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Corruption in India? Color me not surprised. India is a lot worse that China is in terms of economic development and its growth trajectory. Those that say that both India and China…

I don't think anyone can predict more than 20-30 years into the future with any real degree of accuracy. So yeah, I agree that X might very well be possible (or in widespread usage…

Did Apple consciously move down from the highly specialized Pro market to the larger Consumer market because it has a larger total number of users? If this is the case, then yes th…

We got to the moon because of massively political support at the highest levels because it was viewed as a strategic necessity. Climbing mountains doesn't seem that comparable to g…

Sort of neat, but doesn't look very useful. I have to admit, I was expecting a 3D globe view that displayed geographically the intermediate nodes and end point. It would have also …

I'd expect that the layoffs would be centered around the old OS. Anyone involved in the new OS is likely to be safe. Or at least that sounds like a logical approach. I'd expect the…

The problem with WP was the way it was used in Gaza: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/israeli-army...

Very true. Most people don't know but the most controversial weapons that Israel has used in recent years, such as the cluster bombs dropped in Southern Lebanon [1] and the white p…

I got my numbers from the bottom of this page which shows that US Aid to Israel is increasing through til 2013: http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/foreig... I go…

Depending on definition Europe can have more than 700 million people and it often includes Turkey and Russia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Europe But I would think …

That is why people who try to bring into the US large amounts of cash through border control have it confiscated if they don't declare it. http://www.ehow.com/about_5445167_laws-br…

Annual US Aid to Israel is $382.97 per Israeli and going up.

Traceability in the real world banking institutions has its advantages. As a business owner I've once had a mistaken transactions that resulted in erroneous withdrawal of +10,000 f…

I think my social circle is less active and less dramatic than yours. I guess that means that I am boring and my friends are also relatively boring. I guess different social circle…

It doesn't include the hundreds of millions which have been cashed out -- there numbers would look even worse if they included those numbers.

I'd agree exceot for #8, everyone is actually talking about it for once and generally in agreement. It is sort of surreal.

I don't understand why it would stress you out. Can you explain?

It appears that you are strongly implying that I am part of a conspiracy. Can you outline in more detail this conspiracy that you believe I am involved in?

You mean before people started to look into him more closely? I also was very impressed with Groupon before they released their numbers and the amount of shares sold by insiders pr…

I think that people are aware of the distinction, but they feel that Groupon, while it might have been a "go big" hope, it is distinctly leaning towards the "go home" while at the …

He seems like a smart man, but I also think that his cashing out of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of stock pre-IPO doesn't have a good explanation unless he has reservation…

I think that investors should be informed about Groupon and its founders. It is especially important if there are issues with Groupon and its founders. I was actually quite impress…