In other words, Dillo combined with using a host file to block ads.

Both atheism and theism are making assertions so both have a burden of proof. An atheist asserts that the universe and self replicating life came into existence purely via natural means. That is a claim and thus has just as much of a duty to show proof as assertions to the contrary.

You could hire a translator. The main problem is there's still that whole "you would be hanged for blasphemy" thing.

Unlike most Islamic states, the Christian USA doesn't persecute gays. At worst, there is debate over recognition of same-sex marriages. Gays are publicly stoned or jailed in large portions of the Islamic world.

From the perspective of a millennial, I'd say the lack of thought about equality is a good thing. Men my age never think about whether a woman should be in the workplace or not. We just assume they've always been there. I've had several friends who were in inter-racial relationships and inter-racial friendship and nobody ever stopped to think about it. Gays were generally tolerated with very little attention payed to their orientation.

To us, the struggle for equality is just something we read about in a history class once. We don't strive to overcome our differences namely because we've forgotten those differences were ever there in the first place. MLK and Susan B Anthony never dreamed of a world where people would sit around talking about how to get along as equals, they envisioned a world where people simply would get along as equals.

If you compare childless, single women to childless, single men and look at identical careers rather than careers with "equivalent education", the so called "pay gap" vanishes. This is because the pay gap isn't caused by discrimination. It's caused by the fact that women tend to prefer their families to their careers. Polls asking men and women what they want in a career tend to show women prioritize flexible schedules and benefits over salary. Women are also far more likely to put their careers on hold and take maternity leave than men are to take paternity leave. You could just as easily call this "disparity" evidence that women maintain a better work-life balance then men.

It is true that women are slightly more likely to be victims of domestic violence (though, women who are married are dramatically less likely to be victims than single women). The thing is, the stats aren't all that lopsided. You might think domestic violence overwhelmingly is perpetrated by men against women but about 40% of the victims of domestic violence incidents are men. (That's not saying the perpetrators are women, there are other cases such as brother attacking brother or roommate vs roommate where both are men).

Who cares about what used to happen? That was generations ago and women currently outnumber men in colleges.

Did you know an unmarried woman is statistically more likely to be a victim of violence, particularly domestic violence, than a married woman. Both unmarried women and men in general, are more likely to be victims of violence than married women. We hear a lot about "battered wives" but battered girlfriends are much more common.

Humanity likely came into existence in Africa.

Not all of Africa is impossible to do business in. Kenya's government, while not good, is at least stable and mostly functional. Botswana has seen very dramatic economic growth and is starting to emerge in the global markets as a viable place to do business.

Sure, Somalia's too unstable, Nigeria's too factional and Zimbabwe is too corrupt, but there are parts of Africa that could potentially benefit from better tech in schools.

Because nobody ever used BeOS. Not that it wasn't a nice system, it was just that nobody ever used it.

And when, pray tell, will the going for Windows 8 actually be good?

Yeah, but their proprietary Linux drivers are simply atrocious. Performance isn't so bad but stability is awful.

Norway, Sweden, et al actually have lower corporate income tax rates than the USA does. Not sure about Norway but Sweden, under the center-right Moderate Party, has actually worked to trim its safety nets and curb tax rates in recent years.

Soviet citizens did starve. I don't know if you've looked at our figures for obesity rates but Americans aren't exactly starving. Our poor are actually the most likely to be obese so they're not starving either. As for our tax rates, the top 10% of income earners pay about 70% of all income taxes so the rich are hardly getting away scott-free on taxes.