From xod@thestonecutters.net Fri Nov 14 12:02:12 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:02:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1AKk8t-0000BF-BO for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 12:02:07 -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 hAEJvwoM032009 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:57:58 -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 hAEJvwxx032006 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:57:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) X-Authentication-Warning: granite.thestonecutters.net: xod owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:57:58 -0500 (EST) From: Invent Yourself To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: COI, UI (was Re: cfari) In-Reply-To: <20031114194813.GX15718@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: <20031114145612.S29029-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 6689 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 Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 02:37:34PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:25:36AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > > > --- 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}. > > > > > > "li pa re my" seems perfectly reasonable if such a format has > > > been previously agreed upon. > > > > > > xu lu li pa re gy. li'u selsmuni 12 gerku .i zo li nibli le du'u > > my. .e gy. namcu > > xu zo fi'u cu namcu .i mi na krici ni'i la'e de'u lo'u li gerku le'u cu selsmuni le ni gerku .i zekri ju melbi -- DR. EDDIE: (defensive) They were performance pieces. ANDERTON: You set your patients on fire! DR. EDDIE: And put them out. Some not as quickly as others, but let's change the subject, shall we?