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[Nov. 15th, 2009|02:26 pm] |
The Economist жжёт:
In fact, Brazil’s emergence has been steady, not sudden. The first steps were taken in the 1990s when, having exhausted all other options, it settled on a sensible set of economic policies. |
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| Яка цікава іграшка |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|04:55 pm] |
Посвящается всем моим школьным друзьям:
Сегодня иду на ужин в ресторан с названием "Bistrot La Minette" |
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| ДА! |
[Nov. 11th, 2009|12:23 pm] |
http://larrykinglive.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/09/lkl-web-exclusive-sniper-police-chief-ive-seen-enough-death/LKL Blog: What are your feelings about the execution of John Allen Muhammad? Chief Moose: We live in a nation of laws. The people of Virginia made their decision based on the evidence. It's good to see the system works, and the people's will is going to be carried out. LKL Blog: But how do you personally feel about capital punishment? Moose: I believe in it, because it's the law in Virginia. But if for some reason people decided we wouldn't do that any more, it wouldn't bother me.
Good for him. It probably can't be easy for a cop to come out against capital punishment like that. |
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[Nov. 3rd, 2009|04:21 pm] |
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Только что услышал как Шевчук поет по-французски. Страх и ужас. |
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| Про Уфу |
[Oct. 20th, 2009|10:00 pm] |
1. Директор нашей компании провел четыре года в Уфе в первой половине 90-х. Он, вместе с партнером, держал там полимерный завод. Русские сотрудники называли его "Mister Choot Choot". Когда во время обеда он проходил по цеху, он всем говорил что водку пить можно, но только чуть-чуть.
2. На страничке Уфы в Википедии нет ни одного упоминания Шевчука и ДДТ. Зато есть Земфира - "российская певица, композитор.".
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| Америка брэнд |
[Oct. 10th, 2009|05:32 pm] |
Наш конгресс принял закон целью которого является привлечение туристов в Америку путем проведения рекламных кампаний за рубежом. Американское правительство даст на это благородное дело 100 миллионов долларов. Откуда возбмется эти деньги? Все очень просто: мы будем собирать по десять долларов с каждого туриста которому не нужна была виза для въезда (Англия, Франция, и т.д.).
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x1188480851/U-S-House-passes-international-travel-promotion-bill
Delahunt doesn’t believe the $10 fee will be a deterrent because getting a travel visa to the U.S. usually costs $130. He added he didn’t want to use taxpayer money for international travel promotion.
Виза в Америку может и стоит $130, однако аргумент хилый, т.к. жители свободной Европы раньше ничего не платили, а сейчас должны будут раскалываться на червонец.
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| правда про индюков |
[Oct. 6th, 2009|12:00 am] |
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Сегодня мне в последний раз исполняется совершенное число лет. |
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| Журнал Живого |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|04:48 pm] |
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Tequilajazzz записала третий альбом подряд на автопилоте. |
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| winamp |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|10:58 am] |
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Интересно - а кто-то еще пользуется Winamp'ом? А то я зашел на один русский сайт, а там реклама в виде окошка Winamp'а с плейлистом - причем с таким-же интерфэйсом как и 12 лет назад. |
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| Worthless paragraphs |
[May. 27th, 2009|09:25 am] |
After mentioning that Estonian GDP shrank by 15.6% in Q1 on an annualized basis, Edward Hugh notes that Today’s number obviously lends support to the idea that Estonia’s economy might decline by more than 15% in 2009. A lot depends on what the next quarter looks like. If the slowdown accelerates the final annual number might be even worse.
I will go out on the limb and say that if the slowdown decelerates the final annual number might be better. |
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| In London until Wednesday |
[May. 16th, 2009|01:06 pm] |
Most bars in London close around midnight. What a pity.
Here are some issues that are on the mind of every Brit:
-MPs claiming too much for what is supposed to be expenses related to their second homes. This guy, for instance, claimed GBP 730 for a massage chair and tried to claim over GBP 2,600 for a home theater system (although that was reduced)
-British Telecom will be laying off 15,000 employees. Apparently relying on landlines for your business model is not a sure-fire way to growth.
-National Health Service is sending out letters to parents of kids who are as little as one pound over the supposed ideal weight range for their age. In the letter they're warning of the risk of cancer(!) later in life.
-Eurovision still sucks; now extra sucky, since Graham Norton is the BBC presenter this year. As an aside, I remember Graham Norton from a lame Comedy Central show. |
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| Little things |
[Mar. 1st, 2009|03:18 pm] |
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Why doesn't Comcast On Demand have a playlist function? |
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| Жизнь на Марсе |
[Feb. 4th, 2009|11:00 pm] |
Just watched the new episode of "Life on Mars". In it Sam Tyler, the main protagonist who plays a cop who traveled through time from 2008 to 1973, is interviewed by a mystery man about a series of decapitations Sam investigated. At the end of the episode the interviewer closed a book with a seal that had the words "Aries Project" on it; it also said in Russian "Овен проекта". The Russian inscription is more or less meaningless; literally it means "The Aries of the project". The right translation would be "Проект Овен". I had an instant suspicion that the sloppy writer used Google Translate to come up with the Russian version - and it turned out to be true.
What's interesting is that last week's episode centered around the Russian mob and had a lot of Russian-speaking actors. I guess it was too much to ask one of them to quickly look at the next week's screenplay. |
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