The pseudopod guessing game continues . Formula "what if?" gives a lot of space for speculation, which from a certain point of view can be considered the result of insight and creative impulse. What if machines become smarter than people - how can people be friends with them then ? This is not Kevin Warwick . From April 23 to 27, the Expocenter on Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow will host the twelfth Comtek .

Kitchen hermeneutics 8 B.Sh. Okudzhava. Poems / Introductory articles by L.S. Dubshan and V.N. Sazhin. Comp. V.N. Sazhin and D.V. Sazhin. Note V.N. Sazhina. - St. Petersburg: Academic Project, 2001, “New Library of the Poet”. - 712 s. Andrey Levkin Publication date: April 19, 2001 The first thing we will take into account is the alienation of the author of the poems from the deceased person.

An attempt to redistribute the telecommunications sector Publication date: April 20, 2001 If in the two previous examples the authorities formally remained on the sidelines, then in the case of attempts to regulate the telecommunications sector, their intervention was quite active, however, practically unsuccessful. We are talking about scandals around ORT and NTV and competitions for the frequencies of the first and third channels.

We speak different languages Publication date: April 20, 2001 receive by email print version Well, our generation’s children have grown up... Some are fifteen, some are scared to think how many. And what? Yes, everything is as usual. Nothing good. We don't understand each other at all. We speak to them in different languages. And if only in a figurative sense!

Redistribution of property in the aluminum industry Publication date: April 20, 2001 The Russian aluminum industry is a bonanza for those who control it. Each plant averages several hundred million dollars in annual revenue. Thus, the total annual sales of the Bratsk, Krasnoyarsk and Sayan aluminum smelters amount to almost $3 billion.

Cowards and singing Paper Press Review Mikhail Fikhtengolts Publication date: April 20, 2001 One can only envy us. In just two weeks, each of us experienced so many events that could have been enough for someone abroad for a year, if not two. The paper press was directly affected by these events. Now (I don’t even know whether to rejoice or laugh) I read exactly two less publications - Segodnya and Itogi have gone on forced sabbatical .

Interpol, issue 45. On the benefits of personal hygiene Ivan Davydov Publication date: April 20, 2001 From the history of domestic house building Sorry, colleagues, for writing to you , but, as you might guess, I lost my voice while singing the anthem to Alexandrov’s music at a rally in support of NTV-6. Everything is mixed up, the house is a bummer. It's time for the country to take stock. Every word is a hyperlink. But let's start with history.

Black redistribution of property Anatoly Batashev Publication date: April 20, 2001 The effectiveness of a social system is impossible apart from the stable and norm-conforming configuration of its subsystems. Today, at the intersection of politics, economics and law, processes are unfolding during which new contours of the system configuration are taking shape, and the only question is to what extent these new contours will meet the decisive requirement of legality and efficiency.

Romance from the high road Veniamin Kaverin. Two captains Olga Prokhorova Publication date: April 20, 2001 Like any self-respecting romantic work, the novel “Two Captains” begins with a neurasthenic hero. And the neurasthenic hero begins with a childhood marred by trauma. The anamnesis of Sanya Grigoriev, presented in the language of romanticism, would sound something like this: “From an early age, he was shy of his comrades and avoided their noisy games.

Battle for Kachkanar Publication date: April 20, 2001 For the first time people started talking about KGOK when, on November 2, 1999, the plant’s sludge storage dam broke. The management of the enterprise blamed the energy workers, who for ten days did not supply electricity to the enterprise due to the emergency situation in the fuel and energy complex of the Sverdlovsk region. However, it is possible that elementary sabotage took place.

Hollywood is freedom, democracy and, as a result, political leftism. Robert De Niro and Barbra Streisand are Clinton's friends. Democrat Tom Hanks has the biggest box office receipts. The Oscar-winning “Traffic” and “Erin Brockovich” crown a strong tradition of liberal Hollywood mainstream (“Schindler’s List,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Casablanca”). Only a few renegade stars showed up to the inauguration of Republican Bush.

Will Fidel Castro make a film about the Cuban Missile Crisis? Ekaterina Barabash Publication date: April 20, 2001 America loves Kevin Costner . Despite the fact that in recent years he has done absolutely nothing outstanding. He generally has a reputation as a very uneven actor - his work is either great or a failure. In Roger Donaldson's Thirteen Days, Costner plays Kenneth O'Donnell , political advisor and closest friend to President John F. Kennedy .

Scandal around the Volzhsky Drilling Equipment Plant Publication date: April 20, 2001 The Volgograd Drilling Equipment Plant is one of Russia's largest manufacturers of equipment for the oil industry. In recent years, there has been a fierce struggle for control over such enterprises. After all, the demand for drilling equipment, pipes and other components from gas and oil workers remains very high. Especially domestic demand.

Cinema-35: lost world Hannibal (premiere) . One of the main events in the world pop-kino. Ridley Scott, who, thanks to the “gladiator”, the main character of Oscar-2001 (although the director’s reward, thank God, did not receive), and once made very good films-from the basics of the Sins-Fixes “Running Blade” and “Alien” to the feminist “Telma and Louise”, put the sequel of the “Lumber”, one of the Few thrillers perceived by critics seriously. Dr.