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I glommed this from a post on UCG BBS : Amount spent each year in Europe and the United States on pet food: $17 billion Cost per year to achieve basic health and nutrition for the entire world: $13 billion Amount spent on perfumes each year: $12 billion Clean water for all the world: $9 billion Amount spent on cosmetics in the US: $8 billion Basic education for the world's children: $6 billion Total amount the US spends on Christmas each year: $450 billion (or 16 years worth of food, water, and education for the world) Initial cost of the US Government bailout of failing financial institutions: $700 billion (or 25 years worth of food, water, and education for the world) Coming to grips with the alarming disconnects of our consumerist society: Priceless

Unlike most folks out there, I've decided not to upgrade to Firefox v3.0 (" FF3.0 ")just yet. You see, there are a couple of add-ons (aka extensions) that I really rely upon, and they're incompatible with FF3.0, which means that if I upgrade, I they won't be able to function anymore. So for the time being, I'm stuck with Firefox v2.0 (" FF2.0 "). The other day (I think it was Monday this week), my FF2.0 was updated to version 2.0.0.19. A message came up on the "Firefox Updated" page that that was going to be the LAST FF 2.0 release, and the further support for FF2.0 would thereby cease. In fact, here's the quote from that page : You’ve been updated to the latest version of Firefox 2. This is the last planned update for Firefox 2. That’s it for Firefox 2… Update to Firefox 3 Today! Mozilla is not planning any further security & stability updates for Firefox 2, and recommends that you upgrade to Firefox 3 as soon as po...