From lojbab@lojban.org Mon Nov 17 12:28:47 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 59837 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2003 20:28:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 17 Nov 2003 20:28:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakemtao02.cox.net) (68.1.17.243) by mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Nov 2003 20:28:46 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org ([68.228.12.146]) by lakemtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031117202846.DEXI2297.lakemtao02.cox.net@bob.lojban.org> for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:28:46 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20031117152400.03640ec0@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: lojbab@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 15:26:40 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: {Archivist} niltei? In-Reply-To: <20031117064547.GC15718@digitalkingdom.org> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20031114232311.03039460@pop.east.cox.net> <5.2.0.9.0.20031114085812.0310b080@pop.east.cox.net> <20031112224720.GI4805@digitalkingdom.org> <20031112224720.GI4805@digitalkingdom.org> <5.2.0.9.0.20031114085812.0310b080@pop.east.cox.net> <5.2.0.9.0.20031114232311.03039460@pop.east.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: Bob LeChevalier X-Originating-IP: 68.1.17.243 X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21205 At 10:45 PM 11/16/03 -0800, Robin wrote: >On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:26:48PM -0500, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > > At 10:41 AM 11/14/03 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > >On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:03:22AM -0500, Bob LeChevalier wrote: > > > > x1 is the quantity on scale x2 by which x3 is the time interval > > > > from x4 to x5 > > > > > >I find that non-sensical. Can you give a usage example? > > > > li muno lo si'o nanca cu niltei lemi mivytei la pasomucinanc le cabna > >OK, it's the "by which" that I still find bizarre. How about >"indicating the time-interval amount that event x3 spans, from >starting point x4 to ending point x5". > >Anyways, the theory here is that you can do > > li muno cu niltei lo nanca le mi mivytei > >for "I am 50 years old", right? That was the theory, whether people choose to accept it or not %^) I'm equally amenable to dropping the x2 in favor of lo nanca be li muno for x1. The point was to distinguish the interval from its measurement. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, Founder, The Logical Language Group (Opinions are my own; I do not speak for the organization.) Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org