April 14, 2024

Russian Greetings

Russian Basic Phrases - greetings, thanks, apologies

Russian Greetings

Доброе утро Dobraye ootro Good morning
Добрый день Dobriy den' Good afternoon
Добрый вечер Dobriy vyecher Good evening
Здравствуйте Zdrastvooyte Hello
Привет! Preevyet Hi!
Рад тебя видеть Rat teebya veedet' Nice to see you!
Как поживаешь? Kak pazhivayesh? How are you?
Спасибо, прекрасно! Spaseeba preekrasna! Fine, thanks!
Неплохо! Neeploha! Not so bad
Как Вас зовут? Kak vas zavoot? What's your name?
Меня зовут... Meenya zavoot... My name is...

Saying Thanks in Russian

Спасибо Spaseeba Thank you
Большое спасибо Bal'shoye spaseeba Thank you very much.
Не за что Nyezashta That's all right
Пожалуйста Pazhalooysta You're welcome

Apologies

Извините Eezveeneete Sorry!
Простите Prasteete Excuse me
Ничего, ничего, пожалуйста Neechevo, neechevo, pazhaloosta That's all right
Ничего страшного Neechevo srashnava No harm

Saying Goodbye in Russian

К сожалению, мне (нам) пора идти K sazhalyeneeyoo mnye (nam) para eettee I'm sorry I (we) should be going
До свидания! Da sveedaneeya Good-bye!
Пока! Paka Bye-bye!
Увидимся Ooveedeemsya See you
Счастливого пути! Schasleevava pootee Have a nice trip!

Speaking, Comprehension

Вы говорите по-английски? Vi gavareetye pa angleeskee? Do you speak English?
Я плохо говорю по-русски Ya plokha gavaryoo pa rooskee My Russian is bad
Говорите, пожалуйста, медленнее Gavareetye pazhalooysta myedleeney Could you speak more slowly?
Я не понимаю Ya nee paneemayoo I don't understand
Я понимаю Ya paneemayoo I understand

Posted by Tim Berry at 5:35 PM |

November 12, 2015

Removing DS_Store files from your Mac

Recursively Remove .DS_Store

1. Open up Terminal
2. In the command line, type: cd
3. In the command line, type: `find . -name '*.DS_Store' -type f -delete`
4. Press enter key to remove these files from your home folder.

Posted by Tim Berry at 5:04 PM |

February 4, 2010

HTTP Error 12057 - Sec cert rev failed

Why do I see HTTP Error 12057 - Sec cert rev failed?

Tweak Library – Enable checking revocation of server certificate.

Also see: HTTP Error 12057

1. Go to Internet Explorer>Tools>Internet Options>Advanced tab>

2. Scroll down near the bottom to the Security options group

3. Uncheck the box next to option, "Check for server certificate revocation". (requires restart of Internet Explorer to take effect)

Additional details are at Microsoft Technet

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Posted by Tim Berry at 6:14 PM |

July 26, 2008

Rush on Rock Band

Geddy, Alex, and Neal playing their best on Expert-level of Rock Band?

Posted by Tim Berry at 9:12 PM |

May 29, 2007

Chat Abbreviations

Common online acronyms

What do online abbreviations/acronyms mean?

14AA41 one for all and all for one
1-D-R I wonder
121 one to one
143 I love you
411 information
4ever forever
86 over
AAF as a friend
AAK alive and kicking
AAMOF as a matter of fact
AAR at any rate
AAS alive and smiling
AATK always at the keyboard
ABT2 about to
AFAIK as far as I know
AFK away from keyboard
AFN that’s all for now
AKA also known as
ARE acronym-rich environment
ALOL actually laughing out loud
AND any day now
AOTA all of the above
ASAP as soon as possible
A/S/L? age, sex, location
A/S/L/M/H? age, sex, location, music, hobbies
AYSOS are you stupid or something
AYTMTB and you are telling me this because

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Posted by Tim Berry at 10:50 PM |

March 29, 2007

Videos

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August 25, 2005

Windows Installer Clean Up Utility

Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

I was getting an error dialog saying:

The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available. Insert the 'Scan' disk and click OK".

I couldn't browse anywhere on my drive to find the scan.msi file that it seemed to be looking for. I clicked cancel and then got the following error dialog:

Error 1706. No valid source could be found for product Scan. The Windows Installer cannot continue.

The file '1' is not a valid installation package for the product Scan. Try to find the installation package Scan.msi in a folder from which you can install Scan.

I did a Yahoo! Search for variations of my error message and found the solution at Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility

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Posted by Tim Berry at 1:15 PM |