From robin@Bilkent.EDU.TR Thu Jul 25 10:15:08 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:15:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from firat.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr ([139.179.10.13] ident=root) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17XmCg-00048q-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:15:07 -0700 Received: from bilkent.edu.tr (ppp139.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr [139.179.111.139]) by firat.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id g6PHF0n00635 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:15:00 +0300 (EET DST) Message-ID: <3D405C9C.2030606@bilkent.edu.tr> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:16:28 +0000 From: robin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020610 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, tr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] to-do list (was Re: New Members, Board of Directors, other LogFest results) References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020724195628.032f4c80@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020723195058.030913c0@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020723025544.032cba90@pop.east.cox.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20010730221611.00b10c00@pop.cais.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20020723025544.032cba90@pop.east.cox.net> <20020723103956.E28971@miranda.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20020723195058.030913c0@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020724122649.032e7ec0@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020724195628.032f4c80@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020725033153.0342dc80@pop.east.cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by firat.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr id g6PHF0n00635 X-archive-position: 289 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: robin@Bilkent.EDU.TR Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Bob LeChevalier wrote: >At 08:54 PM 7/24/02 -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > >>On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 09:28:12PM -0400, Bob LeChevalier wrote: >> >> >>>I think that anything that is official needs to have been reviewed >>>heavily by SOMEONE, preferably more than one "someones", who have >>>established credibility for technical knowledge of the language. >>> >>> >>Purely out of curiosity, I'm curious if I count, both in your eyes and >>others'. I like to think I'm pretty good with lojban, but 'technical >>knowledge'? I dunno. >> >> > >I have to honestly say that I have read so little of the technical >discussions in the last year that I have no opinion of my own, and I have >no idea what others opinion of your technical judgement is, which is what >really matters. > >I generally have tried to avoid rating people myself because politically, >any judgments I make of someone that are lower than they think of >themselves as being could cost me their work on the project. I would >rather view the consensus of others. The only exception for me is that >writing in Lojban, such that others respond and answer back in Lojban, >shows a minimum communication competence. Anyone who can maintain a >conversation with xod or xorxes therefore has proven themselves to be above >the beginner level. > One thing I love about Lojbab is his use of understatement! robin.tr -- "There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't" - thinkgeek.com Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara 06533 http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin