From mattarn@123.net Fri Jan 28 17:36:53 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:42:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from new.e-mol.com ([65.169.135.18] helo=mole.e-mol.com) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1CuhXh-00034X-3o for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:36:53 -0800 Received: from mail.123.net (new.e-mol.com [65.163.85.18]) by mole.e-mol.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-7.1) with SMTP id j0T1aFTd023470 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:36:16 -0500 Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:36:15 -0500 Message-Id: <200501290136.j0T1aFTd023470@mole.e-mol.com> To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org From: Matt Arnold Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: a presentation on Lojban In-Reply-To: References: <1106939920.6639.1.camel@haqq> X-Priority: 3 X-From: mattarn@mail.123.net X-Originating-IP: [69.246.112.30] Content-Type: text/plain X-archive-position: 1087 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: mattarn@123.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners Thanks to everyone for saving my life from assasination. I already was going to use Open Office anyway. Sadly, PowerPoint has become a word like Kleenex and Xerox these days. Force of habit. I am happy to report that at Penguicon, the approach I've always seen attendees to discovering a Windows victim has not been hostility, but thrusting CDs at him/her and offering to install Linux. We have a helpful bunch of guys and gals here in the Michigan LUGs. Sorry for putting this to the beginner's list, but I still considered myself a beginner. Considering that I actually kind of speak the language now, perhaps I'm not. Can someone direct me to the access to that list? I'll be sure to offer brochures, Alice and [la nicte cadzu] in paper and electronic forms. As for the "what's the point in learning a fake language?" my presentation will include the arguments here: http://www.geocities.com/nemorathwald/Why_Learning_Lojban.htm I'll specifically have to argue it as an alternative-- not to English-- but to Esperanto or Klingon, with which my audience will be familiar. -Matt lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org wrote: > > >>From: Elmo >>Reply-To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org >>To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org >>Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: a presentation on Lojban >>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:18:39 +0200 >> >>On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 12:19 -0500, Matt Arnold wrote: >> > In April, I will be giving a presentation and discussion about Lojban at >>Penguicon in Michigan. (www.penguicon.org) It's a combination science >>fiction and open source software convention. I'll have the ability to >>project from a laptop, so I think I'll put together a PowerPoint >>presentation. Has this sort of thing been done before? Any advice or >>suggestions as I begin preparing for it? >> > -la epcat >>A presentation in PowerPoint on Open-Source convention? I guess you'll >>get assassinated. >>Elmo >> > >If you wish to insure against assassination attempts it has been >demonstrated that Open Office has a fairly useful presentation package. > >.bobgrif. _______________________________________________________ Sent through e-mol. E-mail, Anywhere, Anytime. http://www.e-mol.com