From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sun Sep 07 13:01:50 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:01:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KcQSE-0007bx-Bp for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:01:50 -0700 Received: from imo-m23.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.4]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KcQSB-0007b5-4f for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:01:50 -0700 Received: from Thirderivative@aol.com by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r10.8.) id d.c0b.407fd1a5 (34892) for ; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 16:01:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprly-ma03.mx.aol.com (smtprly-ma03.mx.aol.com [64.12.207.142]) by cia-da01.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.11) with ESMTP id MAILCIADA011-884c48c433203b3; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:01:36 -0400 Received: from mblk-d10 (mblk-d10.mblk.aol.com [205.188.149.2]) by smtprly-ma03.mx.aol.com (v121_r2.12) with ESMTP id MAILSMTPRLYMA031-5c5348c4331b161; Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:01:31 -0400 References: <1220648242.3538.15.camel@tulcod-desky> <20080905212739.GA14046@sdf.lonestar.org> <737b61f30809051611s3111ea5ds19a845c67e84e17f@mail.gmail.com> To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: How to spread the word Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:01:31 -0400 X-AOL-IP: 75.162.65.89 In-Reply-To: <737b61f30809051611s3111ea5ds19a845c67e84e17f@mail.gmail.com> X-MB-Message-Source: WebUI MIME-Version: 1.0 From: thirderivative@aol.com X-MB-Message-Type: User Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="--------MB_8CADF3BA8117816_11D0_8A4_mblk-d10.sysops.aol.com" X-Mailer: AOL Webmail 38575-STANDARD Received: from 75.162.65.89 by mblk-d10.sysops.aol.com (205.188.149.2) with HTTP (WebMailUI); Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:01:31 -0400 Message-Id: <8CADF3BA80A5105-11D0-418@mblk-d10.sysops.aol.com> X-Spam-Flag:NO X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 14711 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: thirderivative@aol.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list ----------MB_8CADF3BA8117816_11D0_8A4_mblk-d10.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" i am working on my "podcast" project. i am trying to make it easier to learn vocab by listening on the go, and learn grammer facts and stuff you can remember. it has helped me, but i cant say whether anyone else has benefitted. -seryf -----Original Message----- From: Chris Capel To: lojban-list@lojban.org Sent: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 5:11 pm Subject: [lojban] Re: How to spread the word 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. ----------MB_8CADF3BA8117816_11D0_8A4_mblk-d10.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" i am working on my "podcast" project. i am trying to make it easier to learn vocab by listening on the go, and learn grammer facts and stuff you can remember. it has helped me, but i cant say whether anyone else has benefitted.

-seryf


-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com>
To: lojban-list@lojban.org
Sent: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 5:11 pm
Subject: [lojban] Re: How to spread the word

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 16:27, Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com> 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)


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