2 Russian words

[Giampaolo Gandolfo]

Please excuse me for not thanking earlier Sasha Senderovich for his quick, 
convincing and exaustive answer to my question.
    Very kind of his.
        Thank you again
        Sincerely
                Giampaolo Gandolfo
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From: "Sasha Senderovich" <sasha.senderovich at GMAIL.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] 2 Russian words


> While being far from an expert on either of the terms in your query, I
> certainly had an answer to one and was intrigued enough to investigate the
> second.
> 1. буферизация is "buffering" in the computer sense, as in when an image 
> is
> downloading. See, for example, the Russian wikipedia entry:
> http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Буфер_(информатика)
>
> 2. клофелиншик / клофелинщица appears to be a person who sedates their
> victims with клофелин, also known as clonidine. The internet yields 
> numerous
> articles about people who manage to rob their victims after mixing the 
> drug
> into their drink - the victims then fall asleep and wake up after the 
> crime
> has been committed.
>
> Best,
> Sasha Senderovich
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Giampaolo Gandolfo <
> gianpaolo.gandolfo at fastwebnet.it> wrote:
>
>> Dear Seelangers,
>>    I heard on a Russian newsTV the expression клофелинщики грабили своих
>> жертв and the word буферизация. (it appeared on an image) Can anyone tell 
>> me
>> the meaning?
>>        Thank you
>>            Giampaolo Gandolfo
>>
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