From jjllambias@hotmail.com Fri Nov 22 07:26:04 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 31517 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.32) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 07:26:04 -0800 Received: from 200.49.74.2 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:26:03 GMT To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: mi nanca li (was: Re: Newbie says hi Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:26:03 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Nov 2002 15:26:04.0107 (UTC) FILETIME=[786F21B0:01C2923B] From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Originating-IP: [200.49.74.2] X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=6071566 X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 la and cusku di'e >Imagine we had truly spatial tenses, for saying things like >"such and such is true of such and such a segment of space". >How would you feel about me saying "I am 3 foot tall"?, conceiving >me as extending to a length of 3 feet in a certain segment of space >(the other 3 foot of me being in some other segment of space)? >Maybe it's just too weird to reason about coherently. It's weird to think of people in segments, but I wouldn't have a problem with something like "the river is two miles long this side of the border", even though the river may be longer in its full extension. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail