From xod@sixgirls.org Wed Jan 30 15:40:58 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 30 Jan 2002 23:40:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 87907 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2002 23:40:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 30 Jan 2002 23:40:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (216.27.131.50) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Jan 2002 23:40:57 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g0UNetr00290 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:40:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 18:40:52 -0500 (EST) To: Lojban List Subject: Re: UI for 'possible' (was: Re: [lojban] Bible translation style question) In-Reply-To: <06ae01c1a9e6$483fd680$90b4003e@default> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1138703 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Adam Raizen wrote: > la xod. cusku di'e > > > What do you think of ju'ocu'i? > > I have used 'la'acu'i' a couple of times, I think. If the only > difference between 'ju'o' and 'la'a' is the degree of certainty, then > the mid-points would be the same, I guess. I interpret la'a to mean (subjective) statistical probability, and ju'o for the strength of my conviction, hence they are orthogonal. I'd give examples but I forget the scales of la'a. > > > Of course, one might argue that 'possible' is a common enough > concept > > > that it should have its own single-word UI, but that's a different > > > story (and it looks like we're stuck with what we have). You could > use > > > just use 'ru'e' by itself if need be (supported from trivalent > logic). > > > > > > > > Why ru'e and not cu'i? > > Basically because it's 'ru'e' that glossed as 'possibility' in the > lojban version of trivalent logic > (http://nuzban.wiw.org/wiki/index.php?Three-value%20Logic), but other > than that 'cu'i' is just as good, if not better. I prefer cu'i, for cu'i has no negative, it being in the center of the scale, whereas ru'e is opposed by ru'enai. -- The tao that can be tar(1)ed is not the entire Tao. The path that can be specified is not the Full Path.