From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Tue Aug 08 16:30:43 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:30:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GAb21-00054u-K7 for llg-members@lojban.org; Tue, 08 Aug 2006 16:30:41 -0700 Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:30:41 -0700 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: LLG 2006 Annual Meeting Thread Message-ID: <20060808233041.GC28190@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: llg-members@lojban.org References: <20060707224943.GB18983@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20060807041126.GE28190@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <44D6D0E3.30801@lojban.org> <44D77A08.9080800@kli.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44D77A08.9080800@kli.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 256 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 01:36:08PM -0400, Mark E. Shoulson wrote: > I think, though, that Klingon/Lojban joint programming, while > possibly a good idea and worth persuing, will not be remarkably > enlightening for those already interested in Lojban (or Klingon). > It *will* make for some nice headlines and might garner some > interest as some sort of "battle" or "debate" (people can't resist > imagining a conflict between Klingon and Lojban), and that can > only help us, simply by raising our profile and people's awareness > of Lojban. I think a debate would be fucking hilarious. Audience asks questions, panelists respond *in their own language*, with translators. Bonus points if Mark is there to cross-translate directly, without using English, but I suppose that would suck for the audience. Mark, you think you can rope people in for this? > My point is, really, that while we should definitely support and > work for such a joint program, we should realize that it's mainly > for show and we're not going to gain any real insights from it. Umm, duh? Showmanship, my friend, showmanship. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/