From xod@thestonecutters.net Thu Jan 30 10:40:41 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_4); 30 Jan 2003 18:40:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 47591 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2003 18:40:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 30 Jan 2003 18:40:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Jan 2003 18:40:40 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18eJc8-0006mG-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:40:40 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18eJc2-0006lx-00; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:40:34 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:40:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18eJbr-0006lP-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:40:23 -0800 Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h0UIe4u33783 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:40:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:40:04 -0500 (EST) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Anyone? Anyone? ( was Re: Community Proposal To Develop Conversational Fluency) In-Reply-To: <20030130183800.GY28812@digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: <20030130133933.H31691-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 3960 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 Whoops. I'm down! On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > Dammit, *I* thought it was a good idea. > > Anyone interested at all? > > Would people's interest change if I agreed to buy phone cards to pay for > the calls themselves? > > -Robin > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 07:38:49PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > The following things seem to be true: > > > > 1. We all bitch about having no-one to speak lojban with. > > 2. The computer voice chat thing isn't working. > > > > Given that, I propose the following, which I call: > > > > > > The Lojbanic Phone-Buddies Network > > > > 1. A bunch of people who are interested state their interest, skill > > level in *conversational* lojban, and how much money they can spend. > > > > 2. Each such person is paired up with a person of higher or equal skill > > level (this means that each person should actually be paired with two > > people: one above/same and one below). The pairings should also take > > into account financial ability: I am able to afford calls to Europe, for > > example; many people in the US won't be so able. > > > > 3. The pairs determine among themselves when and for how long each week > > to have a phone conversation in (or at least mostly in) lojban. They > > also determine who is going to pay, or, if both will pay sometimes, how > > that will be mixed. > > > > > > Theoretically, this should lead to a large network of people who all > > speak lojban fairly fluently, and at least somewhat speak the same > > dialect. > > > > What do you all think? > > > > -Robin > > PS: As the proposer, I get dibs on Nick. 8) > > > > -- > > http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. > > .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu > > .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai > > http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi > > > > > > -- // if (!terrorist) // ignore (); // else collect_data ();