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Forum: Lounge 04-09-2010, 09:49 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 4,702
Posted By LucasCorso
Somebody has stolen my idea. Everytime there is a...

Somebody has stolen my idea. Everytime there is a bug in my software and I can't solve it, or there is a deadline I can't meet, I dream of going somewhere in the mountains and grow sheep (ok, so it's...
Forum: Lounge 04-09-2010, 08:59 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 4,702
Posted By LucasCorso
I don't know how would I manage without my...

I don't know how would I manage without my computers, so I completely understand how you feel.
But please don't watch TV, I'm pretty sure it burns brain cells! There really must be a warning sticker...
Forum: Lounge 04-09-2010, 06:58 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,799
Posted By LucasCorso
Hello, Moejoe. Thank you, I think this may be it,...

Hello, Moejoe. Thank you, I think this may be it, but I'm not sure untile I see it (maybe I only thought the movie is old because it depicted some earlier decades). The kid from the trailer looks...
Forum: Lounge 04-09-2010, 06:37 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,799
Posted By LucasCorso
Searching for an old movie

I know this (MobileRead) is maybe the wrong forum, but it's the only forum I really spend my time on...

When I was a kid, I saw a movie that I'm trying to track down now, and had no luck so far....
Forum: Amazon Kindle 04-09-2010, 05:57 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 6,583
Posted By LucasCorso
Hello, Ebenist. You won't be very happy...

Hello, Ebenist.

You won't be very happy reading my reply...
As far as I know, you can't edit an aready built dictionary and paste new definitions. The only solution I see to this is to convert...
Forum: Lounge 03-25-2010, 09:12 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,524
Posted By LucasCorso
Thank you, guys. I'm convinced now after...

Thank you, guys.
I'm convinced now after reading your posts to leave the car at the hotel. Less stress (for me and other drivers) and more sightseeing (the main goal)! Funny, as I am a software...
Forum: Lounge 03-25-2010, 07:18 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,524
Posted By LucasCorso
Thanks for your quick and helpful reply, Graham. ...

Thanks for your quick and helpful reply, Graham.
Indeed it seems easy to use the public transport with those One Day cards. And no stress with the trafic...
Now I need to google some places to read...
Forum: Lounge 03-25-2010, 06:40 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,524
Posted By LucasCorso
Travelling to UK, need some advice/tips

Hello. If you can spare a minute,
For the Easter holiday I've booked two days in a hotel near London. I have never been to UK (but always wanted to see it), so I need some info/advice.
1. How are...
Forum: Lounge 03-24-2010, 12:13 PM
Replies: 43,217
Views: 3,873,295
Posted By LucasCorso
You're lucky. I've been bored for a few months...

You're lucky. I've been bored for a few months already at work, and trying to find something else (Friday may be that day, when I'll discuss a contract proposal with a bank), so I can't escape at all...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 03-23-2010, 12:45 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 7,749
Posted By LucasCorso
You guys don't want to admit that your life suck!...

You guys don't want to admit that your life suck! Spending your lives reading books, joining interesting conversations with strangers on internet, about moral values, ethics, concepts about right...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 03-17-2010, 05:19 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 9,531
Posted By LucasCorso
Unfortunately, Kindle doesn't read .Doc or .Rtf...

Unfortunately, Kindle doesn't read .Doc or .Rtf files, so you will have to convert them to its native format Mobi/Prc, or to PDF. If your files contain mostly text the result will look nice.
Instead...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 03-15-2010, 06:53 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 112,339
Posted By LucasCorso
Hi. There is nothing special with that little...

Hi. There is nothing special with that little program. Practically all it does is open a file and put the language code at three different offsets. It finds those offsets after a sequence of 20 0xFFs...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 03-14-2010, 09:02 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 112,339
Posted By LucasCorso
Hi. I have received your private message and...

Hi. I have received your private message and responded to you the same way. As I suspected, you have a mobi book set as Italian. So either read the private message I've just sent you or use the...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 03-13-2010, 07:09 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 112,339
Posted By LucasCorso
Gho57, something is wrong I think, the offsets...

Gho57, something is wrong I think, the offsets displayed on the left side are too high. The header with the language information is somewhere in the beginning of the file.
Is it a public domain...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 03-13-2010, 07:05 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 112,339
Posted By LucasCorso
Hello, acmatos. I think I can help (I'm using the...

Hello, acmatos. I think I can help (I'm using the same French dictionary)
I'm attaching a small application I made that can patch the language of a mobi book. Please use it only on a backup copy of...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 03-12-2010, 04:55 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,401
Posted By LucasCorso
Maybe this thread will help you:...

Maybe this thread will help you: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60103
It seems to me the software in the Kindle doesn't like dictionaries set to other languages than English. So...
Forum: Introduce Yourself 02-26-2010, 09:02 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,394
Posted By LucasCorso
Hi. If you need a Romanian dictionary, I created...

Hi. If you need a Romanian dictionary, I created one a few months ago (using the database from dexonline.ro), and I'm attaching it in this post. You can use it as a default primary dictionary also,...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 11-29-2009, 06:25 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 14,972
Posted By LucasCorso
The new version seems to have improved the...

The new version seems to have improved the foreign dictionary support. I struggled a lot in the past to create a dictionary with MobiPocket Creator but it wasn't working fine. Now my Kindle DX finds...
Forum: Writers' Corner 11-03-2009, 04:57 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 3,252
Posted By LucasCorso
I can't concentrate if I'm reading a book after...

I can't concentrate if I'm reading a book after i've seen the movie :angry:
Let my imagination picture the characters, unless, of course, it's important for the story.
For example, no movie about...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 10-30-2009, 10:26 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 112,339
Posted By LucasCorso
I remember reading about that information but...

I remember reading about that information but forgot where, thanks. I will update it then during the weekend, just to be sure what I have found is correct (right offsets and stuff), and which...
Forum: Which one should I buy? 10-30-2009, 09:39 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,738
Posted By LucasCorso
I don't think you will be happy reading the...

I don't think you will be happy reading the results of a converted PDF. I had high hopes for it but in the end I'm glad I've bought a bigger screen device (not that it's perfect for PDFs by the way,...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 10-30-2009, 07:59 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 112,339
Posted By LucasCorso
I'm glad every time something that didn't before...

I'm glad every time something that didn't before now works.
Unfortunately I'm not happy at all with how Amazon made all this dictionary stuff. We don't know yet how to make a dictionary that...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 10-30-2009, 05:11 AM
Replies: 88
Views: 112,339
Posted By LucasCorso
I made a quick and dirty Windows application to...

I made a quick and dirty Windows application to patch a mobi file to the language I need. Of course, I'm not at home now so it will have to wait until tonight. But if you understand how to work with...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 10-19-2009, 05:45 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 8,094
Posted By LucasCorso
Inflections (Kindle dictionaries)

I'm not sure where to post this, since it's not really development for Kindle.
Anyway, I'm trying since a week or so to build a Mobi dictionary for Kindle. It's working, but not perfectly: Kindle...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 10-19-2009, 05:22 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,205
Posted By LucasCorso
Before buying my Kindle DX, I played a little...

Before buying my Kindle DX, I played a little with a 6 inch reader, and the experience was disappointing for me: just too small for my needs. I read these forums and I see other people don't have...
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