On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Ed Murphy wrote:
>> I create a promise:
>>
>> Text: { For the decision to adopt Proposal 7314, I end the voting
>> period and resolve it as follows: }
>>
>> Condition for cashing: { The cashing announcement is followed by an
>> accurate description of the outcome of the decision in question. }
>>
>> I transfer the above promise to scshunt.
>
> This is quite interesting in something entirely unrelated.
>
> Let's say that scshunt cashes this promise but makes a mistake in
> the vote count. Let's say it self-ratifies.
>
> However, the Promise cashing is conditional on the announcement
> being accurate. Promise cashing is *not* subject to self-ratification.
>
> So, an inaccurate voting report would mean that the promise was
> never cashed (failed conditional), and legally, the Message from
> the Assessor as a whole, not just a single result - was not published.
> This is quite different than if the Assessor had made an inaccurate
> announcement! An inaccurate report can ratify, but nonexistent
> report cannot.
>
> So what's the end result?
>
> -G.
Possibly my message purporting to cash the promise would be enough to
invoke self-ratification.
-scshunt
