Oil plateaus | 159 comments (159 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Tue Nov 9th, 2010 at 12:27:59 PM EST

can I steal this? Please please please?

by PIGL (stevec@boreal.gmail@com) on Tue Nov 9th, 2010 at 11:25:44 PM EST
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Sure, provided you quote the author...

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Wed Nov 10th, 2010 at 03:55:17 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote (4.00 / 3)

Jesus, that's just cartoon gold.

Why don't you submit it to some paper or other?

Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 10th, 2010 at 03:55:35 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote (none / 1)

Maybe it can be redone with transparency so the yellow and purple lines extend to the right behind Oil E. Coyote?

Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 10th, 2010 at 04:21:20 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote (none / 0)

Yes, I did it quick and dirty. I don't have the tools (or don't know how) to remove the white background on Wile E. Coyote's picture. I would welcome help for that.

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Wed Nov 10th, 2010 at 04:53:55 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote (none / 1)

In photoshop, use the magic wand tool to select white - with a tolerance of 1. Once selected the white area can be deleted.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Nov 10th, 2010 at 05:23:11 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote (none / 1)

I sent you a photoshop file with the white background removed ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Nov 10th, 2010 at 05:30:13 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote (none / 0)

I don't have photoshop on my gear - can you output a png with the white replaced by transparent? I've got at least one tool that respects PNG transparent.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Wed Nov 10th, 2010 at 12:01:18 PM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote (none / 1)

You might take a look at the GIMP.

by njh on Wed Nov 10th, 2010 at 05:11:33 PM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote (none / 0)

Sent..

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 03:03:04 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote (none / 1)

It would be useful to retain the labels on the graph, otherwise it's not clear what the joke is about, and the serious point of the cartoon is lost.

Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 10th, 2010 at 06:06:28 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (4.00 / 9)

Available from me in a slightly higher res format on request. I'm limited by the resolution of Oily E, and can't find a higher res on de toobz.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 06:59:36 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

Brilliant!

Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 07:07:27 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

Thanks!

"Ce qui vient au monde pour ne rien troubler ne mérite ni égards ni patience." René Char

by Melanchthon on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 07:11:58 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (4.00 / 8)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 07:24:45 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

I think it would have even more impact were the "to be developed or found" category were a much paler shade of blue -- like the northern sky at midday in an Arizona summer.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 10:19:42 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

The garish top two bands are precisely in Coyote colour territory. The blues need changing to reds or browns. The 'to be found' area could also be a gradiented process yellow (darker at the bottom)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 10:24:56 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

Can we remove the thick blue line?

Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 10:29:51 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

We can, but it represent total oil.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 10:38:18 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 1)

I know, but it makes it look like a solid platform that Oil E. Coyote is running on, not thin air.

Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 10:55:04 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

Good point

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 01:45:01 PM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

However, there is not enough resolution in the original picture to pull out the line. The graph could be totally reconstructed as a vector file, but it would take a little bit of time - that I don't have at the moment. But remind me over the weekend.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 01:59:45 PM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

You might take a look at inkscape (and trace bitmap action). :)

by njh on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 11:49:39 PM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

Can you just change the line colour to match the Natural gas liquids band?

Of all the ways of organizing banking, the worst is the one we have today — Mervyn King, 25 October 2010

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Nov 12th, 2010 at 04:21:24 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

If I can't isolate the line, then I can't change it.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Nov 13th, 2010 at 06:55:42 PM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

Don't you have a colour fill opinion? As far as I can see, that black line is separate from other blacks (and even if it isn't, you could separate it by drawing a small separator line manually).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sun Nov 14th, 2010 at 02:41:49 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 0)

Or reduce the line weight to the thinnest available.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 12:05:18 PM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (4.00 / 4)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Nov 11th, 2010 at 10:37:29 AM EST
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Re: Oil E. Coyote revised (none / 1)

Loverly. Now just change the total crude oil line to sky blue to match the blue sky dreaming fantasy, and its perfect.

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Fri Nov 12th, 2010 at 08:55:57 AM EST
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