Alexander Dalloz wrote:
Am Di, den 05.07.2005 schrieb Michael Schwendt um 11:54:
When compiling a CD on K3b in Linux, can I run other applications? Or
are the resources required to burn a CD such that I should run ONLY K3b?
I never heard that you "compile" a CD when you burn to a media ;)
Well, "to compile a CD" [from individual files] is a quite common phrase,
IMO. Creating the compilation is usually done prior to starting the
burning process, which then either burns a compiled image or individuals
files on-the-fly.
Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Ok, you are right. Checked now
http://dict.leo.org/?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&relink=on§Hdr=on&spellToler=std&search=compile
and found "to compile a catalog" to be matching the process of preparing
what should be burned to disk. So if Benjamin asks for that task, it is
[snip]
No, he's just right, period. What you say is true for "compiling the
catalog". But one may compile *any* collection in English. "Compiling
a CD" is perfectly correct. "Compiling the CD catalog" is also
perfectly correct, but refers to a different activity.
Although my first language is Spanish, I began speaking English at the
age of 3, and consider it to be my native language, since I now speak
it better than I do Spanish.
I suggest that, when there is a question of what is meant by a particular
turn of phrase, unless there is a real question of meaning or intent, it
simply be allowed to pass. Especially since we have many people here
who do not speak English as a first tongue. In other words, if no real
change to the meaning of the question arises, it simply be allowed
to pass without comment.
If a question of meaning really arises, then a question is probably more
appropriate than a "correction", especially if the one offering the
correction does not speak English as his primary language.
Mike
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