Cosmonaut and astronaut are synonyms. Cosmo is of Greek origin and means "world" or "universe", and in Russian it means, space, thus "cosmonaut" is someone who has been in space.
Astro comes from Greek as well but it means "star". Astronaut is a term that comes from French and literally means someone who has been to the stars (the French being more poetic here).
So it doesn't matter what you call it, the two words can be used interchangeably, but for some reason US media seems to call Americans astronauts and Russians cosmonauts. Maybe a remnant from the space race?
"80% quality for 50% of the price" has long been the Chinese mantra and it works great for them. The "American" brand are also made in China so while they might be a bit rough around the edges, in general, they are still of comparable quality.
Even true "USA made" tools are not worth the money for the average person. They tend to be way more expensive and the extra quality is simply not worth the price difference.
If American based companies want to survive they need to learn to compete. They need to lower their prices to the point where the superior quality is worth it. Capitalism in action.
Gattaca is a great movie, but if you think about it, it doesn't make much sense.
The idea that people will be judged by their genetics is ridiculous. For one, pretty soon everyone will have near perfect genes and two most jobs do not require olympian physique so who cares?
Why wouldn't you prevent your child from getting cancer, diabetes, heart disease, autism, or any of the number of hereditary diseases if you could?
There is a ton of high tech government contracting in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Everything from defence, to space exploration, to basic research. While prices in the DC proper and northern Virginia are kind of high, it's nowhere near west coast prices and the closer you get to Baltimore the lower they get.
It's a good place to live too, world class amenities, nightlife etc.
I had this same idea 15 years ago, then I saw an article online that someone started making them and I was pissed. Since then, every 5 years or so, I see what feels like the same article, completed with the same pictures claiming "someone just invented a lie down desk"...
Completely irrelevant and ignorant post. In the late 60s early 70s, we had over 50 000 accident related deaths. Now we have around 30 000. Per capita numbers are staggering, from around 25 deaths per 100 000 people, to about 10 deaths per 100 000.
From 5 deaths per 100 million miles traveled to 1 death per 100 million miles traveled.
Seems like all that new tech is paying off.
I drive to work each day, park, then drive back home at the end of the day. So the typical use of my car is 2, maximum 3 hours a day.
On the highway, I see a whole bunch of people doing just that. One, rarely two, people per car, they use their cars between 7am - 9am and 4pm - 6pm.
Why can't I lend my car to the stay home mom that lives half a mile from my office so she can drive her kids to soccer practice? If she has the car 10 to 3 we can split the cost of own one car.
"The tragedy" of the commons, is not a tragedy at all. Just tell the car it's dirty and it will take itself to the closest carwash. It's a bit extra money spread around all the people sharing the car, but negligible compared to the savings you'll realize by not owning.
120 fatalities? Actually it's 32,719 fatalaties for 2013, or about 90 each day. Accidents wise, in 2009 there were over 10 million motor vehicle accidents.
Now imagine you take the best driver in the world (NASCAR, F1, Indy or just uncle Joe who hasn't had an accident in 50 years) and have him "train" the auto pilot.
Not to mention that computers do not get distracted and can respond thousands of times faster than any human can.
Source:
https://www.census.gov/compend...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
He showed it to his engineering teacher first thing Monday morning and didn’t get quite the reaction he’d hoped for.
“He was like, ‘That’s really nice,’” Ahmed said. “‘I would advise you not to show any other teachers.’”
He said an officer he’d never seen before leaned back in his chair and remarked: “Yup. That’s who I thought it was.”
“They were like, ‘So you tried to make a bomb?’” Ahmed said.
“I told them no, I was trying to make a clock.”
“He said, ‘It looks like a movie bomb to me.’”
“We have no information that he claimed it was a bomb,” McLellan said. “He kept maintaining it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation.”
Asked what broader explanation the boy could have given, the spokesman explained:
“It could reasonably be mistaken as a device if left in a bathroom or under a car. The concern was, what was this thing built for? Do we take him into custody?”
If that's not ignorant bigotry, I don't know what is.
Also just because there is no Internet, does not mean you can't introduce them to networking. Setting up a LAN and running a HTTP server (for example) is not that difficult. You can set up a Wiki with educational resources, IRS server, etc, etc.You can bring the Internet to them (as limited as it might be).
Start with computer games. Things like Solitaire are notoriously good in teaching mouse control. Keyboarding skills are also important, so I would recommend a typing game such as typing racers etc. Once you have those basic skills and you want to progress to programming, keep the fun going by introducing them to Scratch.
Fortran is used for all sorts of science code but I'm not sure if it counts as obscure. It tends to be used by older programmers / engineers so it might become obscure in another 10 years or so when they all retire.
Presidential appointments are vetted before confirmed. After they are confirmed, it's pretty much up to the president how long they serve.
Members of congress do not go though the regular background check process either. They are given classified information as needed (or as demanded). The executive does not like to share info with congress so I'm sure it comes down to "let's see how little can we give without pissing off Congress"
Outlook & Thunderbird both support encryption. Setting it up and using it is not at all difficult. The problem is that the federal government is 10 years behind on tech and the bureaucracy involved is enormous.
Setting up your own email server is not that difficult. I can probably install and configure Postfix within 15 minutes.
Not to mention that she might have already had the server up and running from before and just kept using that email.
While still improper, I do see this as a plausible reason for her to use her private email.
I think she should have simply apologized and handed in the server. If she would've done so, this debacle would have been long behind her.
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Cosmonaut and astronaut are synonyms. Cosmo is of Greek origin and means "world" or "universe", and in Russian it means, space, thus "cosmonaut" is someone who has been in space. Astro comes from Greek as well but it means "star". Astronaut is a term that comes from French and literally means someone who has been to the stars (the French being more poetic here). So it doesn't matter what you call it, the two words can be used interchangeably, but for some reason US media seems to call Americans astronauts and Russians cosmonauts. Maybe a remnant from the space race?
"80% quality for 50% of the price" has long been the Chinese mantra and it works great for them. The "American" brand are also made in China so while they might be a bit rough around the edges, in general, they are still of comparable quality. Even true "USA made" tools are not worth the money for the average person. They tend to be way more expensive and the extra quality is simply not worth the price difference. If American based companies want to survive they need to learn to compete. They need to lower their prices to the point where the superior quality is worth it. Capitalism in action.
Harriet Tubman will be on the new 20 dollar bill.
Gattaca is a great movie, but if you think about it, it doesn't make much sense. The idea that people will be judged by their genetics is ridiculous. For one, pretty soon everyone will have near perfect genes and two most jobs do not require olympian physique so who cares? Why wouldn't you prevent your child from getting cancer, diabetes, heart disease, autism, or any of the number of hereditary diseases if you could?
There is a ton of high tech government contracting in the Baltimore-Washington metro area. Everything from defence, to space exploration, to basic research. While prices in the DC proper and northern Virginia are kind of high, it's nowhere near west coast prices and the closer you get to Baltimore the lower they get. It's a good place to live too, world class amenities, nightlife etc.
I had this same idea 15 years ago, then I saw an article online that someone started making them and I was pissed. Since then, every 5 years or so, I see what feels like the same article, completed with the same pictures claiming "someone just invented a lie down desk"...
Completely irrelevant and ignorant post. In the late 60s early 70s, we had over 50 000 accident related deaths. Now we have around 30 000. Per capita numbers are staggering, from around 25 deaths per 100 000 people, to about 10 deaths per 100 000. From 5 deaths per 100 million miles traveled to 1 death per 100 million miles traveled. Seems like all that new tech is paying off.
I drive to work each day, park, then drive back home at the end of the day. So the typical use of my car is 2, maximum 3 hours a day. On the highway, I see a whole bunch of people doing just that. One, rarely two, people per car, they use their cars between 7am - 9am and 4pm - 6pm. Why can't I lend my car to the stay home mom that lives half a mile from my office so she can drive her kids to soccer practice? If she has the car 10 to 3 we can split the cost of own one car. "The tragedy" of the commons, is not a tragedy at all. Just tell the car it's dirty and it will take itself to the closest carwash. It's a bit extra money spread around all the people sharing the car, but negligible compared to the savings you'll realize by not owning.
120 fatalities? Actually it's 32,719 fatalaties for 2013, or about 90 each day. Accidents wise, in 2009 there were over 10 million motor vehicle accidents. Now imagine you take the best driver in the world (NASCAR, F1, Indy or just uncle Joe who hasn't had an accident in 50 years) and have him "train" the auto pilot. Not to mention that computers do not get distracted and can respond thousands of times faster than any human can. Source: https://www.census.gov/compend... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Predicting the downfall of America? Terrorist!
He showed it to his engineering teacher first thing Monday morning and didn’t get quite the reaction he’d hoped for. “He was like, ‘That’s really nice,’” Ahmed said. “‘I would advise you not to show any other teachers.’” He said an officer he’d never seen before leaned back in his chair and remarked: “Yup. That’s who I thought it was.” “They were like, ‘So you tried to make a bomb?’” Ahmed said. “I told them no, I was trying to make a clock.” “He said, ‘It looks like a movie bomb to me.’” “We have no information that he claimed it was a bomb,” McLellan said. “He kept maintaining it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation.” Asked what broader explanation the boy could have given, the spokesman explained: “It could reasonably be mistaken as a device if left in a bathroom or under a car. The concern was, what was this thing built for? Do we take him into custody?”
If that's not ignorant bigotry, I don't know what is.
And by IRS, I mean IRC, don't set up IRS...
That much is true, but imagine the possibilities if they had someone knowledgeable to teach them?
Also just because there is no Internet, does not mean you can't introduce them to networking. Setting up a LAN and running a HTTP server (for example) is not that difficult. You can set up a Wiki with educational resources, IRS server, etc, etc.You can bring the Internet to them (as limited as it might be).
Start with computer games. Things like Solitaire are notoriously good in teaching mouse control. Keyboarding skills are also important, so I would recommend a typing game such as typing racers etc. Once you have those basic skills and you want to progress to programming, keep the fun going by introducing them to Scratch.
Fortran is used for all sorts of science code but I'm not sure if it counts as obscure. It tends to be used by older programmers / engineers so it might become obscure in another 10 years or so when they all retire.
Presidential appointments are vetted before confirmed. After they are confirmed, it's pretty much up to the president how long they serve. Members of congress do not go though the regular background check process either. They are given classified information as needed (or as demanded). The executive does not like to share info with congress so I'm sure it comes down to "let's see how little can we give without pissing off Congress"
Outlook & Thunderbird both support encryption. Setting it up and using it is not at all difficult. The problem is that the federal government is 10 years behind on tech and the bureaucracy involved is enormous.
Setting up your own email server is not that difficult. I can probably install and configure Postfix within 15 minutes. Not to mention that she might have already had the server up and running from before and just kept using that email. While still improper, I do see this as a plausible reason for her to use her private email. I think she should have simply apologized and handed in the server. If she would've done so, this debacle would have been long behind her.
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