Porque é que os weblogs não são uma moda:
Es el tema de mi intervención en el Encontro de Weblogs: mi argumento central es que los weblogs constituyen una herramienta extraordinariamente poderosa para la formación de comunidades virtuales basadas en el conocimiento compartido.Okay, most of that makes sense except the actual word: "desvirtualizar."En Viena escuché por primera vez la expresión "desvirtualizar" asociada al momento en el que se conocen personalmente quienes se han tratado hasta entonces sólo online.
I want to think it means "not virtual" or maybe "extra virtual" like "extra sensory perception." Or maybe, it is "virtual relationships" that exist solely online and develop differently than those of meatspace? I can relate to those.
Comprendé amigos?
Entienden?
Oh, and if you're trying to learn Spanish, be sure to visit Dr. Orihuela's weblog, he's redesigned it with a slick new interface, dos punto cero. Es fantàstica.
Posted by Tim at September 25, 2003 01:14 AM | TrackBackIn this case, "desvirtualizar" is an act of embodiment, of getting to know a virtual comrade. The prefix des- is a negation morpheme. So desvirtualizar is to make the virtual real. Merriam-Webster (www.m-w.com):
Main Entry: de-
Function: prefix
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French de-, des-, partly from Latin de- from, down, away (from de, preposition) and partly from Latin dis-; Latin de akin to Old Irish di from, Old English tO to -- more at TO, DIS-
1 a : do the opposite of b : reverse of
2 a : remove (a specified thing) from b : remove from (a specified thing)
3 : reduce
4 : something derived from (a specified thing) : derived from something (of a specified nature)
5 : get off of (a specified thing)
6 : having a molecule characterized by the removal of one or more atoms (of a specified element)
If I get to know you, I will say that I have devirtualized Tim. Is this a synonym for materialize?
Posted by: Isaac at September 25, 2003 01:51 AMThanks for your reference Tim. Please see the origin of the devirtualization debate here:
http://jej.notatnik.net/blog/000974.html