On Friday 17 August 2012 18:34:12 djandus wrote:
> we ended up trying to come up with a word for
> "x1 performs its intended function/purpose x2" -- the word I eventually
> suggested was {zilpli}.
So it's said, this is more than an "idleness" issue -- when whoever it was (tsani?) said we needed a word with the above definition, I felt certain there had to be a lojban word for it.
I'd say "lo ve tivni cu tolcando".
Indeed, of the current Lojban usages for "turned on/working", {tolcando} was the best, IMO. However, there are some cases I would prefer {zilpli}. When my TV is turned on just to be on, I'd say {tolcando}, but when a computer turns itself on (or merely comes out of standby) to perform a scheduled task, {zilpli} seems more appropriate.
Computers these days, though, have various
states of idleness: CPU use is 0%, suspended, hibernating, and off. I'm not
sure how to distinguish those.
However we solve the "CPU use is ##%" issue should also be able to be used to describe a percentage of active cells in a creatures body. (Also, what's Lojban for CPU? Did that other thread about computer terms cover hardware?) Maybe {pi mu lo sambesna cu tolcando} for "Half of the processor is active." (Where {piro} and {pino} could be used for the extreme cases.)
Maybe something like {dicmu'ucando} for "idle with current" for "on standby" versus {dicyzuncando} for "idle without current" for "hibernate". (I have trouble describing electricity when the charge and its time derivative are given the same word. And when I can't find a word for being "still/unmoving" other than, I guess, {tolmu'u})
That's a very important word to have on hand. ki'esai
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