From pycyn@aol.com Tue Apr 25 10:33:24 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30105 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2000 17:33:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 25 Apr 2000 17:33:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO q8.egroups.com) (10.1.2.31) by mta1 with SMTP; 25 Apr 2000 17:33:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 21214 invoked from network); 25 Apr 2000 17:33:23 -0000 Received: from imo-d09.mx.aol.com (205.188.157.41) by mx3.egroups.com with SMTP; 25 Apr 2000 17:33:23 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-d09.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v25.3.) id a.9.4a8522f (4419) for ; Tue, 25 Apr 2000 13:33:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <9.4a8522f.263730db@aol.com> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 13:33:15 EDT Subject: RECORD: computer diseases To: lojban@egroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 33 From: pycyn@aol.com Lojban words have very soft definitions -- a general idea and a place structure. That means that they may be extended into areas not originally intended so long as the basic idea and the place structure remain. In the instant case, {kanro} was extended to computers and then computer viruses were brought in under {vidru}, the basic ideas being, on the one hand, something functioning properly and, on the other, something that slips in and interferes with proper functioning -- more or less. Note {vidru} has a place for what or where infected. Also note the extension of {nirnu} into the computer field already in the 94 gismu list.