From cowan@ccil.org Sat Sep 15 10:59:44 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: cowan@mercury.ccil.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 15 Sep 2001 17:59:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 81852 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2001 15:35:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 15 Sep 2001 15:35:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mercury.ccil.org) (192.190.237.100) by mta1 with SMTP; 15 Sep 2001 15:35:24 -0000 Received: from cowan by mercury.ccil.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 15iHTa-0003s5-00; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 11:35:26 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] black boxes In-Reply-To: <0109141330040G.01268@neofelis> from Pierre Abbat at "Sep 14, 2001 01:30:04 pm" To: phma@oltronics.net Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 11:35:26 -0400 (EDT) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan Pierre Abbat scripsit: > "black box" in English has at least three meanings: > 1. black box (xekri tanxe) > 2. a recorder in an airplane (narju tanxe, some sort of vreji) It is interesting to note that this kind of black box is in fact orange. See also "green card" in the Jargon File, which refers to a thick yellow booklet. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan