From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Jan 02 06:01:08 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:01:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H1kBt-0002EW-Nn for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:00:35 -0800 Received: from imo-m14.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.204]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H1kBf-0002DX-Be for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 06:00:30 -0800 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-m14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id d.cd3.742d755 (29679) for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 08:59:55 -0500 (EST) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 08:59:53 EST Subject: [lojban] What a story! To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_cd3.742d755.32cbbf59_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 11501 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.2 X-Spam-Score-Int: -1 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 13452 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_cd3.742d755.32cbbf59_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/2/2007 4:21:49 AM Central Standard Time, "M@" < matthew.dunlap@gmail.com> via ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > Actually now that I use those words it occurs to me that there's a science > fiction book in that idea somewhere: just what would such a society be like? > If you were even a little bit clever about it the race that was usually > misunderstood would somehow parallel the challenges of today's machine > interfaces. They could then be encountered by a race from jboplini and > depending on the message you want to send the rest of the book is based on > the details, and any more thought on the matter will launch me onto a > tangent which might result in writing a book. One last thought on the book > (not really, but it's the last one I'll write), I can't imagine any > situation in which jbopre as the protagonists could achieve the entirely > patronizing outcome I always associate with the desires of underdog > supporters. now if the jbopre were the enemy. you'd have to tread carefully, > but it could be done. > This ignores the fact that societies can exist without any language at all, and yet still be understood. Examples forthcoming in the not-so-near future... stevo --part1_cd3.742d755.32cbbf59_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 1/2/2007 4:21:49 AM Centr= al Standard Time, "M@" <matthew.dunlap@gmail.com>= ; via=20
ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


Actually now that I use tho= se words it occurs to me that there's a science
fiction book in that idea somewhere: just what would such a society be l= ike?
If you were even a little bit clever about it the race that was usually
misunderstood would somehow parallel the challenges of today's machine
interfaces.  They could then be encountered by a race from jboplini= and
depending on the message you want to send the rest of the book is based=20= on
the details, and any more thought on the matter will launch me onto a
tangent which might result in writing a book.  One last thought on=20= the book
(not really, but it's the last one I'll write), I can't imagine any
situation in which jbopre as the protagonists could achieve the entirely
patronizing outcome I always associate with the desires of underdog
supporters. now if the jbopre were the enemy. you'd have to tread carefu= lly,
but it could be done.


This ignores the fact that societies can exist without any language at a= ll, and yet still be understood.  Examples forthcoming in the not-so-ne= ar future...

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