TGIF
Yay! Fridays rock!
A friend of mine was super proud to give us a link to Amazon.com, an online bookstore no less, where after being forced to set up an account ("ma fan" - too much work!) we could pilfer a measly 200 mp3s from a specific site.
I want to introduce you to Baidu.cn, a Chinese search engine, which is rather more complicated a thing to create than you may think. As with most things in China, this search engine is a huge business venture, and on its "about Baidu" page - where it hopes to attract foreign investment - I quote:
"Applying avant-garde technology to the world's most ancient and complex language is as challenging as it is exciting. At least people here at Baidu think so. As having diligently disclosed in the Prospectus of our recent Initial Public Offering, we believe there are at least 38 ways of saying "I" in Chinese. It is important that we master all the ways of addressing oneself in Chinese because our users depend on us to address every one of their daily queries. And trust us, pin pointing queries in the Chinese language is an art rather than a science."
Chinese is hard. But Chinese is exciting.
But let us not get distracted. The point is, if you do get the chance to go to Baidu.cn, you don't need to know Chinese to click on the "mp3" icon and search to your heart's content absolutely any song you wish to download (try different languages, like Spanish or French!) - for free, and no account sign-ups or anything.
You're welcome.
A friend of mine was super proud to give us a link to Amazon.com, an online bookstore no less, where after being forced to set up an account ("ma fan" - too much work!) we could pilfer a measly 200 mp3s from a specific site.
I want to introduce you to Baidu.cn, a Chinese search engine, which is rather more complicated a thing to create than you may think. As with most things in China, this search engine is a huge business venture, and on its "about Baidu" page - where it hopes to attract foreign investment - I quote:
"Applying avant-garde technology to the world's most ancient and complex language is as challenging as it is exciting. At least people here at Baidu think so. As having diligently disclosed in the Prospectus of our recent Initial Public Offering, we believe there are at least 38 ways of saying "I" in Chinese. It is important that we master all the ways of addressing oneself in Chinese because our users depend on us to address every one of their daily queries. And trust us, pin pointing queries in the Chinese language is an art rather than a science."
Chinese is hard. But Chinese is exciting.
But let us not get distracted. The point is, if you do get the chance to go to Baidu.cn, you don't need to know Chinese to click on the "mp3" icon and search to your heart's content absolutely any song you wish to download (try different languages, like Spanish or French!) - for free, and no account sign-ups or anything.
You're welcome.
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