From xod@thestonecutters.net Mon Nov 03 16:00:49 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 03 Nov 2003 16:00:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1AGocg-0004Lv-Oq for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2003 16:00:38 -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 hA3NtjV4077677 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:55:45 -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 hA3Ntjgu077674 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:55:45 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) X-Authentication-Warning: granite.thestonecutters.net: xod owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 18:55:44 -0500 (EST) From: Invent Yourself To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Language creation In-Reply-To: <20031103233713.GA21625@mit.edu> Message-ID: <20031103184217.W66538-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 6555 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 Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Rob Speer wrote: > On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 04:36:35PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > > > Hummmm some days ago I sent a message to the list about a reading of the > > > first lines of 'tiki tiki tembos'. I'd pleased if I could receive any > > > comment about my way of reading. > > > > You created ogg vorbis files. Had you gone with mp3 or something more > > standard, I would have listened and commented. > > It's easier to get a (non spyware-encumbered and legal) Ogg encoder than > an MP3 encoder. It's also, of course, easier to get a media player that > plays MP3s than one that plays Oggs. > > Lluis already put the effort into making the file, leaving you > with a few choices: > > * Pay no attention (takes 0 minutes) > * Give in and download an Ogg plugin (takes about 2 minutes) > * Send a pissy e-mail telling him to re-encode his file (takes about 1 > minute and bothers people) > > Not that I object to your choice. I felt he deserved an explanation why I, at least, ignored his work. I didn't intend to sound pissy. But perhaps you should have spent your time listening to the ogg files yourself, instead of sending useless flames (and bothering people). -- Implicit in the term "national defense" is the notion of defending those values and ideals which set this Nation apart. United States Supreme Court, U.S. v. Robel (1967)