Hi Rui, On 17 dic, 21:34, Rui Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
You are right, the same happens in many countries: corruption, the gap between rich and poor, etc. Well, that's why I don't like to watch or listen to news and keep busy with my stuff. Regards, Pablo > 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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