...attacks from Russian IP's...
One should realize that there are a lot "pirated" Windows OS installations in Russia. I would guess more than 90%.
These PCs do not have Windows Update, since the OS is not authentic. And consequently hoards of different viruses, trojans and bot-networks run on them. The masters of these malicious networks could mount cyber activity from the IPs' of unsuspecting owners.
I would advise a Pentagon delegation to visit a Russian megalopolis for a cultural exchange trip and learn the real situation on the ground, before retaliating with cyber campaigns on poor people.
...China, or maybe Russia
China and Russia adopted the metric systems still in the early 20th century. Printing press, periodical system of elements, space flight, and many other significant humanity-scale scientific and engineering breakthroughs were made in those parts.
Most US prisoners are for drug crimes.
I heard on the radio that there is a racial issue in this problem too.
But I do not know exact statistics about the reasons why people are in prisons. And it was not my point.
What I wanted to say is that by pure political reasons some figures are given much more importance than the others.
For instance, 136 people died while crossing Berlin Wall, we all know it. And I regret it, certainly. Even one was one too many.
But hundreds of people die each year on the Mexican-US border. And nobody even know about it. And does not want to know. I regret it too. And I hope that it will change.
But again it was not my point. I am talking about political influence on historical science.
What is algebra, exactly? Is it one of those three-cornered things? -- J.M. Barrie