From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Aug 17 13:59:49 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:59:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IM8v6-0000iR-3z for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:59:49 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1IM8v1-0000iD-D8 for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:59:45 -0700 Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:59:42 -0700 To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: "technology" Message-ID: <20070817205942.GQ12868@digitalkingdom.org> References: <2f91285f0708150455q63589003qf7b714d797466d1a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2f91285f0708150455q63589003qf7b714d797466d1a@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 5380 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 12:55:08PM +0100, Vid Sintef wrote: > mi'e vid > > The official lujvo for "technology" is {mi'irlarcu}, from {minji > larcu}. I don't think this works for every case. Yes, "technology" > seems to often involve {minji}, "machine", but not always. The > definition goes like: "the practical application of knowledge > especially in a particular area" and "a capability given by the > practical application of knowledge" > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology). That's an odd definition, as it doesn't make any reference to the *products* of that practical application, which is exactly what technology is in my mind. The most general word for technology in Lojban (in the way I think of it) is rutni; does that help? -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/