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I am primarily a Firefox add-on developer these days. My main areas of expertise is everything Mozilla-related (XUL, JavaScript, XULRunner etc.), web technologies (HTML5, CSS etc.), web application security, Perl, Python. Some C++, Java and PHP is also doable but I am by no means an expert here.


Nov
24
revised What was the actual value of tea destroyed during the Boston Tea Party?
Fixed typo
Nov
24
answered What was the actual value of tea destroyed during the Boston Tea Party?
Nov
23
revised How well can cavalry fight infantry?
Fixed title as well
Nov
23
answered How well can cavalry fight infantry?
Nov
23
revised How well can cavalry fight infantry?
Tried to fix up the question a bit
Nov
23
comment Are there any independent historical records of ancient Persia allowing freedom of worship for the Jews?
possible duplicate of Biblical stories and History
Nov
23
comment When did polygamy start becoming illegal?
@JimThio: This is a history site, not psychology. You have to ask about historical events or something that can be explained with historical events. And any relation between monogamy and democracy is such a ridiculous assumption that Rory's is the only valid answer to it. You should be the one to provide evidence supporting this assumption, not the people who answer you. Next time you will ask whether Ancient Greeks went into space and require evidence that they didn't.
Nov
22
comment When did polygamy start becoming illegal?
Please consider formulating this as a question rather than an answer. Particularly if everything you can come up with are wild speculations that attract downvotes to an otherwise valid question.
Nov
22
comment When was Madame Wellington Koo nee Oei Hui Lan's death date?
To repeat my comment on the now deleted answer: What's the historical significance of Oei Hui Lan? Why is her exact death date of any importance? This should be closed as "too localized".
Nov
22
awarded  Enlightened
Nov
22
awarded  Nice Answer
Nov
22
reviewed Approve suggested edit on Is the Bible considered a reliable historical resource?
Nov
22
comment Is there any research explicitly contradicting facts in Suvorov's “Icebreaker” book series claiming that Stalin intended to attack Hitler in 1941?
@DVK: As I said, in Chapter 13 Isaev also corrected Suvorov's misinformation concerning the Soviet defense lines (Suvorov seems to have greatly overestimated the capabilities of the Stalin Line while underestimating the Molotov Line). This has little to do with army's operational plans however.
Nov
22
revised Is there any research explicitly contradicting facts in Suvorov's “Icebreaker” book series claiming that Stalin intended to attack Hitler in 1941?
clarified where the state border was
Nov
22
revised Is there any research explicitly contradicting facts in Suvorov's “Icebreaker” book series claiming that Stalin intended to attack Hitler in 1941?
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Nov
22
comment How do war elephants fight?
-1: This is explained in depth in Wikipedia.
Nov
22
revised Is there any research explicitly contradicting facts in Suvorov's “Icebreaker” book series claiming that Stalin intended to attack Hitler in 1941?
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Nov
22
comment Is there any research explicitly contradicting facts in Suvorov's “Icebreaker” book series claiming that Stalin intended to attack Hitler in 1941?
@LennartRegebro: Isaev in his book that I mention in my answer below thinks that the argumentation is flawed at a deeper level - Soviet Union wasn't the only country to develop such tanks, Great Britain, France and Sweden had them as well. Even Finland bought similar British tanks. The goal of such tanks was easier transportation of the tank - and that goal was eventually met by other means in all countries. That's an example of willful fact omission actually.
Nov
22
answered Is there any research explicitly contradicting facts in Suvorov's “Icebreaker” book series claiming that Stalin intended to attack Hitler in 1941?
Nov
21
revised When was Madame Wellington Koo nee Oei Hui Lan's death date?
Corrected mistyped year