From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Jan 08 06:34:14 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 8 Jan 2003 14:34:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 90506 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2003 14:34:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Jan 2003 14:34:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Jan 2003 14:34:12 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18WHHY-0006eX-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 06:34:12 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18WHGy-0006cp-00; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 06:33:36 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 08 Jan 2003 06:33:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.ispwest.com ([216.52.245.18] helo=ispwestemail1.aceweb.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18WHGr-0006cX-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 08 Jan 2003 06:33:29 -0800 Received: from surreality.us (unverified [68.70.59.28]) by ispwestemail1.aceweb.net (Vircom SMTPRS 1.4.232) with SMTP id for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 06:30:49 -0800 Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 06:33:14 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: open and save Message-Id: <20030108063314.1cd64c72.rizen@surreality.us> In-Reply-To: <10788F54-2272-11D7-97F6-000393629ED4@uic.edu> References: <20030107180540.GX3954@digitalkingdom.org> <10788F54-2272-11D7-97F6-000393629ED4@uic.edu> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="=.oCBzF8XTIQx3fT" X-archive-position: 3752 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rizen@surreality.us Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Theodore Reed From: Theodore Reed Reply-To: rizen@surreality.us X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out --=.oCBzF8XTIQx3fT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:58:52 -0600 Steven Belknap wrote: > > And dacru isn't a file in that sense anyways, it's a drawer. A > > *physical* drawer. A *sliding* *compartment*, for crying out loud. > > On my Mac there is a *sliding drawer* which I click on to see my files Yes, and that is analogous to what is called either "directory" (which I believe is the term on the Mac, too) or "folder". These are things which contain files. The analogy works. > of email messages. Not all physical file holders are sliding > compartments. My reading of the definition is that the brackets around > > "sliding compartment" denote a typical instance of a , but do > not necessarily restrict the meaning of the word to physical drawers > with sliding compartments. I think it refers to a "file" as in a filing cabinet. From what I understand, this use of "file" is regional, and not to be mistaken for the usage which made its way into computer parlance. > dacru dac drawer x1 is a drawer/file in structure x2, a [sliding > compartment] container for contents x3 -- Theodore Reed (rizen/bancus) -==- http://www.surreality.us/ ~OpenPGP Signed/Encrypted Mail Preferred; Finger me for my public key!~ "Be careful when you wrestle with monsters, lest you thereby become one. For, if you stare long into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you." -- Friedrich Nietzsche --=.oCBzF8XTIQx3fT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+HDa1w24JwM4aDNwRArlwAJ9B+AfS8DjC6d9UfRjxmMX93SlgMgCfcZ2B eOx6JzimYtgnO35IjGGDA/I= =ZAk1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.oCBzF8XTIQx3fT--