From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Fri Jun 20 12:49:47 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:49:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 19TRtE-0002yb-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:49:40 -0700 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:49:40 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: jbovlaste example. Message-ID: <20030620194940.GC7321@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030618223945.GW31909@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 5710 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 12:58:56PM -0000, Travis wrote: > In the entry it comments that, "vacuum is never completely empty". > The definition of vacuum is that it is completely empty. Just as > the definition of zero gravity is the complete absence of gravity > (or the forces of). Just because we've never observed a perfect > vacuum or the lack of gravity, shouldn't affect the meanings of > the words. We, as speakers, should accurately call orbit > conditions "micro-gravity" and refrain from alluding to a lack of > gravity. We, as speakers, should also note that space is a near > vacuum. OK. Give me a word for what I'm in when I'm outside the International Space Station then, please. -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "but I'm not stupid and people are not stupid who think samely with me" -- from an actual, real, non-spam mail sent to webmaster@lojban.org http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui