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Personal Computer |
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01/07/1998
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About PC Selection
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09/21/1998
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Personal Computer Extracts
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05/25/1998
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BASICA Zen |
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"Apparently I bought a peasant computer language..." |
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4DOS
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01/07/1998
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About 4DOS Selection
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Notes about selection of sample 4DOS batch commands |
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SETCOLOR
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Set standard ANSI color escape codes (batch) |
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TR
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Switch batch command tracing ON/OFF (batch) |
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INSERT
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Insert specified disk into floppy drive (batch) |
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DELAGED
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Delete files older than specified age (batch) |
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PBE
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PowerBASIC Interactive Development Env interface |
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PBC
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Compile and add to library PowerBASIC subprogram |
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PBCL
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Compile & link into the EXE file PowerBASIC procedure |
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PBER
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Determine prog error line numb by run-time error address |
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PBL
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PowerBASIC object/unit Librarian interface |
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PowerBASIC
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03/07/2002
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COMPRES$
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Compress character string (function) |
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DIGITAL%
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Check character string for digital value (predicate) |
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LEAP%
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Check year for leap value (predicate) |
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PARSE$
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Parse char string into substring array (function) |
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REVERSE$
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Reverse character string (function) |
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TAILSTR$
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Get character string tail (function) |
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TRANS$
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Translate character string symbols (function) |
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VALDGRE%
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Check date for valid Gregorian value (predicate) |
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WEEKDAY$
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Form day of a week abbreviated name (function) |
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PROGRES
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Display file processing progress indicator (routine) |
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PROGRTM
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Display file proc progr ind with elapsed/left time (routine) |
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CONVLNK
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Convert plain text link list into HTML form (procedure) |
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RENPHOT
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Rename digital photo image JPG files (procedure) |
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Personal Computer Links
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05/10/1998
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Extracts |
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03/10/1998
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Fiction Extracts
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03/10/1998
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The Spire
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"Then, if men have faith, a new thing comes..." |
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Fahrenheit 451
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"Ask yourself, what do we want in this country,.." |
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The Fall of Edward Barnard
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"Do you think it is so little to have enjoyed contentment?.." |
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Salvatore
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"Quality which is the rarest, the most precious..." |
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On Marriage
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"One marriage in a hundred is happy, my friend..." |
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The Father Confessor
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"He sends it to us to awaken new life in us..." |
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The Indian Life
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"There is no more to be told about Dasa's life,.." |
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The Grand Inquisitor
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"We are not working with Thee, but with him..." |
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A Dreary Story
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"Her steps have died away. Farewell, my treasure!" |
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Judas Iscariot
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"Traitors, traitors, what have ye done with this earth?" |
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When King Loses His Head
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"Do you believe that freedom really came today?" |
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Never Talk to Strangers
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"If there is no God, then who, one wonders, rules the life..." |
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Pontius Pilate
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"The accused comes from Galilee, does he?" |
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The Seventh Proof
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"For the last time the moon flashed before his eyes..." |
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The Haunted Apartment
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"'Woland, professor of black magic,' said the visitor..." |
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Koroviev's Tricks
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"Who is official and who is unofficial these days?" |
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Black Magic Revealed
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"Do you find the people of Moscow much changed?" |
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Execution
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"Have your eyes been blinded by the smoke of sacrifices?.." |
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The Master is Released
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"He is a master, messire, I warn you!" |
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Procurator Saving Judas
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"Take all possible steps to protect Judas of Karioth." |
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The Burial
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"I could not save Judas of Karioth from being murdered." |
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Final Adventures
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"He's hungry... where could he get any foreign currency?" |
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Absolution and Refuge
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"Here is the peace that you never knew in your lifetime." |
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One Day of in the Life...
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"Just one of the 3,653 days of his sentence,.." |
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The Idler
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"I wonder, what do I look like to him from there?" |
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Miscellaneous Extracts
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04/17/1998
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The Ten Cannots
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"You cannot help men permanently by doing for them..." |
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Seven National Crimes
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"I have no time to read and find out." |
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Government and Society
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"We, collectively, have a choice: what kind of..." |
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Israel's Peculiar Position
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"As it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us." |
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The Totalitarian Urge
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"Does there lurk in us a wish for totalitarian rule?" |
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Solzhenitsyn Nobel Lecture
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Nobel Lecture in Lit. of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1972 |
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Brodsky Nobel Lecture
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Nobel Lecture in Literature of Joseph Brodsky, 1987 |
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Extract Bibliography
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03/10/1998
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Extract Links
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03/10/1998
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Humor |
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12/20/1997
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Stories
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12/20/1997
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A Fable for Modern Times
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"Long ago, in the days when all disks flopped..." |
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Windows for Toasters
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"Once upon a time, in a kingdom not far from..." |
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Alice in UNIX Land
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"Alice was reading the message on her monitor..." |
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Alice in DIGITALand
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"'You're in DIGITALand,' replied the security guard,.." |
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Diary of an AOL User
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"I really believe that AOL should be wiped off..."
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Smart House
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"Moved in at last. Finally, we live in the smartest..."
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Year 2000
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"There was once a COBOL programmer..." |
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Microsoft Cuisine
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"Start-up software developer Cuisine International..." |
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How Specs Live Forever
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"The United State standard railroad gauge of..." |
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Twelve Bugs of Christmas
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"For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said..." |
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Attention Deficit Disorder
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"Don't laugh — if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!" |
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Jokes
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12/20/1997
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Outsourcing Yet Another Job
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"US Congress Votes to Outsource Presidency..." |
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Bush Lays off Congress
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"Hey, outsourcing is the way to go these days,.." |
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Decision Making Cycle
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"We can't do this proposed project. CAN NOT..." |
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How Shit Happens
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"This new plan will actively promote the growth..." |
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Management Tale
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"Once upon a time, two aerospace companies,.." |
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Resignation Letter
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"Your shiny new iMac has personality that you ever will." |
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Before 1945
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"No wonder we are so confused and there is such..." |
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New Speak
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"After tventi yers zer vud be no mor trubls,.." |
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The Day Off
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"So, you want the day off! Let's take a moment..." |
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Six Phases of a Project
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"Praise and honors for the non-participants." |
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Cartoons
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05/27/2004
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Computer
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Computer cartoons |
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Corporate
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Corporate cartoons |
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Economy
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Economy cartoons |
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Politics
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Political cartoons |
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Media
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Media cartoons |
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Terror
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Terror cartoons |
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USA
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USA cartoons |
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World
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World cartoons |
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Adult
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Adult cartoons |
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General
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General cartoons |
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Humor Links
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12/20/1997
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Russian |
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02/14/1998
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Russian Support
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07/08/1998
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Phonetic Keyboard
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07/08/1998
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Russian Fiction
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08/07/1998
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The Grand Inquisitor
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Feodor Dostoyevsky |
The Grand Inquisitor, 1880 |
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A Dreary Story
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Anton Chekhov |
A Dreary Story, 1889 |
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Judas Iscariot
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Leonid Andreev |
Judas Iscariot, 1907 |
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So It Was
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Leonid Andreev |
So It Was, 1905 |
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At the Station
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Leonid Andreev |
At the Station, 1903 |
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Never Talk to Strangers
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 1, 1940 |
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Pontius Pilate
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 2, 1940 |
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The Seventh Proof
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 3, 1940 |
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Haunted Apartment
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 7, 1940 |
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Koroviev's Tricks
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 9, 1940 |
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Black Magic Exposed
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 12, 1940 |
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Execution
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 16, 1940 |
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Extraction of Master
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 24, 1940 |
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Procurator Saving Judas
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 25, 1940 |
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The Burial
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 26, 1940 |
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Final Adventures
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 28, 1940 |
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Absolution and Refuge
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
Master and Margarita, Ch. 32, 1940 |
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The Heart of a Dog
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Mikhail Bulgakov |
The Heart of a Dog, 1925 |
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Five Spoons of Elixir
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A&B Strugatsky |
Five Spoons of Elixir |
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The Second Invasion
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A&B Strugatsky |
The Second Invasion of Martians, 1966 |
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Picnic
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A&B Strugatsky |
Picnic on the Road Side |
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The Idler
(recording)
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Andrei Bitov |
The Idler, 1962 |
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The Mime Actor
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Anatoly Kuznetsov |
The Mime Actor |
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One Day of Ivan...
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Alex. Solzhenitsyn |
One Day of Ivan Denisovich, 1959 |
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Faithful Ruslan
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Georgy Vladimov |
Faithful Ruslan, 1965 |
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Quarantine
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Vladimir Maksimov |
Quarantine, 1973 |
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Persona Untouchable
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Vladimir Voinovich |
Adventures of Ivan Chonkin (1), 1970 |
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Pretender to the Throne
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Vladimir Voinovich |
Adventures of Ivan Chonkin (2), 1979 |
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Ivan Ivanych
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Boulat Okudzhava |
How Ivan Ivanych Made Country Happy |
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Babel Stories
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Isaac Babel |
4 stories, 1916–1928 |
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The Father Confessor
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Herman Hesse |
The Glass Bead Game, 1943 |
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The Indian Life
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Herman Hesse |
The Glass Bead Game, 1943 |
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Siddhartha
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Herman Hesse |
Siddhartha, 1924 |
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The Spire
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William Golding |
The Spire, 1964 |
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Fall of Edward Barnard
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Somerset Maugham |
The Fall of Edward Barnard, 1921 |
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Creative Impulse
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Somerset Maugham |
Creative Impulse, 1936 |
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Salvatore
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Somerset Maugham |
Salvatore, 1936 |
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Russian Drama
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09/22/1999
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Marbles
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Joseph Brodsky |
Marbles, 1982 |
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Stalker
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A&B Strugatsky |
Stalker (literary movie transcript) |
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Jews of Peter City
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A&B Strugatsky |
Jews of the Peter City, 1990 |
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Concert for Four Voices
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Heinrich Boll |
Concert for Four Voices, 1964 |
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Russian Poetry
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08/07/1998
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Osip Mandelshtam
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09/29/2002
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91 poems
Random quote
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Joseph Brodsky
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08/07/1998
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116 poems
Random quote
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Alexander Kushner
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08/07/1998
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7 poems |
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Alexander Volodin
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08/07/1998
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40 poems
Random quote
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Oleg Chuhontsev
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09/08/2002
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10 poems
Random quote
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Sasha Cherny
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08/05/1999
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4 poems |
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Sergei Esenin
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09/08/2002
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11 poems
Random quote
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Miscellaneous
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09/08/2002
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31 poems
Random quote
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Russian Songs
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02/14/1998
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About Russian Songs
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02/14/1998
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Alexander Galich
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05/15/1998
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1:25:30 20 songs |
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Vladimir Visotsky
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02/14/1998
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1:00:51 20 songs |
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Boulat Okudzhava
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10/10/1999
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43:28 20 songs |
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Evgeny Bachurin
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05/15/1998
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33:53 13 songs |
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Alexander Mirzayan
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02/27/1998
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37:59 12 songs |
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Russian Humor
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10/01/1999
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Mikhail Zhvanetsky
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06/16/2002
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65 stories |
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Popov's Dream
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Aleksey K. Tolstoy |
Popov's Dream, 1873 |
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Settlement Project
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Project of the North-Atlantic Conflict Settlement |
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Israel Warns America
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"USA returns 95% of the occupied Mexican territories." |
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Winwars 2002
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"After three weeks and one day Iraq had..." |
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Most Rich
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"All agreed that Russian is the best and most rich..." |
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Miscellaneous Russian
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08/31/1999
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Solzhenitsyn Nobel Lecture
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn |
Nobel Lecture, 1972 |
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Brodsky Nobel Lecture
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Joseph Brodsky |
Nobel Lecture, 1987 |
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Leniniana
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Benedict Erofeev |
My Little Leniniana, 1988 |
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Prophets
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Maximilian Voloshin |
Prophets and Avengers, 1906 |
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Despotism
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Semion Frank |
Premises of Despotism, 1907 |
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Socialism
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Igor Shafarevich |
Socialism, 1974 |
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Slavery
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Etien de la Boeti |
Voluntary Slavery, 1546 |
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Children's Corner
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03/27/2005
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Diary of Fox Mikki
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Sasha Cherny |
The Diary of Fox Mikki, 1927 |
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Horton Hatches the Egg
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Doctor Seuss |
Tales about Horton the Elephant |
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Horton Hears a Who!
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Doctor Seuss |
Tales about Horton the Elephant |
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Russian Links
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03/30/1998
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