From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Jun 27 09:07:14 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32025 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2000 14:57:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 27 Jun 2000 14:57:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (207.252.3.72) by mta3 with SMTP; 27 Jun 2000 14:57:56 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.9.3+3.2W/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA26847 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:57:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:57:53 -0400 (EDT) To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Computing in lojbanistan In-Reply-To: <8j8nfo+ljs3@eGroups.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > --- In lojban@egroups.com, "LYlun.martins." wrote: > > I'd like to invite experient lojbanists who use Unix, GNU/Linux > > or similar systems, and use software internationalized trough > > potfiles (such as most GNU/Linux software), to translate some > > potfiles to lojban. > > We need lots of specialized computer jargon to do that. If we were > to > suddenly start inventing lots of new computer terms, they would, as > Lojbab has pointed out, run the risk of being flawed and/or malrarbau. Chicken and egg. People will find it hard to write a document if they themselves have to invent a great number of the important words as they are writing. Yet, a list of lujvo carries little weight until it has been tested and proven by history. So let's start at an arbitrary point, with a weak and untested word-list, and allow the forces of peer-review and usage to work! How do we stick "x-lojban" where a TWO letter code is allowed? ----- Power Users think "Your computer is stoned" is part of the DOS copyright banner.