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Wait, no..they aren't..they decided to do their own stuff. That's uphill, i've to admit...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_11:04:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@29<br><a href=\"http://investors.redhat.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67156&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=909412&amp;highlight=\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://investors.redhat.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=671...</a> #  52% revenue growth, # 6th consecutive quarter adding more than 10,000 new customers, # 18th consecutive quarter of sequential growth in total revenue, If you think RHAT is something check out google.<br>Yawn. Besides their market of new users has been practically depleted. They are desperately turning to piracy curbing to generate new revenue. WGN ect... wouldn't have entered their thoughts when all was good and Leno was announcing the Win95 release. It's all down hill from here baby.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_10:58:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d0dde0c4b3d65b72a92bba1fee5aa7", "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}, "9677226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>The analysts new this all along. So beating the market is a \u2018they better be\u2019. It\u2019s actually a WOW. The stock is up 4% in the after hours trading. Goog had a 2% increase when they announced their results but blogosphere said google is king of the market. AAPL had a 5% increase and you congratulated them. But when it comes to MSFT its a \u2018better be\u2019. </i><br><br>It's not crap news, but the fact that the two things Microsoft has been pushing bigger and harder than either Vista (The WoW commercials...seen one. once. At a movie. !W00t) or Office 2007, namely the live services and the Xbox 360 both lost money.<br><br>When the thing you're using to prove you can keep up with Google, and what is probably the best product you've released in years aren't kicking ass, or even breaking even, THAT'S BAD.<br><br>It also doesn't say much for the Zune.<br><br>It's not out of line to say that Vista saved their ass this quarter, with some help from Office 2007. However, the corporate and large government sales of VIsta were pretty damned soft, so this was most likely due to OEM, which always gets softer between March and Sept.<br><br>The March-June quarter may end up being pretty damned brutal, and the entertainment div. won't have any big MacBU sales until late summer early fall to help out.<br><br>The fact is, for this quarter, the only thing Microsoft executed well on are the things they've been doing for the last 20 years or so. On almost everything else, they tanked it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_23:50:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "422187df3c45655b0dc2ae5de0710b27", "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}, "9677227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@seshadri<br><br>It's not about profit, it's about growth, and MS has none. It's cold outside and they just stepped out of the pool.<br><br>Please digg our service if you get a chance.<br><a href=\"http://digg.com/tech_news/BeerCo_Software_offers_qualified_remote_employees_for_only_4_995_per_month\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://digg.com/tech_news/BeerCo_Software_offer...</a><br><br>Next week I am releasing a new service that supports IBM tomcat/websphere customers at half the cost per incident on both enterprise and community editions. I'll repost a digg link when that is set up too.<br><br>Microsoft execs?<br>A dime a dozen. I heard the whole story behind Jim Alchin's departure from insiders. I bet Scoble doesn't dare publish that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_10:33:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d0dde0c4b3d65b72a92bba1fee5aa7", "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}, "9677228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh, and if you guys didn't notice, the server and tools(Windows servers, sql server and visual studio) division had a profit of $980 million.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_10:26:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677229": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Paul: they offered me some major incentives to stay. I knew that to do my job I'd need to fly to Redmond at least twice a month, which didn't help my situation out. But the opportunities outside Microsoft were bigger.<br><br>Assuck: I reported the most bugs on the Adobe Acrobat 1.0 product (back when I was a big WIndows 95 and NT beta tester). I also beta tested many Adobe products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Multiple Master fonts, and Type Manager. All probably before your time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_23:08:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9677230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "$25 , oops - read oracle as 'Apple'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_10:25:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Get a clue. Both Apple and Red Hat ARE the top at their respective games.\"<br><br>1) So Microsoft is not #1 in its respective game?<br>2) So eployees who work in *the client OS* division of redhat or oracle are not smart? (Or are you going to claim that Mac and RHL are joint #1 in client OS too?)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_10:24:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@40, I was about to say that.<br><br>Note that Server and Tools haven't had major releases for about 2 years now -  VS,SQL 2005 and Win2K3 were the last ones.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_14:47:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677233": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Any relation to <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_and_Stimpy\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ren Hoek</a>?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_18:10:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ed50da8719bd81306e82881bdb99be1", "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}, "9677234": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know what Ted Tso, senior kernel developer at IBM told me when we were at dinner a couple months back? <a href=\"http://thunk.org/tytso\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thunk.org/tytso</a> Besides being slightly annoyed at my prodding questions about metronome, he said that for Microsoft, Bill Gates was up on a plateau by himself, and was the sole reason for the company's success. Everybody else at MS were bottom feeders in the valley below. That's what he said. I dunno if he wanted me to keep that private, but whatever. Now that Gates is no longer doing anything, or leading the company, MS is toast. Look at their leader, Mr. Ballmer. Does 3 plus 7 really equal 13? It does to him, and that's why MS is going to sink the titanic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_09:05:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d0dde0c4b3d65b72a92bba1fee5aa7", "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}, "9677235": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Microsoft used to be about product and technology and now it's about marketing, hype, cloning the soup du jour, and keeping the status quo.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_09:08:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d0dde0c4b3d65b72a92bba1fee5aa7", "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}, "9677236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@29,<br><br>Chris,<br><br>I would be interested to know why Jim Allchin left MS. Could you post a little here? I'm sure many people would be interested to know.<br><br>Scoble was right when he stated that MS isn't dead, they are just not living up to their potential. I agree.<br><br>MS needs to do what Apple did; a complete rewrite of their OS from the kernel up. MS worries about legacy, legacy, legacy. Legacy will not get you more and more users. Innovation does. Love it or hate it, Mac OS X is the best thing to happen to personal computers. While I prefer Linux on my own computers, I've been toying with the idea of getting a Mac and seeing what all the hype is about. If I don't like it for some reason, I can give it to my kid.<br><br>I used to like MS, but not any more. They are not innovators. They embrace DRM, they embrace and extend  other people's technologies. They are a declared monopoly. They are stagnant and the only thing that keeps them alive is their enterprise sales of Windows server, Office, and their database.<br><br>Active directory, for example, is really just a horrible implementation of LDAP. Novell did it so much better. *nix does LDAP so much better as well.<br><br>MS is king because it is easy to use and ships with almost every computer sold. We are seeing this change slowly, but as we all learned as kids watching/reading The Tortoise and the Hare, \"slow and steady wins the race\", and Linux is slowly and steadily eroding MS not only on the desktop, but very much so in the server space. You can quote to me all you want about people buying Windows software for the enterprise, but for everyone MS sells, there are an equal number (and climbing) installing open source equivalents.<br><br>MS needs to spend the money on a complete rewrite of it OS and make sure that vendors and products have drivers for the new OS. I don't ever really recall my kool-aid-drinking Apple friends having much trouble with device drivers when OS X hit the market. Vista, on the other hand, is a nightmare. Not everyone has the money to drop on new printers and scanners, and whatever.<br><br>Rewrite, MS. It's not like you don't have the money.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_17:06:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "85bedfbb54bb05ab6582548cfe75b67d", "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}, "9677237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@John C Welch \"What did they make money on?<br><br>Windows and Office<br>\"<br><br>Err, not to nitpick, but server and tools seems to be coming along rather nicely...at nearly a billion in pure profit for the quarter, we can probably stop saying they only have two cash cows. I'd say they've now grown to three.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_14:15:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "1b4a803a20ad950d945a06235662cfce", "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}, "9677238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Vista and Office 2k7 were already baked into the expectations, and MS still beat those expectations. I know it\u2019s very painful for you, but them\u2019s the facts.<br><br>And a 60 Billion dollar company increasing earnings by 12% is great.</i><br><br>However, they didn't do it on anything even remotely new. They did it on their core products. Which isn't bad, and perhaps a sign that they should seriously consider sharpening their focus. But Live and the entire entertainment division lost rather a lot of money. In fact, Microsoft seriously reduced marketing of the Xbox so the loss would be less. I have for a long time advocated that Microsoft stop trying to compete in every possible market, and focus on the things they do best.<br><br>What did they make money on?<br><br>Windows and Office.<br><br>What are the only two things they consistently execute on?<br><br>Windows and Office.<br><br>Just because online advertising is big, that doesn't mean you have to be in it. Sometimes, in fact, it IS smarter to leave money on the table. Apple and Google both leave money on the table regularly. They say \"There's a lot of money there, but those are not segments we are going to get into, because they don't make sense for us.\"<br><br>Microsoft can't even figure out what to NAME Live or whatever it is today. The entire thing reeks of \"Ozzie likes intarweb stuff, so now we do more intarweb stuff\" But Microsoft cannot comprehend working with someone else, they have to own everything. So Google dominates search. Big deal.<br><br>Just because you theoretically COULD make a ton of money from something doesn't mean you will, or even you should. But Microsoft Sr. Leadership is trying to win every battle in every theater. They are now up to, with the latest hiring push, what 70K employees?<br><br>Yet the only thing they did well were the two things they always do well in.<br><br>Hmm.<br><br><i>Your spin, \u201cThey made money in what they\u2019ve made money in for 20 years, everything else tanked\u201d is arguably true, but extremely deceptive, as \u201ceverything else\u201d sounds like the majority of the company, when that \u201ceverything else\u201d is extremely small (employee-wise). But you already know that, yet you spun anyway. Your usual M.O.</i><br><br>Consider the HUGE push Microsoft has been making behind online and the Xbox, and at least initially, the Zune. Now tell me how the fact that none of those are making money is good. I await how you spin that.<br><br><i>The fact is, NOBODY expected Xbox, Zune, or Live to make money this quarter, so please put away that strawman, it won\u2019t fly with anyone except those who are predisposed to dismiss anything good MS does (i.e. those of your ilk).</i><br><br>Yet if the iPhone isn't instantly profitable from day one, I'm sure you'll be crowing how Apple is TEHSUCK!!! Please. There's no excuse for Live losing money, or the Zune. Considering Xbox Live has been around for a few years, and the fact that the Xbox 360 has been around for a year, they should have, at the very least, come far closer to breaking even, if not a small profit.<br><br>But outside of Windows and Office, Microsoft tanked it on their big PR items. That's not good, and shows a real execution problem.<br><br><i>Your post is really reaching to try to spin these earnings as bad. Smacks of desperation, bitterness, sour grapes, etc.</i><br><br>Making money is always good. That's a company's job. But when your \"new exciting\" pushes tank, and you would have been in serious trouble had you not had new products in both, then that's a sign of problems.<br><br><i>Robert - I\u2019m curious. What would Microsoft have to do to show that Windows Vista was successful? As in - a year from now, what number would we have to show for you to say Windows Vista (and Microsoft) are in great shape?</i><br><br>Dunno about Robert, but Vista is going to be a success on a few levels, even if most of it is playing catch-up. If you use Windows, for whatever reason, it's better enough than XP, even if it is MORE annoying than XP, to seriously consider upgrading.<br><br><i>I\u2019m annoyed because we\u2019ve just shown a \u2018knock the ball out of the park\u2019 quarter and you still have a negative post !</i><br><br>No, you had a \"our core business did really well and our new core business releases saved our ass\" quarter. Had Live and Entertainment shown a solid profit, then you would have had an out of the ballpark quarter. When a rather, (according to Microsoft Execs) important part of your business is still losing money, then you did not in fact, knock it out of the ballpark. But it was a solid triple.<br><br>Microsoft's non-office, non-windows initiatives are not doing well at all, and that is not a good sign.<br><br>Personally, i'd love to see Microsoft refocus on the things they DO well, and perhaps start firing all the NIH addicts running the company. I think a Microsoft that had focus, and didn't view the entire world as the enemy would be a hell of a company on every level. But they still aren't done making the IBM mistake yet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_13:21:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "422187df3c45655b0dc2ae5de0710b27", "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}, "9677239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert - I'm curious. What would Microsoft have to do to show that Windows Vista was successful? As in - a year from now, what number would we have to show for you to say Windows Vista (and Microsoft) are in great shape?<br><br>I have a feeling that Windows Vista could sell some insanely high number of copies and we would still see blogposts from Paul Graham saying how he doesn't see anyone using Windows and therefore Microsoft is dead.<br><br>I'm annoyed because we've just shown a 'knock the ball out of the park' quarter and you still have a negative post !", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_12:08:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "a3e1dfcb5950eab3cab0f571cf13ee71", "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}, "9677240": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SKC: Microsoft -- even if it does everything wrong for the next 100 years -- will survive 100 years simply on momentum. This is not a company that will die in my lifetime. When we say it's \"dead\" we mean it isn't living up to its potential. An organization with the resources of Microsoft's should be doing far more.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/04/microsoft_is_de.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/04/micro...</a> has a good overview.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_12:22:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9677241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol @ \"double accounting\". Interesting how random Scoble commenters seem to know more about eranings reports than the experts.<br><br>Bottom line, the guys had a great quarter. Shrug it off, deal with it. Don't worry though, MS will die some day, just not this quarter...maybe next quarter. Keep hope alive though!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_12:19:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "1b4a803a20ad950d945a06235662cfce", "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}, "9677242": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BTW, those sales numbers from MS are complete voodoo. Deferred sales ect.... They are using different accounting schemes to boost earnings reports, similarly to what we saw with Enron.<br><br>The infrastructure at the company is so huge, that a slight decrease in sales, even if they are not reported to the public because of accounts shifting could start to eat away at the pot of gold. And it will.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_11:42:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d0dde0c4b3d65b72a92bba1fee5aa7", "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}, "9677243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"The fact is, NOBODY expected Xbox, Zune, or Live to make money this quarter, so please put away that strawman...\"<br><br>Scoble has been saying XBox would be profitable this year for 2 years... Just because Bach pushed it off for another year yet again doesn't mean that's a good thing.<br><br>I think the notion that these were expected are ridiculous: Google and Apple didn't have baked in expectations.<br><br>\"Goog had a 2% increase when they announced their results but blogosphere said google is king of the market. AAPL had a 5% increase and you congratulated them.\"<br><br>4% is nice, but we aren't judging based on stock price raise. Apple's businesses expanded across the board with the Mac being the strongest segment. Profits were a blowout. Google's profits were a blowout and this is on top of quarter after quarter of blowouts and competitors doing nowhere near the same business.<br><br>Yes, MS did well, but we are still seeing the same picture: they can continue to squeeze profit growth from their core markets, they cannot achieve growth and profits in new markets.<br><br>The fact that you will not be able to find any of the answers to any of Stephane's questions is a concern. (Hell, it seems strange to me that not a single analyst had a proper estimate of the deferred revenues from Vista coupons: a figure that should have been 100% known.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_07:41:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "3aeb85796d88e54daedf94e769fda691", "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}, "9677244": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MS is out of steam. They're deeply invested in projects that will not return any income, and they've lost a lot of investor confidence.<br><br>I know that MS can survive for YEARs on their liquid assets alone, on life support. That's not going to attract very good people though.<br><br>With Gates gone, and from what I've seen of the company, I would bet against them in the next 10 years. The same way some bet against Commodore, despite the success of their machines in the 80s.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_11:29:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d0dde0c4b3d65b72a92bba1fee5aa7", "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}, "9677245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Zune, oragami, big top, ect...<br>It's like they hit the other side of the mountain, and it's pam coated teflon. They're trying to hook in, but nothing's anchoring. Hell, I would leave MS too if I was an exec there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_11:01:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "e8d0dde0c4b3d65b72a92bba1fee5aa7", "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}, "9677246": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Smart people don't want to work for number 3 or even number 4.<br><br>Google is most likely number 1.<br>Yahoo is probably number 2.<br>Ask or MSN is number 3.<br><br>Brain drain is to be expected when a company has talented people who are not seeing their ideas flower or the potential they could bring to bear not being used.<br><br>I don't blame these men for leaving. I blame MS for being so stodgy and old-fashioned.<br><br>MS is already number three or even four in their Internet division. Why stay when you can go work for a mover and shaker?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_00:51:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "3f08d580585c02d52632469f202028d7", "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}, "9677247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"It\u2019s not about profit, it\u2019s about growth, and MS has none. \"<br><br>There has been a 8-11% growth pretty much every quarter. Specifically, this quarter except the online business all other have had growth (The revenue in the Home &amp; Entertainment business has come down but so has the losses)<br><br>\"and they just stepped out of the pool\"<br>Yeah, it's been just 30 years since they started doing business.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_10:45:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677248": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\"I\u2019ve seen tons of executives leave, particularly in the MSN/Live division that\u2019s struggling to compete with Google. Nearly every executive I knew inside that division is now gone.\"</i><br><br>The reason is within your statement itself.  \"Struggling to compete with Google.\"  Even you have many times trashed Live services.  So its *good* to clean house.  How is replacing execs whose plans failed with fresh faces to be ridiculed as \"brain drain\"?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_23:44:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "193564fdce5837b7a6cb7558b5c06c95", "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}, "9677249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can't find broken numbers of MS figures.<br><br>What I am particularly interested in :<br>- Vista sales : sales that really occured in Q1 versus presales that occured 6 months ago when they started giving coupons. Double accounting anyone?<br>- Vista sales : actual customer purchase, not OEM stocks.<br>- Office 2007 sales : how much?<br>- Office 2007 sales : comparison with Office 2003 sales in the same period.<br>- Office 2007 sales : how much from SoftwareAssurance (i.e. from corporate clients who are locked in).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_03:31:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "a17cf3b9887be74f19560611b2306913", "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}, "9677250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kenneth: while I agree that it's good to keep house if the execs are underperforming, the reasons for their underperformance are not irrelevant:<br><br>If the executives are \"underperforming\" because they have outrageously unmanageable targets, letting them go doesn't necessarily make sense. Given the repeated \"beat Google in six months\" claims, I'm wondering if these execs had the ability to keep expectations at reasonable levels. If not, no points for firing them...<br><br>If the executives are underperforming because they're being micromanaged by higher-ups to imitate something but deliver superior results, well, that's not exactly their fault either.<br><br>If, however, they're not delivering on reasonable, uncoerced promises, then good riddance. If they're not driving real innovation, good riddance.<br><br>I like Ray Ozzie, and I think he has the big picture for Desktop and Enterprise customers, maybe even for XBox 360, too. From my brief time in Redmond, I'm not sure the troops are all lined up behind him, I'm not sure the company still remembers how to ship software, and I'm not sure that there are big ideas for competition in either the Internet or portable device space.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_00:25:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "d0038afc0e2446a2d62f49477079ea12", "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}, "9677251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Welch,<br>Vista and Office 2k7 were already baked into the expectations, and MS still beat those expectations.  I know it's very painful for you, but them's the facts.<br><br>And a 60 Billion dollar company increasing earnings by 12% is great.<br><br>BTW, the official guidance is 180 degrees at odds with your prediction of \"brutal\" March-June quarter, and MSFT is always conservative with their guidance.<br><br><br><i>\"The fact is, for this quarter, the only thing Microsoft executed well on are the things they\u2019ve been doing for the last 20 years or so. On almost everything else, they tanked it.\"</i><br><br>That's one way of putting it.<br>Here's the facts, without the spin:<br>According to the earnings report at <a href=\"http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY07/earn_rel_q3_07.mspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY07/ear...</a> , they made large profit in these divisions: \"Client\"; \"Server and Tools\"; \"Microsoft Business Division\"; and lost money in \"Online Services Business\" and \"Entertainment and Devices\".  The losses suffered by the unprofitable divisions were literally an order of magnitude smaller than the profit made in the profitable divisions.<br><br>So, they made huge money in their core business, and lost relatively small money in newer adventures.<br><br>Your spin, \"They made money in what they've made money in for 20 years, everything else tanked\" is arguably true, but extremely deceptive, as \"everything else\" sounds like the majority of the company, when that \"everything else\" is extremely small (employee-wise).  But you already know that, yet you spun anyway.  Your usual M.O.<br><br>The fact is, NOBODY expected Xbox, Zune, or Live to make money this quarter, so please put away that strawman, it won't fly with anyone except those who are predisposed to dismiss anything good MS does (i.e. those of your ilk).<br><br>Your post is really reaching to try to spin these earnings as bad.  Smacks of desperation, bitterness, sour grapes, etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_00:21:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "0730cb432a5658d0b86ae07c9b1d9cf4", "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}, "9677252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@19<br><br>All of the companies mentioned above (Microsoft, Google, Apple, Red Hat), are #1 in something or other, so they can all claim to be #1 in \"their respective games\".  Each of them is also #2 or lower in other markets in which they compete.<br><br>One can make lots of money being #2 or #3 anyway.  The \"everyone who is not #1 is a loser\" philosophy is nonsense.  A Pepsi exec is still rich even if Pepsi is #2 to Coke.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_01:31:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "0730cb432a5658d0b86ae07c9b1d9cf4", "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}, "9677254": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@1  er...um... J Allard is an exec.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_22:57:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "26493d7270fb206c1e08599674e51e5a", "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}, "9677255": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@16,<br><br>Get a clue. Both Apple and Red Hat ARE the top at their respective games.<br><br>Apple is king of consumer gadgets and has the most mature, plug and play desktop, best music device, and a host of other goodies.<br><br>Red Hat is king of enterprise Linux.<br><br>Nothing 2nd or 3rd about either company.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_01:07:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "3f08d580585c02d52632469f202028d7", "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}, "9677256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@14,<br><br>MS has indeed forgotten how to ship software. Look at Vista. Not even remotely ready for the gold master.<br>Vista is atrociously deficient on so many levels. It's nothing special. It's not even as good as XP. I think deep down, MS knows it has a loser on its hands. It has sold far less out of the gate than XP. It's so unpopular that Dell is now shipping XP again and those requests are growing by the day.<br>Vista is helping people switch to Ubuntu. This is good, though.<br>I honestly think that MS is losing the OS game in a major way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_01:01:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "3f08d580585c02d52632469f202028d7", "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}, "9677257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Smart people don\u2019t want to work for number 3 or even number 4\"<br><br>Either Redhat or Apple has no smart employees then?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_00:55:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677258": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@12, All things you list in your comment were already 'known'. Wall st knew all these things when they setup estimates for this querter. The point here is that there was about half a billion more in profit than the estimates.<br><br>\"The March-June quarter may end up being pretty damned brutal\"<br><br>You have to qualify what you mean by brutal here. Q performances are being based on how much the guidance/estimate is beaten. Are you saying the numbers will be much below the given guidances for the next Q?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_23:59:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677259": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Whatever. Talk to Jeff Sandquist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_23:19:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9677260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"(they better be, a new copy of Windows and Office shipped).\"<br><br>The analysts new this all along. So beating the market is a 'they better be'. It's actually a WOW. The stock is up 4% in the after hours trading. Goog had a 2% increase when they announced their results but blogosphere said google is king of the market. AAPL had a 5% increase and you congratulated them. But when it comes to MSFT its a 'better be'. Of all people i didn't expect this kind of response from you. (A reaction like <a href=\"http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/04/26/microsofts_resu.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/04/26/mi...</a> is totally on the expected lines)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_23:34:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677261": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@6 \"Paul: they offered me some major incentives to stay\"<br><br>at your level?  Highly doubtful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_23:13:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "26493d7270fb206c1e08599674e51e5a", "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}, "9677262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Shawn: Google has hundreds of employees up in Kirkland now. A very large percentage came from Microsoft. Totally agree with you about Scott Guthrie and Brad Abrams, though. I know several employees who've told me \"as long as Guthrie is here, I'm sticking around.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_23:10:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9677263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If MSFT had offered you a $20K raise and let you live in Half Moon Bay would you have stayed?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_22:31:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b646ff3eeda1f01cc2b1cb86d1634f9", "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}, "9677264": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Seems this could be spun either way.  Either the old regime is clearing out which makes room for some new young and hungry crew to come in or the great giant is atrophying and these are the first signs of a complete system failure.<br><br>I don't know much about the crew inside MS but the lose of executives isn't as worrying to me.  The types of people I'd consider a major blow to lose would be people like J Allard, Brad Abrams and Scott Guthrie.  I know I felt it was a huge lose when Anders left Borland yet I do think something good came of it for the industry as a whole.<br><br>What's interesting about Tjeerd is that I remember reading quite a few frog design blog entries about WPF (now Silverlight).  Having someone outside of Microsoft developing great applications using WPF, er Silverlight (damn, I'm just not used to MS actually having a cool sounding product name instead of some horrible three-letter jumble) could be a huge boon for them.  Frog Design cares a bit more cred than MS, which is what MS needs to help sell their next generation of frameworks and services.<br><br>Time will tell.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_21:23:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "69f7fa8d94b3f993ab7a5923a28cb597", "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}, "9677265": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "did not not love this company when they paid your rent?<br>exactly WHAT ADOBE tools do you (can you) use ?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-26_20:57:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "350d32c68487338f73085b9b50ee5c27", "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}, "9677266": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jenny left too? Whoa.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-28_19:14:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9677267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ahh, here's Jenny Lam's news: <a href=\"http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=297328\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2...</a><br><br>I see she joined Hillel Cooperman. <a href=\"http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070403/jenny-joins-jacksonfish/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070403/jenny...</a><br><br>All three are huge losses for Microsoft. They were the team trying to bring decent design and experiences to Windows. I know they were frustrated by the Longhorn/Vista experiences and once Steven Sinofsky took over they bolted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-28_19:15:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9677268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "With regard to Tjeerd leaving: meh. Jenny was a much, much bigger loss.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-28_18:59:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "276c2afbbd04dd9c81197127b4bb3616", "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}, "9677269": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The problem with Linux( and opens source to some extent) is that all the for-arguments are theoretically flawless. But the practical aspect is nowhere as good as the 'vision'.<br><br>Theroetically, Linux can be recomipled to support native langugaes, modified to fit the social life of a country like India, available for free...But note that this hasn't happened. Why?<br><br>In India, the OEMs hold a much smaller pie in the PC market. A lot of local vendors thrive on assembling and selling a PC. I would guess about 50% of the PC market is handled by these guys. The long arm of MSFT marketing doesn't reach these vendors. In theory, this is a great opportunity for Linux to come in and take a big chunk. But this never happened. There are a huge number of educational institutions that would rather run pirated copies of windows than install Linux.<br><br>May be the problem is the absence of a commercial entity thats willing to push Linux. But then, for that entity to make money he needs to do something un-GPL so he is not going to dive in at all...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-28_12:28:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@49,<br><br>You are right about a couple of things. The free software crowd has been making predictions that have not come to fruition in the past, but as you can plainly see, things are changing. Even if I'm wrong about Linux gaining in popularity, which I am not, since I read news from around the world daily, MS is still in trouble.<br><br>The problem, you state, is that *nix has not offered the average man anything to write home about. This is not true. You are looking specifically at an innovation data point, not the big picture.<br><br>*nix set the standards for many things. Windows is in no way near as stable an OS as FreeBSD, for example. Windows is in no way as secure as, say, OpenBSD. Linux offers the common man a free (as in freedom and in beer) OS platform from which to access and control data. Ubuntu, for example, has largely come out of nowhere, is stable, attractive, easy to use, and best of all, free. It supports all of the software the average joe will use. Again, please remember that 99% of the people out there are not geeks. All they need is a browser, Flash, printer support, and an office suite.<br><br>What you fail to grasp is this... the free software movement values freedom over innovation. Yes, we copy ideas, but we remain free. As Ricahrd Stallman has so eloquently put it, freedom first, innovation second.<br><br>MS cannot compete with free (price) or the attractiveness of freedom. I notice you conveniently avoided discussing the political ramifications of the world and where it is heading.<br><br>Look at our own government. Vista has been banned from almost all government networks, and not only here. The UK, Israel, you name it.<br><br>All of these countries are moving to Linux. The UK is in the process of moving several dozen cities' police forces to Linux with OpenOffice. It just makes more sense because the cost of Windows is astronomical what with licenses, virus/worm/spyware, etc. Linux is far easier to lock down and make secure than Windows. Again, the average business does not even use most of what MS has to offer. Most office suite users use less than 10% of that Office offers.<br><br>It may take awhile, but free software is on the rise, whether you or anyone else likes it or not.<br><br>Your name sounds Indian. Look at your own country. India has the second largest population in the world. Those people need to be online and learning. They deserve freedom to innovate and join the 21st century. Windows doesn't allow this freedom. China is moving to Linux in record numbers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_23:43:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "3f08d580585c02d52632469f202028d7", "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}, "9677271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Things have changed dramatically since then.<br><br>One of the greatest strengths of Linux now is its documentation. Some areas are still shaky, but remember, most open source software is written by people like me and you, not corporate interests with bankfuls of money.<br><br>Let me explain the problem to you. Not all Indians speak English. The ones I'm concerned about probably don't even speak Hindi, Tamil, or Telagu. They speak some ancient dialect that has absolutely no software written for it.<br><br>The closed source Windows environment prevents them from extending the program to suit their languages and needs. It's also not at a price point that matters to people like these -- free.<br><br>You could make the analogy of the man and the fish here very easily.<br><br>Give these people MS and they compute for a while.<br>Gove these people Linux and they can change their whole life by altering the software to meet their specific needs of language, other nuances.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-28_10:33:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "3f08d580585c02d52632469f202028d7", "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}, "9677272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "#63: Oh, I'm sure I don't have the inside scoop. I know a few people who worked for Hillel and they liked him, though.<br><br>But seems that Microsoft doesn't listen to people who try to take UX further than what it already is. I'm actually shocked that Julie Larsen Green's team pushed Office to a new UI. I think that's really the biggest story I saw develop at Microsoft.<br><br>It'll be interesting if she can do something similar with Windows.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-29_03:03:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "3553f5e0db0fd1ec4e40a932a2d8f5b3", "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}, "9677273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MSFT is an enormous tree that's severed at the roots, and is just starting to topple.  The brain drain has been going on for a decade now, the share price has been flat since the monkey-boy got the big chair, and any recruit who gets the choice between Google, Apple, and the Evil Empire would be nuts to move up to that intellectual desert in Washington state.  The big payout days are gone, and all that MSFT shareholders and employees have to look forward to is a long decline,<br><br>UNLESS<br><br>The shareholders revolt right now, and fire Ballmer and at least his top six layers of cronies.  For god's sake, any company that lets a poseur like Allard ever speak to the press, that can actually imagine that the zune could make a dent in the music-player market, that can take SIX BLOODY YEARS before realizing that longhorn was a total loss, is in big, big trouble.<br><br>MSFT doesn't matter anymore.  It's nothing but the vendor of the second-rate legacy crap that we'll all be helping our clients move off of for the next decade.  The customers who care whether their systems actually work will go to Linux and Mac OS X, with Linux grabbing most of the servers, and Mac OS X grabbing most of the desktops.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-29_02:50:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f8ff21a67437febebc70afd19364e95", "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}, "9677274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@43 \"I would be interested to know why Jim Allchin left MS. Could you post a little here? I\u2019m sure many people would be interested to know.\"<br><br>Could it be nothing more than the fact that he had more  money than he knew what to do with and the fact that he had some personal health issues he was dealing with and simply wanted to enjoy life a little. Perhaps devote more of his time to the Prostate Cancer Foundation?&gt;  You think that could be even REMOTELY possible?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-28_00:00:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "26493d7270fb206c1e08599674e51e5a", "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}, "9677275": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Beer, it's alot easier for Red Hat to have 52% growth (or whatever) than Microsoft.  Microsoft is a 5 billion per quarter company; such a company having 10-12% growth if GOOD.  No way in hell Red Hat would have 52% growth were they a 5 billion per quarter company.<br><br>Welch, here's a clue for you: the longer your post is, the less likely one will bother to slog through it.  BTW, Microsoft is making huge money in servers and tools (i.e. not just Windows and Office), despite your refusal to acknowledge it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_17:00:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "0730cb432a5658d0b86ae07c9b1d9cf4", "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}, "9677276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@47, My point is - what you are saying is not new. The anti-MS camp has been saying this for atleast 7-8 years now. Yet, there is no visible change in the OS market share one way or the other. If anything, Windows has gotten a bigger chunk in the server space.<br><br>What facts/arguments you have to prove that it *really is time up* for windows now? Particularly on the desktop? (It's getting like an earthquake prediction. If i say that \"there will be an earthquake in 3 months\" you will not be able to prove me wrong. But if i kept saying that for 10 years nobody is gonna believe me.)<br><br>Besides, what has Linux(Linux not Unix) contributed to the common man so far? Apart from being free and Anti-MS what other selling points does linux has?<br><br>The other player in the space -Mac- has set standards for UI, elegance and design.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_22:52:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tjeerd: meh. Jenny: big deal. I know who they are, and I've never been snowed by Flash demos of an operating system, unlike some people I know.<br><br>Congrats to Maryam, btw.<br><br>I'll say hi tomorrow in Vegas. You're right about them bolting when Sinofsky came in, but I don't think you have the full story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-29_01:28:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "7617de9a0a83ef22a6de69111dc5f689", "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}, "9677278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@45,<br><br>You really have no clue, do you?<br><br>You're obviously a MS fanboy, and that's fine, but you need to grasp reality before you spout off percentages and non-truths.<br><br>Let me address your arguments...<br><br>I fully understand the complexity of software. I'm in the industry. MS has the money and the resources to pull it off within a couple of years -- and easily, too. They just have to want to do the right thing. Vista is a horrible excuse for an OS.<br><br>You are a typical person looking out from the MS camp at Linux. You really have no clue just how big the Linux server market is or how large the existing deployments are in actuality. They are huge and numerous. Just because Linux has not broken that much ground on the desktop is not an accurate barometer.<br><br>You need to understand that most of the Internet infrastructure is *nix based in one way or another. Yes, MS has a large chunk of the server market, but nowhere near what *nix has and is getting.<br><br>Let's see...<br><br>- Over 95% of all DNS/BIND servers are *nix based.<br>- Over 80% of all Web servers run Apache on *nix.<br>- Cisco routers run IOS, loosely based on *nix.<br>- Juniper routers run a variant of FreeBSD.<br>- Over 95% of all mail servers are Sendmail, Exim, or Postfix.<br><br>Europe, Africa, and South America are embracing Linux in major ways. City after city, school system after school system, government after government -- all switching over to Linux.<br><br>Like I stated earlier, MS is still king of the desktop, but people are tired of the DRM, the rip-off license costs, the limitations of those licenses, and the money for initial deployments.<br><br>The US is still largely MS friendly. The rest of the world is seeing the light. You need to understand that freedom is more important than innovation at first. There is not way developing countries and poor cities/areas can afford what MS is charging for their software. No way. MS, in response, is now going to sell Windows in some markets for as little as $e dollars (China/India). You know why? They are trying to compete with Linux. It will get a few buyers, but it will fail. The world is slowly sliding socialist in it's political leanings. As the years roll along, more and more countries are opposed to capitalism as the US sees it and pushes it. This is good. I'm all for socialism. South America only has a couple of non-socialist governments. Brazil is Linux only in all governments and schools now. Argentina is going that way. Cuba is switching over to Linux in a major way.<br><br>It's OK to like MS, but they are no longer in control of the way people use computers. People are demanding Linux now from OEMs. You stated 900 years. What bunk. Within 10 years, MS will be just another computer company in a sea of *nix companies in a largely socialist world. You cannot just look at the geek aspect, you also have to look at politics and the reaons people are switching.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_20:37:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "3f08d580585c02d52632469f202028d7", "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}, "9677279": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with several post here, but let's be honest with ourselves; MS is sliding. Full stop.<br><br>Their leadership is stagnant and focused on the wrong things. So what if they have tons of money. They are still losing relevancy every year.<br><br>Look at IBM. They, too, have billions in the bank, but they have lost so much power in the last ten years. They were once in the catbird seat as well, much like MS has been, but all things come to an end. The problem with most people's thinking is that people assume there has to be a #1, an obvious market king. There doesn't. The problem with MS is they care more about the money than their reputation. Look at Apple. Much, much smaller than MS, but they rewrote Mac OS and actually made it 100% better. If Apple can do it, MS can do it if they wanted to. People say it's impossible. Not true. MS could focus on rewriting its OS and making it much better. MS's problem is that they suffer from the \"NIH syndrome\" (not invented here). In other words, if they didn't invent it, they won't use it, but that's a crap outlook. If MS really wanted to make their OS tops, they should take the FreeBSD kernel as a base and write their own GUI on top of it. This would give them a rock solid base to start with. They could do this in a couple of years with no problem if their leadership just wanted to actually make something good for a change.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-29_11:18:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "3f08d580585c02d52632469f202028d7", "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}, "9677280": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"a complete rewrite of their OS from the kernel up\"<br>This was the exact reason for the VISTA delay. It's so easy to under estimate the complexity of writing software...<br><br>\"Linux is slowly and steadily eroding MS not only on the desktop, but very much so in the server space\"<br>At the rate of .1% per year it will be an all Linux game in about 900 years", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_17:30:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677281": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "hey, whats wrong with being IBM exactly?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-30_05:07:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "1b4a803a20ad950d945a06235662cfce", "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}, "9677282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I meant to say for as little as $3 dollars above.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_20:40:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "3f08d580585c02d52632469f202028d7", "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}, "9677283": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@39 \"here\u2019s no excuse for Live losing money, or the Zune. Considering Xbox Live has been around for a few years, and the fact that the Xbox 360 has been around for a year, they should have, at the very least, come far closer to breaking even, if not a small profit.\"<br><br>Someone remind me how long Amazon went before they turned a profit?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-27_23:54:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "26493d7270fb206c1e08599674e51e5a", "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}, "9677284": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@50 \"Even if I\u2019m wrong about Linux gaining in popularity, which I am not, since I read news from around the world daily, MS is still in trouble.\"<br><br>BZZZZZ! Sorry!  Not good enough.  Please provide actual data.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-28_00:01:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "26493d7270fb206c1e08599674e51e5a", "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}, "9677285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I notice you conveniently avoided discussing the political ramifications of the world and where it is heading\"<br>Yes, Noway i am getting in to a political argument...<br><br>\"Again, please remember that 99% of the people out there are not geeks\"<br>Exactly, all they need is something that will just run, easy to use and learn. This is where i feel Linux has let down users<br><br>\"Look at our own government. Vista has been banned from almost all government networks, and not only here\"<br>Untrue. LOT of gov agencies have said vista upgrades have ben put on hold for the time being and they also said this is very much a normal practice that happened with XP also. See this - <a href=\"http://news.com.com/2008-1016_3-6169494.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.com.com/2008-1016_3-6169494.html</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2007-04-28_00:48:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "aaa1c400b7e02bea94b84ce889e72dbd", "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}, "9677286": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"They deserve freedom to innovate and join the 21st century. Windows doesn\u2019t allow this freedom\"<br><br>I don't get why a closed OS automatically implies lack of freedom. Personally, MS technologies helped *a lot* during college days. In fact for a country like India with low tech awareness windows is a better option to start learning tech.<br><br>The first ever OS i was exposed was SCO. I was 'learning' C using 'vi' and 'cc'. In thos pre-internet days the product documentation was everything. I had a really really tough time figuring out even simple APIs like printf and scanf using 'man'. Then came MSDN and Visual Studio 4. It was like paradise...This was not an isolated experience, almost everyone in the my batch went through this.<br><br>On the job, my first GUI programming was with GTK and RHL 6 (maybe 7). It was so hard that i had to spend 90% of my time trying to fight with these tools than do the job i was paid for. 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			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=microsoft_brain_drain' +
		'&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/microsoft_brain_drain/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='	+ 'microsoft_brain_drain'
			+ '&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/microsoft_brain_drain/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">62</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/microsoft_brain_drain/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/microsoft_brain_drain/">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/microsoft_brain_drain/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:18356268" 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'				: 'microsoft_brain_drain',
			// 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/microsoft_brain_drain/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='	+ 'microsoft_brain_drain'
			+ '&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='	+ 'microsoft_brain_drain'
			+ '&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='		+ 'microsoft_brain_drain'
				+ '&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/18356268/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
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<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677265">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677265" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677265" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677265">asssuck</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677265" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677265" class="dsq-comment-message">did not not love this company when they paid your rent?<br>exactly WHAT ADOBE tools do you (can you) use ?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677264">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677264" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677264" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677264" href="http://a-simian-mind.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Shawn Oster</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677264" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677264" class="dsq-comment-message">Seems this could be spun either way.  Either the old regime is clearing out which makes room for some new young and hungry crew to come in or the great giant is atrophying and these are the first signs of a complete system failure.<br><br>I don\'t know much about the crew inside MS but the lose of executives isn\'t as worrying to me.  The types of people I\'d consider a major blow to lose would be people like J Allard, Brad Abrams and Scott Guthrie.  I know I felt it was a huge lose when Anders left Borland yet I do think something good came of it for the industry as a whole.<br><br>What\'s interesting about Tjeerd is that I remember reading quite a few frog design blog entries about WPF (now Silverlight).  Having someone outside of Microsoft developing great applications using WPF, er Silverlight (damn, I\'m just not used to MS actually having a cool sounding product name instead of some horrible three-letter jumble) could be a huge boon for them.  Frog Design cares a bit more cred than MS, which is what MS needs to help sell their next generation of frameworks and services.<br><br>Time will tell.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677263">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677263" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677263" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677263" href="http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">paul</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677263" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677263" class="dsq-comment-message">If MSFT had offered you a $20K raise and let you live in Half Moon Bay would you have stayed?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677254">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677254" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677254" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677254">LayZ</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677254" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677254" class="dsq-comment-message">@1  er...um... J Allard is an exec.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677229">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677229" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677229" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677229" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677229" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677229" class="dsq-comment-message">Paul: they offered me some major incentives to stay. I knew that to do my job I\'d need to fly to Redmond at least twice a month, which didn\'t help my situation out. But the opportunities outside Microsoft were bigger.<br><br>Assuck: I reported the most bugs on the Adobe Acrobat 1.0 product (back when I was a big WIndows 95 and NT beta tester). I also beta tested many Adobe products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Multiple Master fonts, and Type Manager. All probably before your time.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677262">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677262" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677262" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677262" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677262" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677262" class="dsq-comment-message">Shawn: Google has hundreds of employees up in Kirkland now. A very large percentage came from Microsoft. Totally agree with you about Scott Guthrie and Brad Abrams, though. I know several employees who\'ve told me "as long as Guthrie is here, I\'m sticking around."</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677261">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677261" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677261" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677261">LayZ</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677261" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677261" class="dsq-comment-message">@6 "Paul: they offered me some major incentives to stay"<br><br>at your level?  Highly doubtful.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677259">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677259" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677259" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677259" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677259" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677259" class="dsq-comment-message">Whatever. Talk to Jeff Sandquist.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677260">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677260" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677260">seshadri</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677260" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677260" class="dsq-comment-message">"(they better be, a new copy of Windows and Office shipped)."<br><br>The analysts new this all along. So beating the market is a \'they better be\'. It\'s actually a WOW. The stock is up 4% in the after hours trading. Goog had a 2% increase when they announced their results but blogosphere said google is king of the market. AAPL had a 5% increase and you congratulated them. But when it comes to MSFT its a \'better be\'. Of all people i didn\'t expect this kind of response from you. (A reaction like <a href="http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/04/26/microsofts_resu.html" rel="nofollow">http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2007/04/26/mi...</a> is totally on the expected lines)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677248">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677248" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677248" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677248">Kenneth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677248" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677248" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"I’ve seen tons of executives leave, particularly in the MSN/Live division that’s struggling to compete with Google. Nearly every executive I knew inside that division is now gone."</i><br><br>The reason is within your statement itself.  "Struggling to compete with Google."  Even you have many times trashed Live services.  So its *good* to clean house.  How is replacing execs whose plans failed with fresh faces to be ridiculed as "brain drain"?</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677226">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677226" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677226" href="http://www.bynkii.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">John C. Welch</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677226" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677226" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>The analysts new this all along. So beating the market is a ‘they better be’. It’s actually a WOW. The stock is up 4% in the after hours trading. Goog had a 2% increase when they announced their results but blogosphere said google is king of the market. AAPL had a 5% increase and you congratulated them. But when it comes to MSFT its a ‘better be’. </i><br><br>It\'s not crap news, but the fact that the two things Microsoft has been pushing bigger and harder than either Vista (The WoW commercials...seen one. once. At a movie. !W00t) or Office 2007, namely the live services and the Xbox 360 both lost money.<br><br>When the thing you\'re using to prove you can keep up with Google, and what is probably the best product you\'ve released in years aren\'t kicking ass, or even breaking even, THAT\'S BAD.<br><br>It also doesn\'t say much for the Zune.<br><br>It\'s not out of line to say that Vista saved their ass this quarter, with some help from Office 2007. However, the corporate and large government sales of VIsta were pretty damned soft, so this was most likely due to OEM, which always gets softer between March and Sept.<br><br>The March-June quarter may end up being pretty damned brutal, and the entertainment div. won\'t have any big MacBU sales until late summer early fall to help out.<br><br>The fact is, for this quarter, the only thing Microsoft executed well on are the things they\'ve been doing for the last 20 years or so. On almost everything else, they tanked it.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677258">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677258" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677258" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677258">seshadri</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677258" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677258" class="dsq-comment-message">@12, All things you list in your comment were already \'known\'. Wall st knew all these things when they setup estimates for this querter. The point here is that there was about half a billion more in profit than the estimates.<br><br>"The March-June quarter may end up being pretty damned brutal"<br><br>You have to qualify what you mean by brutal here. Q performances are being based on how much the guidance/estimate is beaten. Are you saying the numbers will be much below the given guidances for the next Q?</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677251">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677251" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677251" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677251">Guiness</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677251" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677251" class="dsq-comment-message">Welch,<br>Vista and Office 2k7 were already baked into the expectations, and MS still beat those expectations.  I know it\'s very painful for you, but them\'s the facts.<br><br>And a 60 Billion dollar company increasing earnings by 12% is great.<br><br>BTW, the official guidance is 180 degrees at odds with your prediction of "brutal" March-June quarter, and MSFT is always conservative with their guidance.<br><br><br><i>"The fact is, for this quarter, the only thing Microsoft executed well on are the things they’ve been doing for the last 20 years or so. On almost everything else, they tanked it."</i><br><br>That\'s one way of putting it.<br>Here\'s the facts, without the spin:<br>According to the earnings report at <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY07/earn_rel_q3_07.mspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY07/ear...</a> , they made large profit in these divisions: "Client"; "Server and Tools"; "Microsoft Business Division"; and lost money in "Online Services Business" and "Entertainment and Devices".  The losses suffered by the unprofitable divisions were literally an order of magnitude smaller than the profit made in the profitable divisions.<br><br>So, they made huge money in their core business, and lost relatively small money in newer adventures.<br><br>Your spin, "They made money in what they\'ve made money in for 20 years, everything else tanked" is arguably true, but extremely deceptive, as "everything else" sounds like the majority of the company, when that "everything else" is extremely small (employee-wise).  But you already know that, yet you spun anyway.  Your usual M.O.<br><br>The fact is, NOBODY expected Xbox, Zune, or Live to make money this quarter, so please put away that strawman, it won\'t fly with anyone except those who are predisposed to dismiss anything good MS does (i.e. those of your ilk).<br><br>Your post is really reaching to try to spin these earnings as bad.  Smacks of desperation, bitterness, sour grapes, etc.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677250">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677250" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677250" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677250" href="http://www.tux.org/~lasser/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">J. Lasser</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677250" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677250" class="dsq-comment-message">Kenneth: while I agree that it\'s good to keep house if the execs are underperforming, the reasons for their underperformance are not irrelevant:<br><br>If the executives are "underperforming" because they have outrageously unmanageable targets, letting them go doesn\'t necessarily make sense. Given the repeated "beat Google in six months" claims, I\'m wondering if these execs had the ability to keep expectations at reasonable levels. If not, no points for firing them...<br><br>If the executives are underperforming because they\'re being micromanaged by higher-ups to imitate something but deliver superior results, well, that\'s not exactly their fault either.<br><br>If, however, they\'re not delivering on reasonable, uncoerced promises, then good riddance. If they\'re not driving real innovation, good riddance.<br><br>I like Ray Ozzie, and I think he has the big picture for Desktop and Enterprise customers, maybe even for XBox 360, too. From my brief time in Redmond, I\'m not sure the troops are all lined up behind him, I\'m not sure the company still remembers how to ship software, and I\'m not sure that there are big ideas for competition in either the Internet or portable device space.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677246">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677246" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677246" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677246">Piotr Sarkhov</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677246" class="dsq-comment-message">Smart people don\'t want to work for number 3 or even number 4.<br><br>Google is most likely number 1.<br>Yahoo is probably number 2.<br>Ask or MSN is number 3.<br><br>Brain drain is to be expected when a company has talented people who are not seeing their ideas flower or the potential they could bring to bear not being used.<br><br>I don\'t blame these men for leaving. I blame MS for being so stodgy and old-fashioned.<br><br>MS is already number three or even four in their Internet division. Why stay when you can go work for a mover and shaker?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677257" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677257">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677257" class="dsq-comment-message">"Smart people don’t want to work for number 3 or even number 4"<br><br>Either Redhat or Apple has no smart employees then?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677256">Piotr Sarkhov</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677256" class="dsq-comment-message">@14,<br><br>MS has indeed forgotten how to ship software. Look at Vista. Not even remotely ready for the gold master.<br>Vista is atrociously deficient on so many levels. It\'s nothing special. It\'s not even as good as XP. I think deep down, MS knows it has a loser on its hands. It has sold far less out of the gate than XP. It\'s so unpopular that Dell is now shipping XP again and those requests are growing by the day.<br>Vista is helping people switch to Ubuntu. This is good, though.<br>I honestly think that MS is losing the OS game in a major way.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677255" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677255">Piotr Sarkhov</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677255" class="dsq-comment-message">@16,<br><br>Get a clue. Both Apple and Red Hat ARE the top at their respective games.<br><br>Apple is king of consumer gadgets and has the most mature, plug and play desktop, best music device, and a host of other goodies.<br><br>Red Hat is king of enterprise Linux.<br><br>Nothing 2nd or 3rd about either company.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677252" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677252">Guiness</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677252" class="dsq-comment-message">@19<br><br>All of the companies mentioned above (Microsoft, Google, Apple, Red Hat), are #1 in something or other, so they can all claim to be #1 in "their respective games".  Each of them is also #2 or lower in other markets in which they compete.<br><br>One can make lots of money being #2 or #3 anyway.  The "everyone who is not #1 is a loser" philosophy is nonsense.  A Pepsi exec is still rich even if Pepsi is #2 to Coke.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677249" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677249">Stephane Rodriguez</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677249" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t find broken numbers of MS figures.<br><br>What I am particularly interested in :<br>- Vista sales : sales that really occured in Q1 versus presales that occured 6 months ago when they started giving coupons. Double accounting anyone?<br>- Vista sales : actual customer purchase, not OEM stocks.<br>- Office 2007 sales : how much?<br>- Office 2007 sales : comparison with Office 2003 sales in the same period.<br>- Office 2007 sales : how much from SoftwareAssurance (i.e. from corporate clients who are locked in).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677243">Goebbels</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677243" class="dsq-comment-message">"The fact is, NOBODY expected Xbox, Zune, or Live to make money this quarter, so please put away that strawman..."<br><br>Scoble has been saying XBox would be profitable this year for 2 years... Just because Bach pushed it off for another year yet again doesn\'t mean that\'s a good thing.<br><br>I think the notion that these were expected are ridiculous: Google and Apple didn\'t have baked in expectations.<br><br>"Goog had a 2% increase when they announced their results but blogosphere said google is king of the market. AAPL had a 5% increase and you congratulated them."<br><br>4% is nice, but we aren\'t judging based on stock price raise. Apple\'s businesses expanded across the board with the Mac being the strongest segment. Profits were a blowout. Google\'s profits were a blowout and this is on top of quarter after quarter of blowouts and competitors doing nowhere near the same business.<br><br>Yes, MS did well, but we are still seeing the same picture: they can continue to squeeze profit growth from their core markets, they cannot achieve growth and profits in new markets.<br><br>The fact that you will not be able to find any of the answers to any of Stephane\'s questions is a concern. (Hell, it seems strange to me that not a single analyst had a proper estimate of the deferred revenues from Vista coupons: a figure that should have been 100% known.)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677234" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677234" href="http://www.beercosoftware.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chris</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677234" class="dsq-comment-message">You know what Ted Tso, senior kernel developer at IBM told me when we were at dinner a couple months back? <a href="http://thunk.org/tytso" rel="nofollow">http://thunk.org/tytso</a> Besides being slightly annoyed at my prodding questions about metronome, he said that for Microsoft, Bill Gates was up on a plateau by himself, and was the sole reason for the company\'s success. Everybody else at MS were bottom feeders in the valley below. That\'s what he said. I dunno if he wanted me to keep that private, but whatever. Now that Gates is no longer doing anything, or leading the company, MS is toast. Look at their leader, Mr. Ballmer. Does 3 plus 7 really equal 13? It does to him, and that\'s why MS is going to sink the titanic.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677235" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677235" href="http://www.beercosoftware.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chris</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677235" class="dsq-comment-message">Microsoft used to be about product and technology and now it\'s about marketing, hype, cloning the soup du jour, and keeping the status quo.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677231" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677231">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677231" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677231" class="dsq-comment-message">"Get a clue. Both Apple and Red Hat ARE the top at their respective games."<br><br>1) So Microsoft is not #1 in its respective game?<br>2) So eployees who work in *the client OS* division of redhat or oracle are not smart? (Or are you going to claim that Mac and RHL are joint #1 in client OS too?)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677230" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677230">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677230" class="dsq-comment-message">$25 , oops - read oracle as \'Apple\'</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677228">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677228" class="dsq-comment-message">oh, and if you guys didn\'t notice, the server and tools(Windows servers, sql server and visual studio) division had a profit of $980 million.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677227" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677227" href="http://www.beercosoftware.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chris</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677227" class="dsq-comment-message">@seshadri<br><br>It\'s not about profit, it\'s about growth, and MS has none. It\'s cold outside and they just stepped out of the pool.<br><br>Please digg our service if you get a chance.<br><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/BeerCo_Software_offers_qualified_remote_employees_for_only_4_995_per_month" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/tech_news/BeerCo_Software_offer...</a><br><br>Next week I am releasing a new service that supports IBM tomcat/websphere customers at half the cost per incident on both enterprise and community editions. I\'ll repost a digg link when that is set up too.<br><br>Microsoft execs?<br>A dime a dozen. I heard the whole story behind Jim Alchin\'s departure from insiders. I bet Scoble doesn\'t dare publish that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677247" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677247">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677247" class="dsq-comment-message">"It’s not about profit, it’s about growth, and MS has none. "<br><br>There has been a 8-11% growth pretty much every quarter. Specifically, this quarter except the online business all other have had growth (The revenue in the Home &amp; Entertainment business has come down but so has the losses)<br><br>"and they just stepped out of the pool"<br>Yeah, it\'s been just 30 years since they started doing business.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677225" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677225" href="http://www.beercosoftware.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chris</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677225" class="dsq-comment-message">@29<br><a href="http://investors.redhat.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=67156&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=909412&amp;highlight=" rel="nofollow">http://investors.redhat.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=671...</a> #  52% revenue growth, # 6th consecutive quarter adding more than 10,000 new customers, # 18th consecutive quarter of sequential growth in total revenue, If you think RHAT is something check out google.<br>Yawn. Besides their market of new users has been practically depleted. They are desperately turning to piracy curbing to generate new revenue. WGN ect... wouldn\'t have entered their thoughts when all was good and Leno was announcing the Win95 release. It\'s all down hill from here baby.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677245" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677245" href="http://www.beercosoftware.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chris</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677245" class="dsq-comment-message">Zune, oragami, big top, ect...<br>It\'s like they hit the other side of the mountain, and it\'s pam coated teflon. They\'re trying to hook in, but nothing\'s anchoring. Hell, I would leave MS too if I was an exec there.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677224">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677224" class="dsq-comment-message">"It’s all down hill from here baby."<br>YAWN. iS this \'down hill\' the same as the one that\'s been predicted for about 20 years now?<br><br>"10,000 new customers"<br>Hey, Isn\'t oracle one of these? Wait, no..they aren\'t..they decided to do their own stuff. That\'s uphill, i\'ve to admit...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677244" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677244" href="http://www.beercosoftware.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chris</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677244" class="dsq-comment-message">MS is out of steam. They\'re deeply invested in projects that will not return any income, and they\'ve lost a lot of investor confidence.<br><br>I know that MS can survive for YEARs on their liquid assets alone, on life support. That\'s not going to attract very good people though.<br><br>With Gates gone, and from what I\'ve seen of the company, I would bet against them in the next 10 years. The same way some bet against Commodore, despite the success of their machines in the 80s.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677242" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677242" href="http://www.beercosoftware.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chris</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677242" class="dsq-comment-message">BTW, those sales numbers from MS are complete voodoo. Deferred sales ect.... They are using different accounting schemes to boost earnings reports, similarly to what we saw with Enron.<br><br>The infrastructure at the company is so huge, that a slight decrease in sales, even if they are not reported to the public because of accounts shifting could start to eat away at the pot of gold. And it will.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677239" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677239" href="http://www.sriramkrishnan.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sriram Krishnan</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677239" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert - I\'m curious. What would Microsoft have to do to show that Windows Vista was successful? As in - a year from now, what number would we have to show for you to say Windows Vista (and Microsoft) are in great shape?<br><br>I have a feeling that Windows Vista could sell some insanely high number of copies and we would still see blogposts from Paul Graham saying how he doesn\'t see anyone using Windows and therefore Microsoft is dead.<br><br>I\'m annoyed because we\'ve just shown a \'knock the ball out of the park\' quarter and you still have a negative post !</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677241">skc</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677241" class="dsq-comment-message">lol @ "double accounting". Interesting how random Scoble commenters seem to know more about eranings reports than the experts.<br><br>Bottom line, the guys had a great quarter. Shrug it off, deal with it. Don\'t worry though, MS will die some day, just not this quarter...maybe next quarter. Keep hope alive though!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677240" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677240" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677240" class="dsq-comment-message">SKC: Microsoft -- even if it does everything wrong for the next 100 years -- will survive 100 years simply on momentum. This is not a company that will die in my lifetime. When we say it\'s "dead" we mean it isn\'t living up to its potential. An organization with the resources of Microsoft\'s should be doing far more.<br><br><a href="http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/04/microsoft_is_de.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2007/04/micro...</a> has a good overview.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677238" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677238" href="http://www.bynkii.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">John C. Welch</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677238" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Vista and Office 2k7 were already baked into the expectations, and MS still beat those expectations. I know it’s very painful for you, but them’s the facts.<br><br>And a 60 Billion dollar company increasing earnings by 12% is great.</i><br><br>However, they didn\'t do it on anything even remotely new. They did it on their core products. Which isn\'t bad, and perhaps a sign that they should seriously consider sharpening their focus. But Live and the entire entertainment division lost rather a lot of money. In fact, Microsoft seriously reduced marketing of the Xbox so the loss would be less. I have for a long time advocated that Microsoft stop trying to compete in every possible market, and focus on the things they do best.<br><br>What did they make money on?<br><br>Windows and Office.<br><br>What are the only two things they consistently execute on?<br><br>Windows and Office.<br><br>Just because online advertising is big, that doesn\'t mean you have to be in it. Sometimes, in fact, it IS smarter to leave money on the table. Apple and Google both leave money on the table regularly. They say "There\'s a lot of money there, but those are not segments we are going to get into, because they don\'t make sense for us."<br><br>Microsoft can\'t even figure out what to NAME Live or whatever it is today. The entire thing reeks of "Ozzie likes intarweb stuff, so now we do more intarweb stuff" But Microsoft cannot comprehend working with someone else, they have to own everything. So Google dominates search. Big deal.<br><br>Just because you theoretically COULD make a ton of money from something doesn\'t mean you will, or even you should. But Microsoft Sr. Leadership is trying to win every battle in every theater. They are now up to, with the latest hiring push, what 70K employees?<br><br>Yet the only thing they did well were the two things they always do well in.<br><br>Hmm.<br><br><i>Your spin, “They made money in what they’ve made money in for 20 years, everything else tanked” is arguably true, but extremely deceptive, as “everything else” sounds like the majority of the company, when that “everything else” is extremely small (employee-wise). But you already know that, yet you spun anyway. Your usual M.O.</i><br><br>Consider the HUGE push Microsoft has been making behind online and the Xbox, and at least initially, the Zune. Now tell me how the fact that none of those are making money is good. I await how you spin that.<br><br><i>The fact is, NOBODY expected Xbox, Zune, or Live to make money this quarter, so please put away that strawman, it won’t fly with anyone except those who are predisposed to dismiss anything good MS does (i.e. those of your ilk).</i><br><br>Yet if the iPhone isn\'t instantly profitable from day one, I\'m sure you\'ll be crowing how Apple is TEHSUCK!!! Please. There\'s no excuse for Live losing money, or the Zune. Considering Xbox Live has been around for a few years, and the fact that the Xbox 360 has been around for a year, they should have, at the very least, come far closer to breaking even, if not a small profit.<br><br>But outside of Windows and Office, Microsoft tanked it on their big PR items. That\'s not good, and shows a real execution problem.<br><br><i>Your post is really reaching to try to spin these earnings as bad. Smacks of desperation, bitterness, sour grapes, etc.</i><br><br>Making money is always good. That\'s a company\'s job. But when your "new exciting" pushes tank, and you would have been in serious trouble had you not had new products in both, then that\'s a sign of problems.<br><br><i>Robert - I’m curious. What would Microsoft have to do to show that Windows Vista was successful? As in - a year from now, what number would we have to show for you to say Windows Vista (and Microsoft) are in great shape?</i><br><br>Dunno about Robert, but Vista is going to be a success on a few levels, even if most of it is playing catch-up. If you use Windows, for whatever reason, it\'s better enough than XP, even if it is MORE annoying than XP, to seriously consider upgrading.<br><br><i>I’m annoyed because we’ve just shown a ‘knock the ball out of the park’ quarter and you still have a negative post !</i><br><br>No, you had a "our core business did really well and our new core business releases saved our ass" quarter. Had Live and Entertainment shown a solid profit, then you would have had an out of the ballpark quarter. When a rather, (according to Microsoft Execs) important part of your business is still losing money, then you did not in fact, knock it out of the ballpark. But it was a solid triple.<br><br>Microsoft\'s non-office, non-windows initiatives are not doing well at all, and that is not a good sign.<br><br>Personally, i\'d love to see Microsoft refocus on the things they DO well, and perhaps start firing all the NIH addicts running the company. I think a Microsoft that had focus, and didn\'t view the entire world as the enemy would be a hell of a company on every level. But they still aren\'t done making the IBM mistake yet.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677237">skc</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677237" class="dsq-comment-message">@John C Welch "What did they make money on?<br><br>Windows and Office<br>"<br><br>Err, not to nitpick, but server and tools seems to be coming along rather nicely...at nearly a billion in pure profit for the quarter, we can probably stop saying they only have two cash cows. I\'d say they\'ve now grown to three.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677232">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677232" class="dsq-comment-message">@40, I was about to say that.<br><br>Note that Server and Tools haven\'t had major releases for about 2 years now -  VS,SQL 2005 and Win2K3 were the last ones.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677275">Guiness</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677275" class="dsq-comment-message">Beer, it\'s alot easier for Red Hat to have 52% growth (or whatever) than Microsoft.  Microsoft is a 5 billion per quarter company; such a company having 10-12% growth if GOOD.  No way in hell Red Hat would have 52% growth were they a 5 billion per quarter company.<br><br>Welch, here\'s a clue for you: the longer your post is, the less likely one will bother to slog through it.  BTW, Microsoft is making huge money in servers and tools (i.e. not just Windows and Office), despite your refusal to acknowledge it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677236">Piotr Sarkhov</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677236" class="dsq-comment-message">@29,<br><br>Chris,<br><br>I would be interested to know why Jim Allchin left MS. Could you post a little here? I\'m sure many people would be interested to know.<br><br>Scoble was right when he stated that MS isn\'t dead, they are just not living up to their potential. I agree.<br><br>MS needs to do what Apple did; a complete rewrite of their OS from the kernel up. MS worries about legacy, legacy, legacy. Legacy will not get you more and more users. Innovation does. Love it or hate it, Mac OS X is the best thing to happen to personal computers. While I prefer Linux on my own computers, I\'ve been toying with the idea of getting a Mac and seeing what all the hype is about. If I don\'t like it for some reason, I can give it to my kid.<br><br>I used to like MS, but not any more. They are not innovators. They embrace DRM, they embrace and extend  other people\'s technologies. They are a declared monopoly. They are stagnant and the only thing that keeps them alive is their enterprise sales of Windows server, Office, and their database.<br><br>Active directory, for example, is really just a horrible implementation of LDAP. Novell did it so much better. *nix does LDAP so much better as well.<br><br>MS is king because it is easy to use and ships with almost every computer sold. We are seeing this change slowly, but as we all learned as kids watching/reading The Tortoise and the Hare, "slow and steady wins the race", and Linux is slowly and steadily eroding MS not only on the desktop, but very much so in the server space. You can quote to me all you want about people buying Windows software for the enterprise, but for everyone MS sells, there are an equal number (and climbing) installing open source equivalents.<br><br>MS needs to spend the money on a complete rewrite of it OS and make sure that vendors and products have drivers for the new OS. I don\'t ever really recall my kool-aid-drinking Apple friends having much trouble with device drivers when OS X hit the market. Vista, on the other hand, is a nightmare. Not everyone has the money to drop on new printers and scanners, and whatever.<br><br>Rewrite, MS. It\'s not like you don\'t have the money.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677280">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677280" class="dsq-comment-message">"a complete rewrite of their OS from the kernel up"<br>This was the exact reason for the VISTA delay. It\'s so easy to under estimate the complexity of writing software...<br><br>"Linux is slowly and steadily eroding MS not only on the desktop, but very much so in the server space"<br>At the rate of .1% per year it will be an all Linux game in about 900 years</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677233" href="http://802.11maps.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">scott hodson</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677233" class="dsq-comment-message">Any relation to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_and_Stimpy" rel="nofollow">Ren Hoek</a>?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677278">Piotr Sarkhov</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677278" class="dsq-comment-message">@45,<br><br>You really have no clue, do you?<br><br>You\'re obviously a MS fanboy, and that\'s fine, but you need to grasp reality before you spout off percentages and non-truths.<br><br>Let me address your arguments...<br><br>I fully understand the complexity of software. I\'m in the industry. MS has the money and the resources to pull it off within a couple of years -- and easily, too. They just have to want to do the right thing. Vista is a horrible excuse for an OS.<br><br>You are a typical person looking out from the MS camp at Linux. You really have no clue just how big the Linux server market is or how large the existing deployments are in actuality. They are huge and numerous. Just because Linux has not broken that much ground on the desktop is not an accurate barometer.<br><br>You need to understand that most of the Internet infrastructure is *nix based in one way or another. Yes, MS has a large chunk of the server market, but nowhere near what *nix has and is getting.<br><br>Let\'s see...<br><br>- Over 95% of all DNS/BIND servers are *nix based.<br>- Over 80% of all Web servers run Apache on *nix.<br>- Cisco routers run IOS, loosely based on *nix.<br>- Juniper routers run a variant of FreeBSD.<br>- Over 95% of all mail servers are Sendmail, Exim, or Postfix.<br><br>Europe, Africa, and South America are embracing Linux in major ways. City after city, school system after school system, government after government -- all switching over to Linux.<br><br>Like I stated earlier, MS is still king of the desktop, but people are tired of the DRM, the rip-off license costs, the limitations of those licenses, and the money for initial deployments.<br><br>The US is still largely MS friendly. The rest of the world is seeing the light. You need to understand that freedom is more important than innovation at first. There is not way developing countries and poor cities/areas can afford what MS is charging for their software. No way. MS, in response, is now going to sell Windows in some markets for as little as $e dollars (China/India). You know why? They are trying to compete with Linux. It will get a few buyers, but it will fail. The world is slowly sliding socialist in it\'s political leanings. As the years roll along, more and more countries are opposed to capitalism as the US sees it and pushes it. This is good. I\'m all for socialism. South America only has a couple of non-socialist governments. Brazil is Linux only in all governments and schools now. Argentina is going that way. Cuba is switching over to Linux in a major way.<br><br>It\'s OK to like MS, but they are no longer in control of the way people use computers. People are demanding Linux now from OEMs. You stated 900 years. What bunk. Within 10 years, MS will be just another computer company in a sea of *nix companies in a largely socialist world. You cannot just look at the geek aspect, you also have to look at politics and the reaons people are switching.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677282">Piotr Sarkhov</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677282" class="dsq-comment-message">I meant to say for as little as $3 dollars above.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677276">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677276" class="dsq-comment-message">@47, My point is - what you are saying is not new. The anti-MS camp has been saying this for atleast 7-8 years now. Yet, there is no visible change in the OS market share one way or the other. If anything, Windows has gotten a bigger chunk in the server space.<br><br>What facts/arguments you have to prove that it *really is time up* for windows now? Particularly on the desktop? (It\'s getting like an earthquake prediction. If i say that "there will be an earthquake in 3 months" you will not be able to prove me wrong. But if i kept saying that for 10 years nobody is gonna believe me.)<br><br>Besides, what has Linux(Linux not Unix) contributed to the common man so far? Apart from being free and Anti-MS what other selling points does linux has?<br><br>The other player in the space -Mac- has set standards for UI, elegance and design.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677270">Piotr Sarkhov</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677270" class="dsq-comment-message">@49,<br><br>You are right about a couple of things. The free software crowd has been making predictions that have not come to fruition in the past, but as you can plainly see, things are changing. Even if I\'m wrong about Linux gaining in popularity, which I am not, since I read news from around the world daily, MS is still in trouble.<br><br>The problem, you state, is that *nix has not offered the average man anything to write home about. This is not true. You are looking specifically at an innovation data point, not the big picture.<br><br>*nix set the standards for many things. Windows is in no way near as stable an OS as FreeBSD, for example. Windows is in no way as secure as, say, OpenBSD. Linux offers the common man a free (as in freedom and in beer) OS platform from which to access and control data. Ubuntu, for example, has largely come out of nowhere, is stable, attractive, easy to use, and best of all, free. It supports all of the software the average joe will use. Again, please remember that 99% of the people out there are not geeks. All they need is a browser, Flash, printer support, and an office suite.<br><br>What you fail to grasp is this... the free software movement values freedom over innovation. Yes, we copy ideas, but we remain free. As Ricahrd Stallman has so eloquently put it, freedom first, innovation second.<br><br>MS cannot compete with free (price) or the attractiveness of freedom. I notice you conveniently avoided discussing the political ramifications of the world and where it is heading.<br><br>Look at our own government. Vista has been banned from almost all government networks, and not only here. The UK, Israel, you name it.<br><br>All of these countries are moving to Linux. The UK is in the process of moving several dozen cities\' police forces to Linux with OpenOffice. It just makes more sense because the cost of Windows is astronomical what with licenses, virus/worm/spyware, etc. Linux is far easier to lock down and make secure than Windows. Again, the average business does not even use most of what MS has to offer. Most office suite users use less than 10% of that Office offers.<br><br>It may take awhile, but free software is on the rise, whether you or anyone else likes it or not.<br><br>Your name sounds Indian. Look at your own country. India has the second largest population in the world. Those people need to be online and learning. They deserve freedom to innovate and join the 21st century. Windows doesn\'t allow this freedom. China is moving to Linux in record numbers.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677283">LayZ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677283" class="dsq-comment-message">@39 "here’s no excuse for Live losing money, or the Zune. Considering Xbox Live has been around for a few years, and the fact that the Xbox 360 has been around for a year, they should have, at the very least, come far closer to breaking even, if not a small profit."<br><br>Someone remind me how long Amazon went before they turned a profit?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677274">LayZ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677274" class="dsq-comment-message">@43 "I would be interested to know why Jim Allchin left MS. Could you post a little here? I’m sure many people would be interested to know."<br><br>Could it be nothing more than the fact that he had more  money than he knew what to do with and the fact that he had some personal health issues he was dealing with and simply wanted to enjoy life a little. Perhaps devote more of his time to the Prostate Cancer Foundation?&gt;  You think that could be even REMOTELY possible?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677284">LayZ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677284" class="dsq-comment-message">@50 "Even if I’m wrong about Linux gaining in popularity, which I am not, since I read news from around the world daily, MS is still in trouble."<br><br>BZZZZZ! Sorry!  Not good enough.  Please provide actual data.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677285">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677285" class="dsq-comment-message">"I notice you conveniently avoided discussing the political ramifications of the world and where it is heading"<br>Yes, Noway i am getting in to a political argument...<br><br>"Again, please remember that 99% of the people out there are not geeks"<br>Exactly, all they need is something that will just run, easy to use and learn. This is where i feel Linux has let down users<br><br>"Look at our own government. Vista has been banned from almost all government networks, and not only here"<br>Untrue. LOT of gov agencies have said vista upgrades have ben put on hold for the time being and they also said this is very much a normal practice that happened with XP also. See this - <a href="http://news.com.com/2008-1016_3-6169494.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.com.com/2008-1016_3-6169494.html</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677286">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677286" class="dsq-comment-message">"They deserve freedom to innovate and join the 21st century. Windows doesn’t allow this freedom"<br><br>I don\'t get why a closed OS automatically implies lack of freedom. Personally, MS technologies helped *a lot* during college days. In fact for a country like India with low tech awareness windows is a better option to start learning tech.<br><br>The first ever OS i was exposed was SCO. I was \'learning\' C using \'vi\' and \'cc\'. In thos pre-internet days the product documentation was everything. I had a really really tough time figuring out even simple APIs like printf and scanf using \'man\'. Then came MSDN and Visual Studio 4. It was like paradise...This was not an isolated experience, almost everyone in the my batch went through this.<br><br>On the job, my first GUI programming was with GTK and RHL 6 (maybe 7). It was so hard that i had to spend 90% of my time trying to fight with these tools than do the job i was paid for. That was the last time i used Linux....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677271">Piotr Sarkhov</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677271" class="dsq-comment-message">Things have changed dramatically since then.<br><br>One of the greatest strengths of Linux now is its documentation. Some areas are still shaky, but remember, most open source software is written by people like me and you, not corporate interests with bankfuls of money.<br><br>Let me explain the problem to you. Not all Indians speak English. The ones I\'m concerned about probably don\'t even speak Hindi, Tamil, or Telagu. They speak some ancient dialect that has absolutely no software written for it.<br><br>The closed source Windows environment prevents them from extending the program to suit their languages and needs. It\'s also not at a price point that matters to people like these -- free.<br><br>You could make the analogy of the man and the fish here very easily.<br><br>Give these people MS and they compute for a while.<br>Gove these people Linux and they can change their whole life by altering the software to meet their specific needs of language, other nuances.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677269">seshadri</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677269" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem with Linux( and opens source to some extent) is that all the for-arguments are theoretically flawless. But the practical aspect is nowhere as good as the \'vision\'.<br><br>Theroetically, Linux can be recomipled to support native langugaes, modified to fit the social life of a country like India, available for free...But note that this hasn\'t happened. Why?<br><br>In India, the OEMs hold a much smaller pie in the PC market. A lot of local vendors thrive on assembling and selling a PC. I would guess about 50% of the PC market is handled by these guys. The long arm of MSFT marketing doesn\'t reach these vendors. In theory, this is a great opportunity for Linux to come in and take a big chunk. But this never happened. There are a huge number of educational institutions that would rather run pirated copies of windows than install Linux.<br><br>May be the problem is the absence of a commercial entity thats willing to push Linux. But then, for that entity to make money he needs to do something un-GPL so he is not going to dive in at all...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677268" class="dsq-comment-message">With regard to Tjeerd leaving: meh. Jenny was a much, much bigger loss.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677266" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677266" class="dsq-comment-message">Jenny left too? Whoa.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677267" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677267" class="dsq-comment-message">Ahh, here\'s Jenny Lam\'s news: <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=297328" rel="nofollow">http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2...</a><br><br>I see she joined Hillel Cooperman. <a href="http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070403/jenny-joins-jacksonfish/" rel="nofollow">http://www.istartedsomething.com/20070403/jenny...</a><br><br>All three are huge losses for Microsoft. They were the team trying to bring decent design and experiences to Windows. I know they were frustrated by the Longhorn/Vista experiences and once Steven Sinofsky took over they bolted.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677277">Ux guy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677277" class="dsq-comment-message">Tjeerd: meh. Jenny: big deal. I know who they are, and I\'ve never been snowed by Flash demos of an operating system, unlike some people I know.<br><br>Congrats to Maryam, btw.<br><br>I\'ll say hi tomorrow in Vegas. You\'re right about them bolting when Sinofsky came in, but I don\'t think you have the full story.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677273">Some Guy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677273" class="dsq-comment-message">MSFT is an enormous tree that\'s severed at the roots, and is just starting to topple.  The brain drain has been going on for a decade now, the share price has been flat since the monkey-boy got the big chair, and any recruit who gets the choice between Google, Apple, and the Evil Empire would be nuts to move up to that intellectual desert in Washington state.  The big payout days are gone, and all that MSFT shareholders and employees have to look forward to is a long decline,<br><br>UNLESS<br><br>The shareholders revolt right now, and fire Ballmer and at least his top six layers of cronies.  For god\'s sake, any company that lets a poseur like Allard ever speak to the press, that can actually imagine that the zune could make a dent in the music-player market, that can take SIX BLOODY YEARS before realizing that longhorn was a total loss, is in big, big trouble.<br><br>MSFT doesn\'t matter anymore.  It\'s nothing but the vendor of the second-rate legacy crap that we\'ll all be helping our clients move off of for the next decade.  The customers who care whether their systems actually work will go to Linux and Mac OS X, with Linux grabbing most of the servers, and Mac OS X grabbing most of the desktops.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9677272" href="http://scobleizer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677272" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677272" class="dsq-comment-message">#63: Oh, I\'m sure I don\'t have the inside scoop. I know a few people who worked for Hillel and they liked him, though.<br><br>But seems that Microsoft doesn\'t listen to people who try to take UX further than what it already is. I\'m actually shocked that Julie Larsen Green\'s team pushed Office to a new UI. I think that\'s really the biggest story I saw develop at Microsoft.<br><br>It\'ll be interesting if she can do something similar with Windows.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677279">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677279" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677279" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677279">Piotr Sarkhov</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677279" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677279" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with several post here, but let\'s be honest with ourselves; MS is sliding. Full stop.<br><br>Their leadership is stagnant and focused on the wrong things. So what if they have tons of money. They are still losing relevancy every year.<br><br>Look at IBM. They, too, have billions in the bank, but they have lost so much power in the last ten years. They were once in the catbird seat as well, much like MS has been, but all things come to an end. The problem with most people\'s thinking is that people assume there has to be a #1, an obvious market king. There doesn\'t. The problem with MS is they care more about the money than their reputation. Look at Apple. Much, much smaller than MS, but they rewrote Mac OS and actually made it 100% better. If Apple can do it, MS can do it if they wanted to. People say it\'s impossible. Not true. MS could focus on rewriting its OS and making it much better. MS\'s problem is that they suffer from the "NIH syndrome" (not invented here). In other words, if they didn\'t invent it, they won\'t use it, but that\'s a crap outlook. If MS really wanted to make their OS tops, they should take the FreeBSD kernel as a base and write their own GUI on top of it. This would give them a rock solid base to start with. They could do this in a couple of years with no problem if their leadership just wanted to actually make something good for a change.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9677281">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9677281" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9677281" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9677281">skc</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9677281" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9677281" class="dsq-comment-message">hey, whats wrong with being IBM exactly?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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(function() {
	
	





Dsq.Debug.profile(function() {
	if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page == 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.is_initial_load) {
		Dsq.container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.header() + Dsq.container.innerHTML + Dsq.Templates.footer();
	}
	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');
	if(dsq_anchorEl) { Dsq.Thread.ac = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_anchorEl, 'color'); }
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, (Dsq.Utils.ie || window.opera ? 'fontFamily' : 'font-family'));
	// For Safari / Opera: strip quotes.
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Thread.ff.replace(/['"]/g, '');
	Dsq.Thread.fc = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.fc);
	Dsq.Thread.ac = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ac);
	Dsq.Thread.ff = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ff);

	
	
	
	if(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer)) {
		// TODO: Check to see if theme uses postmessage.
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.textareaContainer));
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
				// Use fallback iframe
				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});
				// if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
			});
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
		}
	}

	
	

	
	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;
		if(reply_id) { document.location.hash = 'comment-' + reply_id; }
	}

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=scobleizer&t=microsoft_brain_drain&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
		}
	}

	



	window.ExecuteWhen = (function () {
	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
			var cond = pending[i][0];
			var code = pending[i][1];
			// FIXME: if cond or code throw an error, they never get removed from pending
			if (cond()){
				code();
			}
			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
			}
		}
		pending = newPending;
	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// 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) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'faaf467d0f47abde553c3b8e0e1b3570';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


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);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

// Global event handler for narcissus.
if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
	var g = Dsq.Utils.ie ? document : window;
	Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(g, 'keydown', function(event) {
		// Handle "enter" key on input for post box.
		if ((event.keyCode || event.which) == 13) {
			var target = Dsq.Utils.ie ? event.srcElement : event.target;
			// For Safari bug, detect text node.
			if (target.nodeType == 3) {
				target = target.parentNode;
			}

			if (target.nodeName == 'INPUT' &&
				target.parentNode.className == 'dsq-input-wrapper') {
				var postId = Dsq.Utils.extractId(target);
				Dsq.Templates.postComment(postId, this, false);
			}
		}
	});
}

})();




