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Posted by N. Morrow on 11/29/05 04:06
> >"N. Morrow" wrote:
> >
> >No one wants to intentionally throw money away on a bad product, but I
agree
> >with Evieg. We are talking about very little money here. Kworld has a
> >product called Xpert DVD Maker which is a PCI capture card (no tuner) for
> >$30 at Fry's Electronics (go to www.outpost.com and search the site for
> >'kworld'). And, if you're lucky enough to live near an electronics
> >superstore, like Fry's, located mostly in the West / Southwest USA, you
can
> >examine the product and return it right to the store if it doesn't
perform.
> >
> >On the subject of understanding the instruction manual, I wonder how hard
> >Chinese is to learn?
> "Marty" <this.address@is.invalid> wrote:
> Well, I wasn't meaning to put down their English, if that's what you
> thought. I know how hard English is to learn - it's probably harder than
> Chinese, because there are so many exceptions, and so many meanings for
> single words. My wife is Chinese, so I can appreciate how hard it is.
And
> I haven't learned more than a few words in Chinese!
>
> The DVD Maker product is the one that often has a $20 rebate or so; hard
to
> lose at that price.
I agree fully that English would really be a challenge to learn.
For example, could you imagine trying to figure out the rules to
pronouncing:
bough, cough, dough, rough, and through?
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