From lojban-out@lojban.org Sun Mar 27 10:01:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 71412 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2005 18:01:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m21.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 27 Mar 2005 18:01:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Mar 2005 18:01:23 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DFc4g-00073I-QS for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:01:22 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DFc44-00072X-Iz; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:00:49 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:00:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DFc3p-00072M-9h for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:00:29 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DFc3p-00072F-1A for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:00:29 -0800 Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:00:29 -0800 Message-ID: <20050327180029.GW10094@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20050326194416.60028.qmail@web60502.mail.yahoo.com> <537d06d005032705071496f143@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <537d06d005032705071496f143@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i X-archive-position: 9677 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 X-Spam-Score: -5.4 (-----) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: New to Lojban and a question X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24034 On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 03:07:23PM +0200, Philip Newton wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:44:16 -0800 (PST), Ryan Gray > wrote: > > > > I would think that a logical language such as Lojban would have > > more precise words for these ideas. > > I'm reminded of the Lojban proverb, "The price of infinite > precision is infinite verbosity". lo nu cusku se kai lo cimni ka satci cu se sarcu lo nu cusku ci'i da Unfortunately, satci is (IMO) Wholly unsatisfying for this, and most other, uses of the English word "precision". I've yet to come up with anything I like much better, though. -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/