From lojbab@lojban.org Tue Mar 27 12:22:34 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 27 Mar 2001 20:22:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 77602 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2001 20:22:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 27 Mar 2001 20:22:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-3.cais.net) (205.252.14.73) by mta3 with SMTP; 27 Mar 2001 21:23:37 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (155.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.155]) by stmpy-3.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2RKMVa62068 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:22:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010327152429.00b89d50@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 15:26:02 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Fwd: a consideration Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" People said that they might like to respond to new queries. I am forwarding this one to the list, since I don't have time to respond to it this week, since I'm trying to get backordered books out. >From: "mr. mystery" >Subject: a consideration >Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 10:35:52 -0000 > >brilliant! simply brilliant! Have the concepts of E prime been imbedded >into lojban? > >My strong concern is this: I understand that when computers 'think' using >memetics the most reasonable language to think in will be lojban. Humans >will with to communicate (program) with their computers so learning lojban >as a programming language may help promote it worldwide. The concept of >the name is pretty arbitrary however (lojban = logical language). I >believe strongly that the ENTIRE NAME should have a more internationally >marketable concept ... imagine every country learning lojban as both a >second language to their own as well as learning lojban to >program/communicate better with memetically thinking machines. Good >reasons but ... the NAME! If a logical langauge were created for the >world it should connotate this far reaching concept. > >I believe the language should be WORLD+LANGUAGE (in its lojban translation >of course). Of COURSE it is LOGICAL but the PURPOSE is for the WORLD to >know it - to bring the world together and to do so through the use of >computers as a means to communicate with ALL MEDIA. Other concepts may >include EARTH, HUMANITY and ALL. > >Again, BRILLIANT WORK and potentially WORLD CHANGING. I commend you. > >Erik von Markovik >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org