From lojbab@lojban.org Tue Aug 21 17:31:20 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_1); 22 Aug 2001 00:31:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 42613 invoked from network); 22 Aug 2001 00:30:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 22 Aug 2001 00:30:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-2.cais.net) (205.252.14.72) by mta1 with SMTP; 22 Aug 2001 00:30:27 -0000 Received: from user.lojban.org (187.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.187]) by stmpy-2.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f7M0UNX56935; Tue, 21 Aug 2001 20:30:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010821202500.00d1be40@pop.cais.com> X-Sender: vir1036@pop.cais.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 20:28:31 -0400 To: John Cowan , Nick NICHOLAS Subject: Re: [lojban] Retraction, Part 1 Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <3B82EE8D.4000006@reutershealth.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 9889 At 07:28 PM 8/21/01 -0400, John Cowan wrote: >Nick NICHOLAS wrote: >>So that I understand this, there is a real possibility that it will take >>years rather than months for the content of the lessons to be reviewed and >>finalised. Yes? > >Alas, it is not inconceivable. In a sense, there is no point in >officially freezing them until we can afford to print-publish >them. I will note however, that there is no reason why, when the editor so decides, the lessons cannot be Web published, even if LLG cannot afford to print-publish at that point. It then becomes up to the editor or the Board if he declines to decide, whether to make any revisions at some later point when we have the money. >>If I document the standard, the standard is inconsistent (but leans >>towards the latter.) > >IMAO when the Book contradicts itself, the Book is in error, >period. The Author speaks, and is the ultimate Authority %^) lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org