From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sun Nov 16 22:45:52 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:45:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1ALd8t-0005Vk-T2 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:45:47 -0800 Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:45:47 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: {Archivist} niltei? Message-ID: <20031117064547.GC15718@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <5.2.0.9.0.20031114085812.0310b080@pop.east.cox.net> <20031112224720.GI4805@digitalkingdom.org> <20031112224720.GI4805@digitalkingdom.org> <5.2.0.9.0.20031114085812.0310b080@pop.east.cox.net> <5.2.0.9.0.20031114232311.03039460@pop.east.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20031114232311.03039460@pop.east.cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 6721 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 Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:26:48PM -0500, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > At 10:41 AM 11/14/03 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:03:22AM -0500, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > > > x1 is the quantity on scale x2 by which x3 is the time interval > > > from x4 to x5 > > > >I find that non-sensical. Can you give a usage example? > > li muno lo si'o nanca cu niltei lemi mivytei la pasomucinanc le cabna OK, it's the "by which" that I still find bizarre. How about "indicating the time-interval amount that event x3 spans, from starting point x4 to ending point x5". Anyways, the theory here is that you can do li muno cu niltei lo nanca le mi mivytei for "I am 50 years old", right? -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui