On Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:29:39 -0700 (PDT), "�iogo" Sperb Schneider wrote:
> Unfortunatelly no, too.
> It all comes down to "standards". English, like it or
>not, is a standard. Many people know it and everybody
>should know it aswell.
IIIIIIIIIIIRGH! English is weird (sorry, but I talk
using the brazilian-portuguese language since 1979!)...
I like english because I can talk with people that doesn't
know my own mother language (BrPt), but I think speak
english in my own country, to talk with people that knows
portuguese is just ridiculous.
Nothing against english. I just think we have to keep
our mother language alive. It's part of our culture.
When doing "international" things, it's ok to use
english (or any other "international" language).
And, if we would all talk the same language, it would
be something like esperanto. I do not like "everyone"
talking the language of another country. It sounds like
some kind of "colonization" method.
There is place for all languages in the world. It's
not impossible to learn two languages.
> Doesn't seem very smart for whose opinion? Is that a
>standard? I try to keep up-to-date with anything I
>consider interesting, that's not a geographical issue
>here.
Ok... smart guy... You have some "super natural" power
to decide if something is not interesting even if you
doesn't know nothing about it?
Oh, how I wish such power! (((((-;
> Maybe. The problem about brazilian MSX computers and
>their developers is that they tried to get away from
>the MSX standards. The Expert has it's character table
>altered, while the HotBit has serious hardware
>problems. "Sorry, you won't be able to run this
>software on your HotBit / Expert". Everybody knows how
>standards are important. Fortunatelly with emulators,
>you can run a virtual MSX with the original Microsoft
>MSX ROM.
You are very, very, and I mean *very* wrong about
the actual Brazilian MSX scene. Almost no one uses
"Gradiente" or "Sharp" computers anymore!
And about standards, the problem was not on the hardware,
but on software. And the problem was there due to lack of
information. That's all. Besides, the character set of
Expert 1.0 was wrong due to a "discussion" about the
ABNT character set standard. They corrected the problem
on Expert 1.1.
> That's exactly their worst problem. Like it or not,
>everything related to technology is released first in
>english. Waiting until someone with the time to spend
>translates new material to your home language is to
>waste precious time.
It will depends on where you want to go. There is no
reason to make a homepage talking about "what street is
more crowded in Sao Paulo", for car guidance, in english.
> Not to mention how easily it would be to communicate
>about anything (not only about computers) if everybody
>knew the same language. Damn Babel Tower!! :)
There is a better solution for each situation. Try to
use the same solution on all situations is "weird" and
out of question. This is the difference between someone
that thinks and someone that doesn't.
Think. Change the language of 160 milions people is
just like to compile Windows NT to run under MSX!
(run a bad solution in a limited computer)
> I could talk about that for hours but I don't want to
>disappoint the list with off-topic subjects. Please
>don't think I'm a rude kind of guy, that's definitely
>not true. It's just the way I think and the ideas I
>fight for. :)
I just like you are VERY misinformed. BEFORE
blame on me, and before call me names, just try
to know what is happening on ACTUAL brazilian MSX
scene.
Anyway, if you are not interested, just don't say
that nothing is happening. Say "I'm not interested
on it, because I just want to run some games on my
fMSX... not BrMSX, because BrMSX is a brazilian emulator".
Finally, I would like to invite you to Jau' 2000.
If you live in Sao Paulo I can even give you a ride.
I'm sure you'll be welcome and also will be surprised
about the things you'll see there.
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