DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Undeflaggable

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Ed Murphy wrote: > coppro wrote: > >> I officially contest this list of valid options; there are no valid >> options (see below): > > I officially contest this list of valid options; Rule 2105 (The Map > of Agora) is a Flag Candidate and thus a valid option. The problem with t

DIS: Re: BUS: An unconventional way to create a rule

2009-08-06 Thread Ed Murphy
comex wrote: > Note that Rule 1728 takes precedence over Rule 2140 (Power Controls > Mutability), so any issue of the power of the contract is moot. No, it isn't moot. Rule 1728 pretends that the contract is a rule, but it doesn't pretend that it has Power > 0.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: An unconventional way to create a rule

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Sean Hunt wrote: > In any case, all rules have 1 <= Power <= 4 (R2142), so an entity acting > as if it has a rule acts as if it is an instrument with unspecified > power; this probably defaults to 1, but it is certainly not less than 1. > comex's action would create a power-1 r

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: An unconventional way to create a rule

2009-08-06 Thread Sean Hunt
Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, comex wrote: >> Note that Rule 1728 takes precedence over Rule 2140 (Power Controls >> Mutability), so any issue of the power of the contract is moot. > > No it's not; it's been previously held that it's the power of whatever > rule described that X can be

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Undeflaggable

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Sean Hunt wrote: > Kerim Aydin wrote: >> On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Kerim Aydin wrote: >>> The only valid option is currently GOETHE'S FLAG CANDIDATE, below (note >>> with one option, quorum does not apply): >> >> I vote for GOETHE'S FLAG CANDIDATE. -G > > I strongly encourage all Ag

DIS: Re: BUS: An unconventional way to create a rule

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, comex wrote: > Note that Rule 1728 takes precedence over Rule 2140 (Power Controls > Mutability), so any issue of the power of the contract is moot. No it's not; it's been previously held that it's the power of whatever rule described that X can be done without objection that

DIS: Re: BUS: An unconventional way to create a rule

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, comex wrote: > If Contract A were a rule, it would be possible to use the without 15 > objections mechanism to create a new rule; therefore, R1728 authorizes > it as long as the effects of the action are restricted to altering > entities and/or attributes whose existence depend

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: It's a pair of docks, you see?

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Sean Hunt wrote: > Pavitra wrote: >> Nice try, but R217 actually says this: >> Where the text is silent, inconsistent, or >> unclear, it is to be augmented by game custom, common sense, >> past judgements, and consideration of the best inter

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: It's a pair of docks, you see?

2009-08-06 Thread Sean Hunt
Pavitra wrote: > Nice try, but R217 actually says this: > Where the text is silent, inconsistent, or > unclear, it is to be augmented by game custom, common sense, > past judgements, and consideration of the best interests of the > game. > > In particular

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: It's a pair of docks, you see?

2009-08-06 Thread comex
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Pavitra wrote: > I argue that it is in the best interests of the game for this to mean > that, upon your inactivation, The Pier became owned by the L&FD by > another mechanism than transference. Nope, CFJ 1910 -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: It's a pair of docks, you see?

2009-08-06 Thread Pavitra
Sean Hunt wrote: > Now that I am an inactive player, I am ineligible to own The Pier. As > such, according to R2166, it would be transferred to the LFD, but R2166 > contradicts itself directly by stating that fixed assets cannot be > There is no way to properly resolve this; R217 says that > the te

DIS: Re: BUS: An unconventional way to create a rule

2009-08-06 Thread comex
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:54 PM, comex wrote: > I CFJ on the statement: If I don't receive 15 objections, it will be > POSSIBLE for me to indirectly cause a Rule Change using Contract A. Oh, and as usual for dictatorship attempts, if this is TRUE, the only use of the created rule will be to award

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread Pavitra
Elliott Hird wrote: > 2009/8/6 Warrigal : >> I register. >> >> So, pop quiz! Which of the following three announcements, which are >> all win announcements, is the longest of the three? >> >> I do. >> >> I am. >> >> My voting limit on an ordinary decision initiated at this time would >> exceed the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread Ed Murphy
coppro wrote: > Warrigal wrote: >> My voting limit on an ordinary decision initiated at this time would >> exceed the combined voting limits of all other players on that >> decision. > I intend, with support, to publish an NoV accusing Warrigal of violating > the 2-power Rule 2215 by publishing th

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Also, Crete must be destroyed

2009-08-06 Thread Sean Hunt
Ed Murphy wrote: > I play a Distrib-u-Matic to make this distributable. > > Proposal: Also, Crete must be destroyed > (AI = 3, please) > > Amend Rule 2240 (No Cretans Need Apply) to read: > > In a conflict between clauses of the same Rule, if exactly one > claims precedence over the

DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread Sean Hunt
Warrigal wrote: > My voting limit on an ordinary decision initiated at this time would > exceed the combined voting limits of all other players on that > decision. I intend, with support, to publish an NoV accusing Warrigal of violating the 2-power Rule 2215 by publishing the quoted paragraph. I C

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-06 Thread Ed Murphy
Sgeo wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, comex wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Non-recordkeepors, however, won't. Actually, it will be a positive pain for recordkeepors (searching multiple archives), for w

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 17:26, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 15:42, Warrigal wrote: >>> I register. >>> >>> I deregister. >>> >> Problem: The Insulator, Grand Poobah, and Anarchist are all obligated >> to deal Warrigal two cards but are unabl

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 15:42, Warrigal wrote: >> I register. >> >> I deregister. >> > Problem: The Insulator, Grand Poobah, and Anarchist are all obligated > to deal Warrigal two cards but are unable to do so because cards can > only be created in the posse

DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 15:42, Warrigal wrote: > I register. > > I deregister. > Problem: The Insulator, Grand Poobah, and Anarchist are all obligated to deal Warrigal two cards but are unable to do so because cards can only be created in the possession of a player or contest. I assume this is a tri

DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread Elliott Hird
2009/8/6 Warrigal : > I register. > > So, pop quiz! Which of the following three announcements, which are > all win announcements, is the longest of the three? > > I do. > > I am. > > My voting limit on an ordinary decision initiated at this time would > exceed the combined voting limits of all oth

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Sgeo wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, comex wrote: >>> I don't; there's no reason to be using the agoranomic.org archives, >>> which are handy in a pinch but pretty clunky. >> >> I have every reason to do so; it's my preferred

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, Pavitra wrote: > In addition, the statement can only be considered "correct" in the > local language-context scope of the message. Local definitions aren't in > scope to affect the interpretation of Rules. Yah, there's a similarity in meaning, but it's as non-working as the tr

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-06 Thread Sgeo
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, comex wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: Non-recordkeepors, however, won't. >>> >>> Actually, it will be a positive pain for recordkeepors (searching multiple >>> archives), for whom I have mor

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread Pavitra
comex wrote: > 18:02 < Warrigal> The rule requires that win announcements be correct. > 18:02 < Warrigal> That win announcement was the correct answer to a question. > 18:03 < Pavitra> lolll > 18:04 < Warrigal> Obviously, if this were not an intended consequence, > the rule would have required that

DIS: Re: BUS: What a panda does

2009-08-06 Thread comex
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Warrigal wrote: > I register. > > So, pop quiz! Which of the following three announcements, which are > all win announcements, is the longest of the three? > > I do. > > I am. > > My voting limit on an ordinary decision initiated at this time would > exceed the combi

DIS: Speaking of fora...

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
I think the irc logger needs a restart. -G.

Re: DIS: Ribbon

2009-08-06 Thread Pavitra
Elliott Hird wrote: > 2009/8/6 ais523 : >> The above message was sent only as HTML, with no plaintext component. Is >> there any precedent on whether such actions are effective? (Note that my >> email client is set only to display the plaintext part of a message, so >> I get a blank when there isn'

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, ais523 wrote: > IMO, something like an AAA mill > purchase is rather more contentful than the typical a-b content, IMO, [the opposite]

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Ed Murphy wrote: >> As a supplement/alternative, what would people think of criminalizing >> large numbers of public messages -- No.

Re: DIS: Ribbon

2009-08-06 Thread Elliott Hird
2009/8/6 ais523 : > The above message was sent only as HTML, with no plaintext component. Is > there any precedent on whether such actions are effective? (Note that my > email client is set only to display the plaintext part of a message, so > I get a blank when there isn't a plaintext part.) I ha

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-06 Thread ais523
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 23:52 -0500, Pavitra wrote: > As a supplement/alternative, what would people think of criminalizing > large numbers of public messages -- say, 8 or 16 per person per week? It > wouldn't platonically cancel any messages, and it should encourage > people to lump their actions to

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-06 Thread ais523
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 16:21 -0600, Sean Hunt wrote: > I hereby initiate a Straw Poll to decide whether or not the > Distributor should add another forum (tentatively with the name > agora-business) to the agoranomic.org lists, and the Registrar should > subsequently make it Public. The valid option

Re: DIS: Ribbon

2009-08-06 Thread ais523
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 02:23 -0300, yuri_dragon_17 wrote: > Sean Hunt wrote: > > yuri_dragon_17 wrote: > > > > > Just to make sure I understand all the vocabulary, am I eligible for a > > > White Ribbon? > > > > > Yes. > > > > > And I would do this by sending a message to the business l