jbovlaste
a lojban dictionary editing system
User:
Pass:

Home
Get A Printable Dictionary
Search Best Words
Recent Changes
How You Can Help
valsi - All
valsi - Preferred Only
natlang - All
natlang - Preferred Only
Languages
XML Export
user Listing
Report Bugs
Utilities
Status
Help
Admin Request
Create Account
Discussion of "ci'iroi"
[parent] [root]
Comment #1: "Eternally" is improper definition
Curtis W Franks (Thu Jun 27 13:18:49 2019)

An event which happens infinitely many times is not one which continues
unboundedly into the future (either in discrete repetitions or as a single
at-least-half-infinite interval). For example, if there is a light switch
which is 'off' and then I flip it 'on' and back off in a single instant
(point in time) and then wait one second, then similarly flick it 'on' and
'off' and then wait a half of second, and then repeat this process with
the wait between toggling events being halved each time, then I would
repeat this process an infinite number of times even though the whole
sequence of such events would be over by the 2nd second after the first
toggling. All of the infinitely many togglings are bounded by an interval
of duration (exactly) 2 s. An event sequence which is so bounded is not
eternal and does not happen eternally, in my understanding of the word.

Currently, jbovlaste will accept data for 70 languages.
You are not logged in.

  recent changes jbovlaste main
This is jbovlaste, the lojban dictionary system.
The main code was last changed on Wed 07 Oct 2020 05:54:55 PM PDT.
All content is public domain. By submitting content, you agree to place it in the public domain to the fullest extent allowed by local law.
jbovlaste is an official project of the logical language group, and is now headed by Robin Lee Powell.
E-mail him if you have any questions.
care to log in?