Will also make it retroactive to cover PSS and anyone else who decides to dezombify before it's adopted.
On Sat, 26 May 2018, C. V. wrote: > Sorry PSS, but I think all of your assets have been thoroughly siphoned > off by VJ Rada. (We seriously need to get that welcome package for former > zombies thing going) > > ~Corona > > On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 8:52 AM, Ned Strange <edwardostra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Noooooooooo! MY POWER IN THIS GAME IS GONE. > > > > welcome back > > > > On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Yes it was possible and yes you just did so. > > > > > > Great to have you (almost or in summer) back!! > > > > > > On Fri, 25 May 2018, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > > > > Given my imminent return, if it is possible to do so, I flip my master > > > > switch to myself. > > > > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 19:29 Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < > > > > p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just saw this thread and wanted to mention that as the summer rolls > > > > > around, I may return. > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 19:08 Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOO > > > > >> > > > > >> though I think the software we're using was actually a MUD: > > > > >> > > > > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD > > > > >> > > > > >> On Sat, 26 May 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > What's MOO? > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 12:45 AM, Kerim Aydin < > > > ke...@u.washington.edu> > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > It wouldn't work over email, but this conversation also had me > > > > >> wondering > > > > >> > > whether the MOO and its final state lived on a disk anywhere! > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > The rules and the MOO structure (rooms and programming) were > > very > > > > >> > > intertwined, > > > > >> > > e.g. the rules assume a MOO-programmed-solution for voting and > > all > > > > >> other > > > > >> > > interactions. IMO it wouldn't be worth the effort even as a > > > gimmick > > > > >> UNLESS > > > > >> > > the MOO was actually brought online. It wouldn't be worth the > > > effort > > > > >> > > of porting to a mailing list because that's already been done - > > > and > > > > >> that's > > > > >> > > Agora. In a way, moving to the mailing list freed Agorans from > > > their > > > > >> > > "physical restrictions" and allowed them to be platonic > > idealists > > > they > > > > >> > > wanted to be, so Agora is more an evolution of that spirit and > > > the MOO > > > > >> > > would be an archaic step backward (though as you say it would be > > > fun > > > > >> to > > > > >> > > revisit as a novelty). > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > We had a brief fling with a new MOO circa 2004-2005, and it was > > > > >> abandoned > > > > >> > > fairly quickly probably in part because it was restrictive like > > > that. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > On Fri, 25 May 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > > > >> > > > It would definitely strip it of a lot of its former "spirit" > > > > >> although > > > > >> > > isn't > > > > >> > > > nomic about change in the first place? > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > But yeah, it more about the formal gimmick. Not "reviving" the > > > > >> spirit of > > > > >> > > > Nomic World itself. > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 6:09 PM, Alex Smith < > > > > >> ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk> > > > > >> > > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > On Fri, 2018-05-25 at 18:07 +0200, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > OH MAN. > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > What if we managed to "hack" the defunct NW via FRC, to > > then > > > > >> pull it > > > > >> > > > > into a > > > > >> > > > > > better place (like a mailing list or Discord server) so > > > that it > > > > >> can > > > > >> > > be > > > > >> > > > > > played again? > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Does anyone have FRC's old rules? How difficult could it > > be? > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > Nomic World on a mailing list would defeat the entire point > > > of it > > > > >> being > > > > >> > > > > Nomic World. (You'd also quickly discover that most of the > > > rules > > > > >> > > > > wouldn't work in that context.) > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > There's a reason that Agora started as its own nomic. > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > -- > > > > >> > > > > ais523 > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > From V.J. Rada > > >
