From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Sep 18 14:06:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 60235 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2006 20:51:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.67.35) by m22.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 18 Sep 2006 20:51:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Sep 2006 20:51:57 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GPQ1I-0007KK-LU for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:47:12 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GPPzj-0007Ix-EM; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:45:36 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:45:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GPPzH-0007Il-7O for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:45:07 -0700 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.228]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1GPPzF-0007Ic-Fz for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:45:07 -0700 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id r21so4752678wxc for ; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:45:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.115.4 with SMTP id n4mr5006005agc; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:45:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.55.6 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Sep 2006 13:45:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:45:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Spam-Score: -2.2 (--) X-archive-position: 12601 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.2 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "Matt Arnold" From: "Matt Arnold" Reply-To: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: Greetings from Venezuela X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=HEBYCX6eFasln41dN0eRplLmFfh1gQsYacwNEuD_iCSPN7-3rQ X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 27034 On 9/18/06, Angel Ramirez wrote: > > coi > > My name is Angel Ramirez Isea. I currently live in the western region of > Venezuela, near the Colombian border. I'll soon be 34 years old. I'm > currently working in the area of endogenous development (sustainable > development at a small community level) projects design, writing and > calculation. I'm founder and associate of a Cooperative. > > My interest in lojban came by reading and article published in > www.aporrea.org (translation of the one published in the Wall Street > Journal). I googled "lojban" up and found the official web site. I buy the > idea of a logical language. I've taught English as a Foreign Language and I > have studied some Portuguese. I've also toyed with Greek, Italian, Latin, > Japanese and even Chinese, but, alas, without a serious discipline. That > interest has allowed me to appreciate the logic in lojban and I'm resolute > to learn it. > > I like music and I understand some of its language. Additionally, I'm a > programmer. I started with Tandy's Color Basic, and followed through Visual > Basic 6 (Micro$oft) and GAMBAS (Linux). I've programmed in C, C++, Viasual > C, dBase, FoxPro, FORTRAN, HP calculators, etc. Probably, I'm into education > because it somehow feels like "programming people" ;) > > I hope that sooner than later lojban will take off and will serve as an > interface between humans and computers. Also, I'm thrilled about the > possibility of more logically structuring my own thoughts. > > Best wishes, > > Angel en Casigua. > Welcome, Angel! It's great to meet you! Please let us know any way we can help. To discuss questions of learning the language, please use the lojban-beginners mailing list at http://www.digitalkingdom.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/ and the IRC channel at http://www.lojban.org/irc/ -Matt To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.