From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Dec 05 11:31:31 2000 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@erika.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@egroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-6_3_1_3); 5 Dec 2000 19:31:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 68032 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2000 19:31:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 5 Dec 2000 19:31:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO erika.sixgirls.org) (209.208.150.50) by mta3 with SMTP; 5 Dec 2000 20:32:35 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by erika.sixgirls.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB5JVTZ25933 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 14:31:29 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 14:31:28 -0500 (EST) To: Subject: Re: [lojban] common words In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Jim Carter wrote: > On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > Okay, so what do we call "codes" such as ASCII, Unicode, Morse, and Big5 which > > aren't secret? Are they also termifra, as are PGP, Blowfish, and the lead-bound > > code book on a ship? > > To me the essence of a "code" is secrecy, so the "American Standard Code > for Information Interchange" has a name which is an oxymoron. I'm inclined > to call it an "alphabet" suited to a particular medium (te ciska) and > language in the way that Roman glyphs are suited to ink on paper. Digital encoding is different from digital encryption. Now the term code just means to write something in a particular method, whereas encryption implies the intent of secrecy. ----- And if a cat needed a hat? Free enterprise is there for that.