Hi Pablo, Here the chinese authorities exerts firm control over people. China is on the way to getting richer for the governmental adjustment, but the chasm between rich and poor in my society grows even wider than anytime before, many unscrupulous corrupt officials absconded with an amount of money every year.
Yes, you are so right, we should look at the bright side: the beautiful scenery, the mineral resources, our kind people.... I keep myself alive to see if there will be a different day. Let's encourage each other, Rui 2009/12/17 Pablo <[email protected]> > Hi Rui! > > Well, I'm afraid year by year the situation is getting worst in my > country, I mean, more poverty, lack of safety, and little progress, > but perhaps it happens in many other countries as well. The good thing > is we have a cultural richness, no winter, no tornados, and a great > biodiversity, landscapes, and geography, and our people. Here and in > most countries of south America and central America only Spanish is > spoken. > > Thank you, > > Pablo > > On 17 dic, 00:15, Rui Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Pablo and All, > > > > Cool! As far as I have heard, Colombia is one of the most urbanised > > countries in South America! And it has a large Spanish-speaking > population > > in the world, doesn't it? You should speak Spanish as your native tongue, > > right? :)) > > > > I have also heard of some people who called your country "Eldorado" (the > > golden one). And the gold museum you have is the biggest one over the > > world. Also, you have the world's leading source of emeralds. > > > > Gold and emerald! Absolutely beautiful things! > > > > Take good care, > > > > Rui > > > > 2009/12/16 Pablo <[email protected]> > > > > > Hi Rui, > > > > > On 16 dic, 01:37, Rui Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello Pablo, > > > > > > I see, ES == Español, you are Spanish? hope I am not wrong.... :)) > > > > > Nope, I'm from Colombia. > > > > > > What! I'm shocking, or even scared, the ROBOT does all the job for > it! > > > But I > > > > thought that these bots must be programmed well by man, and that > > > comforted > > > > me a little. :)) > > > > > Sometimes I do found words in wiktionary that I don't found anywhere > > > else. And its multilingual nature is also worthy. I haven't found > > > crazy definitions up to now. > > > > > > ----->People have a quite widespread theory that computers(robots) > would > > > > take over the world one day, is it for real? ...nobody knows until > that > > > day > > > > arrives. Huh. I already have a picture in mind of what that will > look > > > like: > > > > to abandon our flesh and translate our persnal life into electronic > form > > > > when that moment dawned. That's great. And I have something to say to > the > > > > people who have the chance to live in that era: Enjoy the everlasting > > > life, > > > > you immortal! <-----Myself wonder where this comes out...not so sure, > > > > ...random imagination?...crazy...hehe.... > > > > > Something to quote: > > > > > "The English Wiktionary, however does not rely on bots to the extent > > > that somewhat smaller editions do. " > > > > > > For sound files, I find there is a file named sounds_free.bin in the > > > > installation folder, its size is less than 12MB though. It seems > that, > > > > really as you said, it has slimmed down much in new free version. > > > > considering the page you given, the pro edition have the ability to > > > > pronounce 70,000 audio recordings, the free one like what I got has > the > > > > limited power to pronounce only 5000 items. How come? I am pretty > sure: > > > Now > > > > the team of WordWeb want payments from this newly updated after > letting > > > > users taste the old vesion. > > > > > We'll see what will bring us the version 7 ;) Well, to download 84 MB > > > and to expand and copy the sound files wasn't friendly at all. From > > > the point of view of usability I think version 6 is a big step ahead. > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Pablo > > > > > > Take Care, > > > > > > Rui > > > > > > 2009/12/16 Pablo <[email protected]> > > > > > > > Hi Rui and all! > > > > > > > On Dec 15, 2:12 am, Rui Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Pablo, > > > > > > > > I have already got WordWeb 6 the free version installed on my > > > machine! > > > > > What > > > > > > a surprise that it launched very fast! The tabs aligned > horizontally > > > on > > > > > its > > > > > > interface, from left to right, are WordWeb, Wikipedia, > Wiktionary, > > > > > WordWeb > > > > > > Online, zh.wikipedia, and zh.wiktionary. Whoa, how could it know > I > > > need > > > > > the > > > > > > last two tabs? Did it check my windows language settings? And I > am > > > > > curious > > > > > > > I don't know... ;) Mine get es.wikipedia and es.wiktionary ;) > > > > > Wiktionary has turned out to be useful for me, but one day I read > > > > > this: > > > > > > > "Despite Wiktionary's large number of entries, most of the entries > and > > > > > many of the definitions at the project's largest language editions > > > > > were created by bots that found creative ways to generate entries > or > > > > > (rarely) automatically imported thousands of entries from > previously > > > > > published dictionaries." [1]. > > > > > > > It's shocking and interesting, isn't it? > > > > > > > About wordweb sound files, I haven't realized that version 6 > includes > > > > > sounds, please read this: > > > > > > >http://wordweb.info/users/sound.html > > > > > > > Well, I haven't had the opportunity to compare the sounds of > version 5 > > > > > and 6, but version 6 installer is just 17 MB, and sound files for > > > > > version 5 is over 80 MB: > > > > > > >http://wordweb.info/users/sound.html > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > > Pablo > > > > > > > > what happened to yours? > > > > > > > > Happy all the time! > > > > > > > > Rui > > > > > > > -- > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups > > > > > "ESL Podcast". > > > > > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] > > > just > > > > > reply this message > > > > > For invite your friends, visit: > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > > > > > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > > > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "ESL Podcast". > > > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or > just > > > reply this message > > > For invite your friends, visit: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > > > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > > > > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ESL Podcast". > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just > reply this message > For invite your friends, visit: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". 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