On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Aaron Goldfein
<aarongoldf...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 19:24, <ag...@kebay.org> wrote:
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>> Proposal "A Perpepuum mobile is possible" (AI=2, II=2, distributable via
>> fee)
>>
>> {{{
>> Enact a new Rule with power=2 entitled "Perpepuum mobile":
>>
>> The Perpepuum mobile (PM) is a person and active player. The PM cannot
>> be deregistered or become inactive, rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
>>
>> Powering the PM means awarding the PM two ergs. If the PM does not
>> possess any ergs and has not possessed any ergs the previous 14 days, the
>> PM is powered 5 times. The Lab Labour who powered the PM most this week is
>> known as the Power Spender for this week.
>>
>> Any Lab Labour except the PM may act on behalf of the PM, if a Rule
>> explicitly defines a Behalf of the PM action (bot-PM act). Defining a
>> bot-PM act is secured. The player who acts on behalf of the PM is known as
>> the Energy Spender of that bot-PM act.
>>
>> The physicist is an office and should be held by the PM. Its weekly
>> report contains how often and by whom the PM has been powered, who is the
>> Energy Spender and a list of all bot-PM actions of the previous seven
>> days.
>>
>> If a bot-PM action explicitly states the Energy Spender has to pay a
>> fee to perform that action, the PM pays an equal high fee (and possibly an
>> additional fee) before the action is performed. If the PM is not able to
>> pay such a fee, the action is not performed and the Energy Spender MAY NOT
>> perform an bot-PM act for the following fourteen days. E is known as a
>> destructor for this time.
>>
>> The physicist’s report contains a list of all destructors and Lab
>> Labours. Attempting to perform a bot-PM act while being a destructor or
>> not
>> a Lab Labour is a Class-2 crime of destroying. Attempting to perform a
>> bot-PM while being a destructor and not a Lab Labour is a Class-3 crime of
>> destroying the whole laboritory.
>>
>>
>> Enact a new Rule with power=2 entitled "Behalf of the PM actions":
>>
>> If a bot-PM act causes the PM to earn or award one or more capacitors,
>> Patent Titles or Ribbons these entities are additionally earned or awarded
>> by the Energy spender of that bot-PM-act.
>>
>> If a bot-PM act (the proposing action) causes to submit a proposal and
>> that proposal causes the PM to earn a number of farads, the Energy Spender
>> of the proposing action is awarded an equal number of capacitors instead.
>>
>> If in any of the above cases the Energy Spender who would award or
>> earn any entity cannot be determined unambiguously, the player who
>> performs
>> the latest bot-PM act awards or earns these entities.
>>
>> If one or more rests would be created in the PM’s possession, an equal
>> number of rests is created in the treasonous Energy Spender’s possession
>> instead. The treasonous Energy Spender is the Energy Spender whose bot-PM
>> act has been most important for the creation of said rest(s), which means
>> (for example) that bot-PM act has violated a Rule or was decisive to to
>> cause the PM to hold an office and the PM fails to pull a duty of that
>> office.
>>
>> The following are the bot-PM acts: A Lab Labour CAN on behalf of the
>> PM ...
>>
>> * ... cause any player to become a Lab Labour for the following week
>> for a charge of 2 ergs or for a charge of 1 erg if e is the Power Spender.
>>
>> * ... perform a fee-based action for a charge of one erg. (So, if a
>> fee-based action requires a charge of N ergs, the Power Spender spends one
>> erg and the PM spends N+1 ergs.) If performing this action would cause any
>> player to lose one or more rests, it is ineffective instead.
>>
>> * ... announce a set of public announcements for a charge of one erg.
>>
>> * ... vote on a ordinary decision whether to adopt a proposal for a
>> charge of 2+i (or 1+i, if e is the Power Spender) ergs where i is the
>> Interest Index of the decision. This means the voting limit of the Energy
>> Spender is increased by the voting limit the PM would have on said
>> decision
>> if it were an eligible voter. If a player has performed this action,
>> another player CAN NOT perform this bot-PM act for the same decision.
>>
>>
>> Amend Rule 2282 "Energy" by replacing the text
>>
>> For each capacitor destroyed in item (a), an erg is awarded to its
>> former owner.
>>
>> with:
>>
>> For each capacitor destroyed in item (a), an erg is awarded to its
>> former owner and for each erg destroyed in item (a), it’s former owner
>> becomes a Lab Labour for this week and e powers the PM once.
>>
>>
>> Amend Rule 2284 "Fee-based actions" by adding:
>>
>> - A Player CAN become a Lab Labour for the following seven days for a
>> charge of two ergs.
>>
>> - A Player CAN power the PM for a charge of one erg.
>>
>> [What does this do? Well, imagine what could be done with a player who
>> possesses lots of ergs and is controllable by a few ergs. To give some
>> examples: The fan/team mechanism becomes much more interesting, "voting"
>> via the PM is nice and objections, supports etc. can be "bought" for a low
>> fee.]
>> }}}
>>
>> Is this similar to the AFO? I have not read the proposal/rule of that
>> player, because I did not want to get inspirated by it, I want to create
>> something different.
>>
>> I am bad in imagining names, am I? Other ideas for PM, Energy Spender,
>> Power Spender, Lab Labour, Destructors and bot-PM acts? Well, does the
>> definition of bot-PM acts and performing such action work? The part
>> defining rests and the one defining the Physicst office could be worded
>> better, I assume. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Besides, in the future more and more bot-PM acts should be created but we
>> should start with only a few ones.
>>
>> --
>> Keba
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> CoE: You also do not have enough ergs to do this.
Enough ergs to discuss something?
