News / Poland reveals its new super car. [56]


For now - pure toys. Until someone invent rechargeable batteries with similar energy/volume and energy/weight properties as gasoline tank.


What will be your electric train do on a track without contact wires?

I seen large Belaz and Caterpillar trucks at work. There is electric transmission but still diesel engine.

News / Poland reveals its new super car. [56]


Photos only. I think it will be toy for guys that don't know where to spend few more of that boring millions.. ;)

News / Poland reveals its new super car. [56]


Hm...
Why vast majority of people prefer real sex to any adult toys money can buy? ;)
Why believers believe in God/Allah/You_Name_It while there is lots of things that is much easier to believe in? ;)

News / CO2 emissions in Poland. Should Poland go nuclear or stick with clean coal technologies? [59]


Yes, it is possible. But backup systems that does not require electricity must exist anyway - otherwise severe snowstorm or ice rain (like the one that almost paralyzed some cities around Moscow and Domodedovo airport this winter) may cause real disaster. Combined heater that can automatically switch to LPG in emergency situations looks like adequate solution.

News / CO2 emissions in Poland. Should Poland go nuclear or stick with clean coal technologies? [59]


It is equal to negative result, and you know it. ;) Even if you'll put obvious and really vital question to referendum, there will be a lot of people that will vote against. For a number of irrational reasons...

Vote of brainwashed drug addict is equal to vote world class scientist that may know correct solution for sure... This is greatest "acheivment" of democracy in their present form. Very convenient for someone who control mass media.

History / Tuchola in Poland - roots of Katyn? [220]


This is not only russian problem. There is lots of cases when same mistake was done without russians ever been close.

History / Tuchola in Poland - roots of Katyn? [220]


That was one of main problems of SU. Great looking ideas, but practical implementation....

May be my translation of following quote is not perfect, but... "Revolutions is planned by geniuses, performed by enthusiasts, and bastards use their fruits".

News / Polish President Lech Kaczynski and gov officials die in a plane crash in Russia [686]

Three dead as of 8pm, Jan 1.

itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=15833506&PageNum=0

_Very_ strange explosion. I will not be surprised if they will find proofs of sabotage .

History / Poland in a Slavic Union/Alliance/Federation? [335]


One version of what happens if we mix Germans and Slavs is well known - Russian Empire. ;) Ruled by royal family of mostly German descent. ;) Looks like Poles wasn't so happy about it. ;)

BTW: Catherine II the Great, Empress and Autocrat of all Russians (formerly Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg) was quite critical about Germans in general... ;)

By the way, there IS chances for Slavic Alliance, and even Slavic-German Alliance. But, historically, Poles never ever thinked to agree on something less that domination. I'd say, Poles is quite hard to agree on anything at all. ;) If you take together three poles, you'll have 4 opposing points of view on almost any question.. ;)

News / Polish President Lech Kaczynski and gov officials die in a plane crash in Russia [686]


Yeah... Slavs is major force anyway. If they united, they is geopolitical force. If they separated -- they are workforce. Cheap workforce. ;)

News / Polish President Lech Kaczynski and gov officials die in a plane crash in Russia [686]

Last news I seen was around Dec 17. Nothing official yet. They still working on recorders - some critical parts of voice recording was quite noisy and required processing. No intermediate results will be published until public report is sanctioned by official investigators.

Earlier there was rumors about fuel system malfunction or contaminated fuel. But three (if my memory serves me correctly) other planes, fueled from same tank, had no problems.

News / Polish President Lech Kaczynski and gov officials die in a plane crash in Russia [686]


Look at airline name, and everything will be clear.

It is Caucasus... Imagine that there is one well paid and responsible job position and two candidates - one competent and one relative of some local "authority"... Try to imagine who will get this job.

And, please, do not ask why we (russians) consider serious health problems while traveling there as a double disaster. ;) Good chances that doctor will also be "son-of-nephew-of-granduncle-of-cousin" of some local "boss".

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


Last comment for today...

In the past it was independent (relatively) territory, and one of main sources of income was robbery and supplying slaves to markets of Osman empire. The same as with Crimean Tatars that supplied turkish garems with nice Russian, Ukrainian and Polish girls.

Lots of russian soldiers died there, Russia take control of Caucasus, and south of Russia become much more safe place to live after that.

In facto, they get independence in 1990's, and as you can imagine, one of most popular sources of income again become kidnapping for ransom, together with slave labor exploitation. They tried to expand for Daghestan one time, and together with massive terror bombing in Moscow caused second massive conflict, finally killing any hopes for independence (Russia MUST control this territory just for their own safety). I do not expect any changes there.

If they will get independence third time - it will last not so long, because of chechen national "business style"... We will have to fight them again and very soon.


As I said, I'm electronic engineer. Can say which requests we constantly got in 1990's... "Some device (transmiter) that covertly worn on a kid and matching compact receiver with direction finding capabilities carried by parent. Must indicate that transmitter is out of reasonable range and allow to send signal by pressing on top of transmiter."

So, I don't think that people living in southern Russia has nothing from it.

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


Russia is demolished and rebuilt Grozny in Chechnya. Do you think it was great investment for my tax money? ;)

PS: Good luck to everyone, will fly to Vilnius in less than 10 hours and then 1000++ km trip on a car so need to sleep little bit.

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


Yeah... Looks like you are dream of any government in any country...

"Recht oder Unrecht mein Vaterland"

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


It was a pretty large box filled with something like this... ;) (Few sets mixed together to allow building of something decent, with all available options like electric motors and various gears).


Looks like your recent childhood was not so good... ;)

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


And, highly possible, my so liberal and humanity-filled brain will be well mixed with my not so pleasant looking sh*t and that mix will be fried well with kerosene flames, if the guy in that building is lucky one.

And even if the guy is not so lucky, I would prefer to face (maybe, sometime in future) with judges of Hague tribunal rather than face with field tribunal of my own army. ;)


And I'm currently electronics engineer, head of R&D department of small company manufacturing some aftermarket automotive electronics. And, as I said above, reserve officer of tank forces... ;)

Believe me, I would always prefer to visit Poland as electronics engineer on a car... ;)

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


Well, I'm officer (in reserve) of Russian Army, tank forces.

Imagine that I'm tank commander and hear the order radioed to me - "red brick building, second right from the road, ATM launcher inside, destroy"...

Here is two options of what I will do...

1. I'll say "Sorry, Sir, I cannot see through walls, there may be civilians inside as well. Think what tribunal in Hague would say..."

2. Quickly select HE shell on loading system (if not loaded already), target well and happily press the trigger, praying that the guy in that building didn't manage to press their first.

Try to imagine, which option I will select in real life....

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


What will happen if I will say "Yes"? What differences we'll observe if I will say "No"?

And, by the way, Polish justice already said their word... So, nothing more to discuss here.


Sounds to me similar to phrase "I hate racism and nigg@s"... ;)

You think about prosecuting the ones who must follow orders under fear of another prosecution, but what about ones who issued that orders?

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]

From the same source...

On 31 August 1999, at 20:00 local time, a powerful explosion took place in a busy Moscow shopping center. One person was killed and 40 others injured.

On 4 September 1999, at 22:00, a car bomb detonated outside a five story apartment building in the city of Buynaksk. The building was housing Russian border guard soldiers and their families. 64 people were killed and 133 were injured in the explosion.

On 9 September 1999, shortly after midnight local time, at 20:00 GMT, 300 to 400 kg of explosives detonated on the ground floor of an apartment building in south-east Moscow (19 Guryanova Street). The nine-story building was destroyed, killing 94 people inside and injuring 249 others. 15 nearby buildings were also damaged.

On 13 September 1999, at 5:00 a.m., a large bomb exploded in a basement of an apartment block on Kashirskoye Highway in southern Moscow, about 6 km from the place of the last attack. 118 people died and 200 were injured.

A truck bomb exploded on 16 September 1999, outside a nine-story apartment complex in the southern Russian city of Volgodonsk, killing 17 people and injuring 69.

Compare the dates, of course...

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]

In relation to chechens, I easily believe that someone whispered them "you have a chance to survive if you will say that you was forced to sign this, but definitely no chances if you will confirm this"...

And, of course, most "crimes against chechens" have a very similar level of documentation. They often solve their inter-clan problems by killing someone, and then show the photos of dead body to the world and say "look what russians do..." One shot, two bunnies hunted...

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


Private message is correct place for something personal. You replied in public forum instead, so be prepared for comments.


If there is criminals, can you give an examples of their crimes? Not the common words, but places and dates. I can look what is available in Russian speaking sources in Internet about this. But a bit later - leaving home tomorrow for a 3 week business trip and have no time right now.

News / Chechen Congress in Poland, Russia frowns [90]


I hope well documented personal participation of Zakayev in murder of two orthodox priests in 1996 (definitely, not armed forces) is enough to start thinking that something is wrong?


I think nobody will ask your approval. ;)

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]


You simply don't know how to cook them. ;)

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]

Lots of people love to pick mushrooms in Russia. Usually it looks like as a family event. But, unfortunately, not so many young people who grown in cities really know some poisonous mushrooms that is similar to edible ones. So, usually all what was picked shown to some "babushka" later, and often half of all what was picked goes to waste at once. ;)

We had some prety large military range closed for general public near place where I live before. We used to know a nice hidden hole in the fence and where guard usually reside, so we picked lots of mushrooms there. ;) Once was caught by guard, it looked in our bags with some mushrooms, laughed and just told us to avoid to pick or step to any unfamiliar items that may be on the ground. We talked little bit, and it turned out that they guarding mostly moving training targets installations after some gypsies attempted to stole copper wiring and electric motors and sell copper to local scrap metal dealers.

History / Chances of Moscow becoming part of Poland again? [102]

Personally, I do not know anyone of Polish decent in eastern part of Russia (i.e. Siberia and Far East). One of two families in Moscow that is known to me use Polish on a family level sometimes, kids are fluent in English as well, another one is looks pretty much like typical russian family, never heard them speaking Polish on a public, but they often visit their Polish relatives.

History / Chances of Moscow becoming part of Poland again? [102]


Land is not necessarily should be grass covered to support life. Look how Chukchas lived for centuries. ;) But, really, it is all about square kilometers per person to survive (just above absolute minimum for survival).


Poland is large enough. A number of tribes totalled less than 50000 each have much more reasons to fear it.

History / Chances of Moscow becoming part of Poland again? [102]

Will not comment other stuff but...


It is suitable for living right now. Provided you are ready to change your life style. ;) And there is square kilometers of land necessary to support life of one person, instead of just square meters in a more warm and fertile places. If it will be slightly warmer, that lands may support more people, but density of self-sufficient population there never be even remotely comparable to ones in India or southern China. Even to Western/Central Europe..

So, just counting of square kilometers is totally dumb idea. Try to count people that land can feed (guaranteed) - result will be much more realistic.

Small caucasian tribes fear that they will be finally dissolved in Russian ethnos... Well, more than real perspective (and, sooner or later, it will..). But many of them marrying within clans that already have too much common predecessors. Not good for their gene pool, of course.

History / Why Poles love Russia [105]


Not the same, but very similar. Smaller nation in such situation is usually much more aggressive in attempts to keep the differences intact and show to everyone that they are different, very different. ;) Look at Ukraine for example, they even replaced russian-like word "vertolit" with a english "helicopter" in their own language... ;)

Life / Languages understandable by Poles? [38]


Uroda is sounds very similar to a russian word that mean ugly creature, or mutant of some sort. ;) blad sounds very similar to whore, though russians still use this word to express their feelings if something goes wrong (in ancient times meaning was the same as in modern Polish, of course). ;)