From lojban-out@lojban.org Sat Sep 28 11:04:51 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_4); 28 Sep 2002 18:04:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 38812 invoked from network); 28 Sep 2002 18:04:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Sep 2002 18:04:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Sep 2002 18:04:51 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17vM09-0007y6-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:07:37 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17vLzW-0007xi-00; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:06:58 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:06:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu ([18.7.21.83]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17vLzS-0007xZ-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 11:06:54 -0700 Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72]) by pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA29493 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:04:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (MELBOURNE-CITY-STREET.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.86]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA00141 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:04:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from torg.mit.edu (TORG.MIT.EDU [18.238.2.215]) by melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA11591 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:00:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rob by torg.mit.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 17vLtU-0000Gj-00 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:00:44 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 14:00:44 -0400 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: paroi ro mentu Message-ID: <20020928180044.GA878@mit.edu> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <200209280505.BAA03563@mail2.reutershealth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com X-archive-position: 1670 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rspeer@MIT.EDU Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Rob Speer From: Rob Speer Reply-To: rspeer@MIT.EDU X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 02:12:22PM +0100, And Rosta wrote: > > From: John Cowan [mailto:jcowan@reutershealth.com] > > 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. > > Is this physics terminology, or universal? Should the Beatles' LP > have been called 'Rotator'? Is it in fact impossible for meat to > slowly revolve on a spit? I don't even think the terminology is entirely consistent in physics. When a wheel turns 360 degrees on its axis, it is said to have completed one revolution, not one rotation. -- mu'o mi'e rab.spir