From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Mar 13 11:40:36 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_1); 13 Mar 2003 19:40:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 78047 invoked from network); 13 Mar 2003 19:40:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 Mar 2003 19:40:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Mar 2003 19:40:33 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18tYZ7-0000rh-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:40:33 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18tYYr-0000rC-00; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:40:17 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:40:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18tYYg-0000r2-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:40:06 -0800 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:40:06 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: spofu skami Message-ID: <20030313194006.GR25165@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030313191137.GO25165@digitalkingdom.org> <20030313141733.A85179-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030313141733.A85179-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 4493 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 Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 02:25:29PM -0500, Invent Yourself wrote: > You must be waiting for me to launch into a tirade about how > neuron-like computer networks are. Not really, no. > In fact, the "dotted lines" bounding gismu are as arbitrary as > anything else. But just because one covers more than one English word > does not make it polysemic. Polysemy is when there are more than one, > topologically-separate "dotted line" regions. OK, see, *that* was an argument. Now if you could please explain to me how a definition that encompasses both computer networks and neurons does *not* include talking, or a piece of string between two cans, I'd appreciate it. Unless you don't *mind* those being included, of course. The reason I ask is that the only similarity I'm aware of between a neuran and computer networks is data transmission, and there are a *lot* of things that are data transmission. BTW, what is the x2 of nirna for a computer network? There's no body, so I'm not sure what you'd put there. -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