From rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca Sat Sep 02 15:32:48 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27417 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2000 22:32:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m3.onelist.org with QMQP; 2 Sep 2000 22:32:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca) (129.97.134.11) by mta2 with SMTP; 2 Sep 2000 22:32:47 -0000 Received: from calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA16557 for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 18:35:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200009022235.SAA16557@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] samselpla vs. samjva In-Reply-To: Message from Invent Yourself of "Sat, 02 Sep 2000 15:05:32 EDT." Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 18:35:06 -0400 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Invent Yourself writes: >On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Taral wrote: >> On 2 Sep, Invent Yourself wrote: >> > Did you read my recent mention of the term "mucti minji" for computer >> > program? >> >> No, but I'm not sure I like it. It's a bit too general. > > >What else do you suppose it could mean? Indeed. Also, this very nicely fits the computer science definition of computation, with is defined using Turing machines, which certainly are immaterial (they require an infinite tape :). -Robin -- http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest. Despite not getting very emotional about it, the fact that quantum entanglement doesn't allow transmission of information is probably the most profound dissapointment I've ever experienced. -- RLPowell