My take on Google, Microsoft, Democrats, and Republicans all rolled up into one:

[code]02:38 < somebodyelse> i so hate the web now
02:38 < somebodyelse> leaving 10 pages open in firefox consumes 84% of a 1GHZ cpu
02:38 < swoolley> flash by any chance?
02:38 < somebodyelse> all this javascript and flash
02:39 < somebodyelse> yeah i wish firefox would shut that shit down when it's not in view
02:39 < swoolley> noscript is a wonderful plugin
02:39 < somebodyelse> yeah need to get noscript and adblock on here
02:39 < swoolley> and abp
02:39 < swoolley> those two are the essential two for any firefox install
02:39 < somebodyelse> agree
02:40 < swoolley> if it weren't for google's sponsoring firefox, it'd be done already
02:40 < swoolley> but then again, google's evil, and google likes advertising because 99% of its revenue comes from it
02:40 < swoolley> so a few million thrown at firefox is a good guarantee not to eliminate 20% of their revenue.
02:40 < swoolley> which would happen overnight...
02:41 < somebodyelse> yeah
02:41 < swoolley> I can't stand google fanbois.  At least microsoft only tried to attack from outside.
02:41 < swoolley> google's attacking the web from the inside.
02:41 < swoolley> it's like microsoft is the republicans and google's the democrats
02:42 < somebodyelse> heh
02:42 < somebodyelse> hmm
02:42 < swoolley> they both aim to screw you over, but from two different orifices.
02:42 < swoolley> the democrats say one thing, only to lie about it.
02:42 < swoolley> the republicans are at least up front that they want to screw you
02:42 < swoolley> even when they aren't up front about how they're going to convince you to screw yourself.[/code]