From sentto-44114-23086-1095884184-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Wed Sep 22 13:17:29 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:17:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.85]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CADXu-0002Dm-2m for lojban-in@lojban.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:16:58 -0700 Received: from [66.218.66.98] by n29.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Sep 2004 20:16:24 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-email X-Sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 37206 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2004 20:16:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Sep 2004 20:16:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m18.mx.aol.com) (64.12.138.208) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Sep 2004 20:16:23 -0000 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-m18.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.7.) id r.cf.1797be3b (4362) for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:15:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: 6.0 sub 12 X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.12.138.208 From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbaner MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:15:54 EDT Subject: [lojban] fractions vs. decimals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_cf.1797be3b.2e83377a_boundary" X-archive-position: 8654 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_cf.1797be3b.2e83377a_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 2004-09-22 1:15:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lojban@yahoogroups.com writes: > li pimu du li fi'ure .i li pira'eci du li fi'uci .i li > pira'enomubibirecimure > sovopapazexavoze du li fi'upaze > > (Yes, I know that one cold. At least in English.) > > mu'omi'e .pier. > That pretty much makes my point. Fractions should *not* be represented primarily by their decimal (or other base) equivalents. To expect someone to know even 1/7 in decimal is asking way too much. stevo --part1_cf.1797be3b.2e83377a_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 2004-09-22 1:15:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lojban@yahoogroups.com writes:


li pimu du li fi'ure .i li pira'eci du li fi'uci .i li pira'enomubibirecimure
sovopapazexavoze du li fi'upaze

(Yes, I know that one cold. At least in English.)

mu'omi'e .pier.


That pretty much makes my point.  Fractions should *not* be represented primarily by their decimal (or other base) equivalents.  To expect someone to know even 1/7 in decimal is asking way too much.  

stevo

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