[lojban] Re: Logical Naming Conventions

[Oleksii Melnyk <lamelnyk@gmail.com>]

>How do all of you feel about naming

The name should be globally unique "number" (like those found in
passports, etc), in Bubble-Babble (or similar) encoding. Parts of it
are "short" name for everyday use, still unique enough (if 2 or more
syllables used "birthday problem" arises near 300 persons -- quite a
big party).

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2009/4/29, Danny Piccirillo <danny.piccirillo@gmail.com>:
> Mm, true. That was really just a side concern to everything else which i'm
> still not sure how i feel about.
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 23:39, <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com> wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 4/28/2009 23:06:07 Eastern Daylight Time,
>> danny.piccirillo@gmail.com writes:
>>
>>
>> Ah, that brings up another thing. Should names be 100% unique? That seems
>> pretty impossible to me, but worth at least a moment of thought
>>
>>
>>
>> There is no reason or need for names to be unique, except as a personal
>> preference, as in my case.  I get by in my life just fine with my given
>> name, and I don't personally know anyone else who has my name.  Even my
>> mother and one of my aunts, who share exactly the same name, don't have
>> any
>> problems with sharing their name.
>>
>> It's a problem only for the minority of people who are not satisfied with
>> the name they have.
>>
>> Asking if names should be unique is implying that names should be forced
>> on
>> people.  I vehemently object to anything like that.  Names should be a
>> matter of choice, of personal freedom.  If you don't like your name,
>> change
>> it.  As many times as you want.
>>
>> stevo
>


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