Return-path: X-Spam-Personal-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DNS_FROM_DOB, RCVD_IN_DOB autolearn=no version=3.2.1 Envelope-to: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Delivery-date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:28:14 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IbKZK-0005pM-78; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:28:08 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list jbovlaste); Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:27:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IbKYr-0005pG-57 for jbovlaste-real@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:27:37 -0700 Received: from sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no ([129.241.210.67]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IbKYo-0005p7-0g for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:27:36 -0700 Received: from hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no [129.241.210.68]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEF0494789 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:27:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (8.13.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id l8SIRNxv011914 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:27:23 +0200 Received: (from arj@localhost) by hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no (8.13.8/8.13.1/Submit) id l8SIRMkj011913 for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:27:22 +0200 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:27:22 +0200 From: Arnt Richard Johansen To: jbovlaste@lojban.org Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: "jargon" field added. Message-ID: <20070928182722.GB1196@nvg.org> References: <20070927005204.GL10656@digitalkingdom.org> <20070927184628.GA1196@nvg.org> <20070927215701.GP10656@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070927215701.GP10656@digitalkingdom.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-NVG-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-NVG-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: arj@nvg.ntnu.no X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: arj@nvg.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-list: jbovlaste Content-Length: 1465 Lines: 27 On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:57:01PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 08:46:28PM +0200, Arnt Richard Johansen > wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 05:52:04PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > > I added a field that can be used to mark words that are local > > > jargon; this seemed useful for the RPG campaign I'm thinking of > > > running. > > > > I do not think this is a good idea. > > > Can you explain why you don't like this idea? Are you saying that "noljedai" could conceivably have a different meaning when being used in your RPG campaign from when it is used elsewhere? If so, this is a break with unambiguousness (which is an express design criterion of Lojban), and should not be endorsed by an official LLG project. Or are you saying that most of the words that are coined for the project are likely to be of poor quality, and should hence be avoided? If so, I think a more appropriate solution is downvoting, or a checkbox in the definition editing page which says "do not vote after adding". In any case, it's good to see that you are doing stuff with the Jbovlaste infrastructure. Don't let my whining put you off! -- Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org/ [Bert Tyler] has been in programming since he got a job at the computer center in his sophomore year at college - in other words, he hasn't done an honest day's work in his life. -- Fractint v20.0 documentation