Victor's Blog

Lucifer of Notre Dame de Paris

2009-08-03T00:22:00.001-04:00

It was in illustrations section our history school book of Middle Ages. When I saw it in real it was like seeing an old friend.

Oracle, Microsoft platforms

2007-06-13T11:41:00.000-04:00

White papers, webcast, presentations about Oracle on Microsoft platforms

SQL Server DBA FAQ and Tips

2007-06-13T11:40:00.000-04:00

SQL Server DBA FAQ and Tips

How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

2007-06-13T11:39:00.000-04:00

How To Ask Technical Questions The Smart Way

Function to calculate business hours

2007-01-18T23:01:00.001-05:00

I was looking for a function to calculate business hours. Here is one I've updated to calculate properly hours with time range as input parameters

Function to calculate business hours

First Cosmonauts

2007-01-06T23:51:00.000-05:00

I've cut this clip from Russian documentary about Space Race between USSR and USA in 60s. However it was not only rivalry between countries but also between hero pilots to become the First Earth Cosmonaut. At the moment spaceships were exploding on launching and these guys are real heroes. Here is a culmination moment when before government commission is announced the order of the candidates.

This original footage shows a genaral(G) presenting first cosmonauts with contemporary narration(N) giving a short summary of each person. I found narration quite funny.

G: Here are present final team of 6 cosmonauts: Senior-Lieutenat Gagarin, Youri Alekseevich...
N: Youri Gagarin, 26 years old, member of Communist party, like pranks, very good at telling anecdotes and laughing himself with the others, married.

G: Senior-Lieutenat Titov, German Stepanovich...
N: German Titov, 25 years old, comsomol member, eager to become the First Cosmanaut and opened about it, like poetry, read by heart Pushkin, especially lines about German and Zemphira. Zemphira is Titov's baby sister. (?!)

G: Captain Nenubov, Grigory Grigorievich ....
N: Grigory Nelubov, 26 years old, member of CPSU, assigned to the team instead of Kartashov, decommissioned by health condition. Last name does not match his character (Nelubov in Russian is Who Lacks of Love), joker in companies, anecdote teller, likes big parties.

G: Captain Andrianov, Nikolay Grigorievich ....
N: Nikolay Andrinyanov, CPSU member, single, avid Prefenance player, not eager to become the Fist One.