From jcowan@reutershealth.com Fri Sep 27 21:54:49 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_4); 28 Sep 2002 04:54:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 24895 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2002 04:54:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Sep 2002 04:54:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.151) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Sep 2002 04:54:48 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA03563; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 01:05:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200209280505.BAA03563@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 28 Sep 2002 00:53:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: paroi ro mentu To: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk (And Rosta) Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 00:53:52 -0400 (EDT) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: from "And Rosta" at Sep 28, 2002 12:33:51 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan And Rosta scripsit: > (What's the difference between 'rotate' and 'revolve'? I'm sure > John will enjoy telling me...) Whether the axis passes or doesn't pass through the turning body, respectively. The Earth rotates on its axis daily, and revolves around the sun yearly. -- Some people open all the Windows; John Cowan wise wives welcome the spring jcowan@reutershealth.com by moving the Unix. http://www.reutershealth.com --ad for Unix Book Units (U.K.) http://www.ccil.org/~cowan (see http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/unix3image.gif)