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=============================== CFJ 3912 =============================== The above pledge made by Gaelan has expired. ========================================================================== Caller: ATMunn Judge: Jason Judgement: TRUE ========================================================================== History: Called by ATMunn: 29 May 2021 00:28:49 Assigned to Jason: 06 Jun 2021 16:18:25 Judged TRUE by Jason: 07 Jun 2021 15:15:32 ========================================================================== Caller's Evidence: On 5/22/2021 8:44 PM, Gaelan Steele via agora-business wrote: > I pledge to violate this pledge, with a time window of one hour. > > (There has to be a paradox protection for pledges somewhere, right? Right???? > But I can't find it, so let's find out) > > Gaelan > Caller's Arguments: The rules for pledges state that the time window is "W days," but nowhere does it say that W must be an integer. I think it is reasonable to say that the time window was set to 1/24th of a day. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Judge Jason's Arguments: By application of the precedent in CFJ 3752 [0] (which found that the N for the class of Oathbreaking must be a number, even though it was not explicitly stated in the text), W must be a number. Having determined that, I find no explicit textual reason to diverge from the general rule in R2509 that "numbers" are real numbers by default, so 1/24 is a valid value for W, and the default of 60 days does not apply. The pledge expired 1 hour after it was made. Judged TRUE. Judge Jason's Evidence: [0]: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3752 Rule 2450/10 (Power=1.7) Pledges If a consenting Player makes a clear public pledge (syn. Oath) to perform (or refrain from performing) certain actions, then breaking the pledge is ILLEGAL; doing so is the Class N crime of Oathbreaking, where N is the value explicitly stated by the pledge, or 2 if the pledge does not explicitly state a value. Allowing a pledge to expire without carrying out an action one pledged to do in it constitutes breaking the pledge. The time window of a pledge is W days, where W is the value explicitly stated by the pledge, or 60 if the pledge does not explicitly state a value. A pledge ceases to exist at the end of its time window. If breaking the pledge harms specific other parties, the Referee SHOULD solicit the opinion of those parties in determining an appropriate fine. The Notary CAN destroy a pledge Without Objection, but SHOULD NOT do so unless the pledge no longer serves any significant purpose. Rule 2509/2 (Power=2) Agoran Numbers [Excerpt] A "number" is considered to refer to a real number, unless otherwise explicitly specified. A "number of (items)", where (items) is a set of discrete entities, is considered to refer to a non-negative integer, unless otherwise explicitly specified. ==========================================================================