From jcowan@reutershealth.com Sun Dec 01 22:15:15 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 2 Dec 2002 06:15:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 7337 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2002 06:15:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m14.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Dec 2002 06:15:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail2.reutershealth.com) (65.246.141.151) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2002 06:15:14 -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 BAA16494; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:27:01 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200212020627.BAA16494@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:11:57 -0500 Subject: Re: [lojban] Why we should cancel the vote or all vote NO (was To: lojbab@lojban.org (Robert LeChevalier) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 01:11:57 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20021201185842.03136de0@pop.east.cox.net> from "Robert LeChevalier" at Dec 01, 2002 07:51:17 PM 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 Robert LeChevalier scripsit: > Cowan's Elephant was the prior version of attempting to record and resolve > debates. Unfortunately, it apparently fits the name too well - it became > an Elephant defined by a committee, having so many extra features and > appendages that it never got done. No, it didn't get done because I and no one else didn't get around to coding it, or even documenting it. This had absolutely nothing to do with feature complexity. The Elephant is rather simple, in fact; it's my life that has the complexity. After the New Year, I will start working on the Elephant implementation. That is a promise (short of personal or social disaster). -- One art / There is John Cowan No less / No more http://www.reutershealth.com All things / To do http://www.ccil.org/~cowan With sparks / Galore -- Douglas Hofstadter