<div> Russian is not exotic although more complete and allows for more articulate expression than most other languages, which in tern makes it extremely complicated language to learn (even for native speakers). I have no idea where your lawyer friend pulled the 3 different alphabets from since I am fluent in Russian and only know of one (alphabet). In regards to the county: it's a miserable, corrupt and a racist place that teaches 18yo kids how to kill, where pensioners (those WWII veterans you spoke about) struggle to survive and resort to look for left-over's in rubbish bins. They rather exists like they have in the past, behind the iron curtain ignorant of everythign and everyone instead of evolve with the rest of the world. Not to mention all those mail order brides… Anything to get away from that hell hole. Besides that, yeah, it's a great place. </div> <div> </div> <div>On 06/09/07, Brian Fahrlander <<a href="mailto:brian@fahrlander.net">brian@fahrlander.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fajar Priyanto wrote: >> (Couldn't help it...I started there, back around 1989, it's never really >> gotten much better I'm afraid...) > > No, I started my Linux journey on Redhat 7.3. So, I guess I miss one of > important stages in the 'good old days' of computing. > > The Russian (USSR back then, around 1989) embassy in my country used to offer > FREE Russian language course. I called them and I almost took it because I > thought Russian language was very exotic, but my father forbid me for who > knows the reason. Interesting; yeah, Russian isn't easy...a lawyer friend of ours learned it- he talked of three different alphabets...it's what happens when your country is comprised of *11* time zones. It's a huge place, with good times and bad, but a lot of sadness. They've showed amazing strength and courage, like in World War 2, amassing against Hitler, moving a steel foundry AND a tank factory over the mountains...with no hydraulics, just carts and people. if anyone's due some good times and happy people, it's them. Unfortunately I've had an American Public School education, so vast amounts of world history is unknown to me. All I know is what I've been interested in. It's sad, here; it's more important to protect teacher's pay (even for bad ones!), than to teach the children. And because of that, the entire nation suffers. - -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Fahrländer Christian, Conservative, and Technomad Evansville, IN <a href="http://Fahrlander.net/brian">http://Fahrlander.net/brian</a> ICQ: 5119262 AOL/Yahoo/GoogleTalk: WheelDweller ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG3/JY6PLtRzZbdhYRAtyUAJ4mlqHli18NzPQNU86Vt/0rTvOguwCggx4Q e6LIl8XokyFvXBUHMfQiUrM= =7eTr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </a> </blockquote></div>