So a random sampling of houses (not bars, restaurants, clubs, pubs, etc) where the head of household agrees to place a tracking device determines if my favorite show lives or dies? No wonder I stopped watching TV.
It's simple economics. If the industry can support the high wages, they'll get paid. If it can't, they won't. You won't make a million dollars per program you write because the next guy will do it for less, but "the next person" can't be Brad Pitt, so if you want Brad Pitt you're going to pay a premium.
If you don't agree with it, don't watch movies and tv shows that pay their actors large sums of money. If you must watch Troy, don't complain that they made a lot of cash.
The Chinese do. This was the assumption I made, but I'm starting to question it. We don't call Germany "Deutschland" after all.
We do. "We" here is America, or more broadly the Western World. This seems to be the way you think it should work (I'm not saying that you're wrong, mind). It's our language, we'll call them what we want.
Nobody does. This is probably closest to the truth. Nobody actually picks what term we use, but eventually everybody starts to use the same term.
Personally, I see no problem using the term "Chinese Astronaut" or, if it's obvious we're talking about China, using the term "Astronaut" on its own. For that matter, I would prefer "Russian Astronaut" to "Cosmonaut". A hundred years from now when 30+ countries have people in space (At least, I hope that happens) are we going to have 30 different words for their Astronauts? We're already up to 4 now and I'm getting annoyed with it.
(I stripped the Chinese characters as they didn't survive the cut/past process)
The term taikonaut is sometimes used in English for astronauts from China by Western news media. The term was coined in May 1998 by Chiew Lee Yih from Malaysia, who used it first in newsgroups. Almost simultaneously, Chen Lan coined it for use in the Western media based on the term "tikng", Chinese for space. In Chinese itself, however, the term yuhangyuan (yhng yun) ("space navigator") has long been used and refers to astronauts and cosmonauts, and the closest term using taikong is taikongren, which literally means space human. Official English text issued by the Chinese government uses the term "astronaut." It is unclear whether the Chinese apply the honorific at training or successful mission completion.
So, in short, no. 'Astronaut' is the correct term according to China.
Um, I just flew to the UK recently, from the US with a US passport, and had to write down the address of where I would be staying. And I wasn't flying AA.
As long as I can remember (And I think it goes back to the first newspapers), titles have shunned conjunctions and other "optional" words. It had, in he past, a lot to do with cost of ink and real estate on the front page. WORLD AT WAR reads just as good (and, in my opinion, better on a headline) than THE WORLD IS AT WAR and saves the ink for 5 letters and the page area for 7 characters.
You obviously don't watch either WB or UPN on Tuesdays. 8pmET on WB is Gilmore Girls, 9pmET on WB is Veronica Mars -- which, along with Lost, is one of the two best new shows this season.
Yeah, but it sounds better to say it the way the grandparent did than:
So, is that art imititing life, or did was the dot always there and just noticed after Clarke wrote about it in his book, making for a very strange coincidence that is nothing more than an amusing anecdote to talk about on slashdot?
I hit 'menu' and 'phone book' and then 'add' and have them say the number (which I can hear just fine from a few feet away from the phone) while I key it in.
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So a random sampling of houses (not bars, restaurants, clubs, pubs, etc) where the head of household agrees to place a tracking device determines if my favorite show lives or dies? No wonder I stopped watching TV.
How many people who will be buying this book know how to do regex searches?
I don't think I'll buy the book, but It intrigued me. I've just started getting php/mysql/apache running on a linux box so it's all quite new to me.
I've been doing regex searches for quite some time now. Perhaps a decade.
It's simple economics. If the industry can support the high wages, they'll get paid. If it can't, they won't. You won't make a million dollars per program you write because the next guy will do it for less, but "the next person" can't be Brad Pitt, so if you want Brad Pitt you're going to pay a premium.
If you don't agree with it, don't watch movies and tv shows that pay their actors large sums of money. If you must watch Troy, don't complain that they made a lot of cash.
Software?
To most people Microsoft is synonymous with computers period.
You're absolutely right, as is the grandparent.
Think about it.
Really hard.
Would you let someone put up a sign in your front yard with some racial or sexual slur on it?
Hehe, ESA "astronauts" are called spationauts which I think is the worst one of them all.
Who has the right to decide?
Good question. I see three options:
The Chinese do. This was the assumption I made, but I'm starting to question it. We don't call Germany "Deutschland" after all.
We do. "We" here is America, or more broadly the Western World. This seems to be the way you think it should work (I'm not saying that you're wrong, mind). It's our language, we'll call them what we want.
Nobody does. This is probably closest to the truth. Nobody actually picks what term we use, but eventually everybody starts to use the same term.
Personally, I see no problem using the term "Chinese Astronaut" or, if it's obvious we're talking about China, using the term "Astronaut" on its own. For that matter, I would prefer "Russian Astronaut" to "Cosmonaut". A hundred years from now when 30+ countries have people in space (At least, I hope that happens) are we going to have 30 different words for their Astronauts? We're already up to 4 now and I'm getting annoyed with it.
Actually, according to the source you submitted:
(I stripped the Chinese characters as they didn't survive the cut/past process)
The term taikonaut is sometimes used in English for astronauts from China by Western news media. The term was coined in May 1998 by Chiew Lee Yih from Malaysia, who used it first in newsgroups. Almost simultaneously, Chen Lan coined it for use in the Western media based on the term "tikng", Chinese for space. In Chinese itself, however, the term yuhangyuan (yhng yun) ("space navigator") has long been used and refers to astronauts and cosmonauts, and the closest term using taikong is taikongren, which literally means space human. Official English text issued by the Chinese government uses the term "astronaut." It is unclear whether the Chinese apply the honorific at training or successful mission completion.
So, in short, no. 'Astronaut' is the correct term according to China.
IIRC, I was given a form on the airplane that I then carried to the immigration desk in Gatwick.
Um, I just flew to the UK recently, from the US with a US passport, and had to write down the address of where I would be staying. And I wasn't flying AA.
(Can't RTFA, already slashdotted)
As long as I can remember (And I think it goes back to the first newspapers), titles have shunned conjunctions and other "optional" words. It had, in he past, a lot to do with cost of ink and real estate on the front page. WORLD AT WAR reads just as good (and, in my opinion, better on a headline) than THE WORLD IS AT WAR and saves the ink for 5 letters and the page area for 7 characters.
It means nothing now, but now it's tradition.
Did you just link to a bunch of blogs?
You obviously don't watch either WB or UPN on Tuesdays. 8pmET on WB is Gilmore Girls, 9pmET on WB is Veronica Mars -- which, along with Lost, is one of the two best new shows this season.
/. and not the commercials.
Hey, I pay for
Not sure, but I think they meant "Standing around and gossiping." At least that's what I think.
Yeah, I've had to replace the diamonds in my wife's wedding ring 3 times in the past 5 years.
Damn band keeps turning her finger green too. Does gold oxidize too?
Raman Spectroscopy
Dude, they're always tough until you boil them for 3 minutes. This is nothing new.
Torrent is invalid, it says that the Torrent is Banned.
I've never seen this before, is everybody getting this or just me?
Is that when I get my flying car?
Considering his parent was asking about the US, I was under the impression that he was in the US.
P1: "I heard you took a trip around the world. What was Tokyo like?"
P2: "Fantastic! I loved the food there, and the night life was great!"
Quick, what city was Person #2 talking about?
Yeah, because the patent holder on DVDs has made far less than $135 million. They should jail this guy for milking a dead cow!
Yeah, but it sounds better to say it the way the grandparent did than:
So, is that art imititing life, or did was the dot always there and just noticed after Clarke wrote about it in his book, making for a very strange coincidence that is nothing more than an amusing anecdote to talk about on slashdot?
I hit 'menu' and 'phone book' and then 'add' and have them say the number (which I can hear just fine from a few feet away from the phone) while I key it in.
Amazing things, these multifunciton phones.
Sounds to me like the reps get punished if they cancel accounts. Sad but likely.
Probably because NASA was going to give up on Hubble until people sent in their ideas?