From lojbab@lojban.org Fri Sep 14 15:51:10 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 14 Sep 2001 22:51:09 -0000 Received: (qmail 63012 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2001 21:20:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 14 Sep 2001 21:20:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-4.cais.net) (205.252.14.74) by mta2 with SMTP; 14 Sep 2001 21:20:08 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (ppp17.net-A.cais.net [205.252.61.17]) by stmpy-4.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f8ELK1t19872 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 17:20:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010914171357.00bf2600@pop.cais.com> X-Sender: vir1036@pop.cais.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 17:17:04 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] (from lojban-beginners) pi'e In-Reply-To: <8c.c91db6e.28d3a340@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 02:15 PM 9/14/01 -0400, pycyn@aol.com wrote: >about standards, having been embroiled in the failure of JCB to pick a >standard for Loglan and get it into use, and Lojban Central's decision to >impose a procrustean baseline for five years. There were very good reasons >to do that, of which I'm sure you're well aware, and similar considerations >apply in a lot of technical areas.> BTW. No one has mentioned one bit of the nitty gritty of this particular world standard, but don't most standards insist on 24 hour clock time? Do the world standard organizations believe that they will get the world to use a 24 hour clock in everyday life? (Note that at one point I tried to get Lojbanists to consider a 24 hour clock as an option, but the community outvoted me.) lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org