Wiki page BPFK Section: Epistemology sumtcita changed
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 08:24:41AM -0500, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/29/2005 8:55:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> webmaster@lojban.org writes:
>
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> > The page BPFK Section: Epistemology sumtcita was changed by rlpowell at Wed
> > 30 of Mar, 2005 01:54 UTC
> >
> > lo datni ka'e djica le ka zifre du'o la rodjer.klark
> > Data is capable of wanting to be free, according to Rodger Klark.
> >
> This doesn't seem to be referring to Star Trek's Data (and if it
> is, it's not done correctly), so wouldn't "Data are" be better
> English?
I've always heard it as "Information wants to be free". I think
"Data are capable" sounds horrible; it's a mass noun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_noun
-Robin
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