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Fixed width places a massive assumption on the device that is being used to view the site, as well as the capabilities of that device.
Given the visitor rate mentioned in post #1, you could imagine that we cover even the weird devices (playstations browse this site, as do samsung mobile phones and there's a hell of a lot of netbooks with not so high-res screens out there).
A fluid layout that could collapse nearly should work everywhere, a fixed layout would force horizontal scrolling as well as vertical on quite a few devices.
If we went for a narrow grid then the vast majority of people who use wide-screen laptops and desktops would have space everywhere and pages that scrolled for ages.
If we went for a wide grid then you have horizontal scrolling.
Fluid layout just fits regardless. Even though the downside is non-optimal words per line and lack of control over wireframe ratios for the expanding vertical column.