From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Sep 22 13:22:40 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 82611 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2004 20:22:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m17.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Sep 2004 20:22:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Sep 2004 20:22:38 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CADdN-0002Lh-GO for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:22:37 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CADcg-0002L6-I7; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:21:54 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:21:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CADc7-0002KS-TX for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:21:20 -0700 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:21:19 -0700 Message-ID: <20040922202119.GO1650@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i X-archive-position: 8655 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 X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: fractions vs. decimals X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 23065 On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 04:15:54PM -0400, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > That pretty much makes my point. Fractions should *not* be represented > primarily by their decimal (or other base) equivalents. It's a matter of preference, nothing more. I'd rather see pi mu than fi'u re, but I'd rather see fi'u ze than the pi expansion for it. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!"