From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Fri Nov 14 11:25:28 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:25:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from web41904.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.155]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.22) id 1AKjZM-0007sq-1o for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:25:24 -0800 Message-ID: <20031114192536.38115.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41904.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:25:36 PST Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:25:36 -0800 (PST) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban] Re: COI, UI (was Re: cfari) To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <20031114190835.GV15718@digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 6678 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:01:06AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > Numbers with letters as digits would not be so straightforward, > > but what would they be used for? The usual talk of using letters > > for the units of dimensioned numbers is nonsense because units > > don't work like that in Lojban. > > I've never heard 'the usual talk'. You mean things like "li pa re > my" for 12 meters? Right. But 12 meters is {lo mitre be li pare}. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree