From xod@thestonecutters.net Fri Sep 06 08:06:43 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 6 Sep 2002 15:06:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 19262 invoked from network); 6 Sep 2002 15:06:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Sep 2002 15:06:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Sep 2002 15:06:42 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17nKh0-0005gP-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 08:06:42 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17nKgT-0005g4-00; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 08:06:09 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 06 Sep 2002 08:06:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17nKgN-0005fv-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 08:06:03 -0700 Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g86F61348310 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:06:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:06:01 -0400 (EDT) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] termsets In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020906110418.I48096-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 949 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Invent Yourself Reply-To: xod@thestonecutters.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote: > ze'a lo cacra be li pimu: "for half an hour" > ve'a lo kramu be li re: "throughout two acres" > za lo mentu be li mu: "five minutes ago" or "five minutes from now" > va lo minli be li ci: "three miles away" This being so straightforward, why do you suppose the Book issues termsets as the only way to make magnitudes explicit? -- Before Sept. 11 there was not the present excited talk about a strike on Iraq. There is no evidence of any connection between Iraq and that act of terrorism. Why would that event change the situation? -- Howard Zinn