Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Decruft Speed

2009-10-22 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Charles Walker
charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 I can understand some of these objections, but why are you against
 repealing a Rule which has only an unused definition in it?

Objecting serves to protect my right to call myself an Agoran resident
alien. Also to avoid devaluing Distrib-u-matics.


Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Decruft Speed

2009-10-22 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:25, Charles Walker
charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Roger Hicks pidge...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 09:18, Charles Walker
 charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 For each of the following proposals, I intend, without 3 objections,
 to make it Distributable:

 Anarchy Anarchy

 I object

 Abduct the Aliens

 I object

 Invasion Alert Level Green

 I object

 End of the Accountor

 I object

 I can understand some of these objections, but why are you against
 repealing a Rule which has only an unused definition in it?

I thought it was a useful definition, even if it is currently unusued.

BobTHJ


Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Decruft Speed

2009-10-22 Thread Charles Walker
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Roger Hicks pidge...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:25, Charles Walker
 charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Roger Hicks pidge...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 09:18, Charles Walker
 charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 For each of the following proposals, I intend, without 3 objections,
 to make it Distributable:

 Anarchy Anarchy

 I object

 Abduct the Aliens

 I object

 Invasion Alert Level Green

 I object

 End of the Accountor

 I object

 I can understand some of these objections, but why are you against
 repealing a Rule which has only an unused definition in it?

 I thought it was a useful definition, even if it is currently unusued.

How can something that isn't used possibly be useful?

-- 
Charles Walker


Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Decruft Speed

2009-10-22 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:38, Charles Walker
charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Roger Hicks pidge...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:25, Charles Walker
 charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Roger Hicks pidge...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 09:18, Charles Walker
 charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 For each of the following proposals, I intend, without 3 objections,
 to make it Distributable:

 Anarchy Anarchy

 I object

 Abduct the Aliens

 I object

 Invasion Alert Level Green

 I object

 End of the Accountor

 I object

 I can understand some of these objections, but why are you against
 repealing a Rule which has only an unused definition in it?

 I thought it was a useful definition, even if it is currently unusued.

 How can something that isn't used possibly be useful?

Hey, no one said my reasoning had to be logical :)

BobTHJ


Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Decruft Speed

2009-10-22 Thread Jonatan Kilhamn
2009/10/22 Roger Hicks pidge...@gmail.com:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:38, Charles Walker
 charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Roger Hicks pidge...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:25, Charles Walker
 charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:

 I can understand some of these objections, but why are you against
 repealing a Rule which has only an unused definition in it?

 I thought it was a useful definition, even if it is currently unusued.

 How can something that isn't used possibly be useful?

 Hey, no one said my reasoning had to be logical :)

 BobTHJ

Oh, but it is. The key word is 'currently'.

-- 
-Tiger


Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Decruft Speed

2009-10-22 Thread Charles Walker
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Jonatan Kilhamn
jonatan.kilh...@gmail.com wrote:
 2009/10/22 Roger Hicks pidge...@gmail.com:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:38, Charles Walker
 charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Roger Hicks pidge...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:25, Charles Walker
 charles.w.wal...@googlemail.com wrote:

 I can understand some of these objections, but why are you against
 repealing a Rule which has only an unused definition in it?

 I thought it was a useful definition, even if it is currently unusued.

 How can something that isn't used possibly be useful?

 Hey, no one said my reasoning had to be logical :)

 BobTHJ

 Oh, but it is. The key word is 'currently'.

Well, lets repeal it now, and if you ever think of something special
to do with it, feel free to bring it back.

-- 
Charles Walker