From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sat May 31 19:15:08 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 31 May 2008 19:15:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1K2d6C-0001Ww-N0 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 19:15:08 -0700 Received: from cpe-071-075-215-096.carolina.res.rr.com ([71.75.215.96] helo=ixazon.dynip.com) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1K2d68-0001VJ-Cu for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 19:15:08 -0700 Received: from chausie (chausie.ixazon.lan [192.168.7.4]) by ixazon.dynip.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DE2ACEAA1 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 22:14:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Possible error in CLL:14:7:3 Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 22:14:50 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <200806010341.34056.eldrikdo@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200806010341.34056.eldrikdo@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200805312214.52112.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Spam-Score: 2.2 X-Spam-Score-Int: 22 X-Spam-Bar: ++ X-archive-position: 14466 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.optus.nu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Saturday 31 May 2008 21:41, nam wrote: > "mi dotco .ijo mi ricfu .ijo mi nanmu" => "an accurate translation would > be: Of the three properties --- German-ness, wealth, and manhood -- I > possess either exactly one or else all three." > > I would say it should be: "I possess either (exactly) none or else all > three" > > If you agree, I'll add this to the CLL-errata wiki-page. No. {ijo} is "if and only if"; {ijonai} is "exclusive or". An arbitrarily long string of propositions connected by these is false if an odd number of them are false, or if an even number are false, depending on the number of {nai}. Think of those switches such that if you flip one, it turns the light off if it's on, or vice versa, and there are several in a room, all controlling the same light. Pierre To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.