Return-Path: <@SEGATE.SUNET.SE:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0s9rAE-0009acC; Fri, 12 May 95 12:37 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 3F7280C8 ; Fri, 12 May 1995 11:37:38 +0100 Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 05:36:07 -0400 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: proposals X-To: pcliffje@CRL.COM X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 736 Lines: 17 > But I also >thought of the now virtually impenetrable "Bogies at 10:30 high" which is >an overt time reference for a _vector_(!) "Enemy aircraft about 45 >degrees left of straight ahead and more than 30 degrees (I think it is -- >you have to look up anyhow) above level" More evidence for a needed >spatial vector marker that takes sumti for the direction, not the origin >(but how do we say the origin in that case?). I think our direction indicators in FAhA cover this - I have presumed to usse the sumti in "towards point" to indicate the direction, with the speaker (i.e. the space/time reference) as the origin. I wouold presume that approximate magnitude would be conveyed through vi/va/vu. Does this make sense? lojbab