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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}, "9627649": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You need \"Windows Vista\", because after the abject failure of such a massive development project, having to roll back to the Server 2003 code base and abandoning every significant advancement that was supposed to be in longwind, you've got to ship SOMETHING, so that the shareholders don't lynch everybody in the top six layers of your org chart.<br><br>Of course, once the shareholders fully appreciate the magnitude of the disaster, MS will be the next IBM:  still huge, but stripped of its power to screw anybody else.<br><br>My best guess is that your market capitalization will drop by 40% or more over the following year, causing a cascading effect as stock-based compensation becomes worthless.  Ballmer will become even more frantic, and will threaten other top talent who depart for better opportunities, making executive recruitment all but impossible for the Evil Empire.<br><br>I'm going to love watching it happen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_10:43:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f8ff21a67437febebc70afd19364e95", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In response to J. Random Poster,<br><br>What are they going to switch to? Macs? Don't give me wrong, I love my iBook, and I have a MacBook Pro on the way, but Macs don't cover the entry-level low end the same way Dell, Gateway, and HP/Compaq do.  Sure there's the mac-mini, but I know many people scoff when they realize they can get a PC with monitor, keyboard, and mouse for the same price.  Macs work beautifully for those of us that can afford them, but it's a Windows world, and it will take many, many years for that to change.<br><br>Sure, they could install Linux on their PCs, but most people can barely figure out Windows when something doesn't go perfectly, much less Linux.  Linux is getting better, but a lot of things still take some technical knowledge to accomplish.<br><br>Until OS X market share really begins to pick up speed I don't think we'll see MS going anywhere for awhile.  In the next year I could foresee the Windows market share drop 1-2%, 3% at most, and that's if the intel switch-over for OS X is just phenomenal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_12:08:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "9acb3677de12caaa9ed1dcb1a3a587c1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627651": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The list that Manual gives are all good reasons why I'd want to upgrade to Vista (as long as I can talk a friend into getting me a copy from the MS Store). I see little reason for the non-hobbiest to upgrade though. In the past MS has touted \"reliability\" as a reason to upgrade but XP works pretty well. IMO, MS needs to stop touting how pretty Vista will be and come right out and tell people, \"You will have fewer spyware problems\" or something like that they can relate to. A new pretty face isn't worth the $100-$200 cost to upgrade.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_12:12:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "brettnordquist", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It might be more reasonable to post this somewhere that doesn't require a passport account to access (nice work MSN Spaces!). Then again, maybe you're pretty comfy preaching to the choir.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_12:13:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "b1dafe0d22b9ddd391db340adda10e19", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EDIT on my blog: the links should work now!<br><br>-mano", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_12:57:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "33db7ab7af54401d7e5b7c826ee3bae2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627654": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This may be a bunch of rumours or something, but after hearing a couple of people mentioning it like Patrick Norton, I start to wonder if it's true; will Windows Media Player 11 ship without RSS integration?<br><br>That's prettymuch like saying that you surrender all that has to do with podcasting and vidcasting to Apple's iTunes. If MS is pushing RSS, what's their reason for this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_12:59:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "f5cb44d1d720ab903d5aa53e148f7cd1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The links did not require a \"passport access\" - it was solely a mistake from my part when I pasted the links from an email :) Ouups.<br><br>Brett (on security/spyware): I believe that there is a video in there about the new Protected Mode, built-in Phishing protection, etc... I don't think it's called out explicitly in the list. From using Vista all the time now, I do feel a lot more in control of what is going on under the hood. I no longer think that somehow an app will be installed without me knowing, etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_13:12:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "33db7ab7af54401d7e5b7c826ee3bae2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmmm, too bad the videos are in wmv.  I can't watch them here what with the discontinuation of WiMP on my platform (not that it ever worked well before).<br><br>Move them to pr0n industry standard .mpg and you'll reach a lot more people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_13:25:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "65f9a6f6c0a20312e262b554156dd2c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tetra, just because I am an Xbox MVP, does NOT mean I have to agree or like everything they do.<br><br>I have been critical of some actions that Microsoft has taken.  Being an MVP does not mean I have to shut up and agree with everything they say.<br><br>Never make those assumptions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_14:04:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "3ae47ea7f6fd6dae57e85ddc68d07f81", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mano, thanks for the heads up the protected mode video. I'll check it out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_14:07:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "brettnordquist", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627659": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You need Vista because in 2 years there will be no more patches for your operating system and you will have no choice but to upgrade. Mind you OSX is no better with it's short lifespan for Operating Systems, but then I guess more people *want* to upgrade.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_14:15:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fe19b3352f366bef89ea9cdf6c0e0c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627660": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's no compelling reason for Joe Sixpack, Eddie Punchclock and Sally Housecoat (i.e. your average consumer) to upgrade to Vista.<br><br>Geeks?  Ya betcha.<br><br>Corporations?   Dunno.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_14:17:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d571f1484b09d9081e20399fb6869f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey Brett - You're welcome! I don't know which video is about the Protected Mode (etc). If I dig some info I'll post on my blog about it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_15:21:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "33db7ab7af54401d7e5b7c826ee3bae2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627662": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The WinFX pillars, even though not restricted to Vista, stem from Vista development, and as a UI developer, it is really hard to convey how much better WPF is for building UIs than GDI+.  It kinda gets lost in the \"Oh, it's just eye candy\" mindset, but when you are allowed to overlay video/animation *anywhere*, set transparency *anywhere*, and add subtle transitions for an active UI, and the tools allow you to do this in minutes, it allows for very, very rich experiences.  People have had these ideas for some time, but to be able to do them without devoting weeks to the plumbing makes an enormous difference, and when you can build new types of interfaces, you can build new types of applications.<br>The other underrated feature I look forward to in Vista is performance.  I tell people that my expectation is that Vista, on a new PC, will perform at blazing speeds.  Why?  Support for hardware specialization - graphics offloaded to the 3d card (and GDI actions are expensive, even with GDI acceleration), network packet reordering is done by the network card, multi-core CPUs allow for the OS process threads (and there are a lot of them) to spread out and make the burden of running the OS less apparent.  At least that's my expectation :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_15:32:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "ffae666ed0f2f8ab84f6569b2295c460", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From all I gather from a friend who is a tester for MS Vista it has really good grahics and is easy to use. So I will wait and see for myself if it is as good as he said I will go Vista.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_15:34:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "d0e7ca9d191c600e8e070cee20ae2238", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There is a new OS in my future!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_15:54:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "0a07fa146ce15f35473a17c9e2d5eeb7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "XP, Then XP sp1, Now XP sp2 ?  Now On VISTA  NO Way!<br>I not going Change that but if You buy New Computer In Follow Year or This early?  That would be fine. Vista is New, might have alots of Problems with window operation systems ? so I better STAY-PUT On Window XPsp2.  Everyones afraid of new vista .  also new computer sell show 512mb  That's Not Enought  should have been 1 or 2 GB up (up 2000).  bye", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_16:04:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "5f9714124a2b2c2cc714cdbe5b254d53", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627666": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ahhhh, bit too early to turn on the hype cycle yet, doncha think? You got burnt bad with PDC 2003, wait until like only 2 weeks before shipping to hem it up, plus you will have to hem another year or two, to get corporates moving. It really does no good now, talk about your book, your never-ending parties, blogging or RSS feeds, Meme's or something else equally inane. Hyping Vista now is only painting a heat-seeking missle on thyself; esp. when they starting throwing more and more off just getting the plane to take off.<br><br>Wake me up when it's shipping, all your fuzzy videos, are but vapor until it's gold.<br><br>Mac on Intel, yum. Golden opportunity here, if they'd only OEM it. Sigh. Apple is more a religion than an computer company.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_17:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "cab1041ab2de14f71e070c15f8ae968e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\u201cOh, it\u2019s just eye candy\u201d mindset, but when you are allowed to overlay video/animation *anywhere*, set transparency *anywhere*, and add subtle transitions for an active UI, and the tools allow you to do this in minutes, it allows for very, very rich experiences.<br><br>In the right hands, Vista's new UI tools sound like a powerful addition to Windows, but \"with great power comes great responsibility.\" and not all developers are designers.<br><br>From what I've seen, many of Vista's new UI tools, such as Sparkle, are very similar to Flash, which is probably one of the most abused mediums on the web. Now Imagine thousands of Windows applications with Flash-like interfaces. (Buttons that look like images, unnecessary motion and transitions, etc.)<br><br>If a large number of third party Vista applications are afflicted with \"Just Because I can\" syndrome, usability will suffer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_17:42:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "e451d0562aafff25dcfb36822929daca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "While a lot of these things are cool, many of them can be emulated currently.  One thing in Vista not mentioned here and which is gauranteed to make me think twice before buying is increased DRM.  I don't want my rights artificially restricted.  So, no thanks.  I think I keep xp for a while longer...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_18:38:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "cd6183da43f08209e2b73a48bf132e87", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lord...I'd love to know when some real info on Longhorn Server is coming out. The client improvments, meh.<br><br>For most corporate computing, a WTS farm and some cheap clients work just as well as standalone PCs. Better in fact. There's no worries about local infection, no hard drive. There's no worries about dead client registries.<br><br>WTS is a FAR more compelling solution for the enterprise than Vista. So is Office 12. But the OS? Who cares?<br><br>No really, who cares. I don't want my users to ever.have.to.know what OS they're running.<br><br>If they do, then somewhere, I've failed, and so has the OS Vendor to make it so transparent that you don't have to know or care. The proper way is to think of the OS as the perfect butler. Out of the way, assisting when needed, quiet, calm and utterly competent. Windows alas, is like a Boy Scout on meth. Well -intentioned, but annoying as hell. \"Can i install a driver? Can I help you write a letter? Can I help you view a Window? CanICanICanI?????\"<br><br>But that's what MS wants, so that's what the users get. Instead of a proper UI, more Wizards.<br><br>As for me, until I get more info on Server, Vista is really a non - issue. Office is quite real, Vista not so much.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_18:57:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "422187df3c45655b0dc2ae5de0710b27", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great stuff! I want Vista too! Do you think Microsoft could give me an invite? I've been trying forever to get on the beta test (I would have got an MSDN account, but it costs way too much for me - just your hardcore beta tester)<br><br>Scoble, you get all the fun man, I watch all the vids and it makes me jealous - aargh! There are perks to working for Microsoft... apparently.<br><br>I really like the new scroll through Windows feature... do you know if there is a plan for a feature (like in Mac :( hot topic!) that resizes all windows to fit on the screen and then can bring them all back again to how they were before?<br><br>I want to know something though... how will users be affected by Vista in regard to copying files etc. Will I be able to copy a HD DVD film to my PDA in High Quality - AVC, but smaller? That would be my ultimate request!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_22:43:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "8270edeb8cb02766cfa5fce35f0192bd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Larry,<br><br>I have no doubt that inertia alone will carry the Evil Empire for a very long time, but look at the historical example of IBM:  many customers continued to pay for mainframe systems to keep their legacy apps around for years after it became more cost-effective to move to smaller systems.<br><br>Longwind is a symptom of MS's brain drain.  Six years late, nothing worth upgrading for that you can't also get on XP, the same old security mess that MS's products have always had, etc, etc.  I mean, look at the things they're concentrating on:  RSS?  Tablets? Catching up to Postscript?  Trying to fight with Google? These are all reactive.  Not a new idea in sight.<br><br>I'm not expecting the Mac to hit 10% of the personal computer market in the first year after longwind ships, but I can see Linux easily taking 20-30% of the server market.  In fact, if you have legacy server apps that must run on Windows, the only way to achieve any measure of reliability is to run Windows under VMWare on Linux or one of the BSD systems.<br><br>MS is huge of course, but like IBM before them, they're dinosaurs.  For at least twenty years now, I've been hearing people ask why, with all the money they spend on R&amp;D, they can't even come up with basic security.<br><br>The long and short of it is, MS is too big to change, and too big to effectively adapt to changes happening around them.  Quality just isn't possible when you have a hundred people with their hands in the same project's code.<br><br>Frankly, the best thing that could possibly happen for MS's long-term health would be for longwind to be such a debacle that their shareholders start firing managers en masse.  A near-death experience is a great thing for returning focus to a business.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_03:56:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "8f8ff21a67437febebc70afd19364e95", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627672": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, the vitriol always facinates me on these comments. Why do you people care so much about something you seem to hate so much. Is it just because you are addicted to a \"love - hate relationship\".<br><br>For me Vista's primary issue is in the consumer space. There are going to be a lot of people who bought a PC a couple or three years ago who are wanting to do more and more with it and considering an upgrade, and probably a replacement. I'm increasingly speaking to people who have friends who use Macs and are having good experiences. These people are all considering giving them a try. That for me is the real challenge point and I'm not sure that the answer is in the Operating System so much as in the integrated experience, technology, purchase and support all from the same company gives people a sense of comfort that they think will be better than the expereinces they currently get from HP or Dell.<br><br>The corporates will change when it's convenient for them to do so, and for most that will probably be driven by the support cycle rather than any features.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_05:08:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "ad4429103c21a68e2c18c24f4b0e306d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627673": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh yes, and I'd like to see Microsoft taking more decisions that result in a more stable better performing platform over peoples abilities to run their dodgy old applications. I'd rather be without an application I use occassionally that is rock solid stable than have the application and some instability.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_05:10:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "ad4429103c21a68e2c18c24f4b0e306d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627674": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Vista sounds good and from the beta I've seen in my friends house, IS good, but it definitely isn't the revolutionary product, that we want MS to bring out. Something like how my world was changed when I switched from 98 to Xp....<br><br>But the requirements for Vista are way too high and when released most of average (around 1.5 - 2.0 Ghz) will not run that fast on it. Plus Vista has incorporated slightly some features from the mac, if you ask me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_05:40:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "c266a5f0eee305362ddd2a73a731eaf9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chrono:<br><br>I know how you feel about 98&gt;XP! It was definitely a positive shift. Although believe it or not I feel the same about XP &gt; Vista for the reasons listed...<br><br>Regarding CPU speeds and Vista: Vista runs fast on 2Ghz PCs actually - but if you want \"Glass Enabled\" in the display options, having a DirectX 9.0 video card is where the magic is - more so than having a beefy CPU.<br><br>In fact, I am typing this from a 1.7Ghz Centrino laptop and everything is super fast, with all the bells and whistles on - the video card on this laptop is DirectX9.<br><br>To people who think that Vista will not take off: think about the fact that \"every\" new computer that is bought will have Vista on it already... Will people buy an upgrade for their +5 year old PC? I am sure many will but to me the big thing will be new computers.<br><br>Thanks to everyone who dropped by my blog and left comments etc - talk soon.<br><br>-mano", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_10:37:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "33db7ab7af54401d7e5b7c826ee3bae2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://tauquil.com/archives/2006/01/06/re-introducing-the-real-windows-vista/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tauquil.com/archives/2006/01/06/re-intro...</a><br><br>Looks like I already have it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_11:05:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "65f9a6f6c0a20312e262b554156dd2c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<em>To people who think that Vista will not take off: think about the fact that \u201cevery\u201d new computer that is bought will have Vista on it already\u2026</em><br><br>Aren't monopolies wonderful! Sure, people will get vista on their new pc's because they have no choice. Our monopoly on PC OS's ensures they pretty much have to accept whatever we choose to deliver to the OEM's.<br><br>I am not saying this is good/bad. I am just saying that this kind of forced adoption is somewhat meaningless. On the positive side, this may be the only way a ton of people get exposure to our new OS, and because of this increased exposure, might lead to a mild uptick in consumer PC demand.<br><br>On the negative side, this really doesn't do much to help our bottom line. Given that ~all PC's already ship with some variant of XP, we are already effectively collecting a \"Microsoft OS Tax\" on the world's PC run rate. The switch to Vista doesn't change this \"Tax Rate\" now does it? So our bottom line remains unchanged. The only way to make a material impact on our bottom line is to either \"raise the Microsoft OS Tax (charge more for windows)\" OR get people to \"voluntarily pay the tax\" by upgrading an existing machine with vista.<br><br><em>Will people buy an upgrade for their +5 year old PC? I am sure many will but to me the big thing will be new computers.</em><br><br>Back to the previous comment, here, you are asserting that \"many\" will voluntarily pay microsoft the windows tax a second time. They already paid this tax once when they purchased their PC ~5 years ago, and now, you think they will gladly pay us again? I am very skeptical that this will happen. Instead, I think the best that we can hope for is that some fraction of these people decide its time to purchase a new PC, and thats the most likely way for them to pay the tax a second time.<br><br>I don't know about you, but the thought of upgrading the OS on my PC horrifies me. Will it work again once I do this (Its barely working right now). I rarely am able to install software and have it work after the installation without other things breaking. I purchased a scanner last summer which includes all sorts of \"crap-ware\". The scanner was from HP, a brand new model, has \"works with xp\" stickers all over it, and sure enough, it caused me several hours of googling for help to patch my system back together again. You really think upgrading to Vista is going to be a pleasant experience? I just don't believe this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_11:24:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "ebe73b316390264fd14ff45cfe279fda", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627678": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bottom line: XP SP3 borrowing heavy from OSX and Project Glass, with a few extras smash-ported in, such as Tablet and Media Center, stuff that will go unused for the vast majority. The good news: Deployment tools and toolsets is a very strong story. XP2 was a reversal last gasp, to stem the security tide, but I expect the security story to be much better in Vista (I mean it's still Microsoft, and still a poor-showing with IE7, but within their framework, it's better).<br><br>But the real irony here, is that almost all such listed (Networking, Print, Installer, Internationalization, Search, File Management, Crypto) are finally getting to the basic competence levels, but everyone with a specific need has long gone third-party. And the rest like fonts, Gadgets/Sidebars, UI, Kernalizations, and Indigo can be pushed back to XP, making it even harder to justify Vista.<br><br>Still a good starting point for those without specific needs.<br><br>With the long gasp, the 7 versions confusion, and the bad management of Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance (forcing onto the program), more and more corporates will upgrade, yes, but with new hardware. But the cycle is in their favor, 2000 is getting stale, better to skip XP and go Vista is the corporate reasoning. Not that Vista is enterprise-compelling unto itself, just a matter of timing.<br><br>PS - RSS \"platform\"??? - funny how Microsoft was loath to call the web a platform in the Netscape era, yet they will freely call RSS a \"platform\". Weird. Been noticing that on the Softie blogs, \"RSS Platform\" this and that. Ozzie'isms Web 2.0 sprinkle-angel-dust gonna kill that company if they aren't careful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_11:25:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "cab1041ab2de14f71e070c15f8ae968e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627679": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think its foolish to think Vista will NOT take off but its as equally foolish to think that the PC holds the same weight it used to with consumers on the idea of what the need from a computer in general.  Vista is just the sauce, the real gusto is the web, and Vista can't hold a candle to what people are doing on the web.  The web is the killer app, and its slowing becoming the first place, not the 2nd or the 3rd any more with users.<br><br>So will Vista take off?  Sure, it has too, its destined too, like 95, ME, XP and yadda yadda before it, it merely replaces XP.  Will it take time to convert everyone over?  Sure, I mean thats a given.  Will DRM screw things up, the more people are aware about it the possiblity it will be of a concern, is MSN worried about the hard core fan base or the billions of average joes.... hmm I'd say joe.  And Joe isnt gonna have a clue either way.<br><br>To me Vista is just another hot video card on the market, yet, pretty soon games will require it, so i should probably consider getting it.<br><br>I think Apple will gain significant ground this year, that mere 5% will go up, Linux is great for servers, school grads and hacks but it isnt going home with the consumer any time soon, no without a champion.  Apple owns Joe and is now about to speak to Joe on some equal footing when it comes to everyday pcs gettin on the web and doing good things.  The Biz world will be tied to PC for a long while, enduring the many patches of life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_13:07:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "af73d97e3f03c0bd961dc4462d78036a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627680": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why do you need Windows Vista?  I can answer your question in two letters and a number: I E 7", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_17:37:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "1d0826225054686bb06505e509a3521a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mat,<br><br>Why you don't need Vista: F.i.r.e.f.o.x.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_18:08:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "65f9a6f6c0a20312e262b554156dd2c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ha ha, the mac heads and the linux nerds come out in force for this little post.<br>More people will be exposed to Vista and it's graphical effects<br>than Apple has been able to do for OSx, The real competitor for MSFT is Linux, not an OS sold on overpriced hardware.<br><br>But go ahead and make your self feel better, the apple fans keep trying to convince the rest of us that they matter, and it's Linux that is actually making inroads into Microsofts territory.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_19:54:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "f8115a683219bc26b6225c69b229046d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bystander, you know that during the summer Firefox had more exploits reported than IE6?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-23_21:33:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "3ae47ea7f6fd6dae57e85ddc68d07f81", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627684": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Matt,<br><br>how many of those exploits resulted in real damage to computers, or even could have? Since IE is so tied to the OS, almost any exploit in that code carries a much higher level of danger than Firefox is capable of.<br><br>And none of the FF exploits carried the problems of the WMF fiasco.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-24_00:12:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "422187df3c45655b0dc2ae5de0710b27", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joe,<br><br>Overpriced?  They're comparable - cheaper when your realize you don't need to buy lots of anti-virus stuff to be safe.   Do a little shopping at Dell and compare feature for feature.  Oh heck, these guys already did it for you.<br><br><a href=\"http://mikemchargue.com/2006/01/price-deathmatch-apple-macbook-pro-vs.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mikemchargue.com/2006/01/price-deathmatc...</a><br><a href=\"http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4895\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4895</a><br><br>Matt,<br><br>Key difference between IE and FF - FF can draw web pages (mostly) the way the w3c says they ought to be drawn.  IE does nothing of the kind.<br><br>Firefox is a rollin' locomotive with the hearts and minds of the web developers (thanks to the best JS, CSS, and HTML debugging tools).  IE is ancient garbage.  (I've seen the IE 7 beta 1 - no improvements to rendering so far).<br><br>I'm not going to wait for you.  I am going to start locking your users out of my content based on useragent if IE 7 isn't STANDARDS COMPLIANT.<br><br>I don't even understand why MS makes a browser.  First, they suck at it and it makes them appear incompetent.  Second, they've failed to monetize their little chokehold so where is the value in dominating the market?   It hasn't helped anyone, not even MS.  So why do it?  I don't get it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-24_00:38:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "65f9a6f6c0a20312e262b554156dd2c4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't see any reason to u/g to Vista.<br><br>I have security from Zonealarm firewall and a NAT router<br><br>I don't have money to waste<br><br>As far as IE 7 goes, apparently it will be available for XP anyway<br><br>and, I don't need unecessary desktop gloss<br><br>Windows XP works fine for me, and as I paid \u00a370 for it last year and can't see vista being cheaper it just seems like a waste of money. The only reason for u/g would be if new games required it in order to run, or (don't listen to this point ms :) microsoft stopped supporting it, security patch wise which is hopefully not likely to happen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-24_10:02:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d985b5d6241c0b5c4c2a54491f7ee0a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627687": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I forgot to ask, does anybody know, will there be a cheap u/g option for XP users as this is probably the final line in deciding wether i'll bother getting Vista. As somebody who started using dos 3 and paid for d3, d4, d5, d6, w2.1, w3, w95, w98 and XP I think microsft have already got plenty of money out of me! :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-25_07:38:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "2d985b5d6241c0b5c4c2a54491f7ee0a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow!  What's with all of these candid videos from Microsoft?  Doesn't it just seem like Microsoft is trying to be cool?  Lot of fluff and no creative content if you ask me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-25_17:41:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "63e8434330d11f2cf64d3c6403fd8e1c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br><br>To each his own, of course, but you already read my beef against Vista. The computer market is made much more complex by the immense dicotomy of skill levels among potential buyers. The range is truly bewildering, I realize. I find myself selfishly wishing the casual user could switch to the Mac, and leave the PC to people like me who understand and really need computers. Naturally, that would never work. There aren't enough of us to substain a company like Microsoft.<br><br>Still, it's extremely frustrating to deal with an OS configured to protect people from their own ignorance. I understand the reality of security well enough that I never get a virus, and spam, what's that? Why must I be ham-strung becauae most people tromp around the Internet with their digital flies unzipped?<br><br>Of course I'm being a bit silly here, but just enough to hopefully make the point. I develop Windows apps so why should I be defaulted to limited access? No, that's not what I need, and XP is bad enough about doing it. Everything I've seen on Vista tells me it will be much worse. Fortunately, I won't be changing laptops any time soon.<br><br>Scott", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-26_13:46:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "38a5f5c7d59e65c9b9749f663e20e3af", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm constantly amazed at these discussions between those that feel Vista is worthwhile and those that think its just fluff.<br><br>Every tech site or forum I visit is full of people bashing Windows XP and praising OSX because of its security, ease of use, good looks, etc. Microsoft now offers you something that is, at some things, equal to OSX and, in other ways, better than OSX and the answer they get is...<br><br>\"Why do I need that for? XP is just fine.\"<br><br>Make up your mind. Either you stick with XP and quit complaining about it not being as pretty or secure as other options or you upgrade to Vista to get your often-requested \"Mac-like\" experience.<br><br>For someone like me that works 45 hours a week in front of a computer and then goes home to spend more time with computers, Vista is a huge welcome. Why would I deprive myself of something that will make using my computer easier, safer, and, as a consequence more enjoyable?<br><br>Price?<br><br>I bought XP Pro 3 years ago at $120.00 for an OEM copy. If you can't afford $120.00 once every 4-5 years, I suggest you quit your part time job at Starbucks and get a real job.<br><br>On the performance side of things, I have yet to hear a worthwhile argument. I have a Mac mini. It has a 1.6GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. And it is terribly slow. New software is never faster unless the previous version was slow due to bad coding practices/bugs (much like the initial release of OSX). Performance will always decrease, be it for OSes, office apps, graphic design apps, or anything else you can think of. If Microsoft made a stripped down version of XP to increase performance and sold it to you at today\u2019s prices, the only people that will buy it are the handful of geeks that will dedicate an entire computer for running a single, specific task.<br><br>Also, you can turn off Aero Glass and get similar performance to XP. And since we all know that you don't care about eye-candy, you should be A-OK with that. You can enjoy your added security, stability, and integration though.<br><br>As an MSDN subscriber, I'm already getting a copy of Vista when it ships so I've already paid for my copy. No point in NOT upgrading. But you can bet I'm getting my parents their own copy. They won't have to deal with 3rd party AV and firewall software that does more harm than good.<br><br>As far as DRM is concerned, you might want to try heading over to your favorite search engine and looking up \"FairPlay\". While you are at it, see if you can find out anything about Big Brother Steve Jobs calling home every time you boot up your Mac.<br><br>Finally, when it comes to the unobtrusiveness of the OS, Microsoft will never win. I've heard people say that Windows should shut up and not bother users with patch installation notifications and the like. I've also heard people say that Windows should not do anything without their consent as they like to have complete control of their computer. You have lots of people at both extremes. You either satisfy one side or the other, or you keep it somewhere in between and mildly aggravate both.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-26_16:15:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "f2a9114bc79a224ddc1ba40d73ed7abc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627691": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As a web developer and system manager, my verdict:  XP / 2003 / Linux is good enough.  Vista is too ambitious, too far reaching, and I predict a launch more disastrous than XP's was as far as adoption trends and security holes go.<br><br>Any corporate admin who adopts Vista in under a year is bat-shit insane.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-02-10_05:10:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "e297bdcc5b043ceba8914e04fcfea99b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What about the previous post? I think that's an important note as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-04-05_23:44:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "59bb718bb4eb782b219b5acb258f129c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love the last post! Do you have a rss feed to subscribe to? Let me know :-) I added you to my internet favorites for now", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-04-06_07:12:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "d9724b8d704a8a9285498e184c3cc2dd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Best Online Bonus<br>Bonus", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-09-12_21:25:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "8845ce5e538bb23d6acffd716f07386c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I run a PC (only have some old Macintoshes, but I'm going to get a Mac mini sdoon). And I have a skinning software called WindowBlinds. Well, I just found a skin called Windows Vista, so I downloaded it and applied it. It looked the Class version.<br><br>So I'm wondering one thing. Even thought Vista takes a lot of Ghz and RAM to run fast. It ran just teh same on my computer. So why the hell can't Widnows make the sin run faster then? Or maybe it is because they want people to buy new computers, so they'll get even more money.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-09-11_01:41:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "48f7087b04719546fe282b30ee0c4410", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've been running various builds of Vista through RC1.  I am so upset and concerned about it.  I just do not like it at all.  I've written so much about why and actually very quite depressed about the new OS - I continually ask, \"How am I supposed to support this? - I dislike it so intently, I cannot recommend it and since Microsoft software is such a big part of my business, what am I to do?\"<br><br>I just feel ill at this point - Vista is like a date that is too eager - so in one's face about so much, yet so hard to discover.  It's just an ugly mess.<br><br>\"If I wanted a confusing mess of undiscoverable idiotic goo I'd have built a business around Apple and MAC OSX.\"<br><br>\"Why oh why did Microsoft do this?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-09-02_23:40:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "f46e4ebc7287e783a1bd8ed125a87056", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A lot of those reasons are why I switched to my Mac but Against a lot of speculation I think Vista is going to be good. It may not be what Microsoft is hoping but I honestly thing it will be better than what the haters are hinting at and I look forward to using it at work which I am sure I will. It's just too bad it's coming so late...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_03:40:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "495d279860275475a3126488c6a419f2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know it's been said time and time again already, but any chance of transcoding these to Flash video (or  Quicktime or something)? The user experience for Windows Media on the Mac is pretty terrible, which means that a chunk of the target audience for these videos (those of us on a non-Windows OS) have trouble watching them. Can you even watch WMVs on Linux?<br><br>Even uploading to Google Video would help fix this problem, because it can transcode to Flash for you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_05:49:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "de99266e9eaac8b6946541f8661afbd8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br><br>the big question of MS is not would tech-freaks like you and me switch over, but will its corporate customers. As an admin herding ~1500 workstations in Europe, I can say all the reasons mentioned ain't worth jack shit.<br><br>XP with 2003 server as a backend is stable enough. Not perfect (no OS is with inexperienced/uncaring users) but Good Enough (tm).<br><br>Upgrading would be going against the law of diminishing returns for us, because most of the features mentioned are (with the possible exception of the net stack and the kernel but that remains to be seen) end-user FLUFF.<br><br>Plus, I bet the hardware requirements would require us to upgrade most of the notebook fleet and that simply will not happen anytime soon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_06:42:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "15ceeef84bcec075e2dc57c844b8dbcf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627645": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert,<br><br>I've been playing the PC upgrade game since 1987. And geeks like us always have a reason to upgrade.  There is always a widget that makes the upgrade worthwhile.  But we need to find out why others need (or want) upgrades.<br><br>As I look at consumers, their decisions to upgrade are based simply upon what is available when they buy their hardware.  For the majority of consumers, the choice to perform an upgarde will only come if they have a compelling reason to buy hardware.  And while the visual \"cool\" of Vista will draw some folks, I can't say that folks will be buying new hardware just to get Vista - unless our marketing team puts together something with sizzle.<br><br>As I think about enterprise purchases, I do think Vista has some real drawing power.  The ability to better manage systems and provide the latest in security technology will be a real incentive for many companies.<br><br>In the final analysis, I can only speak for myself.  Why will I buy Vista?  Well, I'm a sucker for integration.  And Vista is such a pivotal foundation for everything else that will follow it.<br><br>1) I want to integrate the latest technology into my mobile experience.  At a minimum, I want Vista to make my tablet indispensable.  I want to see real handwriting recognition embedded in the platform.  Yes, I know that pieces of this exist today.  But I want to see it as part of the native stack for the computing platform itself.<br><br>2) I want all my devices (mobile or fixed) to be secure.  My mobile experience will require real security - like TPM 1.2.  No corporation can afford to have its valuable IP taken simply because it has enabled the mobility (and productivity) of its staff.<br><br>3) I want my mobile device (whether it is a tablet or a phone) to be able to control my home entertainement system.<br><br>4) At the same time, I would love to see the same device carry my photos and songs with me.<br><br>5) I want a platform with the ability to capture my speech and interpret it - not just as commands, but as a commentary/blog - in real-time.  Sometimes, I can't wait for acces to my PC.  And I am terrible at triple-tapping anything more than a sentence.  I want to be speaking into a headset as I'm riding my bike.  And I want the comments captured to text.  In the future, text will be secondary.  But for now, it is mandatory.<br><br>6) I want a platform that will adjust to my personal challenges.  I have fallen in love with the Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000.  This device is great.  It is aprecision pointer with a button that enlarges the image underneath the cursor.  It's like having a magnifying glass at my command.  I can summon it and dismiss it at will.  And I want this kind of technology everywhere in the OS.<br><br>There is so much more that I want.  But these are my starters.  What is clear is that I now expect that the OS can provide these capabilities.<br><br>Will Vista meet all of these needs?  Unfortunately, it won't - at least, not by itself.  Yes, Vista has the smarts to provide these features.  But many pieces require coordination with hardware vendors.  For example, Trusted Platform Modules exist in many systems.  But to take full advantage of Vista, people will need TPM 1.2.  There goes my new tablet (it only supports TPM 1.1).  And speech recognition is still an expensive and mystic art.<br><br>But I believe that the pieces are on the board.  We just need to array all the pieces in a compelling way.  And the first step in marshalling the pieces is to lay down the framework.  And I believe that Vista will be that integrating framework.<br><br>Oops.  I've prattle on.  I should post this on my blog instead!  ;-)  BTW, I've just purchased your new book.  Next time I'm in Redmond, can I come buy and get an autograph?<br><br>Ciao,<br><br>-CyclingRoo-", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_09:58:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "c1e423951a29b985d9093d64f8b047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The ask me to loging to something I have no idea about. I guess my vistas are blocked.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_10:31:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "ea5036994d8e3d00fe4c9ede36c2d05a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "9627647": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have been playing with vista for a bit, part of the beta test...and I must say I like what I am seeing.<br><br>I havent been able to play with it as much as possible...but it is very promising.  I cant wait to more final builds of it, to truly see it working.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2006-01-22_10:38:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "3ae47ea7f6fd6dae57e85ddc68d07f81", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "3 years ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "18360101", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "125200", "hash": -3414499077255031489}, "thread": {"total_posts": 0, "paginate": false, "per_page": 0, "slug": "why_do_i_need_windows_vista", "num_pages": 1, "days_alive": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 18360101, "num_posts": 55, "closed": true, "queued": false, "killed": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": false, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "faaf467d0f47abde553c3b8e0e1b3570", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=scobleizer' +
		'&t=why_do_i_need_windows_vista' +
		'&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/why_do_i_need_windows_vista/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='	+ 'why_do_i_need_windows_vista'
			+ '&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/why_do_i_need_windows_vista/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">55</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://scobleizer.disqus.com/why_do_i_need_windows_vista/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/why_do_i_need_windows_vista/">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/why_do_i_need_windows_vista/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:18360101" 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'				: 'why_do_i_need_windows_vista',
			// 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/why_do_i_need_windows_vista/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='	+ 'why_do_i_need_windows_vista'
			+ '&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='	+ 'why_do_i_need_windows_vista'
			+ '&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='		+ 'why_do_i_need_windows_vista'
				+ '&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/18360101/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

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

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

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

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





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

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

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

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627642">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627642" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627642" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627642" href="http://www.junebughunter.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tyler Love</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627642" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627642" class="dsq-comment-message">A lot of those reasons are why I switched to my Mac but Against a lot of speculation I think Vista is going to be good. It may not be what Microsoft is hoping but I honestly thing it will be better than what the haters are hinting at and I look forward to using it at work which I am sure I will. It\'s just too bad it\'s coming so late...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627643">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627643" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627643" href="http://simon.incutio.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Simon Willison</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627643" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627643" class="dsq-comment-message">I know it\'s been said time and time again already, but any chance of transcoding these to Flash video (or  Quicktime or something)? The user experience for Windows Media on the Mac is pretty terrible, which means that a chunk of the target audience for these videos (those of us on a non-Windows OS) have trouble watching them. Can you even watch WMVs on Linux?<br><br>Even uploading to Google Video would help fix this problem, because it can transcode to Flash for you.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627644">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627644" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627644" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627644" href="http://acidzebra.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Michiel</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627644" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627644" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br><br>the big question of MS is not would tech-freaks like you and me switch over, but will its corporate customers. As an admin herding ~1500 workstations in Europe, I can say all the reasons mentioned ain\'t worth jack shit.<br><br>XP with 2003 server as a backend is stable enough. Not perfect (no OS is with inexperienced/uncaring users) but Good Enough (tm).<br><br>Upgrading would be going against the law of diminishing returns for us, because most of the features mentioned are (with the possible exception of the net stack and the kernel but that remains to be seen) end-user FLUFF.<br><br>Plus, I bet the hardware requirements would require us to upgrade most of the notebook fleet and that simply will not happen anytime soon.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627645">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627645" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627645" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627645" href="http://cyclingroo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lorin Olsen</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627645" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627645" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br><br>I\'ve been playing the PC upgrade game since 1987. And geeks like us always have a reason to upgrade.  There is always a widget that makes the upgrade worthwhile.  But we need to find out why others need (or want) upgrades.<br><br>As I look at consumers, their decisions to upgrade are based simply upon what is available when they buy their hardware.  For the majority of consumers, the choice to perform an upgarde will only come if they have a compelling reason to buy hardware.  And while the visual "cool" of Vista will draw some folks, I can\'t say that folks will be buying new hardware just to get Vista - unless our marketing team puts together something with sizzle.<br><br>As I think about enterprise purchases, I do think Vista has some real drawing power.  The ability to better manage systems and provide the latest in security technology will be a real incentive for many companies.<br><br>In the final analysis, I can only speak for myself.  Why will I buy Vista?  Well, I\'m a sucker for integration.  And Vista is such a pivotal foundation for everything else that will follow it.<br><br>1) I want to integrate the latest technology into my mobile experience.  At a minimum, I want Vista to make my tablet indispensable.  I want to see real handwriting recognition embedded in the platform.  Yes, I know that pieces of this exist today.  But I want to see it as part of the native stack for the computing platform itself.<br><br>2) I want all my devices (mobile or fixed) to be secure.  My mobile experience will require real security - like TPM 1.2.  No corporation can afford to have its valuable IP taken simply because it has enabled the mobility (and productivity) of its staff.<br><br>3) I want my mobile device (whether it is a tablet or a phone) to be able to control my home entertainement system.<br><br>4) At the same time, I would love to see the same device carry my photos and songs with me.<br><br>5) I want a platform with the ability to capture my speech and interpret it - not just as commands, but as a commentary/blog - in real-time.  Sometimes, I can\'t wait for acces to my PC.  And I am terrible at triple-tapping anything more than a sentence.  I want to be speaking into a headset as I\'m riding my bike.  And I want the comments captured to text.  In the future, text will be secondary.  But for now, it is mandatory.<br><br>6) I want a platform that will adjust to my personal challenges.  I have fallen in love with the Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000.  This device is great.  It is aprecision pointer with a button that enlarges the image underneath the cursor.  It\'s like having a magnifying glass at my command.  I can summon it and dismiss it at will.  And I want this kind of technology everywhere in the OS.<br><br>There is so much more that I want.  But these are my starters.  What is clear is that I now expect that the OS can provide these capabilities.<br><br>Will Vista meet all of these needs?  Unfortunately, it won\'t - at least, not by itself.  Yes, Vista has the smarts to provide these features.  But many pieces require coordination with hardware vendors.  For example, Trusted Platform Modules exist in many systems.  But to take full advantage of Vista, people will need TPM 1.2.  There goes my new tablet (it only supports TPM 1.1).  And speech recognition is still an expensive and mystic art.<br><br>But I believe that the pieces are on the board.  We just need to array all the pieces in a compelling way.  And the first step in marshalling the pieces is to lay down the framework.  And I believe that Vista will be that integrating framework.<br><br>Oops.  I\'ve prattle on.  I should post this on my blog instead!  ;-)  BTW, I\'ve just purchased your new book.  Next time I\'m in Redmond, can I come buy and get an autograph?<br><br>Ciao,<br><br>-CyclingRoo-</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627646">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627646" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627646" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627646">could not view the videos</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627646" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627646" class="dsq-comment-message">The ask me to loging to something I have no idea about. I guess my vistas are blocked.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627647">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627647" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627647" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627647" href="http://www.msmvps.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Gerlach, Xbox MVP</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627647" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627647" class="dsq-comment-message">I have been playing with vista for a bit, part of the beta test...and I must say I like what I am seeing.<br><br>I havent been able to play with it as much as possible...but it is very promising.  I cant wait to more final builds of it, to truly see it working.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627648">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627648" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627648" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627648">Tetra</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627648" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627648" class="dsq-comment-message">"and I must say I like what I am seeing."<br>"Xbox MVP"<br><br>This place is like one big, long circle jerk.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627649">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627649" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627649" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627649">J. Random Poster</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627649" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627649" class="dsq-comment-message">You need "Windows Vista", because after the abject failure of such a massive development project, having to roll back to the Server 2003 code base and abandoning every significant advancement that was supposed to be in longwind, you\'ve got to ship SOMETHING, so that the shareholders don\'t lynch everybody in the top six layers of your org chart.<br><br>Of course, once the shareholders fully appreciate the magnitude of the disaster, MS will be the next IBM:  still huge, but stripped of its power to screw anybody else.<br><br>My best guess is that your market capitalization will drop by 40% or more over the following year, causing a cascading effect as stock-based compensation becomes worthless.  Ballmer will become even more frantic, and will threaten other top talent who depart for better opportunities, making executive recruitment all but impossible for the Evil Empire.<br><br>I\'m going to love watching it happen.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627650">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627650" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627650">Larry</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627650" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627650" class="dsq-comment-message">In response to J. Random Poster,<br><br>What are they going to switch to? Macs? Don\'t give me wrong, I love my iBook, and I have a MacBook Pro on the way, but Macs don\'t cover the entry-level low end the same way Dell, Gateway, and HP/Compaq do.  Sure there\'s the mac-mini, but I know many people scoff when they realize they can get a PC with monitor, keyboard, and mouse for the same price.  Macs work beautifully for those of us that can afford them, but it\'s a Windows world, and it will take many, many years for that to change.<br><br>Sure, they could install Linux on their PCs, but most people can barely figure out Windows when something doesn\'t go perfectly, much less Linux.  Linux is getting better, but a lot of things still take some technical knowledge to accomplish.<br><br>Until OS X market share really begins to pick up speed I don\'t think we\'ll see MS going anywhere for awhile.  In the next year I could foresee the Windows market share drop 1-2%, 3% at most, and that\'s if the intel switch-over for OS X is just phenomenal.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627651">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627651" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627651" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627651" href="http://blog.nordquist.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brett Nordquist</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627651" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627651" class="dsq-comment-message">The list that Manual gives are all good reasons why I\'d want to upgrade to Vista (as long as I can talk a friend into getting me a copy from the MS Store). I see little reason for the non-hobbiest to upgrade though. In the past MS has touted "reliability" as a reason to upgrade but XP works pretty well. IMO, MS needs to stop touting how pretty Vista will be and come right out and tell people, "You will have fewer spyware problems" or something like that they can relate to. A new pretty face isn\'t worth the $100-$200 cost to upgrade.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627652">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627652" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627652" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627652">Anti</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627652" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627652" class="dsq-comment-message">It might be more reasonable to post this somewhere that doesn\'t require a passport account to access (nice work MSN Spaces!). Then again, maybe you\'re pretty comfy preaching to the choir.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627653">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627653" href="http://mano1.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mano</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627653" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627653" class="dsq-comment-message">EDIT on my blog: the links should work now!<br><br>-mano</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627654">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627654" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627654" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627654" href="http://jveisdal.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jørgen Veisdal</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627654" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627654" class="dsq-comment-message">This may be a bunch of rumours or something, but after hearing a couple of people mentioning it like Patrick Norton, I start to wonder if it\'s true; will Windows Media Player 11 ship without RSS integration?<br><br>That\'s prettymuch like saying that you surrender all that has to do with podcasting and vidcasting to Apple\'s iTunes. If MS is pushing RSS, what\'s their reason for this?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627655" href="http://mano1.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mano</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627655" class="dsq-comment-message">The links did not require a "passport access" - it was solely a mistake from my part when I pasted the links from an email :) Ouups.<br><br>Brett (on security/spyware): I believe that there is a video in there about the new Protected Mode, built-in Phishing protection, etc... I don\'t think it\'s called out explicitly in the list. From using Vista all the time now, I do feel a lot more in control of what is going on under the hood. I no longer think that somehow an app will be installed without me knowing, etc.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627656">Innocent Bystander</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627656" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmm, too bad the videos are in wmv.  I can\'t watch them here what with the discontinuation of WiMP on my platform (not that it ever worked well before).<br><br>Move them to pr0n industry standard .mpg and you\'ll reach a lot more people.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627657" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627657" href="http://www.msmvps.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Gerlach, Xbox MVP</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627657" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627657" class="dsq-comment-message">Tetra, just because I am an Xbox MVP, does NOT mean I have to agree or like everything they do.<br><br>I have been critical of some actions that Microsoft has taken.  Being an MVP does not mean I have to shut up and agree with everything they say.<br><br>Never make those assumptions.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627658" href="http://blog.nordquist.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brett Nordquist</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627658" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627658" class="dsq-comment-message">Mano, thanks for the heads up the protected mode video. I\'ll check it out.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627659" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627659" href="http://www.teeko.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ross</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627659" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627659" class="dsq-comment-message">You need Vista because in 2 years there will be no more patches for your operating system and you will have no choice but to upgrade. Mind you OSX is no better with it\'s short lifespan for Operating Systems, but then I guess more people *want* to upgrade.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627660" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627660" href="http://lqblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dave</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627660" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s no compelling reason for Joe Sixpack, Eddie Punchclock and Sally Housecoat (i.e. your average consumer) to upgrade to Vista.<br><br>Geeks?  Ya betcha.<br><br>Corporations?   Dunno.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627661" href="http://www.mano1.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mano</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627661" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Brett - You\'re welcome! I don\'t know which video is about the Protected Mode (etc). If I dig some info I\'ll post on my blog about it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627662" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627662">Keith Patrick</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627662" class="dsq-comment-message">The WinFX pillars, even though not restricted to Vista, stem from Vista development, and as a UI developer, it is really hard to convey how much better WPF is for building UIs than GDI+.  It kinda gets lost in the "Oh, it\'s just eye candy" mindset, but when you are allowed to overlay video/animation *anywhere*, set transparency *anywhere*, and add subtle transitions for an active UI, and the tools allow you to do this in minutes, it allows for very, very rich experiences.  People have had these ideas for some time, but to be able to do them without devoting weeks to the plumbing makes an enormous difference, and when you can build new types of interfaces, you can build new types of applications.<br>The other underrated feature I look forward to in Vista is performance.  I tell people that my expectation is that Vista, on a new PC, will perform at blazing speeds.  Why?  Support for hardware specialization - graphics offloaded to the 3d card (and GDI actions are expensive, even with GDI acceleration), network packet reordering is done by the network card, multi-core CPUs allow for the OS process threads (and there are a lot of them) to spread out and make the burden of running the OS less apparent.  At least that\'s my expectation :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627663">Jeff</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627663" class="dsq-comment-message">From all I gather from a friend who is a tester for MS Vista it has really good grahics and is easy to use. So I will wait and see for myself if it is as good as he said I will go Vista.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627664" href="http://myopenlink.net:8890/weblog/abm/index.vspx" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Alan wilensky</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627664" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627664" class="dsq-comment-message">There is a new OS in my future!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627665">Thomas</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627665" class="dsq-comment-message">XP, Then XP sp1, Now XP sp2 ?  Now On VISTA  NO Way!<br>I not going Change that but if You buy New Computer In Follow Year or This early?  That would be fine. Vista is New, might have alots of Problems with window operation systems ? so I better STAY-PUT On Window XPsp2.  Everyones afraid of new vista .  also new computer sell show 512mb  That\'s Not Enought  should have been 1 or 2 GB up (up 2000).  bye</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627666" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627666">Christopher Coulter</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627666" class="dsq-comment-message">Ahhhh, bit too early to turn on the hype cycle yet, doncha think? You got burnt bad with PDC 2003, wait until like only 2 weeks before shipping to hem it up, plus you will have to hem another year or two, to get corporates moving. It really does no good now, talk about your book, your never-ending parties, blogging or RSS feeds, Meme\'s or something else equally inane. Hyping Vista now is only painting a heat-seeking missle on thyself; esp. when they starting throwing more and more off just getting the plane to take off.<br><br>Wake me up when it\'s shipping, all your fuzzy videos, are but vapor until it\'s gold.<br><br>Mac on Intel, yum. Golden opportunity here, if they\'d only OEM it. Sigh. Apple is more a religion than an computer company.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627667">Scott</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627667" class="dsq-comment-message">“Oh, it’s just eye candy” mindset, but when you are allowed to overlay video/animation *anywhere*, set transparency *anywhere*, and add subtle transitions for an active UI, and the tools allow you to do this in minutes, it allows for very, very rich experiences.<br><br>In the right hands, Vista\'s new UI tools sound like a powerful addition to Windows, but "with great power comes great responsibility." and not all developers are designers.<br><br>From what I\'ve seen, many of Vista\'s new UI tools, such as Sparkle, are very similar to Flash, which is probably one of the most abused mediums on the web. Now Imagine thousands of Windows applications with Flash-like interfaces. (Buttons that look like images, unnecessary motion and transitions, etc.)<br><br>If a large number of third party Vista applications are afflicted with "Just Because I can" syndrome, usability will suffer.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627668">bryan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627668" class="dsq-comment-message">While a lot of these things are cool, many of them can be emulated currently.  One thing in Vista not mentioned here and which is gauranteed to make me think twice before buying is increased DRM.  I don\'t want my rights artificially restricted.  So, no thanks.  I think I keep xp for a while longer...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627669" href="http://www.bynkii.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">John C. Welch</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627669" class="dsq-comment-message">Lord...I\'d love to know when some real info on Longhorn Server is coming out. The client improvments, meh.<br><br>For most corporate computing, a WTS farm and some cheap clients work just as well as standalone PCs. Better in fact. There\'s no worries about local infection, no hard drive. There\'s no worries about dead client registries.<br><br>WTS is a FAR more compelling solution for the enterprise than Vista. So is Office 12. But the OS? Who cares?<br><br>No really, who cares. I don\'t want my users to ever.have.to.know what OS they\'re running.<br><br>If they do, then somewhere, I\'ve failed, and so has the OS Vendor to make it so transparent that you don\'t have to know or care. The proper way is to think of the OS as the perfect butler. Out of the way, assisting when needed, quiet, calm and utterly competent. Windows alas, is like a Boy Scout on meth. Well -intentioned, but annoying as hell. "Can i install a driver? Can I help you write a letter? Can I help you view a Window? CanICanICanI?????"<br><br>But that\'s what MS wants, so that\'s what the users get. Instead of a proper UI, more Wizards.<br><br>As for me, until I get more info on Server, Vista is really a non - issue. Office is quite real, Vista not so much.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627670" href="http://kublakhan.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">kublakhan</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627670" class="dsq-comment-message">Great stuff! I want Vista too! Do you think Microsoft could give me an invite? I\'ve been trying forever to get on the beta test (I would have got an MSDN account, but it costs way too much for me - just your hardcore beta tester)<br><br>Scoble, you get all the fun man, I watch all the vids and it makes me jealous - aargh! There are perks to working for Microsoft... apparently.<br><br>I really like the new scroll through Windows feature... do you know if there is a plan for a feature (like in Mac :( hot topic!) that resizes all windows to fit on the screen and then can bring them all back again to how they were before?<br><br>I want to know something though... how will users be affected by Vista in regard to copying files etc. Will I be able to copy a HD DVD film to my PDA in High Quality - AVC, but smaller? That would be my ultimate request!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627671">J. Random Poster</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627671" class="dsq-comment-message">Larry,<br><br>I have no doubt that inertia alone will carry the Evil Empire for a very long time, but look at the historical example of IBM:  many customers continued to pay for mainframe systems to keep their legacy apps around for years after it became more cost-effective to move to smaller systems.<br><br>Longwind is a symptom of MS\'s brain drain.  Six years late, nothing worth upgrading for that you can\'t also get on XP, the same old security mess that MS\'s products have always had, etc, etc.  I mean, look at the things they\'re concentrating on:  RSS?  Tablets? Catching up to Postscript?  Trying to fight with Google? These are all reactive.  Not a new idea in sight.<br><br>I\'m not expecting the Mac to hit 10% of the personal computer market in the first year after longwind ships, but I can see Linux easily taking 20-30% of the server market.  In fact, if you have legacy server apps that must run on Windows, the only way to achieve any measure of reliability is to run Windows under VMWare on Linux or one of the BSD systems.<br><br>MS is huge of course, but like IBM before them, they\'re dinosaurs.  For at least twenty years now, I\'ve been hearing people ask why, with all the money they spend on R&amp;D, they can\'t even come up with basic security.<br><br>The long and short of it is, MS is too big to change, and too big to effectively adapt to changes happening around them.  Quality just isn\'t possible when you have a hundred people with their hands in the same project\'s code.<br><br>Frankly, the best thing that could possibly happen for MS\'s long-term health would be for longwind to be such a debacle that their shareholders start firing managers en masse.  A near-death experience is a great thing for returning focus to a business.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627672" href="http://oak-grove.typepad.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Graham Chastney</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627672" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, the vitriol always facinates me on these comments. Why do you people care so much about something you seem to hate so much. Is it just because you are addicted to a "love - hate relationship".<br><br>For me Vista\'s primary issue is in the consumer space. There are going to be a lot of people who bought a PC a couple or three years ago who are wanting to do more and more with it and considering an upgrade, and probably a replacement. I\'m increasingly speaking to people who have friends who use Macs and are having good experiences. These people are all considering giving them a try. That for me is the real challenge point and I\'m not sure that the answer is in the Operating System so much as in the integrated experience, technology, purchase and support all from the same company gives people a sense of comfort that they think will be better than the expereinces they currently get from HP or Dell.<br><br>The corporates will change when it\'s convenient for them to do so, and for most that will probably be driven by the support cycle rather than any features.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627673" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627673" href="http://oak-grove.typepad.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Graham Chastney</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627673" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yes, and I\'d like to see Microsoft taking more decisions that result in a more stable better performing platform over peoples abilities to run their dodgy old applications. I\'d rather be without an application I use occassionally that is rock solid stable than have the application and some instability.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627674" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627674" href="http://chronotron.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chrono Cr@cker</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627674" class="dsq-comment-message">Vista sounds good and from the beta I\'ve seen in my friends house, IS good, but it definitely isn\'t the revolutionary product, that we want MS to bring out. Something like how my world was changed when I switched from 98 to Xp....<br><br>But the requirements for Vista are way too high and when released most of average (around 1.5 - 2.0 Ghz) will not run that fast on it. Plus Vista has incorporated slightly some features from the mac, if you ask me.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627675" href="http://mano1.com/blog" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">mano</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627675" class="dsq-comment-message">Chrono:<br><br>I know how you feel about 98&gt;XP! It was definitely a positive shift. Although believe it or not I feel the same about XP &gt; Vista for the reasons listed...<br><br>Regarding CPU speeds and Vista: Vista runs fast on 2Ghz PCs actually - but if you want "Glass Enabled" in the display options, having a DirectX 9.0 video card is where the magic is - more so than having a beefy CPU.<br><br>In fact, I am typing this from a 1.7Ghz Centrino laptop and everything is super fast, with all the bells and whistles on - the video card on this laptop is DirectX9.<br><br>To people who think that Vista will not take off: think about the fact that "every" new computer that is bought will have Vista on it already... Will people buy an upgrade for their +5 year old PC? I am sure many will but to me the big thing will be new computers.<br><br>Thanks to everyone who dropped by my blog and left comments etc - talk soon.<br><br>-mano</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627676">Innocent Bystander</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627676" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627676" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://tauquil.com/archives/2006/01/06/re-introducing-the-real-windows-vista/" rel="nofollow">http://tauquil.com/archives/2006/01/06/re-intro...</a><br><br>Looks like I already have it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627677">Not the Bill Gates</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627677" class="dsq-comment-message"><em>To people who think that Vista will not take off: think about the fact that “every” new computer that is bought will have Vista on it already…</em><br><br>Aren\'t monopolies wonderful! Sure, people will get vista on their new pc\'s because they have no choice. Our monopoly on PC OS\'s ensures they pretty much have to accept whatever we choose to deliver to the OEM\'s.<br><br>I am not saying this is good/bad. I am just saying that this kind of forced adoption is somewhat meaningless. On the positive side, this may be the only way a ton of people get exposure to our new OS, and because of this increased exposure, might lead to a mild uptick in consumer PC demand.<br><br>On the negative side, this really doesn\'t do much to help our bottom line. Given that ~all PC\'s already ship with some variant of XP, we are already effectively collecting a "Microsoft OS Tax" on the world\'s PC run rate. The switch to Vista doesn\'t change this "Tax Rate" now does it? So our bottom line remains unchanged. The only way to make a material impact on our bottom line is to either "raise the Microsoft OS Tax (charge more for windows)" OR get people to "voluntarily pay the tax" by upgrading an existing machine with vista.<br><br><em>Will people buy an upgrade for their +5 year old PC? I am sure many will but to me the big thing will be new computers.</em><br><br>Back to the previous comment, here, you are asserting that "many" will voluntarily pay microsoft the windows tax a second time. They already paid this tax once when they purchased their PC ~5 years ago, and now, you think they will gladly pay us again? I am very skeptical that this will happen. Instead, I think the best that we can hope for is that some fraction of these people decide its time to purchase a new PC, and thats the most likely way for them to pay the tax a second time.<br><br>I don\'t know about you, but the thought of upgrading the OS on my PC horrifies me. Will it work again once I do this (Its barely working right now). I rarely am able to install software and have it work after the installation without other things breaking. I purchased a scanner last summer which includes all sorts of "crap-ware". The scanner was from HP, a brand new model, has "works with xp" stickers all over it, and sure enough, it caused me several hours of googling for help to patch my system back together again. You really think upgrading to Vista is going to be a pleasant experience? I just don\'t believe this.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627678">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627678" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627678" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627678">Christopher Coulter</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627678" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627678" class="dsq-comment-message">Bottom line: XP SP3 borrowing heavy from OSX and Project Glass, with a few extras smash-ported in, such as Tablet and Media Center, stuff that will go unused for the vast majority. The good news: Deployment tools and toolsets is a very strong story. XP2 was a reversal last gasp, to stem the security tide, but I expect the security story to be much better in Vista (I mean it\'s still Microsoft, and still a poor-showing with IE7, but within their framework, it\'s better).<br><br>But the real irony here, is that almost all such listed (Networking, Print, Installer, Internationalization, Search, File Management, Crypto) are finally getting to the basic competence levels, but everyone with a specific need has long gone third-party. And the rest like fonts, Gadgets/Sidebars, UI, Kernalizations, and Indigo can be pushed back to XP, making it even harder to justify Vista.<br><br>Still a good starting point for those without specific needs.<br><br>With the long gasp, the 7 versions confusion, and the bad management of Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance (forcing onto the program), more and more corporates will upgrade, yes, but with new hardware. But the cycle is in their favor, 2000 is getting stale, better to skip XP and go Vista is the corporate reasoning. Not that Vista is enterprise-compelling unto itself, just a matter of timing.<br><br>PS - RSS "platform"??? - funny how Microsoft was loath to call the web a platform in the Netscape era, yet they will freely call RSS a "platform". Weird. Been noticing that on the Softie blogs, "RSS Platform" this and that. Ozzie\'isms Web 2.0 sprinkle-angel-dust gonna kill that company if they aren\'t careful.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627679" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627679" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627679" href="http://www.floozyspeak.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Dan</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627679" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627679" class="dsq-comment-message">I think its foolish to think Vista will NOT take off but its as equally foolish to think that the PC holds the same weight it used to with consumers on the idea of what the need from a computer in general.  Vista is just the sauce, the real gusto is the web, and Vista can\'t hold a candle to what people are doing on the web.  The web is the killer app, and its slowing becoming the first place, not the 2nd or the 3rd any more with users.<br><br>So will Vista take off?  Sure, it has too, its destined too, like 95, ME, XP and yadda yadda before it, it merely replaces XP.  Will it take time to convert everyone over?  Sure, I mean thats a given.  Will DRM screw things up, the more people are aware about it the possiblity it will be of a concern, is MSN worried about the hard core fan base or the billions of average joes.... hmm I\'d say joe.  And Joe isnt gonna have a clue either way.<br><br>To me Vista is just another hot video card on the market, yet, pretty soon games will require it, so i should probably consider getting it.<br><br>I think Apple will gain significant ground this year, that mere 5% will go up, Linux is great for servers, school grads and hacks but it isnt going home with the consumer any time soon, no without a champion.  Apple owns Joe and is now about to speak to Joe on some equal footing when it comes to everyday pcs gettin on the web and doing good things.  The Biz world will be tied to PC for a long while, enduring the many patches of life.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627680" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627680" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627680" href="http://www.cuckoobird.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matthew Price</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627680" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627680" class="dsq-comment-message">Why do you need Windows Vista?  I can answer your question in two letters and a number: I E 7</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627681" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627681" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627681">Innocent Bystander</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627681" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627681" class="dsq-comment-message">Mat,<br><br>Why you don\'t need Vista: F.i.r.e.f.o.x.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627682">Joe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627682" class="dsq-comment-message">Ha ha, the mac heads and the linux nerds come out in force for this little post.<br>More people will be exposed to Vista and it\'s graphical effects<br>than Apple has been able to do for OSx, The real competitor for MSFT is Linux, not an OS sold on overpriced hardware.<br><br>But go ahead and make your self feel better, the apple fans keep trying to convince the rest of us that they matter, and it\'s Linux that is actually making inroads into Microsofts territory.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627683" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627683" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627683" href="http://www.msmvps.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Gerlach, Xbox MVP</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627683" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627683" class="dsq-comment-message">Bystander, you know that during the summer Firefox had more exploits reported than IE6?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627684" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627684" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627684" href="http://www.bynkii.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">John C. Welch</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627684" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627684" class="dsq-comment-message">Matt,<br><br>how many of those exploits resulted in real damage to computers, or even could have? Since IE is so tied to the OS, almost any exploit in that code carries a much higher level of danger than Firefox is capable of.<br><br>And none of the FF exploits carried the problems of the WMF fiasco.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627685">Innocent Bystander</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627685" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe,<br><br>Overpriced?  They\'re comparable - cheaper when your realize you don\'t need to buy lots of anti-virus stuff to be safe.   Do a little shopping at Dell and compare feature for feature.  Oh heck, these guys already did it for you.<br><br><a href="http://mikemchargue.com/2006/01/price-deathmatch-apple-macbook-pro-vs.html" rel="nofollow">http://mikemchargue.com/2006/01/price-deathmatc...</a><br><a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4895" rel="nofollow">http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4895</a><br><br>Matt,<br><br>Key difference between IE and FF - FF can draw web pages (mostly) the way the w3c says they ought to be drawn.  IE does nothing of the kind.<br><br>Firefox is a rollin\' locomotive with the hearts and minds of the web developers (thanks to the best JS, CSS, and HTML debugging tools).  IE is ancient garbage.  (I\'ve seen the IE 7 beta 1 - no improvements to rendering so far).<br><br>I\'m not going to wait for you.  I am going to start locking your users out of my content based on useragent if IE 7 isn\'t STANDARDS COMPLIANT.<br><br>I don\'t even understand why MS makes a browser.  First, they suck at it and it makes them appear incompetent.  Second, they\'ve failed to monetize their little chokehold so where is the value in dominating the market?   It hasn\'t helped anyone, not even MS.  So why do it?  I don\'t get it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627686" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627686" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627686">jg007</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627686" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627686" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t see any reason to u/g to Vista.<br><br>I have security from Zonealarm firewall and a NAT router<br><br>I don\'t have money to waste<br><br>As far as IE 7 goes, apparently it will be available for XP anyway<br><br>and, I don\'t need unecessary desktop gloss<br><br>Windows XP works fine for me, and as I paid £70 for it last year and can\'t see vista being cheaper it just seems like a waste of money. The only reason for u/g would be if new games required it in order to run, or (don\'t listen to this point ms :) microsoft stopped supporting it, security patch wise which is hopefully not likely to happen.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627687" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627687" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627687">jg007</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627687" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627687" class="dsq-comment-message">I forgot to ask, does anybody know, will there be a cheap u/g option for XP users as this is probably the final line in deciding wether i\'ll bother getting Vista. As somebody who started using dos 3 and paid for d3, d4, d5, d6, w2.1, w3, w95, w98 and XP I think microsft have already got plenty of money out of me! :)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627688" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627688" href="http://helpdesk.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Michael</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627688" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627688" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow!  What\'s with all of these candid videos from Microsoft?  Doesn\'t it just seem like Microsoft is trying to be cool?  Lot of fluff and no creative content if you ask me.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627689">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627689" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627689" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627689" href="http://www.conchbbs.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Scott Royall</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627689" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627689" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert,<br><br>To each his own, of course, but you already read my beef against Vista. The computer market is made much more complex by the immense dicotomy of skill levels among potential buyers. The range is truly bewildering, I realize. I find myself selfishly wishing the casual user could switch to the Mac, and leave the PC to people like me who understand and really need computers. Naturally, that would never work. There aren\'t enough of us to substain a company like Microsoft.<br><br>Still, it\'s extremely frustrating to deal with an OS configured to protect people from their own ignorance. I understand the reality of security well enough that I never get a virus, and spam, what\'s that? Why must I be ham-strung becauae most people tromp around the Internet with their digital flies unzipped?<br><br>Of course I\'m being a bit silly here, but just enough to hopefully make the point. I develop Windows apps so why should I be defaulted to limited access? No, that\'s not what I need, and XP is bad enough about doing it. Everything I\'ve seen on Vista tells me it will be much worse. Fortunately, I won\'t be changing laptops any time soon.<br><br>Scott</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-9627690">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627690" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627690" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627690">Ariel Morillo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627690" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627690" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m constantly amazed at these discussions between those that feel Vista is worthwhile and those that think its just fluff.<br><br>Every tech site or forum I visit is full of people bashing Windows XP and praising OSX because of its security, ease of use, good looks, etc. Microsoft now offers you something that is, at some things, equal to OSX and, in other ways, better than OSX and the answer they get is...<br><br>"Why do I need that for? XP is just fine."<br><br>Make up your mind. Either you stick with XP and quit complaining about it not being as pretty or secure as other options or you upgrade to Vista to get your often-requested "Mac-like" experience.<br><br>For someone like me that works 45 hours a week in front of a computer and then goes home to spend more time with computers, Vista is a huge welcome. Why would I deprive myself of something that will make using my computer easier, safer, and, as a consequence more enjoyable?<br><br>Price?<br><br>I bought XP Pro 3 years ago at $120.00 for an OEM copy. If you can\'t afford $120.00 once every 4-5 years, I suggest you quit your part time job at Starbucks and get a real job.<br><br>On the performance side of things, I have yet to hear a worthwhile argument. I have a Mac mini. It has a 1.6GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. And it is terribly slow. New software is never faster unless the previous version was slow due to bad coding practices/bugs (much like the initial release of OSX). Performance will always decrease, be it for OSes, office apps, graphic design apps, or anything else you can think of. If Microsoft made a stripped down version of XP to increase performance and sold it to you at today’s prices, the only people that will buy it are the handful of geeks that will dedicate an entire computer for running a single, specific task.<br><br>Also, you can turn off Aero Glass and get similar performance to XP. And since we all know that you don\'t care about eye-candy, you should be A-OK with that. You can enjoy your added security, stability, and integration though.<br><br>As an MSDN subscriber, I\'m already getting a copy of Vista when it ships so I\'ve already paid for my copy. No point in NOT upgrading. But you can bet I\'m getting my parents their own copy. They won\'t have to deal with 3rd party AV and firewall software that does more harm than good.<br><br>As far as DRM is concerned, you might want to try heading over to your favorite search engine and looking up "FairPlay". While you are at it, see if you can find out anything about Big Brother Steve Jobs calling home every time you boot up your Mac.<br><br>Finally, when it comes to the unobtrusiveness of the OS, Microsoft will never win. I\'ve heard people say that Windows should shut up and not bother users with patch installation notifications and the like. I\'ve also heard people say that Windows should not do anything without their consent as they like to have complete control of their computer. You have lots of people at both extremes. You either satisfy one side or the other, or you keep it somewhere in between and mildly aggravate both.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-9627691" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627691" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-9627691">Josh</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627691" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627691" class="dsq-comment-message">As a web developer and system manager, my verdict:  XP / 2003 / Linux is good enough.  Vista is too ambitious, too far reaching, and I predict a launch more disastrous than XP\'s was as far as adoption trends and security holes go.<br><br>Any corporate admin who adopts Vista in under a year is bat-shit insane.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627692" class="dsq-comment-message">What about the previous post? I think that\'s an important note as well.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627693" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627693" class="dsq-comment-message">I love the last post! Do you have a rss feed to subscribe to? Let me know :-) I added you to my internet favorites for now</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-9627696" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-9627696" href="http://www.libertech.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Lloyd</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-9627696" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-9627696" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve been running various builds of Vista through RC1.  I am so upset and concerned about it.  I just do not like it at all.  I\'ve written so much about why and actually very quite depressed about the new OS - I continually ask, "How am I supposed to support this? - I dislike it so intently, I cannot recommend it and since Microsoft software is such a big part of my business, what am I to do?"<br><br>I just feel ill at this point - Vista is like a date that is too eager - so in one\'s face about so much, yet so hard to discover.  It\'s just an ugly mess.<br><br>"If I wanted a confusing mess of undiscoverable idiotic goo I\'d have built a business around Apple and MAC OSX."<br><br>"Why oh why did Microsoft do this?"</div>\
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		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);
			}
		}
	});
}

})();




