From xod@thestonecutters.net Thu Mar 13 11:08:11 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:08:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tY3Z-0000WN-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:07:57 -0800 Received: from granite.thestonecutters.net (localhost.thestonecutters.net [127.0.0.1]) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2DJ7kXd087190 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:07:46 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h2DJ7k4k087187 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:07:46 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) X-Authentication-Warning: granite.thestonecutters.net: xod owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:07:46 -0500 (EST) From: Invent Yourself To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: spofu skami In-Reply-To: <20030313190204.GN25165@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: <20030313140439.T85179-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 4488 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 01:56:48PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > > I don't have anything to explain. nirna can have one definition that > > covers more than the English "neuron" or "nerve", without being > > polysemic. > > Oh that is an *AMAZING* cop out. "It's true because I say so. Neener." > > I really expected better from you then to take your ball and go home > like that. > > .ionai Who's copping out? I find your charge of polysemy to be malglico, and your arguments unconvincing. I understand that you might argue that no part of a networked computer is a neuron, under a non-metaphorical definition of the English term "neuron". But that has nothing to do with Lojban and little to do with nirna. -- "This is an example of what elections should be, with 97 percent participation, free of money and corruption and totally transparent," Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage told Reuters.