Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Lest I forget

2009-03-11 Thread Elliott Hird
Enable JS. On 2009-03-11, Alex Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 23:29 +, Alex Smith wrote: >> On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 15:50 +, Alex Smith wrote: >> > I intend, with Agoran Consent, to make Einos >> > (http://einos-nomic.blogspot.com/) a protectorate. >> >> I confirm, as Ambassador, that

DIS: Re: BUS: Lest I forget

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 23:29 +, Alex Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 15:50 +, Alex Smith wrote: > > I intend, with Agoran Consent, to make Einos > > (http://einos-nomic.blogspot.com/) a protectorate. > > I confirm, as Ambassador, that Einos meets the conditions to be a > Protectorate.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Ed Murphy wrote: > Goethe wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Alex Smith wrote: >>> On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:58 -0700, Ed Murphy wrote: ais523 wrote: > Also, I have a much better idea. Get the PNP to join the contest and > make a guess that's the amount it's dis

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Ed Murphy
Goethe wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Alex Smith wrote: >> On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:58 -0700, Ed Murphy wrote: >>> ais523 wrote: >>> Also, I have a much better idea. Get the PNP to join the contest and make a guess that's the amount it's distributing, immediately before the distribut

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 20:11 +0100, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: > 2009/3/11 Alex Smith : > > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 19:49 +0100, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: > >> I agree to this contract. > >> (or is that how you say when you want to join the contest?) > > Yep, that's correct. It isn't a contest yet, just an o

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Jonatan Kilhamn
2009/3/11 Alex Smith : > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 19:49 +0100, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: >> I agree to this contract. >> (or is that how you say when you want to join the contest?) > Yep, that's correct. It isn't a contest yet, just an ordinary contract > atm; however, it's clearly intended to become a c

DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 19:49 +0100, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: > I agree to this contract. > (or is that how you say when you want to join the contest?) Yep, that's correct. It isn't a contest yet, just an ordinary contract atm; however, it's clearly intended to become a contest, and there's an intent t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:58 -0700, Ed Murphy wrote: >> ais523 wrote: >> >>> Also, I have a much better idea. Get the PNP to join the contest and >>> make a guess that's the amount it's distributing, immediately before the >>> distribution (maybe in the same

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread comex
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > ais523 wrote: > >> Also, I have a much better idea. Get the PNP to join the contest and >> make a guess that's the amount it's distributing, immediately before the >> distribution (maybe in the same message?) > > Anyone tries any funny stuff get

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread comex
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Elliott Hird wrote: > The CotC can bypass the 5-a-week restriction (obviously). Read the contest.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Elliott Hird
2009/3/11 Ed Murphy : >> The CotC could pull of a >> similar trick if e wasn't the contestmaster. > > How?  It's keyed on initiating cases, not assigning them. > The CotC can bypass the 5-a-week restriction (obviously).

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:58 -0700, Ed Murphy wrote: > ais523 wrote: > > > Also, I have a much better idea. Get the PNP to join the contest and > > make a guess that's the amount it's distributing, immediately before the > > distribution (maybe in the same message?) > > Anyone tries any funny stuf

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Ed Murphy
ais523 wrote: > Also, I have a much better idea. Get the PNP to join the contest and > make a guess that's the amount it's distributing, immediately before the > distribution (maybe in the same message?) Anyone tries any funny stuff gets slapped with an equity case, hard. > The CotC could pull o

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Elliott Hird
2009/3/11 Alex Smith : > Wouldn't work, you'd have non-contestants bribed to mess with it. (I > recall ehird spamming CFJs to influence the AAA whilst believing emself > not a party to it.) I was a party to it, except I forgot. Oops.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 15:49 +, Alex Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 11:44 -0400, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: > > > Even with multiple contestants capable of gaming it? I considered > > > withdrawing my agreement and re-posting with a AAA-s

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 11:44 -0400, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: > > Even with multiple contestants capable of gaming it? I considered > > withdrawing my agreement and re-posting with a AAA-style "contestants > > SHALL NOT submit spam proposals / cases

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: > Even with multiple contestants capable of gaming it?  I considered > withdrawing my agreement and re-posting with a AAA-style "contestants > SHALL NOT submit spam proposals / cases", but let's see how it plays > out as is. How about "contestant

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Ed Murphy
comex wrote: > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: >> 4) The distribution of a proposal is a point-worthy event (counting >> at most 5 proposals per author per week) for the X axis. > > Huh? So distributions are counted only if they have at least one > non-excess proposal? E

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2402 judged GUILTY / SILENCE by ehird

2009-03-11 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Elliott Hird wrote: > 2009/3/10 Ed Murphy : >> Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2402 >> >> =  Criminal Case 2402  = >> >>    Taral violated R2234, a power-2 rule, by not awarding me points >>

DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread comex
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: > 4) The distribution of a proposal is a point-worthy event (counting > at most 5 proposals per author per week) for the X axis. Huh? So distributions are counted only if they have at least one non-excess proposal? > 5) The initiation of a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 08:04 -0600, Sean Hunt wrote: > I agree to these terms. NttPF. (In other words, you sent to a-d, rather than a-b, by mistake; don't worry, everyone does it.) Note that there is judicial precedent that unlike other actions, it's often possible to agree to a contract in a disc

DIS: Re: BUS: New contest

2009-03-11 Thread Sean Hunt
Ed Murphy wrote: > I agree to the following: > > 1) The name of this public contract is The Cookie Jar. > > 2) Any party to this contract CAN amend it without party objection. > > 3) For each event defined by this contract as point-worthy: > > a) Once per week, each contestant CAN by