From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Jan 26 12:49:01 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 91782 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2005 20:49:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Jan 2005 20:49:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Jan 2005 20:49:00 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Ctu5z-0005Hn-4G for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:48:59 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Ctu5p-0005Gq-GE; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:48:49 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:48:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Ctu5e-0005Gb-MI for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:48:38 -0800 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:48:38 -0800 Message-ID: <20050126204838.GI20235@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050126132740.61853.qmail@web41903.mail.yahoo.com> <20050126194142.GT20235@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <390791C4-6FD8-11D9-82AB-000A95C58224@xahlee.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <390791C4-6FD8-11D9-82AB-000A95C58224@xahlee.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-archive-position: 9349 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: minimal lojban X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 23730 On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 12:24:04PM -0800, xah lee wrote: > > Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > If a minimal Lojban includes tanru, you *must* have one or the > > other, or you lose expressive power. As it seems to me that the > > goas here is to produce a Kernel Language for Lojban (that is, > > the most minimal set of Lojban from which all the rest of Lojban > > can be described as just shortcuts), you don't want to lose > > expressive power. > > Robin described my mind... I'm a genius! The Human Level AI problem is solved! *speaking from offstage* What? Oh. Nevermind. > (i don't think lojban is ever suitable for human communication as > with natural languages. Erm. Those of us on IRC seem to do just fine. Do you have any basis for that opinion? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/