From ragnarok@pobox.com Thu Feb 26 08:57:27 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 99203 invoked from network); 26 Feb 2004 16:57:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Feb 2004 16:57:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailserv1.intrex.net) (209.42.192.236) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Feb 2004 16:57:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailserv1.intrex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3FE6B6BD for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:57:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from craig (client212-89.dsl.intrex.net [209.42.212.89]) by mailserv1.intrex.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5067AB46B for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:57:24 -0500 (EST) To: Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:57:48 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: by viruswatch at intrex.net X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 209.42.192.236 From: "Craig" Subject: RE: [lojban] Lojbanic philosophy X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=48763382 X-Yahoo-Profile: kreig_daniyl X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21610 >My question is simple; what, if any, are the philosophical >similarities between lojbanists? You must have some reason for >joining the project, and that motivation may be part of a deeper >outlook on life. I started learning Lojban about a month after beginning my fascination with linguistics. I suspect that that fueled my Lojban interest, although the two are now entirely separate in my mind. Although I'm not a programmer (actually, I've been described as a programmer who doesn't program by one of my friends), I am intrigued by the possibilities inherent in a computer-parseable language. My dream is that in the near future, someone will have both the time and the skill to create a free, high-quality program that translates from Lojban into natural languages. Such a development would revolutionize commerce, international relations, and possibly even politics, as a document in a single language - Lojban - could be read by anyone once the necessary functionality for their native tongue was added. I believe that any such program would be tremendously beneficial to the world. - mi'e .kreig.daniyl. ragnarok@pobox.com teucer@bnomic.org