Yes, I am convinced that you are absolutely right. I guess nobody has any zombies then.
On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:51 PM Rebecca <edwardostra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh sorry, I missed the key "if" in there > > On Sat, 15 Jun 2019, 12:44 PM James Cook <jc...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote: > >> Could you elabourate? Even if we should pretend zombies are assets, it's >> not always true that an asset's owner CAN transfer it. E.g. if I had blots >> and auctioned them off, I don't think anything would allow me to transfer >> them to the winner of the auction. >> >> On Fri., Jun. 14, 2019, 22:17 Rebecca, <edwardostra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Unlike the argument about blogs, this argument stretches annoying >> textual >> > ism beyond its breaking point. To transfer in this context means to >> change >> > from the ownership of one entity to anothwr. So the auctioneer CAN >> transfer >> > the switch: from agora to the auction winners. >> > >> > On Sat, 15 Jun 2019, 12:09 PM James Cook <jc...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote: >> > >> > > Warning: I don't think paying Agora for one's prize will cause that >> > > zombie's Master switch to be flipped to the payer, and I plan to call >> a >> > > CFJ about it once someone tries to claim their zombie (easier to >> phrase >> > > the CFJ after that's happened). >> > > >> > > (I think the winners are still obligated to pay for their prizes.) >> > > >> > > My argument: >> > > >> > > R2551 says: >> > > >> > > > The winner of a lot SHALL pay the Auctioneer the number of the >> > > > Auction's currency equal to eir bid, in a single payment, in a >> > > > timely fashion. When e does so, if the auctioneer CAN transfer the >> > > > items in that lot to that winner at will, e immediately does so; >> > > > otherwise, e SHALL do so in a timely fashion. >> > > >> > > I don't think Agora CAN "transfer" a zombie to the winner. In a zombie >> > > auction, transferring means flipping the zombie's Master switch. >> That's >> > > a regulated action, and no rule says Agora can do it. >> > > >> > >> > -- >From V.J. Rada
