From jjllambias@hotmail.com Sat Jul 06 06:45:30 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 6 Jul 2002 13:45:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 3542 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2002 13:45:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Jul 2002 13:45:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Jul 2002 13:45:29 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 6 Jul 2002 06:45:29 -0700 Received: from 200.69.2.52 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 06 Jul 2002 13:45:29 GMT To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: Re: [lojban] pro-sumti question Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2002 13:45:29 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jul 2002 13:45:29.0510 (UTC) FILETIME=[641D7460:01C224F3] From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Originating-IP: [200.69.2.52] X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=6071566 X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 la greg cusku di'e >remind those of us who are too lazy to find out : what is meant by "sui >generis"? It's Latin for "of its own kind". >A mass >should be more than the sum of it's elements. I'm sure there must be some >relation for which {lei broda cu brode .ijenai su'o le broda cu brode} is >true. Yes there is. For example: {lei bolci cu se culno le baktu ijenai su'o le bolci cu se culno le baktu}. But it can also be that the mass is somehow less than the sum of it's elements, when there is some kind of overlap among the elements. It all depends on how you define the sum, of course. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com