Recent content by Holographer

I do not live in the eastern time zone - hence, during the Winter Olympics, I watched many of the events online, live, using proxy servers. German and Canadian channels broadcast their TV streams online live, so, that's what I watched instead of NBC's delayed broadcast. This led to a debate...

...out 8-figure bonuses? People, I don't know where you live, but I split my time mostly between Dallas, Manhattan, London, and southern France/Monaco, and the economy is doing pretty great. Goldman Sachs will be handing out $10,000,000+ bonuses this year to several employees. That's because...

...about their work? Look at the statistics - only 39% of Americans accept evolution. We have whooping cough epidemics again because parents refuse to get their children vaccinated. Much of the country simply doesn't trust science at all. Why have American scientists done such a horrible job...

I don't get this. I went to Afghanistan as a contractor until Feb. 2009, and the situation on the highways was a mess. If you were a foreigner, you COULD NOT safely take a regular bus down from Kabul to Kandahar. Even Afghans couldn't safely transit from Kandahar up to Herat - there were so...