that line works for you. The market will decide something much different if the sound drivers don't even work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_14:09:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647582": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "'Tis a pity. But then again, when has windows worked completely with everything when it first comes out? I'm sure we can all remember the hell that XP put all of us through when it first premiere. Oy. The headaches are coming back from just thinking about it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_12:18:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "f1ab0abc1b064d8c903329ef4e894a6b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hate how people compare OS X to XP and Vista.  I see people typing things like.. \"That\u2019s why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can\u2019t get Vista right.\"<br><br>That's a load crap.  OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple \"patches\" it.  If you look at it the way Cody does, then you'd have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP.  RIGHT??  OS X 10.5 is still ver 10!  NOT 11!<br><br>Sorry for being somewhat off topic, but yeah... wait longer till Vista is ready, a few more months.. hell, we've waited how long already?  I just want it to work.  I sure as hell don't want to see another Windows ME.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_14:08:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "e3d7283a8793f7790b75cac7674d6150", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647584": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can't get Vista right.<br><br>And about needing a more powerful computer to run Vista...why? Why does an Operating System need to use so many damn resources? Why? Answer that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_05:34:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "87eda257b7c5b47f249728d387295246", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When will you start apologizing to all those who said Vista was going to be delayed yet again and you vociferously denied it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_04:48:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "a12415e7602e69219f983203ef62afd2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"please give me a URL where I said that.\"<br><br>I'm referring to the gentleman from Australia who wrote the story and you questioned his professionalism even.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_05:07:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "a12415e7602e69219f983203ef62afd2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647587": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cody: have you ever worked on software that had so many moving pieces and so many people who relied on it? I don't think so cause one doesn't exist.<br><br>Think of Windows Vista as one of the world's largest committees. Committees take a long time to do things.<br><br>And Vista is actually pretty good. I miss it, but I just need a more powerful computer to run it (coming soon).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_04:57:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647588": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anona: please give me a URL where I said that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_04:55:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647589": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's been 5 years since Microsoft started working on Vista. And it's STILL not finished, and probably won't be for a long time. WTF?<br><br>Here's to hoping for Duke Nukem Forever on my Vista PC. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-01_04:53:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "87eda257b7c5b47f249728d387295246", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Excellent show about Vista network stack<br><br><a href=\"http://www.twit.tv/sn51\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.twit.tv/sn51</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-09_15:11:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "d7002c68aaab3434eab83f5f61b7f817", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well all I have to say is that, vista reworks the kernel, but hasnt changed it which is what they need to do to make it more secure, so they would have to rewrite the kernel which they wont because it will break programs, well heres and easy solution make a version for pc OS upgrade and make a version with the new kernel, i know more work for woftware writers, but geez we need to push away, we need a new kernel, we need new things leave everyone behind, we cant go forward if they have to worry about backwards compatability, move forward thats the key, i think microsoft made a mistake writing the whole OS ground up, now we have so many bugs to deal with, so were gonna have to wait untill a few more os releases before it gets stable enough like xp sp2, u guys remember Windows Me? geez 98 se is more stable,", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-09_02:17:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "6882580c79efa80695b1ba0956855b7f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TYTJ", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-08-21_14:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "13633b4820df64cd439f3db82a4c2e1f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647593": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\u201cIf this ships in October, I will recommend not installing it and waiting for the first service pack. There\u2019s no way the quality will be high enough to trust it if it ships early.\u201d", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-07-27_16:20:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "10d9ea1d43323763712ec2f175e0cd20", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "2 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9647594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hate is an understatement. I despise this operating system, literally.<br><br>I was one of the earlier adopters and after forking over much tango denero to buy this sorry excuse for an operating system, I soon came to realize it would be littered with more bugs than a 400 year-old wooden porch.<br><br>Crashes occured daily, blue screens a plenty. You name it. And that is not even considering the lack of driver support. This GIGO operating system found ways to surprise me, and in a bad way.<br><br>So I waited patiently, thinking SP1 would save the day. Last week, I installed SP1, only to have this operating system show me new blue screens of frozen tundra. Crashing daily, sometimes twice a day! This for me is quite common. And this is a clean install computer!<br><br>Gates, give me back my damn money! You should be paying me to use this junk!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-06-03_22:29:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "3eda6fcd3204ef285fa52176c28c4d3e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "18349394", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "125200", "hash": 2015554487988252072}, "thread": {"total_posts": 0, "paginate": false, "per_page": 0, "slug": "mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date", "num_pages": 1, "days_alive": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 18349394, "num_posts": 91, "closed": true, "queued": false, "killed": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": false, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "faaf467d0f47abde553c3b8e0e1b3570", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
	DsqLocal = {};
}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
  this.MODERATE_OPTIONS = "Moderate Options";

  // Thread moderator actions
  this.CLOSE_THREAD = "Close thread";
  this.OPEN_THREAD = "Open thread";
  this.REMOVE_THREAD = "Remove thread";
  this.RESTORE_THREAD = "Restore thread";
  this.ACTIONS = "Actions";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s like'
				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s point'
				: '%(num)s points'
			), {num:num});
	};
};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = 'a2d140c59df8cd4ce27a20e0829cacd8';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
	this.reader = reader;
	this.writer = writer;
	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
		that.recv();
	};
	return window.setInterval(listener, 10);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
		if (hashIndex == -1) {
			return;
		}
		hash = this.reader.location.href.substring(hashIndex+1);
	}
	var flags = parseInt(hash.substring(0, 4), 10);
	var seqno = parseInt(hash.substring(4, 24), 10);
	var data  = hash.substring(24);

	if (this._lastHash !== hash) {
		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
			this._accumMsg += data;
			this.sendFlag(this.ACK, seqno);
			if (flags & this.FIN) {
				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
	}

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
	this.sendRawPacket(this._zerofill(flag, 4) + this._zerofill(seqno, 20));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
	this._send(0, encodeURIComponent(msg));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._send = function(packetNum, msg) {
	var that = this;
	var recvBuf = this.recv();

	if (packetNum === 0) {

		if (!(recvBuf.flags & this.READY)) {
			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=scobleizer' +
		'&t=mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_default_text) +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showModeratorActions(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL + '</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS + '</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';

			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>'
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> ' + Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://scobleizer.disqus.com/mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			var retval = parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
			return !isNaN(retval) ? retval : null;
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">91</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p>Comments for this page are closed.</p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://scobleizer.disqus.com/mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p>Comments for this page are closed.</p>\n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
								 	<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on Scobleizer" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:18349394" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'scobleizer',
			't'				: 'mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'mclaws_is_right_on_windows_vista_ship_date'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

  this.showModeratorActions = function() {
      if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
          return;
      }

      var html = '<div class="dsq-moderate-options"><table><tr>' +
                 '<td>' + Dsq.Strings.ACTIONS + '</td><td><ul>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleClosed(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.closed ? Dsq.Strings.OPEN_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.CLOSE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleKilled(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.killed ? Dsq.Strings.RESTORE_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.REMOVE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '</ul></td></tr></table></div>' +
              '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate-threads/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
      Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, Dsq.Strings.MODERATE_OPTIONS);
  };

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		  var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		  var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		  Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		  status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		  window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};

  this.toggleClosed = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/toggle_thread_closed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };

  this.toggleKilled = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/toggle_thread_killed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/18349394/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/scobleizer/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/scobleizer/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647574">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647574" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647574" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647574" href="http://www.cypherxero.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cody</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647574" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647574" class="dsq-comment-message">Windows Vista is the wrong direction for Microsoft. Instead of putting in MORE bloat, they need to seriously re-work Windows, and make it lean and mean. Make it faster. Take out the bloat. Make it able to run with speed.<br><br>Microsoft thinks that by added a resource-intensive glass theme, and by trying to overlay more crap on top of Windows, that they\'re making it better. Actually, they\'re making it much worse.<br><br>For example, I\'m contstantly trying to cut down on bloat. I\'ll take a lightweight app more times over than some powerful, popular app. I use Pine (inside cygwin on my Windows machine) for my email. It\'s fast as hell, and you wouldn\'t beliving how this sucker flies, even on my shitty Pentium 3 1GHz (my nice laptop needs a new HD).<br><br>Point is, it\'s time to start actually WORKING on the next version of Windows. I don\'t want more damn bloat, I want a lightweight, fast, stable OS.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647575">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647575" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647575" href="http://www.martinbreton.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">brem</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647575" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647575" class="dsq-comment-message">Cody, MS is not designing Vista with you in mind, obviously, and their market is mostly "everybody else"... ;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647573">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647573" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647573" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647573" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647573" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647573" class="dsq-comment-message">Cody/Brem: actually the glass should make the UI work faster because it\'s being rendered in the graphics processor rather than the main processor. The UI isn\'t where the speed problems are. Rather I feel the slowness comes from the indexer of the search engine and the display of metadata associated with files.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647571">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647571" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647571" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647571" href="http://www.cypherxero.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cody</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647571" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647571" class="dsq-comment-message">Still, I could care less about class. Not everyone has a powerful GPU in their computer. My ATI Radeon 320M IGP isn\'t powerful enough to run Glass, and that\'s pathetic. I know it\'s not a powerful chipset, but I was able to play and beat Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 on that chipset.<br><br>I don\'t understand why "everyone else" wants shit. Maybe it\'s because they\'re to stupid to understand it\'s shit.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647570">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647570" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647570" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647570" href="http://kr8tr.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">kr8tr</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647570" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647570" class="dsq-comment-message">I like Vista, although it is the only "Beta 1" operating system from Microsoft that I haven\'t used as my dominant OS.  Why?  Simple - it\'s too damn slow, even on a top of the line processor and video card with 4 GB of RAM.  It\'s fat.  It\'s trying to o too much, for too many.<br><br>I really think MS should change the approach to Windows - don\'t install a calculator, and a text editor (two of them, in fact) with every copy of Windows - install an Operating System - then let me pick and choose what utilities (Microsoft or other) that I want to put on top on my OS.  From CD burning to music players to text editors - make them optional down-loadable add ons, much like web-widgets.<br><br>If Microsoft could exclude the inclusion of everything except the core OS, the required applications to get me on-line, and the security applications we all know are required, then how much less complex would Vista, or any other Windows OS get?<br><br>And I am not suggesting that MS abandon all of the misc "stuff" that makes Windows cool, like built in support for almost anything you need a computer to do -- just don\'t assume I need it, and don\'t include it in your core OS - that makes managing and shipping a solid OS almost impossible, and with bandwidth as cheap as it is, there isn\'t a reason to.  Sure - some people are still on dial up - but are those people really candidates for an OS like Vista?  And assuming they are, put all of the "extra" crap on a seperate CD/DVD that they an order.<br><br>IF you can\'t ship an OS on a CD, it\'s too damn big, and if you can\'t install in on a one Gig HD, it\'s just way too damn big!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647569">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647569" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647569" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647569">anon</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647569" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647569" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>actually the glass should make the UI work faster because it’s being rendered in the graphics processor rather than the main processor.</i><br><br>First, glass is obviously not faster than XP.  Obviously.  I have a high-end graphics card in a high-end desktop PC and Aero/Glass is noticeably slower than Windows XP.  By a w i d e margin.<br><br>Where high-end graphics cards shine is in 3D effects like smoke, transitions, warp effects, wave effects that involve overlaying 2D images for eye candy.  Those effects are rendered faster in graphics cards than in CPUs because graphics cards manufacturers design their chips around processing these types of effects.<br><br>"Rendering" unique 2D bitmaps to a 3D-accellerated card does not make the UI faster.  It does not offload processing power from the CPU - it simply instates an additional middleman (the graphics card engine) for 3D processing whether or not it is necessary (ie, a 3D render will occur).  This is bad architecture.<br><br>The only reason one would offload a 2D desktop window to a 3D graphics card is for 3D effects but Glass 1) doesn\'t have that many effects (vs. say Doom III or Quake IV) and 2) people would trade those effects for a faster 2D feel overall anyway and 3)a standard desktop UI outside of games is generally composed of more unique, non-repeating "texture" elements (the web browser canvas displaying the text,  individual icons, UI elements like menus and buttons etc) than a video game and fewer 3D effects are generally used on each of those elements for the purpose of keeping things simple and readible for the user.<br><br>Now I\'m not saying a 3D desktop with awesome effects wouldn\'t be cool (compiz anyone?).  I\'m saying that for the number of effects Microsoft offers in glass, the performance hit is not worth it.  Hence the Vista UI seems unresponsive.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647567" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647567" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647567">Chris L</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647567" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647567" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, you imply that the Windows XP UI is drawn with the CPU, but it has been accelerated by the GPU for many years. The menu fade-in/fade-out effect is particularly agonizing on an integrated video chip that doesn\'t handle it.<br><br>Wish I could comment on Vista performance but I\'ve only run it in a virtual machine.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647563" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647563" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647563" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris: yeah, I way oversimplified things here. On my systems the UI wasn\'t where I saw slowness. Well, except on my Tablet PC which has crappy video capabilities.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647564" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647564" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647564" href="http://www.truthrealization.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Eddie Traversa</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647564" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647564" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br>I have a different experience of Vista vs XP to you.  In comparison to XP it is lightning quick. No comparison, vista blows xp out of the water on my machine.<br><br>That says something though, if your getting a different experience they need to work harder at making it more consistent across users.<br><br>What is a worry for me is that it crashes, as in blue screen of death crashes far too frequently.  Aside from that other things need more work including the media center, speech etc so overall I agree this needs to be pushed back until it is functioning smoothly.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647585">Anona</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647585" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647585" class="dsq-comment-message">When will you start apologizing to all those who said Vista was going to be delayed yet again and you vociferously denied it?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647589" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647589" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647589" href="http://www.cypherxero.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cody</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647589" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647589" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s been 5 years since Microsoft started working on Vista. And it\'s STILL not finished, and probably won\'t be for a long time. WTF?<br><br>Here\'s to hoping for Duke Nukem Forever on my Vista PC. :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647588" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647588" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647588" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647588" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647588" class="dsq-comment-message">Anona: please give me a URL where I said that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647587" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647587" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647587" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647587" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647587" class="dsq-comment-message">Cody: have you ever worked on software that had so many moving pieces and so many people who relied on it? I don\'t think so cause one doesn\'t exist.<br><br>Think of Windows Vista as one of the world\'s largest committees. Committees take a long time to do things.<br><br>And Vista is actually pretty good. I miss it, but I just need a more powerful computer to run it (coming soon).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647586" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647586">Anona</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647586" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647586" class="dsq-comment-message">"please give me a URL where I said that."<br><br>I\'m referring to the gentleman from Australia who wrote the story and you questioned his professionalism even.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647584" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647584" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647584" href="http://www.cypherxero.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cody</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647584" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647584" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can\'t get Vista right.<br><br>And about needing a more powerful computer to run Vista...why? Why does an Operating System need to use so many damn resources? Why? Answer that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647576" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647576" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647576" href="http://financialaidpodcast.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">financialaidpodcast</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647576" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647576" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess I\'d better go reserve my floor tile at the South Shore Apple Store, then. I have to get a T-Shirt that says "Scoble Sent Me!"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647577" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647577" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647577">Christopher Coulter</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647577" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647577" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>no one will remember whether this thing slipped another few months</i><br><br>Don\'t be too sure of that. It\'s all about confidence levels, and more months, after this many delays, cements that, makes it a PERMANENT perception. The Street will remember, the share price will reflect that for years (rather decades). Internally people will recall it forever, and that will reflect of future development, impact on management trust and accelerate the brain drain, already took out grand champ Vic, for goodness sake.<br><br>This late, and only a shadow of its former self, with the key planks being but vaporware, oh people will remember, every day, every minute, every millisecond, and if they forget, the press will be there to eternally remind them. Can\'t get away with it this time.<br><br>Microsoft will never be the same, as getting beyond Vista will be the REAL hurdle.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647572" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647572">asssuck</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647572" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647572" class="dsq-comment-message">you suckass worm....remember when you were pimping this ?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647568" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647568" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647568">Garth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647568" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647568" class="dsq-comment-message">"actually the glass should make the UI work faster because it’s being rendered in the graphics processor rather than the main processor."<br><br>But most modern day GPU\'s contains special support for Windows GDI acceleration anyways ... that was  pretty big back then in the olden days when Tseng Labs and Weitek was touting their SVGA cards.<br><br>Also is Vista not supposed to make our computing lives easier and simpler or are they trying to shovel everything including the kitchen sink onto our desktop to justify the pricetag ???.<br><br>I think there is a rather serious disconnect between what normal PC folk want i.e stabler more secure version of XP which they can painlessly upgrade to than what the hordes of "Program Managers" in Redmond decides what is good for us.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647565" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647565" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647565" href="http://www.bynkii.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">John C. Welch</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647565" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647565" class="dsq-comment-message">Um, the consumer base may not remember 2000 being delayed, but lemme tell you, the IT biz most certainly remembers it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647566" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647566" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647566" href="http://rss.monroe-kc.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">James M</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647566" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647566" class="dsq-comment-message">What are the real alternatives?  Let it slip.  If the goal is to find some nirvana of the perfect code, the perfect platform it has long sence passed and moved on.  We won\'t get that from Windows Vista.<br><br>We will get an OS that continues along the same path, but now requires a DVD to install.  What will drive us to get the next computer?<br><br>Why not do something different, why not build the next OS super light?  Let us build up the OS.  Let us decide what programs and backward-compatiblity we need.<br><br>It\'s time to change how we compute.  Split the OS into Home and Professional.  Home being the everything included OS(for the grandma crowd) and Professional being an OS that can scale and gets out of the way.  Make it very inexpensive or free.<br><br>Give us the option to offer and subscribe to web2.0 services from anywhere.  Drive the hardware vendors to rethink how they are doing the same old same old.<br><br>Empower me to choose what gets installed!<br><br>This idea isn\'t that radical it is based on what they are doing with the next version of Office, which is pretty radical divergence from what has come in the past.<br><br>What drove us to upgrade in the past?  No matter what others have said, the OS was better than the previous version.  And I/we happily pushed our Co\'s to move forward but now why should we?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647562" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647562" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647562">Diego Barros</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647562" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647562" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re right about the Vista performance problems. The ex-SysInternals guys (now with Microsoft) are joining the Vista performance tuning team.<br><br><a href="http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2006/07/first-week.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2006/07/first-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647559" href="http://www.intergrupo.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JuanDG</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647559" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647559" class="dsq-comment-message">Shame on you scoble, I know MS is not the hand that feeds you any more, but you don\'t have to turn and bite it. Shame on you<br><br>I was waiting for a reason to unsuscribe, and I guess this is it...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647561" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647561">Booger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647561" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647561" class="dsq-comment-message">"If this ships in October, I will recommend not installing it and waiting for the first service pack. There’s no way the quality will be high enough to trust it if it ships early. I hope Microsoft takes the time to do this right."<br><br>Who are you and what have you done with the real Robert Scoble?!?  Or is this real Robert Scoble unmasked?<br><br>Booger</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647556" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647556" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647556">Myles</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647556" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647556" class="dsq-comment-message">I am still using Windows 2000. I didn\'t see anything in Windows XP worth paying for. That is Microsoft\'s challenge - compounded. They have to have something special in Vista for the people who are satisfied with XP.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647557" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647557" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647557">Stefan Constantinescu</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647557" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647557" class="dsq-comment-message">I say delay it as much as possible, you guys missed the back to school season of 2006, so wait until 2007.<br><br>Windows XP SP2 is a fantastic OS, and it still has a lot of life left into it.<br><br>Scoble: you hit the head on the nail, ME was shit, and it\'s the butt of every joke when it comes to Microsoft. People will forget about the delays if Vista is absolutly amazing.<br><br>If that means we have to wait till xmas 07 then i don\'t care, windows xp is absolutly fine!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647558" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647558" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647558" href="http://www.stonethembas.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Uncle Paul</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647558" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647558" class="dsq-comment-message">Gets back to how much MS spends on R &amp; D and what the return is. If Windows and Office are your breadwinners, you should be paying more attention to them.<br><br>You can check out the spending chart at:<br><br><a href="http://www.stonethembas.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.stonethembas.com</a><br><br><a href="http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2006/07/28/microsofts_anti.html" rel="nofollow">http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2006/07/28/mi...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647555" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647555" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647555">TomB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647555" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647555" class="dsq-comment-message">MSFT had a chance to re-work the OS and put it on top of a BSD or a LINUX kernel. They chose to stay proprietary instead. The customers will continue to pay a price for that decsion.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647553" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647553" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647553">Robert</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647553" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647553" class="dsq-comment-message">Dear Robert,<br> I installed Vista Beta 2 on my Thinkpad T41,(1.6, 768 ram, 40 HD.(I had my restore discs from Lenovo) With a clean install, I have been rather impressed by the overall experience with Vista. Everything works,its as fast a XP Pro, which I didnt expect. I am going to stick with it for a few days, see how it goes.  I am not getting the "aero" experience, and don\'t miss what I\'ve never seen. Even Itunes runs fine! I guess I was just lucky, because most of the stories out there are hair raising. I am really interested in seeing RC 1.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647554" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647554">Jeff (Switcher since 10/2004)</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647554" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647554" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve played with Vista a bit and I\'m not really all that impressed. Let\'s hope there\'s more under the new look and window behaviors than what meets the eye. From what I\'ve seen, much of what the consumer is going to *perceive* as being "Vista" can already be accomplished by skinning XP and maybe some add-ons.<br><br>As far as what makes OS X so great - and something Microsoft keeps missing - is how it gets out of your way and just lets you work with your hardware and apps. No pop up reminders to clean your desktop or take a tour, no endless parade of announcements that a new printer was found, and found, and found...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647550" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647550">Miles Archer</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647550" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647550" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert, I\'m amused that you post this now. There\'s no way you would have posted this as a MS employee. You would have self censored it, or at a minimum, sugar coated it somewhat.<br><br>I\'m not saying that you\'re dishonest, far from it. But it\'s common sense that you give a benfit of the doubt when a company is paying your mortgage.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647552" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647552" href="http://www.briefingsdirect.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dana Gardner</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647552" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647552" class="dsq-comment-message">The stakes are so high for Vista that better late than sub-par. Why are the stakes so high? MS must retain the client clout for years to make the rest of the Live "middleware" vision work. More: <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2327" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2327</a>.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647551" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647551">Bob</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647551" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647551" class="dsq-comment-message">It seems to be common wisdom that Apple gets its OS releases out faster due to a reduced compatibility requirement (usually the last five years or so of machines they\'ve built).<br><br>The other side of that is, OK, we accept the idea of Microsoft taking longer to do a major release of Windows because they are making sure it runs great on all the widely-varied PC\'s made in the last five years.  But as we enter 3Q 2006, and Vista is still not running well on a lot of hardware..  what conclusion should we draw from that ?<br><br>Is it just getting too hard to have our cake (millions of permutations of hardware choices, all at rock bottom prices) and eat it too (timely OS upgrades)?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647549" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647549" href="http://www.bynkii.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">John C. Welch</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647549" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647549" class="dsq-comment-message">Jeff hit on a really good point in comment #38:<br><br>Windows is too damned intrusive. When things are working correctly, STFU already. If I have all the drivers to make my USB device work, <i>I don\'t need to know that</i>. The proper function of that device is all I need. I don\'t need to be told I just plugged in a device. I was there, I plugged it in. Even with my ADD Poster Child status, I think I can handle not being nannyed to death.<br><br>Windows still acts like a boy scout on speed, and it needs to adopt Mac OS X\'s quietly efficient British Butler model.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647546" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647546" href="http://ordinaryworldz.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jared Smith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647546" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647546" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree that Vista is not ready to ship but I put the blame on the managers at Microsoft. You have a product that is two years late and you answer "it will ship when it\'s ready" at your annual finance meeting? I believe Microsoft is losing their best programmers because they can not offer better benefit packages. They can\'t do this since their stock is no good because they have no product(Vista).<br>Balmer is a good CEO if you need a cheerleader. Microsoft needs better management</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647547" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647547" href="http://www.clarkezone.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">James Clarke</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647547" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647547" class="dsq-comment-message">5472 is way better and pretty much usable where beta 2 was an abortion.  6 months is overkill if it keeps getting better at this rate.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647582" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647582" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647582" href="http://www.thepenguinmafia.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Foxtrot</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647582" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647582" class="dsq-comment-message">\'Tis a pity. But then again, when has windows worked completely with everything when it first comes out? I\'m sure we can all remember the hell that XP put all of us through when it first premiere. Oy. The headaches are coming back from just thinking about it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647579">JCG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647579" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647579" class="dsq-comment-message">If you don\'t like Windows XP notification area "Balloon" tips (the popus when you connect a USB device for example), you can turn them off:<br><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307729" rel="nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=...</a><br><br>Does require a registry-edit though.<br>Personally, I like the USB balloon notification most times.  I want to know that the OS has recognized my device I\'ve just connected -- just like if I click a button on a GUI I expect to see it "depress" to acknowledge that it\'s received my click.<br><br>What I do find annoying, though, are too-frequent notifications about loosing wireless connectivity.  Would be nice if it could wait a little longer to see if it comes back before interrupting me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647578">JM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647578" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647578" class="dsq-comment-message">"If this ships in October, I will recommend not installing it and waiting for the first service pack. There’s no way the quality will be high enough to trust it if it ships early."<br><br>You left microsoft barely a month ago and you already are recommending people to wait for SP1. What a cheap man you are. I am a microsoft employee and I disagree with you. The recent builds are very stable and responsive. I am glad you quit Microsoft coz you dont know what the hell you are talking about and you call yourself a geek. All you ever did was over hype everything. Good luck with your new job and hopefully you wouldnt be doing such backstabbing at the new company.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647583">Jason (RAID 0)</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647583" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647583" class="dsq-comment-message">I hate how people compare OS X to XP and Vista.  I see people typing things like.. "That’s why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can’t get Vista right."<br><br>That\'s a load crap.  OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple "patches" it.  If you look at it the way Cody does, then you\'d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP.  RIGHT??  OS X 10.5 is still ver 10!  NOT 11!<br><br>Sorry for being somewhat off topic, but yeah... wait longer till Vista is ready, a few more months.. hell, we\'ve waited how long already?  I just want it to work.  I sure as hell don\'t want to see another Windows ME.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647581" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647581" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647581" class="dsq-comment-message">JM: there\'s no way you are a Microsoft employee. A Microsoft employee would have signed his or her name to such a post.<br><br>Very stable, huh? Hope that line works for you. The market will decide something much different if the sound drivers don\'t even work.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647580" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647580" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647580">Karim</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647580" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647580" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I use Pine (inside cygwin on my Windows machine) for my email. It’s fast as hell</i><br><br>Oy, <i>again</i> mit der Pine pimping.  So you use the Unix version under Windows.  I suppose next you\'ll brag about your "fast as hell" 28.8 modem on your 386SX.<br><br>Cody, you don\'t understand why everyone else wants something else?  It\'s because everyone else isn\'t stuck in the year 1992.  Hope that clears it up for you.<br><br>I tried Vista Beta 2 on my Tablet and likewise it was unusably slow.<br><br>But Vista Beta 2 just flies on an Apple MacBook pimped out with 2 GB of RAM.<br><br>Strangely enough Unreal Tournment under OS X (OpenGL) is a dog, while on the same machine running Vista (DX 10), it\'s super fast.<br><br>The observation about WWDC plus <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?threadid=64885" rel="nofollow">this thread</a> makes me wish I had picked up some AAPL at $50 a couple of weeks ago :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647560" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647560" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647560" href="http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647560" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647560" class="dsq-comment-message">Karim: I wish I had bought Apple at $50 too. Sigh.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647545" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647545" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647545" href="http://rjschwarz.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">rjschwarz</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647545" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647545" class="dsq-comment-message">The needs of the Enterprise (rock solid stability, security and backwards compatibility) are not the same as the home user (ohh, pretty UI, must run latest games). Windows needs two versions of the OS (and only two). There is no reason both would need to have the same release date or even the same name (since Windows has a bit of a black, or should I say blue, reputation these days).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647548">TomB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647548" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647548" class="dsq-comment-message">"I wish I had picked up some AAPL at $50 a couple of weeks ago :-)"<br><br>I got a bunch at 18 about 6 years ago.<br><br>"The needs of the Enterprise (rock solid stability, security and backwards compatibility) are not the same as the home use"<br><br><br>Gee. I have rock-solid stability, security. and decent compatibility at home but NOT at work. Guess what? I use OS X at home; XP at work.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647542" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647542">LayZ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647542" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647542" class="dsq-comment-message">@2 You are probably right. But looking at Vista I think they are designing it for themselves in mind, or the press, or the support engineers. Definatley not end users, though.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647544">solomonrex</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647544" class="dsq-comment-message">There are a couple things here.  Vista has steeper power requirements by MS\'s own specs.  So there\'s no way that VIRGIN installs of Vista should be faster than XP, pimped out graphics card or not.  It\'s just that since nothing else runs on Vista, it probably hasn\'t been bogged down by a zillion little utilities.<br><br>I\'m also upset that MS didn\'t address performance issues (though I\'m not enough of a zealot to read email in pine...).  Specifically, there\'s no reason why text can\'t render instantly, no matter how much other crap I\'m doing - or why I can\'t alt-tab or ctl-alt-del no matter how much crap I\'m doing.  It\'s 2006, let\'s get the basics nailed down for once before we tack on yet ANOTHER graphics system onto Windows.<br><br>Yes, the performance in the final version of Windows should be better...<br><br>But I\'m going to say this over and over again: I don\'t understand why Vista needs top of the line equipment in 2006 to run graphics effects that Mac OSX could do years ago.<br><br>And Jason, Vista is basically the same OS as XP, just like leopard/puma/cheetah/whatevercatitis is the same as OSX from 5 years ago.  Once you disable the graphics system (which 90% of programmers and corporations will do) all we\'re getting is a new security model, which is there to make up for the XP SP2 security that wasn\'t quite as good as Unix/OSX/Linux, which is probably only necessary because they integrated IE 8 years ago.  Yes, the search system is new, but I can get that from Google for free (or MSN if I liked their toolbar, but I don\'t).<br><br>Have I missed anything?  I\'ve looked at screenshots, read articles, visited forums and I\'m underwhelmed and I\'m pretty sure the community is, too.  This is no Windows 2000.  MS can take its time because it\'s too late to use Vista hype to sell Back to School computers and no one but hardware makers care.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647543" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647543" href="http://www.cypherxero.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cody</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647543" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647543" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt;Cody, you don’t understand why everyone else wants &gt;something else? It’s because everyone else isn’t stuck &gt;in the year 1992. Hope that clears it up for you.<br><br>Heh, well, I can send and recieve email just like anyone else. At least I\'m not a sucker and paying hundreds of dollars for Microsoft Outlook to be able to send and recieve email.<br><br>Which makes me pretty damn smart for saving money like that. ;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647539">Anon</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647539" class="dsq-comment-message">"If that means we have to wait till xmas 07 then i don’t care, windows xp is absolutly fine!"<br><br>I burst out laughing at that. Vista is about saving Microsoft\'s ass, yours doesn\'t count.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647540" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647540" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647540" href="http://www.Angelcashadvance.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">cashadvance123</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647540" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647540" class="dsq-comment-message">You know i think when it ships it will just e a rip ff of the current mac os</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647537" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647537" href="http://www.cypherxero.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cody</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647537" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647537" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s no way that Microsoft could pull off what Apple did with OS X.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647536" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647536">KirkJt</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647536" class="dsq-comment-message">To Jason<br>-- That’s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple “patches” it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you’d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11! --<br><br>I don\'t want to start an OS war; I happily use almost every OS around and try to learn the best from each one\'s story. Anyway, I have to say that you\'re totally wrong about MacOS X versioning and distance from 10.x to 10.y releases. Apple is following a particular versioning convention in the form of 10.x.y where 10 corresponds to the name of the operating system (X), x to the major release and y to the patch level.<br>i don\'t know how much you know MacOS X internals but the distance from 10.2 and 10.4 is at least as much as the distance from Windows NT and Windows 2003 Server. The great difference between the Apple model and the Microsoft model is mainly in the fact that revolutions in the internals have usually marginal impacts on the frontend. People see continuous improvements in performances, stability and functionalities in the form of evolution while developers see continuous harmonization of the frameworks and some revolution in previously uncovered areas (e.g.: 10.4 revolutionized the IOKit and kernel extention model, introduced a Cocoa framework for Quicktime and integrated it into the brand new Core Graphics layer).<br><br>Meanwhile, passing from 10.0 to 10.4, Apple managed three different CPU platforms almost transparently to end users (I can move applications from my Powebook G4 to my new MacBook Intel based as if they were the same identical platform).<br><br>It was not a simple task to achieve such relevant results. MacOS X is the sum of three generations of operating systems and several, very different technologies coming from different worlds. It was not perfect from the beginning, it\'s not perfect now but it doesn\'t discharge all the troubles on the shoulders of its users.<br><br>I perfectly understand the difficulties that developing Vista posed on Microsoft and I\'m not so scandalized about another delay. But I can\'t stand with the fact that Vista could be a revolution for Windows users but not for desktop computing at all. It\'s made up of things already around for three to five years. Microsoft lost a great occasion to break with the past and embrace a more clean, performant and future proof design.<br><br>Marco</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647534" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647534" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647534" href="http://painreliefmedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Michael</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647534" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647534" class="dsq-comment-message">I appreciate your opinion. I\'m a Mac user and haven\'t touched a Windows machine other than to use a corporate database several years back. I\'ve looked at them and they\'ve been kind of clunky looking, but pretty functional. I enjoy reading your stuff, because you obviously are a big fan of MSFT and also enjoy the Mac. I don\'t get all the weird chest thumping between the two groups. Vista sounds like it will be a good program if given time to get ready for the release and I don\'t think MSFT has the luxury of shipping an OSX 10.0 with limited functionality. Keep up the good work. It\'s nice to see someone rational span the boarder between Mac and Windows.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647535" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647535" href="http://snakeman.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">snakeman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647535" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647535" class="dsq-comment-message">I have concerns about where MS is going as far as DRM in Vista is concerned. Sure there are driver issues, but this is Beta after all.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647533" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647533" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647533" href="http://www.cypherxero.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Cody</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647533" class="dsq-comment-message">SP1 and SP2 didn\'t really add THAT much into Windows XP. It was mostly security patches and whatnot. But the different OS X versions might as well be considered new OS versions because of all the cool shit they managed to build within each new version.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647541" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647541" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647541">Richard</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647541" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647541" class="dsq-comment-message">Windows Vista is to Microsoft as an emergency \'chute is to a skydiver. Nothing more than a last ditch effort to avoid a horrible crash. That isn\'t to say the soft has no future. It does. Its future lies in becoming the IBM of this generation of computing. Not the same IT giant, pushing hardware at corporations (though they will be doing so eventually) but an entertainment gargantuan. Xbox 360 is the most positive thing microsoft has had in the past 3 years. The zune has gotten more attention, good or bad, than vista ever has. Mark my words, a time will come when Windows will only be the entertainment software that we run on our Macs. They have set themselves up to fail at all other goals, and they know this. Now if you\'ll excuse me, my Microsoft.TV repairman said he would be here between 1 and 4.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647538" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647538">BM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647538" class="dsq-comment-message">As usual, the reporters of faster-than-XP Vista expereiences get attacked because simply not fitting into the whining model promoted here.  God help that anyone would bother to ask or inquire about reasoned details instead.  Hint:  try defragmenting Vista from XP and get rid of typical 30 -50% fragmentation that Vista beta defrag still reports as unnecessary.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647532" href="http://www.rajivtayal.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rajiv Tayal</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647532" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647532" class="dsq-comment-message">I doubt if MS will be shipping Vista to its end user in next few months. I found Vista bit slow on widely used 1GB DRAM equipped notebook.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647531" href="http://www.bionicdreamer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Geoffrey Lee</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647531" class="dsq-comment-message">Solomonrex: Even with all the flashy gadgets such as Aero and Media Center removed, Vista will still be leaps ahead of XP in terms of the kernel. If you don\'t believe me, read this section of an article that explains just some parts of the major kernal overhaul in Vista: <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0%2C1697%2C1931914%2C00.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1931...</a><br><br>Oh, and I definitely agree that Vista needs exactly two versions - home and pro. The overwhelming majority of the population do not want to spend an entire day setting up a system. I want things to work straight out of the box, and not hunt for hours finding the exact widgets that I need. Of course, for the people running servers, obviously stuff like calendar and email don\'t belong on a fresh install.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647530">Jason (RAID 0)</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647530" class="dsq-comment-message">When Vista ships, I wounder if Ballmer is gonna do another daOr a "Vista Vista Vista Vista" chantnce.  .  Either way, I wanna watch.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647528">Danny</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647528" class="dsq-comment-message">Have you ever try the build 5472 ? It\'s very faster than beta2 and it uses less memory. And also remember that it\'s a beta.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647527">Danny</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647527" class="dsq-comment-message">I forgotten to say that I\'m running Vista build 5472 on an old P4 1.7Ghz with 768MB RAM and new build 5472 runs pretty good, faster than XP. Beta2 also was good on my system.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647520" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647520" href="http://podshop.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">PodShop</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647520" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647520" class="dsq-comment-message">Why wait for Vista?  Get a Mac and run OS X now, and even  Windows on it if you must.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647518" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647518">Molly C</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647518" class="dsq-comment-message">"That’s why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can’t get Vista right."<br><br>Cody, Apple is at the other extreme, which is nearly as bad as far as I\'m concerned.  Do we really need 4 updates in 5 years, at $130 per update?  I think not.<br><br>And there\'s no way in the world Microsoft could get away with that, as the userbase is too big and the corporate base wouldn\'t stand for it.<br><br>I\'m still on OSX 10.3, because I didn\'t care about Spotlight and dashboard enough to shell out the annual $130 tax yet again.  And if 10.5 is just as uncompelling (relative to $130), I\'ll skip that too.<br><br>Unfortunately, Apple adds artificial requirements to their software to require the latest OS (iWork 07 and iLive 07 will require OSX 10.5, eventhough there\'s no good reason for it (Apple could easily gracefully disable any functionality that required the latest OS (if there is any) so that it would run on 10.3, but they don\'t so as to force upgrades).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647517" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647517">The Wikipedia Elightened</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647517" class="dsq-comment-message">"That’s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple “patches” it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you’d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11!" - Jason<br><br>That\'s a load of crap. Windows NT is ONE VERSION no matter how many times MS "patches" it. If you look at it the way Jason does, the you\'d have to say OS 9 is the same as OS X. Right?? XP is still version 5 of NT not 6!<br><br>XP is version 5.1 of Win NT where as 2000 was version 5 originally... so Version 5 of Windows has been out since February 17, 2000.<br><br>Version 10 of Mac OS has been out since March 24, 2001...<br><br>But you could also make the argument that it is version 1 since it isnt based on the same code, right?<br><br>According to wikipedia, the "[d]evelopment of Windows NT started in November 1988". But the first release was in 1993. It had a horrible UI... the same as Windows 3.1<br><br>Also according to wikipedia, "Mac OS X is based on the Mach kernel and the BSD implementation of Unix, which were incorporated into NEXTSTEP, the object-oriented operating system developed by Steve Jobs\'s NeXT company after he left Apple in 1985."<br>NEXTSTEP had a very concise simple UI. Win NT 4 Megapixel 16-bit color graphics long after NExt step.<br><br>BSD was a direct descendant of Bell Labs/MIT UNIX code that dates back to the 1960s.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647515">Kvocal</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647515" class="dsq-comment-message">Of the 85 posts only 15 mention Apple.  Why is that when Vista is a hack of OS X.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647516">Molly C</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647516" class="dsq-comment-message">"MSFT had a chance to re-work the OS and put it on top of a BSD or a LINUX kernel. They chose to stay proprietary instead. The customers will continue to pay a price for that decsion. "<br><br>TomB, how old are you, twelve?<br>Where\'d you get the idea that *nix is the be-all and end-all, and can\'t be surpassed?<br><br>I thought it was sad that Apple abandoned its attempt at its own modern OS design in favor of yet another *nix, since it meant that every desktop OS is either NT-derived or has a *nix core.  I liked that Apple had a unique design with Classic Mac OS, and it\'s too bad they failed when trying modernize it.<br><br>Anyway, I don\'t think *every* OS should to be *nix.  Unless you want OS design to stagnate.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647505">Molly C</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647505" class="dsq-comment-message">Now, as for Scoble\'s issues:<br><br>I read Chris Pirillo\'s "UI issues", almost all of which are so minor and I don\'t even agree with many of his complaints to begin with.  I wouldn\'t hold up a release for those things.<br><br>Performance - yes, if perfomance is lacking in October, then Microsoft should delay and do another beta.  But the latest build is much faster than beta2 was.  I say wait until October to make the call, not make the call right now, particularly those that have no inside info (anymore).<br><br>Drivers: Of course, if the drivers aren\'t ready, then delay.  But that\'s not a six month issue; please...<br><br>My feeling is that the latest build is miles better than beta2 was, and if improvements continue at that rate, then Vista may very well be ready in October.  It\'s too soon to make a definitive declaration at this point.<br><br>I also say that you have to ship sometime.  One can always make an argument to wait six more months.  Microsoft can keep delaying six months for the next five years, and there\'d still be calls to wait six more months.  You have to ship sooner or later; there\'s always SP1 to address nagging issues.<br><br>Let\'s see where things stand in October.  I don\'t think most here (including Scoble) are in any position to make a solid prediction on that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647514">Thomas Lee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647514" class="dsq-comment-message">Vista is simply not ready. What is sad is that MS is closing down bugs (as opposed to fixing them) in order to get this puppy out of the door.<br><br>My main on the go 3g card (a vodaphone data card) does not work with Vista. It was simply closed today with no work around!<br><br>My mail/news client, Turnpike, does not work under vista. The app-compat bug was closed today (no work around)<br><br>Oh - and in Xp and earlier, you could drag an object from explorer into a cmd prompt and get the full path dropped into cmd.exe. This too is broken and has been closed as "will not fix".<br><br>Vista needs a Beta 3.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647525">Rail</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647525" class="dsq-comment-message">scobleizer, you\'re not a Microsoft developer, you\'re not working on Windows Vista team, so you don\'t know how the Windows Vista development is going. So please shut up your mouth!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647526">Rail</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647526" class="dsq-comment-message">La notizia di un possibile slittamento di Vista è inesistente. Quelli sono solo articoli tratti da dei blog di utenti qualsiasi che non hanno nulla a che fare com Microsoft, non fanno parte dello sviluppo e quindi non possono sapere come procede e se sono in difficoltà o meno. Ancora una volta si fa tanta disinformazione.<br>Per la cronaca io la beta di Vista l\'ho provata e non vedo così tanti problemi come dicono.. anzi è più veloce di XP e parecchio stabile su un PC di 5 anni fa!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647524">giacomo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647524" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647524" class="dsq-comment-message">La notizia di un possibile slittamento di Vista è inesistente. Quelli sono solo articoli tratti da dei blog di utenti qualsiasi che non hanno nulla a che fare com Microsoft, non fanno parte dello sviluppo e quindi non possono sapere come procede e se sono in difficoltà o meno. Ancora una volta si fa tanta disinformazione.<br>Per la cronaca io la beta di Vista l\'ho provata e non vedo così tanti problemi come dicono.. anzi è più veloce di XP e parecchio stabile su un PC di 5 anni fa!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647523" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647523" href="http://www.aplus.co.yu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Aleksandar</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647523" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647523" class="dsq-comment-message">You...devil!<br><br>I\'m just going through reviews and reviews, loking for the monitor to buy. Just when I decided on a compromise, you say this about number of Apple products to be annouced, then MacRumors adds that it might be new displays (I hope with HDCP) and I\'m faced with terrible dilema: buy now or wait next week - and I have just 2 days shopping window next week (2 days left in UK and then go back to home country where monitors are very pricey).<br><br>Arrgh!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647521">gctwnl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647521" class="dsq-comment-message">Molly C: Just one small comment: Apple supports only two major revisions concurrently. So, currently, 10.3 and 10.4 are supported (get security updates etc.) and 10.2 and earlier are not. Hence, when 10.5 appears, staying at 10.3 will potentially make your situation slowly less secure as new holes are found and not plugged.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647522" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647522" href="http://sudhakar.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sudhakar</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647522" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647522" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder how come this winsupersite guy gets so much excited about windows vista and gives almost 5 star rating?<br><br>I tried windows vista on my laptop (infact very slow HDD and ATI 64MB graphics card) and everything worked very fine.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647519">JHG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647519" class="dsq-comment-message">RAID 0 on comment 49 writes: "That’s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple “patches” it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you’d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11!"<br><br>OS X is a major rewrite of OS 9.  Sorry you missed one of the most successful and technologically impressive transitions ever accomplished.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647510">Darby</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647510" class="dsq-comment-message">"That’s why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can’t get Vista right."<br><br>Well, there\'s a good reason for this: Apple has to do much much much much less QC work on OS X releases than MS does.  Apple knows what hardware will be running it\'s OS, it built the hardware.  MS has to account for about 1,000,000x10^10 (slightly exaggerated) different setups.  This is a major reason Apple has continued to pair its OS with its machines exclusively.  I\'ve even heard that once upon a time MS didn\'t want to bother developing a GUI for PCs so asked Apple to develop the Mac OS for PCs (pre-Windows) but Apple also didn\'t want to bother with it =)  If you know what\'s running your software it\'s easier to make leaner software.<br><br>In response to someone elses comment about using a GPU to render the UI, it\'s not that costly.  And I do believe OS X uses OpenGL to render pretty much everything on screen: <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quartzextreme/" rel="nofollow">http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/quartzextr...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647511">Darby</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647511" class="dsq-comment-message">Comment #49: "I hate how people compare OS X to XP and Vista. I see people typing things like.. “That’s why Mac OS X 10.5 will be out soon. Think of all the different versions of OS X that have come out while Microsoft can’t get Vista right.”<br><br>That’s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple “patches” it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you’d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11!"<br><br>SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP... congratulations on stating the obvious.  While I am somewhat upset at having to pay 70 some dollars every year to year and a half to upgrade my OS X, I am not upset at the continued development and the near constant improvements functionality and speedwise to the OS.<br><br>I\'d rather that than wait a number of years for an update that (so far) sounds like it will force anyone running a computer more than a year or two old to upgrade and then may even slow your workrate down.  The reason you\'re thinking Vista is such a big jump forward (and it is in most regards) is because it\'s the first one in a while.... by the way, is MS going to get rid of that idiotic Home/Professional distinction in Vista? =/</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647512">A smug mac user</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647512" class="dsq-comment-message">RAID 0 on comment 49 writes: “That’s a load crap. OS X is ONE VERSION no matter how many times Apple “patches” it. If you look at it the way Cody does, then you’d have to say SP1 and SP2 are different versions of XP. RIGHT?? OS X 10.5 is still ver 10! NOT 11!”<br><br>Each version of OX X are very different OSes. Even security issues are different.   Features continue to improve with each version.  There was no feature change from SP1 to Sp2</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647513" href="http://www.apple.com/store" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SteveJ</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647513" class="dsq-comment-message">---<br>OS X is a major rewrite of OS 9. Sorry you missed one of the most successful and technologically impressive transitions ever accomplished.<br><br>Comment by JHG — August 3, 2006 @ 9:12 am<br>---<br><br>Actually - it is a major rewrite of the os9 api\'s ( carbon ) and a major revision to the OpenStep operating system.<br>It is NOT os9. But it is a set of cleaned up os9</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647509">henk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647509" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m back to mac, totally. The 64 bit OSX will scream on the new hardware. Windows got too fat, other cores are far more efficient from MacosX to Linux... Maybe they should just do a 64-bit DOS, with Office on top... Maybe they should develop a Vista skin for Linux. Or maybe they should do somethingreally new instead of going after the Ipod... Maybe it\'s too late. Maybe that\'s why Bill Gates is jumping ship...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647508" href="http://applemac.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">RyanC</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647508" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647508" class="dsq-comment-message">@Darby: "…. by the way, is MS going to get rid of that idiotic Home/Professional distinction in Vista? =/"<br><br>I\'m afraid not, there will be five versions of Vista: Business, Enterprise, Home Premium, Home Basic and Ultimate.<br><br><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/editions/default.mspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647507">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647507" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647507" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647507">AndyK</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647507" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647507" class="dsq-comment-message">Karim,<br><br>Unreal Tournament under OSX was never finished. It was a preview release or beta. On my G3 UT ran pretty good under OS9 but OSX was painful.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647506">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647506" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647506">skippy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647506" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647506" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m in the very odd minority on this one.  5 years ago I turned Apple fanboy, and I\'ve been using everything but windows since then.  I\'m back to working in a windows shop again, and have had the opportunity to run Vista.  I\'ve got the July CTP running on my thinkpad, which only has a 2GHz P-M although it does have a 256MB graphics card.  Vista runs great.  It looks great, mostly stable, and functionally they\'ve added all the bells and whistles you could ever want.  I\'m actually really excited about Vista I think it\'s going to be a stellar os.<br><br>That being said I agree with one of the first comments - why doesn\'t MS do another \'research OS\' like singularity for desktops?  Put some of their ace programmers on the job of coding up a new OS from scratch.  Nix all the legacy crap that bloats the NT kernel, write it for new systems and release it as such.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647504">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647504" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647504" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647504" href="http://www.digitalboomerang.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deetoo</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647504" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647504" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeap, I remember it was Bill Gates presenting Windows and it crashed. But nonetheless, the product shipped and the world bought. Will it happen for Vista again? Microsoft came over and did a snazzy presentation on BBC using Vista to deliver unparalleled rich UX to entice us to stick with the product and be hyped. The guy next to me just said "We\'ll wait for service pack 2".</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647529">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647529" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647529" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647529">blinx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647529" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647529" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt;You know i think when it ships it will just be<br>&gt;a rip off of the current mac os<br><br>NO FARKING WAY!!!!!<br><br>It\'ll be a rip off full-stop.  XP with bigger hardware requirements.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647591">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647591" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647591">spawn</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647591" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647591" class="dsq-comment-message">Well all I have to say is that, vista reworks the kernel, but hasnt changed it which is what they need to do to make it more secure, so they would have to rewrite the kernel which they wont because it will break programs, well heres and easy solution make a version for pc OS upgrade and make a version with the new kernel, i know more work for woftware writers, but geez we need to push away, we need a new kernel, we need new things leave everyone behind, we cant go forward if they have to worry about backwards compatability, move forward thats the key, i think microsoft made a mistake writing the whole OS ground up, now we have so many bugs to deal with, so were gonna have to wait untill a few more os releases before it gets stable enough like xp sp2, u guys remember Windows Me? geez 98 se is more stable,</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647590">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647590" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647590" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647590">Alex Givant</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647590" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647590" class="dsq-comment-message">Excellent show about Vista network stack<br><br><a href="http://www.twit.tv/sn51" rel="nofollow">http://www.twit.tv/sn51</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647592">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647592" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647592" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647592">MARIN</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647592" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647592" class="dsq-comment-message">TYTJ</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647593">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647593" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647593" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9647593" href="http://www.juegoszaping.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">juegos</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647593" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647593" class="dsq-comment-message">“If this ships in October, I will recommend not installing it and waiting for the first service pack. There’s no way the quality will be high enough to trust it if it ships early.”</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9647594">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9647594" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9647594" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9647594">Garbage. Sucks. Junk. Horrible</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9647594" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9647594" class="dsq-comment-message">Hate is an understatement. I despise this operating system, literally.<br><br>I was one of the earlier adopters and after forking over much tango denero to buy this sorry excuse for an operating system, I soon came to realize it would be littered with more bugs than a 400 year-old wooden porch.<br><br>Crashes occured daily, blue screens a plenty. You name it. And that is not even considering the lack of driver support. This GIGO operating system found ways to surprise me, and in a bad way.<br><br>So I waited patiently, thinking SP1 would save the day. Last week, I installed SP1, only to have this operating system show me new blue screens of frozen tundra. Crashing daily, sometimes twice a day! This for me is quite common. And this is a clean install computer!<br><br>Gates, give me back my damn money! You should be paying me to use this junk!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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Dsq.Debug.profile(function() {
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	Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML = Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
}); // Dsq.Debug.Profile

// HACK: Resetting cache because we're done with.
Dsq.Utils.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = null;


	
	
	var dsq_styleEl = document.getElementById(disqus_container_id);
	var dsq_anchorEl = document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
	
	Dsq.Thread.fc = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, 'color');
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			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
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				Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer).innerHTML = '';
				var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer), null, {theme: theme});
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			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
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	if(document.location.hash != '') {
		document.location.hash = document.location.hash.substring(1);
	}

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
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	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
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	// Private
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			startTimer();
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			stopTimer();
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// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
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		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
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		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
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		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
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		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
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	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
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			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
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			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
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			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
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if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
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	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
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	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

// Global event handler for narcissus.
if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
	var g = Dsq.Utils.ie ? document : window;
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			var target = Dsq.Utils.ie ? event.srcElement : event.target;
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			if (target.nodeType == 3) {
				target = target.parentNode;
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			if (target.nodeName == 'INPUT' &&
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