From lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Wed Mar 27 23:43:04 1996 Received: from punt4.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA11047 ; Wed, 27 Mar 96 23:43:02 GMT Received: from punt-4.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 827889293:07784:1; Wed, 27 Mar 96 01:14:53 GMT Received: from cunyvm.cuny.edu ([128.228.1.2]) by punt-4.mail.demon.net id aa07411; 27 Mar 96 1:13 GMT Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 9652; Tue, 26 Mar 96 20:13:14 EST Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 9788; Tue, 26 Mar 96 20:13:50 EDT Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 17:13:01 -0800 Reply-To: Seth Golub Sender: Lojban list From: Seth Golub Subject: As We May Think X-To: Lojban List To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN Message-ID: <827889234.7411.0@cunyvm.cuny.edu> Status: R In 1945, Vannevar Bush wrote: > [..] It is strange that the inventors of universal languages have > not seized upon the idea of producing one which better fitted the > technique for transmitting and recording speech. http://www.isg.sfu.ca/~duchier/misc/vbush/ Nice to know we've accomplished something since 1945. :-)