I don't think that the USSR were making any particular statement about gender politics. They were simply looking to score another 'first'.
There's also a suspicion that their statement was that their space industry was so advanced, that they could send up even a woman. So the exact opposite of a positive gender equality message.
Are you really unable to see the difference between expressing an opinion (however controversial), and threatening to assault someone?
Your definition of trolling is also totally skewed. It is either;
* voicing an opinion (that you may not actually hold) for the sole purpose of getting a rise out of someone
* threatening people online
The second definition is relatively new and an invention of media, but we're stuck with it. But either way, trolling is not expressing an opinion that others may disagree with.
A fair percentage of early space exploration was entirely political stunts. It was one of the driving forces that made it all happen.
Doesn't mean it wasn't an achievement and Tereshkova has something that no-one can ever take away from her.
Is it just me, or is there a deluge of unsympathetic ridicule heading this guy's way?
When I was 7, computers were something with lights you saw on Star Trek. I didn't start coding until I was in my teens. And this was when coding was hard work. Not like the spoon-fed coding environments you get now.
Yet I manage.
How about if one says;
"No divorce" does not equal "long-term stable marriage". It can equally mean "long-term nightmare marriage".
Somehow I don't think your average drug cartel cares about the distinction between helping the DEA, and appearing to help the DEA.
I'm really looking forward to the date when a politician makes a speech regarding the end of these temporary "for some time to come" shifts.
Happily, we have reached the point where the authorities no longer need these measures. So we will be putting and end to what we always suggested was only a temporary inconvenience. We are freely relinquishing these powers and the balance between freedom and security is restored."
Somehow I doubt this will ever happen and I can't remember it ever happening before. Funny that, isn't it?
This is down to the magic of perception. As demonstrated by the Checker shadow illusion. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... )
Your wall is most certainly green, but your brain sees it as white.
The purpose of testing is to collect data about the system itself and how it operates in end user environments; this is collecting information about the end users themselves rather than just the machine
The end user is part of the end user environment. Some would even say they're the most important part of it.
This is a non-story. If you don't want your Windows 10 use to be monitored then maybe don't enroll in a program for testing Windows 10, and don't use it for your everyday computing.
How about "can I check my email to see if the delivery of anti-malaria medicine for my village is on its way" ?
Or "can I send an email to offer my crop for sale" ?
I don't think those figures demonstrate what you think they demonstrate. They still show that the average American produces twice as much carbon as the average Chinese.
But in this case, TPB are making money. Lots of it.
But I'm sure they're happy for you to suggest nobler causes for their business model.
but it would certainly be rational for us to impose one to pay for the cost of maintaining roads to enable good to travel to and from Scotland.
Well this has to be the stupidest idea here.
Does France charge Spain for the cost of maintaining roads to and from Spain? Or do they maybe realise that roads go both ways, as does the goods on it.
Luxembourg, Switzerland , Liechtenstein, Monaco and Norway all have a good credit history. That's all the banks care about. Scotland, on the other hand, would be the equivalent of an 18 year old with no credit history. That makes it, as far as the banks are concerned, an unknown risk. Banks do not like unknown risks.
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
