From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Jun 25 20:56:26 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 18319 invoked from network); 26 Jun 2003 03:56:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m12.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Jun 2003 03:56:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Jun 2003 03:56:24 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 19VNs0-0007xF-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:56:24 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19VNrn-0007ww-00; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:56:11 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:56:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fort-point-station.mit.edu ([18.7.7.76]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19VNrW-0007wm-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:55:54 -0700 Received: from grand-central-station.mit.edu (GRAND-CENTRAL-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.82]) by fort-point-station.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h5Q3tqVb021546 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:55:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (MELBOURNE-CITY-STREET.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.86]) by grand-central-station.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.9.2) with ESMTP id h5Q3tquF013729 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:55:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from torg.mit.edu (TORG.MIT.EDU [18.243.1.228]) ) by melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h5Q3tqU8024549 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:55:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rob by torg.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19VNrI-0000Ix-00 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:55:40 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:55:40 -0400 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: le snid.ment.cacr. cusku di'e Message-ID: <20030626035540.GB1092@mit.edu> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030625183228.GA28973@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-archive-position: 5749 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rspeer@MIT.EDU Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Rob Speer From: Rob Speer Reply-To: rspeer@MIT.EDU X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 20229 On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 12:46:41AM +0000, sshiskom wrote: > Question: is {le cunso jufra zbasu} not capable of generating > complex sentences? I think it is just a matter of programming > wisely. Or the phrase c.j.z. refers to some specific software? I'm referring to the specific one on the Lojban Software page - the clunky old DOS application. And it can generate some _terribly_ complex sentences. Perhaps "le ka stura" wasn't what I was going for - more like "le ka tolcizra". What I meant was "That was too coherent to come out of the random sentence generator." > "What I meant" > > > > la snid.ment.cacr. cusku di'e > > Dr. Secundus Minutius Hora said: > > > > doi momos. ko djuno ledu'u le palci ku ponse le selmipri > > > be le go'i .i mi na djuno fi dapoi tu'i ke'a le ruspre ku ralte > > > le temxrula poi le no'a ku zerle'a ke'a le prenu .iku'i mi djuno > > > ledu'u gau le ruspre le temxrula ku dunja gi'e binxo le bisli > > > poi simsa le blacykabri .isemu'ibo fanta le nu le xrula ku se'ixru > > > .i mi sruma ledu'u ni'a le loldi ku zvati le barda je sorcu > > > be le dunja je temci > > Momo, you should know that the evil has their own secret. I don't > know where the Men in Gray keep flowers of time they've stolen > from the people. But I know that they freeze those flowers to be > as solid as glasses, to keep them from returning. I think there > must be a big storehouse storing frozen time under the ground. ua cinri sai -- mu'o mi'e rab.spir