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Memorizing Language / Spelling Techniques? 237

Posted by timothy on Saturday March 20, 2010 @04:20PM from the save-up-for-neural-implants dept.

NotesSensei writes "My kids are learning Chinese in school. While the grammar is drop-dead simple, writing is a challenge since there is no relation between sound and shape of the characters. I would like to know any good techniques (using technology or not) to help memorize large amounts of information, especially Chinese characters. Most of the stuff I Googled only helps on learning speaking."

Comment Silly Humans (Score 1) 1000

by Toxictoy on Sunday April 30, 2006 @01:11PM (#15232464) Attached to: Let's Settle This. Who Would Win?

Just give a monkey a typewriter or a gun and they always win. Always.

5% of All Web Traffic Unsafe 204

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday March 05, 2006 @12:27AM from the conservative-estimates dept.

OnFour writes "The MIT-backed startup behind SiteAdvisor has slapped a red "X" warning label on approximately 5 percent of all Web traffic and warned that there are roughly one billion monthly visits to Web pages that aren't safe for surfing. About 2 percent of all Web traffic was given the "yellow" caution rating." A more general SiteAdvisor blog entry overview was covered earlier on Slashdot.

U.S. Investigating Online Music Pricing 213

Posted by Zonk on Friday March 03, 2006 @01:22PM from the at-least-its-price-fixed-low dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Times Online has a story about the U.S. Federal Government investigating whether the music labels are fixing prices for online music sales. 'The antitrust division is looking at the possibility of anti-competitive practices in the music download industry ... Mr Jobs suggested such a move would drive owners of Apple's iPod, the hugely popular digital music player, to piracy, a problem that has cost the music industry billions in revenues in recent years.'"

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