On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Jonathan Jones <
eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Robin Lee Powell
> <
rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 04:10:48PM -0700, Jonathan Jones wrote:
>> > The list of the items is finished, the definitions for Smart.fm are
>> > not.
>> > In point of fact, there are exactly three areas that are not
>> > finished- the
>> > audio for the entries,
>>
>> Yep.
>>
>> > the simplified definitions for Smart.fm for about 70% of the
>> > items,
>>
>> Trivially producable from jbofihe data. I still want someone to
>> explain to me why we're simplifying them in the first place?
>>
> Oi, I've already said why. The gismu definitions need to be simplified
> because, 1) The definitions from the gismu list are, more often than not,
> too long for Smart.fm's cards, so they need to be shortened to fit, and 2)
> They non-vocal punctuation needs to be edited out.
>
> For this reason the definition for bakfu, which in the gismu list is "x1 is
> a bundle/package/cluster/clump/pack [shape/form] containing x2, held
> together by x3", becomes "x1 is a bundle or pack containing x2 held together
> by x3"
> The reason the sumti-fied gismu need to edited is because the phrasing
> jbofi'e uses is quite often very awkward if not downright confusing. The
> phrase jbofi'e returns for {lo te bakfu} is"any/some hold-er(s) of bundle",
> which can easily be confused for "a person holding a bundle", which is
> wrong, as the x5 of {bakfu} is "what is holding a pack together".
> Quite a lot of the entries can be used almost as is, but they still need to
> be gone through for that very reason.
>
>>
>> > and the adding of the items to Smart.fm with audio, which
>> > apparently we are still not to do as Smart.fm hasn't added
>> > "Lojban" to the language list yet.
>>
>> It's actually in the system now, just not in the right places. :)
>> I'm talking to them about it.
>>
>> -Robin
>>
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>> And I'm thinking: "Does it even occur to you to try for something
>> other than the default outcome?" See
http://shrunklink.com/cdiz
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