From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Sep 05 16:12:03 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:12:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KbkTD-0002SE-1P for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:12:03 -0700 Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.44.157]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KbkTA-0002Rm-CZ for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:12:03 -0700 Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 4so410565yxp.46 for ; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:11:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=buEN+4KRgKchdJYbkbtzpQyCDVor48eSCz/REwS0Slk=; b=oWVJvXtm5phg5J7k6Syg2UHFE0CViOdu98lRVmr1XT5gW2O9adKyz3vhnh4wl4ZQ1n TjT9zDmDLMIhprVSGhSsZ6Mt6T8LZjGoQHk6FebOmaij5UqiwalYuvti0NWTwhKodWXb EMTJwHyl3/8H8t4TNRSk+8Enc51lD0w+sNv3Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=XkaOVpXIfWhJ2nRtwCbpQ/rairL3Tyk31ub0TsoOIbvAFZmE1A1xr0AmLrrUCT7puj ClJB8kzFMsKXezNtvwIIqdxqMGlDn1c3w2M4hhUeSsvbIwdfisbj9Yjim+P8lM6O9MRs emIwPiWFbKoeWhKVE5zcLkHg1chFaYCKEF2mE= Received: by 10.151.144.15 with SMTP id w15mr17295396ybn.200.1220656319342; Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:11:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.199.20 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:11:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <737b61f30809051611s3111ea5ds19a845c67e84e17f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 18:11:59 -0500 From: "Chris Capel" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: How to spread the word In-Reply-To: <20080905212739.GA14046@sdf.lonestar.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1220648242.3538.15.camel@tulcod-desky> <20080905212739.GA14046@sdf.lonestar.org> X-Spam-Score: -0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 14704 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: pdf23ds@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 16:27, Minimiscience wrote: > Either Lojban attracts people with schizoid > personality disorder, or else the language is simply lacking in any features to > capture people's imagination and keep it captured long enough for them to > spread the joy to others. Or it's simply unlucky about attracting devoted and fervent fans, or conlangs are just too esoteric to ever attract a following the size of, e.g. Python. The thing that makes Lojban different from some half-finished project on Sourceforge is that Lojban doesn't lose its relevance over time nearly as quickly as something that's about software. So Lojban doesn't need the level of dedication that a software project gets in order to stay alive. This is not to say that I'm sure that Lojban is healthy. I think it's probably OK, though a bit slow-moving. And I'm doing my part. Chris Capel -- "What is it like to be a bat? What is it like to bat a bee? What is it like to be a bee being batted? What is it like to be a batted bee?" -- The Mind's I (Hofstadter, Dennet) 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.