By e -mail, one of the basic services of the Internet, in Russia, according to various sources, is currently up to a million people. At the same time, there are not so many “connected” fully, a little more than one hundred thousand. It is worth noting that e -mail, although it is only one of the services of a large network, appeared long before all others. In the past few years, modern computer technologies allow you to exchange far from not only textual information.

The wealth of virtual reality is easily accessible The Internet can be described very approximately as a community of computers and networks that are constantly in touch with each other. You can enter the Internet only through the mediation of the computer (server) of some provider who offers the “right to input”. And of course, this will cost a certain amount of money. A small list of large providers is given in the insert. But take your time.

Reading. Yes, not without difficulties and nerves. Yes, a little not in the form that ideally I would like the government. After each concession, the cabinet poured supercritical statements from the Duma. After all, the speaker represents the opposition. So does it follow from all of the foregoing that the opposition of Gennady Seleznev is the key to his eternal loyalty in the Communist Party? The answer is not obvious. The speaker is very ambitious, everyone notes this.

On the eve of September, information agencies are usually called the most prestigious universities in the United States are Harvard and Princeton Universities. Following are Yale and Stanford (where, by the way, the other day he will sit at his desk Chelsea Clinton). And we thought that this time some college of public utilities from Arizon would break out first place ...

On advertising posters, Moscow temporarily replaced the usual seductive beauties For holidays in Moscow, temporary structures were always built, for example, wooden triumphal arches. They were decorated with allegorical statues and paintings. The current Moscow authorities are building festive structures made of brick and stone, and bridge (for example, in a countertop lane) is laid out of a granite paving stones. Probably, so that it was in the subway - divine, a foreigner.

Knees. Swifts do not frolic, but furious. Swallows are chopped and cut by wings. I myself saw how a seriously wounded swallow flopped into the lake and no longer took off. The free city of Rust is the capital of the Burgenland winemakers. And Burghenland himself, as stated in tourist avenues, is the Austrian Burgundy. They are indeed at the same latitude, even though they have different guilt. Rust is buried in vineyards, and its inhabitants are in fault.

Beauty contests among men are still held very little. Most of the stronger sex believe that it would be somehow not a man to participate in them. Another thing is to boast of the fact that you are only more expensive for you, for example, a beard. Show this masculine pride and gathered in the Swiss city of Shur 50 bearded men from different countries. The international festival "Alpine beard" was held here.

This is the third performance of the program “Kolomenskoye - Moscow anniversary”, this time dedicated to Catherine the Great (in previous performances, the main characters were Ivan the Terrible and Peter).

Denta Maskhadov, as well as a scandal with Russian military supplies of Armenia. However, the visit itself was quite successful: the presidents Aliyev and Yeltsin smiled at each other, discussed the conditions for the transportation of Baku early oil on the “northern” route so longed for Moscow, signed an agreement on friendship, cooperation and mutual security, discussed the Karabakh problem.

Divorce of Anthony Quinna The crazy love of Brigitte Bardo for animals was contagious. The virus of the painful passion for the protection of our smaller brothers crossed the ocean and settled in the star of Hollywood Kim Beisinger, who appealed to the American government to take home (in the quarter from him, the safe of the bank). In the case of condemnation, Zelenkov threatens a 7-year conclusion and a fine of 7 thousand dollars.

While the authorities are looking for money for gold mining, the illegal market of precious metals flourishes The decision of the Russian authorities to sell gold ingots to everyone (see “Results” No. 30-31) is dictated not only by concern for citizens. This measure is one of the whole series of attempts by the state to overcome the black gold market. How much has it advanced in this direction? 300 kilometers east of Moscow, the city of Kasimov, located on the Oka, sell in gold in ingot.

The rest of the world is legal extraction of gold from recyclable (or “scrap”) in our country. There is no one and so far (except for several stories with illegal vietnamese illegal, mining it in Moscow apartments from some wire). So gold, figuratively speaking, rusts in warehouses. And then the buyer arrives. A young energetic representative of the Zagottontors, who has a completely real license for such a kind of activity.

Last Wednesday, the 54th International Venice Film Festival opened on the island of Lido. On the stage of the Palace of Cinema against the backdrop of a portrait of young Mastroianni in the role of Marcello, the hero of the "sweet life", Michelangelo Antonioni came out. The master of Italian and world cinema was repeatedly handed the statuette of the Golden Leo, since the first one had vilely stolen a year ago.

Having walked around the Moscow Automobile Salon, Boris Nemtsov, they say, was very pleased with the dynamically developing industry. What exactly did the First Deputy Prime Minister delighted? Firstly, probably the abundance of local exhibits. There are a dozen two different “Volg” here, more than the “lela” and “Ford”> combined. And the merit in the same Nemtsov, who forbade officials of foreign cars.

Until September 7, as you know, Moscow will celebrate the 850th anniversary. Muscovites will willy-nilly for this event are preparing, but how do other citizens of Russia relate to the capital's anniversary? In August, VTsIOM conducted a survey (representative sample, 1600 respondents). The question was formulated as follows: do you consider this event a holiday and if so, then a holiday for the whole of Russia or only for the capital? (answers are given as a percentage)