From xod@sixgirls.org Sat May 13 21:22:11 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10500 invoked from network); 14 May 2000 04:22:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 14 May 2000 04:22:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (207.252.3.72) by mta1 with SMTP; 14 May 2000 04:22:11 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.9.3+3.2W/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA01276 for ; Sun, 14 May 2000 00:22:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 00:22:09 -0400 (EDT) To: Lojban Listserver Subject: Re: [lojban] centripetality: subset vs component In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Fri, 12 May 2000, PILCH Hartmut wrote: > You apparently didn't read my argumentation. > You repeat the same fallacies that have been debated over and over again. > I should create some "liste of popular linguistic errors concerning date > structures". > In short: there are two different hierarchies of importance: that of the > listener and that of the speaker. The communication-centered vs the > ego-centered one. Tho Postman does not first go to Soho but to the the > next smaller radius after the common circle that connects him to you, e.g. > "U.S. ==> New York". "New York" is the important part, not "Soho". > Soho is the nucleus/center of the expression, and centripetality just > means that expansion goes leftward. What is interesting here is that I feel the little-endian way to be more compatible with the listener. ----- In the Linux world, all of the major distributions have turned into companies. How much revenue would Red Hat generate if their product was flawless? How much support would they sell?