From jim@gonzul.net Thu Feb 26 12:25:07 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:25:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from cat.ourshack.com ([212.74.28.153] ident=exim) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AwS42-0001zk-W7 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 12:24:59 -0800 Received: from localhost.ourshack.com ([127.0.0.1] helo=taoying.local ident=jim) by cat.ourshack.com with asmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.24) id 1AwS3z-000Ivz-Vj for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 20:24:56 +0000 Subject: [lojban] Re: AW: Lojbanic philosophy From: Jim Cheetham To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <5DE52899FC63CC4F82AE0CD7B7D8FA930BDC7EA2@mucse005.eu.infineon.com> References: <5DE52899FC63CC4F82AE0CD7B7D8FA930BDC7EA2@mucse005.eu.infineon.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1077827016.8898.4.camel@taoying> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 09:23:36 +1300 X-Mailer: GNU Anubis email postprocessor v3.9.93 X-Image-Url: http://jim.gonzul.org/emailimg/jim@gonzul.net X-Subliminal-Message: Everything I tell you is false X-archive-position: 7136 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jim@gonzul.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 04:52, Goetz.Kluge@infineon.com wrote: > The "intellectual toy" approach seems to me the > most promising way to attract speakers. Perhaps one should try to get > some SF writer to use it in his stories. Does anyone with a foot in the Esperanto camp know how successful Harry Harrison's "Stainless Steel Rat" books were for promoting Esperanto use? I know that the references interested me to have a go ... -djim