From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Feb 28 10:23:33 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_4); 28 Feb 2003 18:23:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 25353 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2003 18:23:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Feb 2003 18:23:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Feb 2003 18:23:32 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18opAK-0003T3-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:23:24 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18op8x-0003Rb-00; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:22:00 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:21:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18op6y-0003Pl-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:19:56 -0800 Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:19:56 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly) Message-ID: <20030228181955.GT17252@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <008501c2df2d$a69992c0$669dca3e@oemcomputer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <008501c2df2d$a69992c0$669dca3e@oemcomputer> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 4231 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 02:31:06PM +0100, G. Dyke wrote: > I'm not sure what this "Any" means. How does Edoctor(x)(need(me,x)) > differ from "I need any doctor"? That's "There exists a doctor such that I need it". There may be other constraints unspecified, defining what you need exactly, as I understand it. All that says is that, whatever your needs, a doctor exists that fills them. "I need any doctor" is "I need one thing selected at random from the set of all doctors". Hey, that's what we need: a gadri that selects from a set at random. -Robin -- 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