From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Dec 20 13:06:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 42157 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2006 21:05:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m37.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 20 Dec 2006 21:05:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net) (69.17.117.7) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Dec 2006 21:05:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 26239 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2006 21:05:08 -0000 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 20 Dec 2006 21:05:08 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gx8cc-0002eg-PV for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:05:07 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gx8bj-0002bb-78; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:04:22 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:03:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gx8Zr-0002Jy-G4 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:02:25 -0800 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.171]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gx8ZN-0002FG-Kn for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:02:08 -0800 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m3so2207616uge for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:01:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.216.20 with SMTP id o20mr10025673ugg.1166648503972; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:01:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from thebee ( [71.196.217.119]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 39sm11160494ugb.2006.12.20.13.01.43; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:01:43 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:01:36 -0700 Message-ID: <000301c7247a$0a8fba30$6601a8c0@hq.squarei.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcckeHkdLxwKY1snRWSdQj9UbBKpFgAAXZJA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Spam-Score: -1.8 X-Spam-Score-Int: -17 X-Spam-Bar: - X-archive-position: 13377 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matthew.dunlap@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: -19 X-Spam-Bar: -- X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "chain.digitalkingdom.org", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. 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Content preview: I'm a programmer, just let me know what I can do, I'm here to help. --teryret Content analysis details: (-2.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 UNPARSEABLE_RELAY Informational: message has unparseable relay lines -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 0.6 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 69.17.117.7 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "M@" From: "M@" Reply-To: matthew.dunlap@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: BPFK X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=m3VBv0lo4hIKVs4ANBD5tc6uPaajt1fRKJLDi1k-jJ5sqcSz6Q X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 27816 I'm a programmer, just let me know what I can do, I'm here to help. --teryret -----Original Message----- From: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of Matt Arnold Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:47 PM To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: BPFK I am the place to send issues, positions, and arguments for the time being, and I will make sure they get where they need to go. I want to assemble the programmers willing to take up the code that has been written so far and bring it to completion. I'll build requirements demos as necessary. I'm not a programmer, but I'm willing to drive this project. -Eppcott On 12/20/06, John E Clifford wrote: > This is -- and always has been -- a great idfea. Alas, the site given and those dependent from it > seem to say that it is still just an idea, wiithout anything like implementation. the last dated > word there is three years (and change) ago. Is there an actual place (as your offer of help > suggests) to send issues, positions and arguments? If so, where? If not, what remains to be > done? > > --- Matt Arnold wrote: > > > I have recently accepted the job of jatna for the baupla fuzykamni > > (Language Definition Committee). I've been interviewing BPFK members a > > lot in the past few days. The problems of BPFK are not at all that the > > commissioners are lazy! They care about it. The lack of work stems > > largely from disincentives. > > > > #1 Few of them are willing to be thorough on a document that won't > > pass, because that work is seen as going to waste. They don't know the > > likelihood that this will happen because they can't predict the > > political will of the community. > > > > #2 Several of them don't want to participate in a debate that will be > > meaningless because the process is weighted in favor of yes votes. > > They are weighted in favor of yes votes in order to have momentum and > > move out of doldrums. But a lot of the doldrum is due to these two > > disincentives! > > > > The solution is to know the overall political will of the community, > > and to have a browsable, accessible map of the various positions so > > that one's effort at debate won't vanish uselessly into the mists of > > history. That system has been called an Elephant. For those who are > > not familiar, please go here for a description: > > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Elephant > > > > I believe BPFK work needs to be building a Document of Record on the > > range of expert positions on the issues and the pro and con arguments. > > Most Lojban enthusiasts will agree a well-defined language (or > > "debugging", if you will) should be the single most urgent step in the > > Lojban language project so that all other projects can go forward with > > confidence of having a firmer foundation. Toward that end, the > > completion and implementation of the Elephant is the Manhattan > > Project, the most single urgently-needed tool. > > > > I will be happy to take people's positions, sign up on the Elephant > > with their identity on their behalf, and copy and paste their > > contributions if they don't want to learn a new system. > > > > Please step forward if you have software skills. > > > > -Eppcott > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > 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. > > 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. 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