Received: from mail-lb0-f189.google.com ([209.85.217.189]:35020) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Szw4X-0003aK-H6; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:48 -0700 Received: by lban1 with SMTP id n1sf785260lba.16 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=yCMHfc/t/haTOxZYu18lJIeAmxRUaD81hkm7wFGNsGw=; b=rtv8qpOTBjCqYO6K2IDRhuBmQg3qTOBfmp670YOQffRte6obbE5wKPbX5csfKNHaBw ZSjko6nzgpVwmr+ON/OFUIAAmv3C9PxWsv0bbX4roPlh0iGGksd1kbOI/Ve3jbGLEAH8 0vTS0YD/LUzOah6Scb4WkpcmjHnr+tgnpLUW4= Received: by 10.204.156.22 with SMTP id u22mr204774bkw.32.1344631472675; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:32 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.204.13.17 with SMTP id z17ls3635080bkz.5.gmail; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.128.207 with SMTP id l15mr612693bks.4.1344631471841; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.128.207 with SMTP id l15mr612692bks.4.1344631471818; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f45.google.com (mail-lpp01m010-f45.google.com [209.85.215.45]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j4si1291311bkj.3.2012.08.10.13.44.31 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:31 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.45 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.215.45; Received: by lagz14 with SMTP id z14so963928lag.4 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.48.134 with SMTP id l6mr1155507lbn.80.1344631471455; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.152.136.73 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:44:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201208102246.34877.jezuch@interia.pl> References: <201208102246.34877.jezuch@interia.pl> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:44:31 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Direction of Rotation From: Jonathan Jones To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: eyeonus@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.45 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=eyeonus@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec554d86035bffe04c6ef6921 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / --bcaec554d86035bffe04c6ef6921 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Krzysztof Sobolewski wr= ote: > Dnia pi=B1tek, 10 sierpnia 2012 o 22:04:08 Jonathan Jones napisa=B3(a): > > > I literally justs copied this from the Wikipedia page: > > > > "In a mathematical sense, a circle defined parametrically in a positive > > Cartesian plane< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_coordinate_system#Orientation_and_= .22handedness.22 > >by > > the equations > > *x* =3D cos *t* and *y* =3D sin *t* is traced counterclockwise as *t* > increases > > in value." > > > > That's pure math right there. > > That's pure *western* math. Your arbitrary choice of one mathematics is > not culturally neutral ;) > Ha ha, funny. --=20 mu'o mi'e .aionys. .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegrou= ps.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= ?hl=3Den. --bcaec554d86035bffe04c6ef6921 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Krzysztof Sobol= ewski <jezuch@interia.pl> wrote:
Dnia pi=B1tek, 10 sierpnia 2012 o 22:04:08 Jonathan Jones napisa=B3(a):

> I literally justs copied this from the Wikipedia page:
>
> "In a mathematical sense, a circle defined parametrically in a po= sitive
> Cartesian plane<= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_coordinate_system#Orientation_and_.2= 2handedness.22>by
> the equations
> *x* =3D cos *t* and *y* =3D sin *t* is traced counterclockwise as *t* = increases
> in value."
>
> That's pure math right there.

That's pure *western* math. Your arbitrary choice of one mathemat= ics is not culturally neutral ;)

Ha ha, funny.
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