Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Knocking at the back door

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: >>> Rule 2148/2 reads, in part, "A foreign nomic may grant certain powers >>> and privileges to Agora's ambassador." "Power" is defined by R1688

DIS: A hopefully-not-annoying request

2008-09-25 Thread ihope
Will one of the Normishites please vote for and activate update-index-html as soon as possible? Thanks. --Ivan Hope CXXVII

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Knocking at the back door

2008-09-25 Thread Ian Kelly
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: >> Rule 2148/2 reads, in part, "A foreign nomic may grant certain powers >> and privileges to Agora's ambassador." "Power" is defined by R1688/4 >> to be a non-negative rational number w

DIS: Re: BUS: Knocking at the back door

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > Rule 2148/2 reads, in part, "A foreign nomic may grant certain powers > and privileges to Agora's ambassador." "Power" is defined by R1688/4 > to be a non-negative rational number which, if positive, makes its I'm not recording this as a win unless it's sh

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: AAA - Secretary of Agriculture Report

2008-09-25 Thread Ed Murphy
ais523 wrote: > I perform all the actions in the following block of text, if and only if > they would all be successful, and every non-action statement in that > block of text would be true at the time it was made: > {{{ > I call for judgement on the statement "Goethe is wearing a hat." > The prev

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] It would be a shame for me to have to publish a ballot with no proposals in 25 hours, so...

2008-09-25 Thread comex
Is this the third time that I've sent a message to the wrong -business forum? At least THIS one wasn't an attempt to start a war between B and Agora... ;) On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:16 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Charles Schaefer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Agoran IT services

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think this highlights problems with the Protectorate rules. They >> depend on the Protectorate nomic having things like "fora" and a way >> to "proclaim" things to the nomic,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJs 2168-69 assigned to root

2008-09-25 Thread Ben Caplan
On Thursday 25 September 2008 03:04:51 pm Elliott Hird wrote: > On 25 Sep 2008, at 20:55, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > > I believe R2200 was created in direct response to the original > > judgment in that case, almost specifically to allow us to > > consider Canada a nomic. > > Point: IRCNomic was renam

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Agoran IT services

2008-09-25 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think this highlights problems with the Protectorate rules. They > depend on the Protectorate nomic having things like "fora" and a way > to "proclaim" things to the nomic, which are properties defined by > the other nomic

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Agoran IT services

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, comex wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't see any need for that. To my eyes, the machine itself is the >> nomic. Whether it can become a protectorate in that state is largely >> irrelevant. And I disagree with Wooble; a com

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Agoran IT services

2008-09-25 Thread comex
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't see any need for that. To my eyes, the machine itself is the > nomic. Whether it can become a protectorate in that state is largely > irrelevant. And I disagree with Wooble; a completely pragmatic ruleset > can still be

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Agoran IT services

2008-09-25 Thread Ian Kelly
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Most of them have platonic rulesets that can be set up such that the >> rules change immediately upon the protective decree being issued. I'd >> argue that a nomic with a completely pragmatic ruleset dependent on an >> offic

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Agoran IT services

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How is this different than the fact that, for a "traditional" nomic, the >> Ambassador would probably post a message in that Nomic's forum, which the >> rulekeepor or other recor

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: AAA - Secretary of Agriculture Report

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Ben Caplan wrote: > On Thursday 25 September 2008 01:03:46 pm Kerim Aydin wrote: >> 1. I do 1. >> 2. I do 2. >> 3. If 2 failed, I didn't do 1. >> >> It's very arguable if #3 actually, legally works. The >> "simultaneous but sequential" is no longer in the rules but is also

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: AAA - Secretary of Agriculture Report

2008-09-25 Thread Ben Caplan
On Thursday 25 September 2008 01:03:46 pm Kerim Aydin wrote: > 1. I do 1. > 2. I do 2. > 3. If 2 failed, I didn't do 1. > > It's very arguable if #3 actually, legally works. The > "simultaneous but sequential" is no longer in the rules but is also > kept by (recent) CFJ and a controversial seri

DIS: Re: OFF: [IADoP] Required Quarterly Nominations

2008-09-25 Thread Elliott Hird
On 25 Sep 2008, at 21:34, Geoffrey Spear wrote: No attempt has been made to change the holders of these offices since the beginning of April, so I'm required to make nominations. For Conductor, I nominate Murphy and root. For Clerk of the Courts, I nominate Murphy and Goethe. For IADoP, I no

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Agoran IT services

2008-09-25 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How is this different than the fact that, for a "traditional" nomic, the > Ambassador would probably post a message in that Nomic's forum, which the > rulekeepor or other recordkeepor of that nomic would be required to make?

DIS: Re: BUS: Deputisation

2008-09-25 Thread Roger Hicks
Oops...for some reason I thought this was a low-priority office (shouldn't it be?). I'll get a report published ASAP. BobTHJ On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I intend to deputise for the Scorekeepor to publish eir report. > > -root >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Agoran IT services

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I hereby request Protectorate status for my computer (strictly speaking >> for its software) which is named selim. I have full access to this computer; >> so as long as I am an

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJs 2168-69 assigned to root

2008-09-25 Thread Elliott Hird
On 25 Sep 2008, at 20:55, Geoffrey Spear wrote: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: root's judgement generally (though not specifically) goes against CFJ 1879 for computers in general. I believe R2200 was created in direct response to the original judgment

DIS: Re: BUS: Agoran IT services

2008-09-25 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hereby request Protectorate status for my computer (strictly speaking > for its software) which is named selim. I have full access to this computer; > so as long as I am an Agoran player, it's "gamestate" is arranged so th

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJs 2168-69 assigned to root

2008-09-25 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > root's judgement generally (though not specifically) goes against > CFJ 1879 for computers in general. I believe R2200 was created in direct response to the original judgment in that case, almost specifically to allow us to

Re: DIS: Do we need depowering?

2008-09-25 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:26 PM, ais523 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing that I've noticed (mostly due to advising the PNP on which way > to vote) is that recently, we seem to be getting mostly Democratic > proposals, thus making all our nice complicated Caste stuff pretty > irrelevant. Is it

DIS: Do we need depowering?

2008-09-25 Thread ais523
One thing that I've noticed (mostly due to advising the PNP on which way to vote) is that recently, we seem to be getting mostly Democratic proposals, thus making all our nice complicated Caste stuff pretty irrelevant. Is it time to reduce the power of some rules, or increase the democratisation th

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJs 2168-69 assigned to root

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Elliott Hird wrote: > On 25 Sep 2008, at 18:54, Ian Kelly wrote: >> Judgement: >> >> If Normish is a nomic, then its operating system is its ruleset. The >> standard set of tools in a Linux system, combined with root access, >> are sufficient to make arbitrary changes to the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: AAA - Secretary of Agriculture Report

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Taral wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Ben Caplan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If the following series of actions would otherwise fail as a whole, >> then I take none of them. > > I dunno. Verification of these by the recordkeepors would require an > unusual effor

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: AAA - Secretary of Agriculture Report

2008-09-25 Thread Charles Reiss
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:47, Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Ben Caplan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If the following series of actions would otherwise fail as a whole, >> then I take none of them. > > I dunno. Verification of these by the recordkeepors wou

DIS: Re: BUS: AAA - Secretary of Agriculture Report

2008-09-25 Thread Taral
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the following series of actions would otherwise fail as a whole, > then I take none of them. I dunno. Verification of these by the recordkeepors would require an unusual effort. What's the rule on conditionals like this?

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: My identity

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> Personally, I don't think wearing a hat is part of the gamestate in >> any way whatsoever; therefore it cannot be ratified, even for an >> instant. Hence you could ratify whether someone got a French Flag, >> but not whether they were actually wearing th

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: My identity

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, comex wrote: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I think we're in agreement, actually, (comex, you and myself) just the >> victim of my imperfectly trying to parse a not-quite-perfectly written >> CFJ statement. > > Personally, I don't

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: why wait?

2008-09-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Ben Caplan wrote: > On Wednesday 24 September 2008 08:20:35 am Geoffrey Spear wrote: >> I recommend a sentence of >> EXILE with a tariff of 180 days. > > R1504 prescribes "the middle of the tariff range... for severe rule > breaches amounting to a breach of trust." The middle

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: My identity

2008-09-25 Thread Elliott Hird
On 25 Sep 2008, at 15:15, comex wrote: When a public document is ratified, the gamestate is modified so that the ratified document was completely true and accurate at the time it was published. Nevertheless, the ratification of a public document does not invalidate, reve

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: My identity

2008-09-25 Thread comex
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think we're in agreement, actually, (comex, you and myself) just the > victim of my imperfectly trying to parse a not-quite-perfectly written > CFJ statement. Personally, I don't think wearing a hat is part of the gamesta