From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Nov 06 09:33:15 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 6 Nov 2002 17:33:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 98718 invoked from network); 6 Nov 2002 17:33:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Nov 2002 17:33:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Nov 2002 17:33:15 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 189U3H-0006Vw-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:33:15 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 189U3F-0006Ve-00; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:33:13 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:33:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 189U3A-0006VS-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 09:33:08 -0800 Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:33:08 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: What the heck is this crap? Message-ID: <20021106173308.GA22843@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20021106014101.GU22843@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-archive-position: 2456 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 16948 On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 03:30:42AM -0000, And Rosta wrote: > Robin: > > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 07:23:21PM -0600, Jordan DeLong wrote: > > > pe'i this is all book lojban, though perhaps slightly hard to grok > > > from the pages > > > > "Slightly hard" is a massive understatement > > > > This means that FA and SE can both change the actual meaning of > > sentences > > > > This is not explicitely stated anywhere, except maybe briefly in > > Chapter 16, whereas it is apparently something that needs to be kept > > in mind at all times > > > > I repeat my request for an errata > > It's not an erratum. It falls outside the scope of what the book > promises to deliver. (The book does deliver what it promises.) The book is horredously misleading in key places. At the very least, could the High And Mighty Masters write this stuff down somewhere? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ http://www.lojban.org/ la lojban. jai curmi roda .einai to ku'i so'ada mukti le nu co'a darlu le'o -- RLP I'm a *male* Robin.