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I agree. Peak oil, water shortages, climate change & overpopulation will get us, one way or the other.
by Asinus Asinum Fricat (pjmandeville@gmail.com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 11:18:28 AM EST
I think I'm going to add a [Crystal Ball of Doom Technology™] macro to the site for people making predictions of doom in a tone of certainty.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 11:26:54 AM EST
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Feel free to edit the macro ((*doom)) to add a color that suits you to [Crystal Ball of Doom™ Technology]

This is not to be confused with ((*doomed)) which gives you [Europe.Is.Doomed™ Alert]

I'm wondering about making the macro take one argument so that, for instance, ((*doom Colman)) gives you [Colman's Crystal Ball of Doom™ Technology].

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 11:38:58 AM EST
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Mig,

Aside from the thirteen items in the New User Guide is there a list of other resources, such as the one you just created.  I would be happy if I could just turn print bold, put it in italics, and change color.  A toolbar?

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 12:33:49 PM EST
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For bold an italics just use HTML tags: <b>bold</b> <i>italics</i>, and for color you can do <span style = "color:red">red</span>.
But you can also use * for bold as in *bold* and _ for italics as in _italics_

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 12:43:40 PM EST
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Thanks, Mig

Is there a compendium I could buy or find online?

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 01:19:40 PM EST
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Here are all the elements you'll ever find on a web page. ET only support a subset of those. (it'll tell you if it is angry).

And the nice thing about html is, you can always look at the source to see how something is done : Ctrl+U in Firefox, for example.

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 03:56:51 PM EST
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From one of the software challenged, Thanks, Linca

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 06:30:36 PM EST
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I heartily endorse the [Colman's Crystal Ball of DoomTM] macro.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 01:22:26 PM EST
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By the way, instead of Crystal Ball of Doom couldn't we just call it Palantir?

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 04:44:33 PM EST
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A jaundiced green would be perfect.
by Francois in Paris on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 07:10:26 PM EST
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[Francois in Paris's Crystal Ball of Doom™ Technology]

My first few choices of jaundiced green had too little contrast on a white background...

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat May 31st, 2008 at 04:36:20 AM EST
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That one is perfect. As bilious as it can get :)
by Francois in Paris on Sat May 31st, 2008 at 07:02:47 PM EST
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Only if we can have an [It Will Never Happen to MeTM Magic Denial Technology] macro to go with it.

It's not as if we actually are running out of food, oil, water and ecosphere. Or that we ran out of our last politicians of clue nearly half a century ago, so there are no plans to deal with anything much.

Apart from that - solid optimism. (And why not?)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 01:42:48 PM EST
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Well, we could add a [What the fuck makes you all knowing about the future] macro as well.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 01:47:18 PM EST
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Probably best not to.

That one works both ways.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 02:18:30 PM EST
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We Americans are really starting to feel the oil crisis. Everything is more expensive now and I'm barely making enough money to live off of, let alone save or invest. This Article I was reading called The U.S. Oil Supply -- A Look At Our Future Oil Needs is letting me know that I should probably act fast and find somewhere closer to work so I don't have to drive.
by paulgreyhunt (Paul Hunt) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 01:30:23 PM EST
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And then hope that that job doesn't disappear and you have to move again,---when you find work.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri May 30th, 2008 at 02:02:40 PM EST
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