From arj@nvg.org Thu Jan 06 07:29:21 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 06 Jan 2005 07:29:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no ([129.241.210.67] ident=[l9KZXCtUf7P2+NB/AM0rFPjHbu8927Sm]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CmZZa-000427-Hu for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 06 Jan 2005 07:29:14 -0800 Received: from hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no ([129.241.210.68]:5797 "EHLO hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no" ident: "[00qZC7m5x9j/+JbdNE1Rn0EBtKqyZrGg]" whoson: "-unregistered-") by sabre-wulf.nvg.ntnu.no with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable; Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:28:57 +0100 Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:28:57 +0100 (CET) From: Arnt Richard Johansen X-X-Sender: arj@hagbart.nvg.ntnu.no To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Metric units In-Reply-To: <20050106143845.98922.qmail@web41906.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20050106143845.98922.qmail@web41906.mail.yahoo.com> X-No-Archive: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 9178 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: arj@nvg.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Jorge Llambías wrote: >> henry > > xenri > > (It would have clashed with xenru with the gismu algorithm, > but I don't think that's a problem here.) I think it is a problem. We should be very cautious about introducing new gismu. But if we do introduce a new gismu, we should at least make sure that it has a unique four-letter rafsi. -- Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org/ [T]he savvy DXer will usually bet a pair of nickels he can pinpoint the DXCC country of the "chopity-chow-pit chow-chow-pi-chow" even before he hears the call sign. -John F. Lindholm, QST vol. 66 no. 3 p. 83