Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Michael Slone
On 6/4/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I honestly don't feel that quorum serves much of a purpose other than to slow the pace of the game now and then and make it difficult to pass anything during periods of low activity. What is the benefit? Steve put it best: Quorum defines the mi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Ed Murphy
BobTHJ wrote: I honestly don't feel that quorum serves much of a purpose other than to slow the pace of the game now and then and make it difficult to pass anything during periods of low activity. What is the benefit? It makes it difficult to adopt a proposal that only a few people bothered t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On 6/3/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I honestly don't feel that quorum serves much of a purpose other than to slow the pace of the game now and then and make it difficult to pass anything during periods of low activity. What is the benefit? It prevents scams wherein a small minorit

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Roger Hicks
I honestly don't feel that quorum serves much of a purpose other than to slow the pace of the game now and then and make it difficult to pass anything during periods of low activity. What is the benefit? BobTHJ On 6/3/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/3/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Mother, May I?

2007-06-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On 6/3/07, quazie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ed Murphy wrote: > Proto-Proposal: Mother, May I? > (AI = 3, please) > > Create a rule titled "Mother, May I?" with Power 3 and this text: > > The following terms are defined. These definitions MUST be used > when a rule includes a term i

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Mother, May I?

2007-06-03 Thread quazie
Ed Murphy wrote: Proto-Proposal: Mother, May I? (AI = 3, please) Create a rule titled "Mother, May I?" with Power 3 and this text: The following terms are defined. These definitions MUST be used when a rule includes a term in all caps, and SHOULD be used when a rule includes

DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Michael Slone
On 6/3/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The quorum for an Agoran decision is NEV^0.55, rounded up, where Quorum should be asymptotically linear. This is too low (in general). -- C. Maud Image (Michael Slone) What is this fixing? -- The Goddess Eris, in agora-discussi

DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Who's Registered Here

2007-06-03 Thread Roger Hicks
Primo Corp isn't on your Activity Level list. BobTHJ

Re: DIS: phew!

2007-06-03 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On May 31, 2007, at 10:00 PM, Ian Kelly wrote: On 5/31/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've heard Annabel mentioned several times. Is there someplace I could find a synopsis of this crisis? I don't think that anybody has ever written up a thesis on the subject, so your best bet