http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Program/1978 --------------------------------------------------- Yuri Stoupak, Old texts - 2nd; Russian text follows (quoted; used alphabet is: A B V G D E E ZH Z I I K L M N O P R S T U F H TS CH SH SHCH `` Y ' E YU YA) --------------------------------------------------- --- Wed Oct 29 15:05:41 1997 I've got a computer, therefore haven't sent you Email for 3 days. It sounds funny, but it's a true. I've got a lot of software on my PC (Windows NT, Netscape, VisualStudio (VC++ 5.0), Visual Cafe (Java), ODBC... I haven't got yet ORACLE on Windows NT... Life is GREAT. "Koroche govorya, vse putem. Dai Bog chtob i dal``she v tom zhe duhe. Poluchil amerikanskii " Social Security Number. "Stanovlyus' pohozh na cheloveka po zdeshnim ponyatiyam. Prigotovil bumagi na strahovku jizni, glaznika, dantista, obshchuyu poliklinniku; namylivayus`` v bank (otkryt`` schet) i v zdeshee kreditnoe obshchestvo - poslat' kreditnuyu kartochku v Moskvu i t. d.". "Ya kupil razovyi fotoapparat za 6$, segodnya nachnu otshchelkivat' eti 27 kadrov. "Moi novyi adres :" yst@metabyte.com . "Ya teper' s kompyuterom, chego i vsem-vsem-vsem jelayu" --- From - Wed Oct 29 15:16:15 1997 I'm in San Francisco Bay Area - in the South Eastern part of it. The South of the Bay Area is the Silicon Valley, you know. Fremont is a town on the North East edge of the Silicon Valley, also we are on the South East from San Francisco - far across the Bay bridges. It's warm, but it isn't too hot. I was told that the RAINS season is instead of winter here, but it was sunny until today. It looks like "to live in Sochi and be a programmer". Funny and strange. Everything should be VERY simple - at the second time, but I rush into everything the first time yet. --- From - Sun Nov 02 19:48:32 1997 "Ya segodnya ezdil v " San-Francisco by BART - Bay Area Rapid Train. "Eto vrode Leningradskogo metro c nazemnymi liniyami do Piskina, Gatchiny i Kronshtadta. Pohodili po " San-Fracisco "ot podzemnoy BART stantsyi do pirsov s kotoryh viden most " GOLDEN GATES. Ot etoi BART stantsyi nachinaetsya tramvaynaya liniya : hodyat starye tramvaychiki na kabel'noy tyage : tros ih tyanet. Narod sidit vnutri i svisaet snaruji - povizgivaya ot udovol'stviya. Ulitsi skachut vverh i vniz pohleshche lyubogo Kieva ili Yalty. Samoe vysokoye mesto naz'yvaetsys " Russiuan Hill " Ochen' bol'shie ugly vverh. My zalezli tol'ko iz printsipa (RUSSIAN ...), potom poehali obratno na tramvaye. On spuskalsya pod uglom do 30-40 gradusov." Ya videl lyudey v buhte, kotorye nyryali s pirsa : sam plavki ne bral, tol'ko pozogoral bez rubashki na " lawn " - gazon iz podstrijennoy travy po kotoroy hodyat i na kotoroy valyayutsya. Ya ran'she predpochital pesok - no teper' ya budu zagorat' na etih gazonah - tut je net ni govna ni nasekomyh !!!! "Ocean za GOLDEN GATE (most 3.8 km dlinoy), Ya zhivu na vostok ot "BAY" - buhty : buhta razmerami s Kubanskoe more. V obshchem na 10 Sevastopoley ee hvatilo by. Ot menya do oceana - pochti chac ezdy na mashie. Krome togo on sil``nee snizhaetsya chem more - huzhe chem v Krymu; iz-za chego on holodnovat i dal``she 20 metrov narod ne zaplyvaet : volna s polmetra". "Tak chto mne " OCEAN " ne ochen`` svetit - i voobshche zdes`` ne prinyato. Zdes' kupayutsya v spetsial``no prednaznathennyh dlya etogo mestah (basseiny vezde, plyazhi vse bol``she v yuzhnoi Kalifornii). I voditeli zdes' peshehodov ne davyat : my v <> knige". --- From - Mon Nov 03 16:45:24 1997 "Ya tut proboval - po Rossiyskoy privychke - otvechat`` : " <> or <> " no mne nashi kollegi bystro ob``yasnili chto u menya tol``ko dve optsii : " Fine or Great! "Vse prochee - esli budu otprashivat'sya na pohorony - chtoby vyprosit`` " Personal day " s oplatoy. No v pervye 6 mesyatsev vse ravno tol'ko za svoy schet. Tak chto ya privykayu k tomu, chto u menya teper`` vsegda horoshee nastroenie, chego i vsem zhelayu (i rekomenduyu)". --- From - Sun Nov 09 16:13:48 1997 "U menya halyava ( = besplatnoe zhilxe) skoro konchytsya, zato ya poluchil pervuyu poluchku na svoi schet v banke. Teper`` pridetsya pobegat`` (i est`` s chem) ... pervye fotografii otdal delat``." --- From - Wed Nov 12 18:55:50 1997 All our guys play (or played) in Green Card Lottery. Two of them WIN (get Green Card before "Metabyte" starts to make it for them). Perhaps, letters from USA are preferable. --- From - Thu Nov 13 10:45:08 1997 "Mne nado peredat' " Credit card to Moscow by FedEx. "Eto horoshaya okaziya prislat`` fotki - esli ya zaplachu $100 za " FedEx " otpravku. Potom ya budu prisylat'' obychnye pis``ma po obychnym adresam." I've made two examples of photos for the same price (it was Shop's discount). --- From - Thu Nov 13 11:20:30 1997 One should get the Phone Bill with ALL Phones and all the PhoneNumbers of the long distanse calls, all times and all costs of every PhoneNumber calls. One should ask it and check it. It isn't a problem to divide bill. The better thing is to buy the PhoneCard (where one buys the post stamp "marka" e.t.c.). After that one calls to the 1-800-... PhoneNumber from the card (it's free) and answer PIN code from the card. They ask you to call the phone you need (1-... for USA or 011-7-095-... for Moscow). After that they answer you the time you can speak (10$ card is 10 minutes for Russia and 54 minutes for USA other state). One can do it from EVERY local phone; the money is got from the card. --- From - Thu Nov 13 14:52:38 1997 "U nas prohladno esli dozhd'; esli solntse (dnem), to greet sil'no, hochetsya kupit' chto-to na golovu." --- From - Fri Nov 14 09:16:33 1997 "Poddelka chuzhoy podpisi v " Green Card " loteree - eto " DISQUALIFICATION " bez vsykih ob``yasnenii". If you don't have a printer, you can TYPE this letter "to est' napisat' vse ego PECHATNYMI bukvami. Vse ravno prihoditsya napisat' pechatnymi bukvami na konverte adres sleva vverhu i poseredine vnizu." "Napishat' vse eto pechatnyni bukvami, obrezat' fotografiyu 3sm*5sm ili 4sm*6sm do nujnogo kvadratika, podpisat' fotografiyu po-angliiski, potom prikleit' fotografiyu SKOTCHEM, raspisat'sya vnizu lista (punkt 7), nayti DLINNIY (americanskii) chistii konvert, polozhit' v nego pismo, svernutoe v tri raza, napisat' " = TYPE " na nem adresa, kupit' marku za 32 tsenta (35 in California), prikleit' ee v pravom verhnem uglu, zapechatai konvert i opustit' v pochtoviy yashchik" --- From - Fri Nov 14 12:43:28 1997 "Mozhno ne nabirat' vruchnuyu a napisat' OT RUKI, PECHATNYMI bukvami, " TYPE " - eto no amerikanski nazyvayut. FAMILU trebuetsya PODSHERKIVAT' !" "SMOTRI na " WEB-page " konsulstva v Stokgol``me : " http://www.usis.usemb.se/Consulate/visalot.htm "Tam vse polya privedeny s horoshimi kommentariyamy, vrode : " ... Kazahstan rather than Soviet Union ... ---From - Fri Nov 14 14:49:09 1997 UKRAINE on the top of the envelop should be the SAME to ...Ukraine in "2. Date and place of birth". Otherwise one should have "3. ..." field with explanation that he is Russian now and his father or mother were born in Russia (also it isn't important becouse Russian and Ukrainian NATIVEs = "tuzemcy" have equel rights in DV-99. --- From - Mon Nov 17 19:04:10 1997 "Ya sdal na " Driver permit ", to est' proshel pis``mennyi ekzamen po pravilam i mogu ezdit`` s vodiloi, imeiushchim Kaliforniiskie prava. Vodila dolzhen materi`` menia za oshibki i sidet`` riadom, chtob perehvatit`` upravlenie esli ya osramlius`` ". > Naskol`ko ya znayu po opytu XXX ,emu v pervoe vremya ochen` > nuzhnu buli $$ .T.k. chtoby shyat` kvarturu nado vnesti > zalog ~ 2000$ , okolo 500$ nado vnesti za elektrichestvo. > A potom v kvartire krome kuhonnyh shkafov ne bydet NICHEGO. > Pokupat' krovati , stul`ya , tarelki , TV, podklyucenie TV" Ia poka pereehal k priiateliu (50%-50%). V TV my vstavili provolochku vmesto antenny/kabelia, tak chto beret vsego 9-14 kanalov. K fevraliu budu iskat' " 2BEDROOM " dlia sebia (tochnee dlia sebia i drugogo parnya). $2000 zalog - eto grabezh is serii <>, my v takih mestah povorachivaemsya i uhodim" --- From - Tue Nov 18 19:30:08 1997 > Visu Electron zdes` i ona normal`no rabotaet i v USA i zdes` . "U menya est' kartochka " Wells Fargo Bank " ot scheta, na kotoryi ya vzyal chekovuyu knizhku i perechislyayu zarplatu. Ya sobirayus' zavesti kartochku v " Patalco credit union " - tam ya budu brat' kredity i klast' den'gi na schet dlya peresylki v Moscvu. Kartochki " Patelco" vse s " VISA " shtampom, a " Wells Fargo " pochemu-to bez nego." > Seichas v decabre u nih budut sale i stoit chto-to > nachat` pokupat`, chto tebe ponadobitsya v dal`neishem . "Zdeshie russkie lyubyat pokupat`` u teh kto pereezzhaet - " Garage Sale " nazyvaetsya. Pust`` posmotrit v mestnoi gazete. Tam gde vse " SALE. "Voobshche ispol``zovannoe belymi ochen' populyarno (u cvetnyh mozhet byt' v hudshem sostoyanii. Ceny ya izuchayu - no eto dolgoe delo. Russkie ispol'zuyut prostoy metod: nazyvayut dollary rublyamy a centy - kopeikami. I po zastoinoi pamyati s uchetom poluchka-kvartira-mashina." "Ya kupil postel'noe bel'e - " QUEEN " komplekt i spal``nyi meshok. Odeyalo - nazyvaetsya zdes' " comforter " - ya brat`` ne hochu : takoe zhe teploe kak spal``nyi meshok. Splyu ya na divane, kotoryi raskladyvaetsya v " QUEEN " - postel`` (trehsektcionnyi divan -> vpered), no ya ego ne raskladyvayu - vse ravno ne s kem. Victor spit odin na dvuhspal'noi krovati " FULL " - matrasy chut' pouzhe " QUEEN, "no derevyashka szadi i metall vnizu - ot " QUEEN. " Kastryuli my ispol'zuem ego, potomu chto on uzhe kupil. Televizor i divan ego. Krovat' ya kupil za 100$ - on rugalsya kak dvornik, potom postavil, leg ne nee i otdal mne den'gi. DIVAN on vytorgoval za 150$ (vo daet!) na " Garage sale "- ochen' rekomenduyu, i byvayut oni kruglyi god."