Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (@Distributor/Proposal) Player-Defined Nonsense

2023-02-13 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2023-02-13 at 10:37 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 9:53 AM Forest Sweeney via agora-business > wrote: > > Do you want to be able to just send "ANGER" to a-b, and for it to mean "I > > object to every intent to declare apathy."? > > Or "I floop" to

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Horsened) [Motivation] The horses Gallop!

2023-02-12 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2023-02-12 at 17:37 -0600, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > I get a jersey for Sugar, specifying Alexia as the horse to be added > to Sugar's pulls, by paying a fee of 1 hoof. > > I motivate the horses: > The galloper is Sugar and the random number choice is 2. What gets me about

DIS: Re: BAK: Email Test

2023-02-10 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2023-02-11 at 00:51 +, nix wrote: > A few messages sent to A-B from three different players haven't gone > through today, despite showing up in the private archive. This > message contains no game actions and is a test of the lists. Just as another data point, I haven't received any

DIS: Re: BUS: Celebrations

2023-02-06 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2023-02-06 at 22:32 -0800, Aspen via agora-business wrote: > On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 8:52 PM Janet Cobb via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > I intend, with 4 support from other players who would be Festive if the > > Festivity was 1, to start a rank 1

Re: DIS: Re: test

2022-12-10 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-12-10 at 22:28 -0800, omd via agora-discussion wrote: > Apparently not. I was worried because I did some upgrades recently > and there haven’t been any messages in several days. Recently, much of the playerlist has been playing Agora primarily on Sundays. This may be something of a

DIS: Re: BUS: test

2022-12-10 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-12-10 at 22:24 -0800, omd via agora-business wrote: > Did I break the lists again? This message got through to me, so hopefully not. -- ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (@Registrar) Deactivations

2022-11-07 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-11-07 at 17:29 +, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > On 11/7/22 07:23, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > > > Also you should probably deal with ziproot's Cantus > > > Cygneus, Registrar. > > Alas, I cannot find such a message. Please point it out to me. > > Here's the archive

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8861 and 8862

2022-10-23 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-10-23 at 19:53 +, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > On 10/23/22 14:30, ziproot via agora-business wrote: > > I vote AGAINST (birds are no longer in the game and should not be > > referenced if we're updating stones, and the power stone has been > > confirmed via CFJs 3396 and 3997

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (@Promotor)

2022-09-01 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-09-01 at 10:33 -0300, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > As I said previously, I don't believe punishment gets anything > anywhere. > > The matter here is how to stop a pattern of abuse and make it clear > Agora does not condone it. In this specific case, the pattern of abuse > is

Re: DIS: A proto

2022-08-30 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Tue, 2022-08-30 at 18:14 +0200, Madrid via agora-discussion wrote: > Its true that I don't care much about upholding ancient tradition. > > It's nomic, a game of change, and I'm very willing to see Spivak > removed. I would prefer to keep Spivak, not so much due to the tradition, but due to

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Promotor) Voter Protection

2022-08-29 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-08-28 at 22:16 -0700, Forest Sweeney via agora-business wrote: > As I'm kinda bullying everyone, I thought it would be appropriate if > anything passes that I have some sort of penalty also. This sorta > thing really shouldn't be allowed, though. I think the easiest way to prevent

DIS: Re: BUS: [Nomaoic 2] Secretsnail Wins

2022-08-26 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-08-26 at 16:21 +, nix via agora-business wrote: > Secretsnail has 105 points. E wins Nomaoic 2. Attached is all proposals, > final scores, and final rule set. No proposal ever passed, so the rules > never changed. And here I was, curious as to what sort of really interesting

Re: DIS: I can't take it anymore

2022-08-22 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-08-22 at 21:26 -0300, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > I can't take it anymore. > > I searched the web for it, but the only significant hits were for > Agora's archives. > > I even grepped the ruleset with varying regexes trying to understand. > > But I can't. > > What does

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer has had visions of a dark future

2022-08-18 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-08-18 at 09:00 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > Ah - that's plausible. On the other hand, I'm thinking that if you could > ratify the ossification statement and thus flip a switch, you could also > perform a direct ratification of that switch without mentioning >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer has had visions of a dark future

2022-08-18 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-08-18 at 07:38 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 8/18/2022 7:33 AM, ais523 via agora-discussion wrote: > > On Thu, 2022-08-18 at 07:26 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > > > On 8/18/2022 3:18 AM, Madrid via agora-business wrote

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer has had visions of a dark future

2022-08-18 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-08-18 at 07:26 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 8/18/2022 3:18 AM, Madrid via agora-business wrote: > > I intend to ratify without objection the following: "Agora is not ossified." > > [snip] > > If such a statement is ratified when it *doesn't* match the

DIS: Re: BUS: [Arbitor] CFJ 3982 assigned to G.

2022-08-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-08-15 at 12:13 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > Not part of judgement: I think that under the current rules, "submit" is > most clearly read as a synonym for "adding a proposal to the proposal > pool" which is a consequence following on from creation (performable >

Re: DIS: Re: (@Promotor) Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8805-8810, 8812-8814

2022-07-17 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-07-17 at 19:48 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > It really just depends on how you define "different". If they are the same, > they could have just both been denied when I denied the first one. You > don't have to exist to be preemptively denied. You could also

DIS: Re: (@Promotor) Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8805-8810, 8812-8814

2022-07-17 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-07-17 at 19:30 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 7:17 PM ais523 via agora-business < > agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > CoE: the proposal referred to as "8817" above doesn't exist. Adding > > a proposal that's already in the proposal

Re: DIS: Re: (@Arbitor, Assessor, Promotor) Re: BUS: CFJ 3978, CFJ 3979 assigned to ais523

2022-07-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-07-16 at 00:35 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 7:27 PM ais523 via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > No it isn't – "the proposal" has a perfectly well-defined meaning in > >

Re: DIS: Re: (@Arbitor, Assessor, Promotor) Re: BUS: CFJ 3978, CFJ 3979 assigned to ais523

2022-07-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-07-15 at 19:23 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > It's as if I specified it each time I did the action, since "the > proposal" is just a shorthand for "a proposal with the following > attributes". No it isn't – "the proposal" has a perfectly well-defined meaning in

Re: DIS: Re: (@Arbitor, Assessor, Promotor) Re: BUS: CFJ 3978, CFJ 3979 assigned to ais523

2022-07-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-07-15 at 18:17 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > > In order to force this reading, you'd have to write something like > > "81 > > times, I perform the following action: {{{ I submit the following > > proposal: … }}}", which is a long way away from what you actually > >

DIS: Re: (@Arbitor, Assessor, Promotor) Re: BUS: CFJ 3978, CFJ 3979 assigned to ais523

2022-07-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-07-15 at 17:31 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > I intend, with 2 support, to group-file a Motion to Reconsider CFJ 3978. > (Or ais523 could just self-file and address this which would be cool.) > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 2:52 PM ais523 via agora-business < >

DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8717-8811

2022-07-10 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-07-10 at 18:09 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-official wrote: > 8724- secretsnail 1.0 It's only one point > 8804 (all ~ (Ordinary)) (yes these are 81 identical proposals) I recommend that everyone withhold voting on these, in order to increase the chance that they fail

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposals] Do we need all 3?

2022-07-07 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-07-07 at 18:56 -0400, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > On 7/5/22 13:59, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > > > > Repeal Rule 2618 (Promises). > > > > Repeal Rule 1742 (Contracts). > > > > Repeal Rule 2450 (Pledges). > > > They all serve different purposes and are

Re: DIS: British or American Spelling

2022-06-22 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-06-22 at 18:43 -0700, Forest Sweeney via agora-discussion wrote: > Going thru the SLR spelling... > Do we prefer deputise or deputize? > Authorise or authorize? > Summarise or summarize? > > etc. > > Based on what's currently there, deputise is the outlier with the > british

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [Arbitor] CFJ 3969 Assigned to ais523

2022-06-22 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-06-22 at 18:22 -0400, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > Okay apparently I'm an idiot and the message never actually called a > CFJ, so the assignment failed and ais523 has nothing to judge. Now I'm happy that I postponed judging it! Just to verify that I have no obligations

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8696-8699

2022-06-21 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Tue, 2022-06-21 at 08:19 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > I don't agree with this interpretation. There are quite a few examples of > using "wrong" nicknames if the person is clear from context (it's ancient > so I'm not citing this as strict precedent, but CFJ 1361 is an

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Rulekeepor] Short Logical Ruleset - 19 Jun 2022

2022-06-19 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-06-19 at 15:51 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > > > > Rule 2621/9 (Power=1.0) > > VP Wins > > > > If a player has at least 20 more Winsomes than each other player, > > e CAN Take Over

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-06-12 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-06-13 at 02:07 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > Assignment of dice rolls to rules: > 139:R2658; Based on CFJ outcomes, this might not be a valid roll. I'll try another one later this week if this one failed. -- ais523 Mad Engineer

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [CFJ] Sets Repeal Cases

2022-06-12 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-06-12 at 12:22 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > The Winds Died Down recently, beginning the procedure described in > R2658. > > It's pretty clear to me that all of the repeals of (1) went through, > and I can't think of an argument that those repeals failed. The rule

Re: DIS: Re: (@Treasuror) Re: BUS: Self-promotion and some dirty work

2022-06-12 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-06-12 at 11:31 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > The first one depends on whether the recent CFJs means repeals didn't > happen - Haven't seen any other arguments for BBGs still existing > (let me know if I missed one). I was planning to conditionalise it on whether

Re: DIS: Re: (@Notary, Treasuror, Collector) Re: BUS: Scissors, Paper, Rock

2022-06-12 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-06-11 at 20:39 -0700, Forest Sweeney wrote: > I cancel all duels I've sponsored thus far, as needed. > > I create a promise with the text "the author transfers one of eir stamps to > the bearer.", referred to as my stamp promise. > > I sponsor a new duel, with the reward as my stamp

DIS: Re: (@Notary, Treasuror, Collector) Re: BUS: Scissors, Paper, Rock

2022-06-11 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-06-11 at 07:02 -0700, Forest Sweeney via agora-business wrote: > I sponsor a new duel. The entry fee is 2 boatloads of coins. > The reward is my promise with the text "4st transfers 1 4st stamp to the > bearer.", which I transfer to the contract. Do you have such a promise? You can

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-06-01 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-06-01 at 18:20 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 48 > This is R2154, Election Procedure. For reference: {{{ When an election is initiated, it enters the nomination period, which lasts for 4 days. After an election is initiated and until

DIS: Re: BUS: [Arbitor] CFJ 3964 assigned to G.

2022-05-30 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-05-30 at 16:23 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > "I act on behalf of the Device to cause the Device to deactivate emself. > [This would fail if the Device were not currently on.]" As deactivating > isn't defined for the device, this is ambiguous. Given "A Device CAN >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Blowing up the economy

2022-05-28 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-05-28 at 11:29 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On 5/28/2022 2:03 AM, ais523 via agora-business wrote: > > The main question, therefore, is whether I can succeed 100 times in > > assigning the Device to myself. A power-1 rule says that I CAN, and no > > rule seems to

DIS: Re: BUS: [Arbitor] CFJ 3963 assigned to G.

2022-05-28 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-05-28 at 11:12 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > On 5/28/2022 9:39 AM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > > On 5/28/22 05:03, ais523 via agora-business wrote: > > > CFJ, barring Jason: I won the game by Taking Over The Economy > > > today. > > > > The above CFJ is

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-05-22 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-05-23 at 03:38 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > > The dice roll was: 80 > This is R2481, Festival Restrictions. For reference: {{{ While Agora's Festivity is nonzero, the following apply: 1. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding,

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Mad Engineer] Intent to Invent

2022-05-22 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-05-22 at 22:07 -0300, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > ais523 via agora-official [2022-05-22 20:33]: > > The Device is off. > > > > I intend, with Agoran Consent, to cause rule 2655 to amend the rule > > "The Device" by appending the following as a list item to the "When the > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (@ADoP) economic resignation

2022-05-20 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-05-20 at 14:46 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > To be clear, I don't *want* to see "new" economic play, I'd prefer to move > on, and I'm not particularly keen on a "new economy" so don't see how > that's on me exactly? That's fine if you all are enjoying what's going on

DIS: Re: BUS: (@ADoP) economic resignation

2022-05-20 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-05-20 at 14:07 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > I resign from the office of Ministor. > > [ > We're in a position where nobody wants to play the ongoing game (no trades > etc.) but the repeal of the game is failing too - this seems like a worst > case scenario for

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-05-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-05-16 at 02:29 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 112 > This is R2606, Proposal Classes. For reference: {{{ Proposals created since the enactment of this rule have a secured untracked Class switch with possible values ordinary (the

Re: DIS: [Proto] Birthday Tournament - Nomaoic 2

2022-05-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-05-15 at 11:21 -0500, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > 10. The initial rules of Nomaoic are below: { This opening brace is unmatched. -- ais523

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-05-08 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-05-09 at 06:35 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 88 > This is R2505, Random Choices. For reference: {{{ When a Rule specifies that a random choice be made, then the choice shall be made using whatever probability distribution among

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Re: endgame

2022-05-08 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-05-08 at 11:06 -0700, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > I withdraw my previous proposal, Endgame. > > I submit the following proposal, Endgame, AI-1, and pay a pendant to pend it: > > --- > > Create the following power=1 rule, titled Buyout: > > Any player who has

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] VP Win clarification

2022-05-02 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-05-02 at 22:43 -0300, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > secretsnail9 via agora-business [2022-05-02 19:03]: > > I submit the following proposal, and pend it by paying a fee of 1 pendant. > > { > > Amend Rule 2621 (VP Wins) by replacing "If a player has at least 20 more > > Winsomes

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-05-01 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-05-02 at 05:01 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 57 > This is R2231, Order of the Hero of Agora Nomic. Huh, I'd forgotten about that rule. For reference: {{{ Heroic titles are Agora's premier patent titles of distinction, and CAN be

Re: DIS: Parting Gifts, Part 2 of 2: Silver Quill Nominations

2022-05-01 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-05-01 at 19:52 -0700, Aspen via agora-discussion wrote: > Nominees: > > IDAuthor(s)AITitle > --- > 8535 Aris, nix, G., Gaelan3.0 We the People > 8561 G., nix 2.0

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Treasuror) Happy (belated) Birthday ais523!

2022-04-29 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-04-29 at 03:33 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > Given ais523's Agoran birthday is the 28th of April, I grant em 2 > boatloads of coins. > > Happy 14th Agoran Birthday! Thank you for the birthday wishes, everyone. Even though I haven't been playing continuously for 14

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-04-24 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-04-25 at 02:23 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 13 > This is R693, Agoran Decisions. For reference: {{{ When the rules call for an Agoran decision to be made, the decision-making process takes place in the following three

DIS: Re: BUS: [Obstructive Pooling] Simply Done

2022-04-18 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Tue, 2022-04-19 at 00:24 +, nixnull+agora--- via agora-business wrote: > I consent to and join Obstructive Pooling. > > I propose and consent to the following amendment to Obstructive Pooling: > > { > Add the following paragraph: > > nix CAN, by announcement, transfer a Voting Card from

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Collector, @Treasuror) Tasty Stamps

2022-04-18 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-04-18 at 17:35 +, nixnull+agora--- via agora-business wrote: > On 4/18/22 12:32, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > > Two times, I Mint a Stamp, pursuant to the contract "Stamp > > Servitude". (Madrid is the Other.) > > > > (To Mint a Stamp is to perform the following

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-04-17 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-04-18 at 02:41 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 144 > This is R2656, Points. For reference: {{{ A player's Score, indicated in Points, is an integer player switch defaulting to 0, tracked by the Herald. Upon a correct

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: (indictment intent on @jaun for support/objections) resolving fingers for the forbidden

2022-04-12 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-04-11 at 19:29 -0300, juan via agora-discussion wrote: > That actually didn't seem like a good defense for me. The rule > explicitly states that commiting the crime is to perform an action that > “would” cause Agora to be Ossified. The only possible interpretation for > that tense is

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-04-11 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-04-11 at 23:59 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 87 > This is R2499, Welcome Packages. For reference: {{{ A Welcome Package is a set of assets containing: * 10 boatloads of coins~>, AND<~ ~>* 1 of each type of card

Re: DIS: Protos: Inclusivity, Limited power of attorney

2022-04-10 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-04-10 at 14:44 -0700, Edward Murphy via agora-discussion wrote: > (These both need specific values of N filled in) > > Proto: Inclusivity > (AI = N) > > Create a rule "Inclusivity" with power N and this text: > >A requirement that something be "reasonable" or "reasonably >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [proposal] No finger pointing on behalf

2022-04-08 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 19:45 +, nix via agora-discussion wrote: > On 4/8/22 13:34, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > > Also, while timing scams are interesting gameplay, I don't think it's a > > good idea to change the rules for the sole purpose of making them easier > > to perform. In

DIS: Re: BUS: [proposal] No finger pointing on behalf

2022-04-08 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 13:54 -0400, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > I submit, but do not pend, the following proposal: > > Title: No finger pointing on behalf FWIW, I'd prefer to expand the set of actions-on-behalf rather than shrinking it (e.g. allowing objections/support to be made on

DIS: Re: BUS: Bribing the Referee

2022-04-08 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-04-08 at 12:41 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > On Apr 8, 2022, at 12:36 PM, ais523 via agora-business > wrote: > > I point my finger at the person who initiated the Finger Pointing > > specified by the bearer for violating rule 2478, committing the Crime > > of

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Promise Expirations

2022-04-06 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-04-06 at 18:19 +, nix via agora-business wrote: > If a promise specifies expiration > conditions then any player CAN by announcement destroy it while > the expiration conditions are met. This needs at least an "unambiguously" in there, to prevent paradox

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-04-05 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-04-06 at 00:25 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > This is an automated selection of a random rule from Agora's ruleset, > as part of the Mad Engineer's weekly duties. > Randomizing from 153 rules. [Thanks to Jason for letting me (and the dicebot) know where to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-04-05 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Tue, 2022-04-05 at 18:07 -0400, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > On 4/5/22 18:03, ais523 via agora-business wrote: > > On Wed, 2022-04-06 at 00:00 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- > > business wrote: > > > This is an automated selection of a random rule from Agora's > > > ruleset,

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-03-27 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-03-28 at 02:05 +0200, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 124 > This is R2629, Victory Auctions. Another duplicate. For reference, again: {{{ The Treasuror CAN conduct an auction (a "victory auction") if no victory auction is ongoing. The

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8657-8664

2022-03-27 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-03-27 at 23:49 +, nix via agora-business wrote: > On 3/26/22 10:07, nix via agora-business wrote: > > > 8660* nix, G., Jason, snail 3.0 The End of Sets > > FOR > > I change my vote to PRESENT. Some people seem still interested, so if > this fails I'll try doing some

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (@Referee) A sad Finger Point

2022-03-26 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-03-26 at 02:44 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > I personally don't know why you wouldn't point a finger at a crime > while the option for it to be forgivable exists. A point of Agoran history: at some times in Agora's history, there hasn't been a Blot equivalent,

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Referee) A sad Finger Point

2022-03-26 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-03-26 at 06:52 +, Trigon via agora-business wrote: > Finally, this literally does no harm whatsoever to Agora. In my > opinion crimes exist to chastise someone if something they do harms > Agora or makes it unreasonable to play. There is a slight bit of harm involved – it

DIS: Re: BUS: [Obstructive Pooling] Deposit

2022-03-24 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-03-24 at 17:28 -0400, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > I transfer all of my win cards and winsomes to ais523 for the sole > purpose of depositing them into Obstructive Pooling. Just to confirm, is this 1 Win Card and 3 Winsomes? (I'll put out an Accountant's Report if we're

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] The End of Sets

2022-03-24 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-03-24 at 16:21 +, nix via agora-business wrote: > Add a new P=3 rule titled "The Winds Die Down" with the following > text: > > When the winds die down repeal R2620 "Cards & Sets", R2623 "Popular > Proposal Proposer Privilege", R2629 "Victory Auctions", R2624 "Card >

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-03-21 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Tue, 2022-03-22 at 01:12 +0100, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > Assignment of dice rolls to rules: > 106:R2579; 107:R2581; 108:R2582; 109:R2585; 110:R2603; 111:R2605; [I added a special case in the randomization program so that it would know that R2602 isn't a rule, even

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8655-8656

2022-03-20 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-03-21 at 01:48 +, nix via agora-business wrote: > On 3/20/22 05:03, Aspen via agora-official wrote: > > ID Author(s) AITitle > > --- > > 8655& Jason, nix 1.0 Restricted

DIS: Re: (@Referee) BUS: A finger

2022-03-20 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-03-20 at 19:38 -0400, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > On 3/20/22 18:13, ais523 via agora-business wrote: > > I point my finger at Jason for violating rule 2143, committing the > > Class 2 Crime of Tardiness, via failing to perform the Rulekeepor's > > weekly duties in the week

DIS: Re: BUS: Black List Clean-Up

2022-03-17 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-03-17 at 23:41 -0500, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > I table each of the above intents again. [snip] > This may work because each intent is ripe (tabled within the past 14 > days) and mature (tabled at least 4 days ago). [snip] > Precedent on this? This seems way too broken

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-03-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-03-16 at 03:58 +0100, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 56 > This is R2221, Cleanliness and Tidy Filing. [I forgot to do this earlier.] For reference: {{{ Rule 2221/8 (Power=3) Cleanliness and Tidy Filing Any player CAN clean a rule without

DIS: Re: [@Notary] Re: BUS: [Contract] NOTA: A Unique Contract Transferring Interesting Objects Nicely

2022-03-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-03-16 at 02:39 +, nix via agora-business wrote: > Oops, there's two things I need to clean up here. I consent to, and then > do so, amending NOTA by: > > Replacing: > { > Any player may become a party to this contract. This contract may be > amended in a specified way by Agoran

DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] Scroll of Agora, Jan 2022

2022-03-13 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-02-03 at 01:54 +, nix via agora-official wrote: > LONG SERVICE AWARDS > Three Months: ais523, Alexis, aranea, Aris, ATMunn, BobTHJ, >Falsifian, G., Iammers, Jason, Michael, Murphy, >nix, omd,

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-03-07 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-03-07 at 14:58 +0100, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 45 > This is R2141, Role and Attributes of Rules. For reference: {{{ A rule is a type of instrument that is always taking effect and has the capacity to govern the game generally. A

Re: DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2022-03-04 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-03-04 at 03:16 -0800, Aspen via agora-discussion wrote: > My draft report follows. I submitted a proposal at 13:44 UTC last Friday, which you haven't included in the draft report. -- ais523

Re: DIS: [Proto] Birds! Feedback and birds welcome

2022-03-01 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Tue, 2022-03-01 at 04:03 -0600, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > Resending for formatting, > also made the migration notice a monthly report that includes number times > players bought bird food in the previous month, > fixed typos, and added a 30 day window for permit purchases to be

DIS: Re: BUS: (@Notary) A Contractual Obligation to Play Nim (grammar)

2022-02-28 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-02-28 at 19:36 -0600, secretsnail9 via agora-business wrote: > I cease to be a party to the contract "Nim", causing it to terminate. > > I create, consent to, and become party to a contract titled "Nim" > with the following provisions: I might be missing something, but this seems to

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Mad Engineer] Intents to Invent

2022-02-26 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sat, 2022-02-26 at 08:47 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > I object. The device may gain powers etc I’m not gonna hand to the > assessor - seems a bit mad to do so This might fail due to ambiguity (there were two intents). You might want to clarify which you're objecting to (I

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Attn: Assessor, Registrar, Arbitor] grok playerhood

2022-02-25 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-02-25 at 03:22 -0600, secretsnail9 via agora-discussion wrote: > My new and improved, full-proto-judgement of CFJ 3947 follows. You've done a good job with this! Many of the points you've covered have been decided before, and I think you've come to the same conclusions for the same

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] Recusal of cuddlybanana from CFJ 3941, assigned to G.

2022-02-24 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-02-24 at 08:21 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:50 AM ais523 via agora-discussion > > Although this reasoning would solve a few problems if it worked, I'm > > not convinced it matches the language of the rule in question. &q

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] Recusal of cuddlybanana from CFJ 3941, assigned to G.

2022-02-24 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-02-24 at 07:40 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > I judge 3941 as follows: > > First, to be clear, The Device switch and The Device rule are not > "devices" by virtue of their names alone. > > The phrase in question should be read in context of the full clause of > the

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-02-20 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-02-21 at 02:47 +0100, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 41 > This is R2137, The Assessor. For reference: {{{ The Assessor is an office; its holder is responsible for collecting votes and keeping track of related properties. }}} Well, I

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Notary] The Notes (contracts)

2022-02-18 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-02-18 at 15:14 -0500, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > These should be uncontroversial: > > I intend with two objections, to shred Joevotes. > > I intend with two objections, to shred the contract Now We Nomic. [Now > We Nomic has been formally ended, and this contract has no

DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] Call for Peer Reviewers: "Duck Thesis" by Trigon

2022-02-15 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Tue, 2022-02-15 at 20:13 +, Nix Null via agora-official wrote: > So right now, I'm asking for at least 3 people to please take the > time to read Trigon's hard work and respond to it as described above. There's a typo in the section "Ownership vs. Possession" (specifically, an unfinished

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-02-13 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-02-14 at 06:29 +0100, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 4 > This is R105, Rule Changes. For reference: {{{ When the rules provide that an instrument takes effect, it can generally: 1. enact a rule. The new rule has power

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (@Referee) Two fingers pointed, cuddlybanana, Murphy

2022-02-10 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Thu, 2022-02-10 at 23:54 -0600, Mark Wieland via agora-discussion wrote: > I had noticed this particular CFJ was taking longer than the others, > but you're right that nobody noticed this infraction at the time. As > Arbitor, I probably should have been paying more attention and > notified

DIS: Re: OFF: [referee for Arbitor] CFJ 3946 assigned to ais523

2022-02-07 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-02-07 at 13:04 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-official wrote: > I number the below cfj 3946 and assign it to ais523: > > Forwarded Message > [snip] > > I initiate and submit the following CFJ to the referee, barring secretsnail: > > CFJ: secretsnail deputized to

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-02-06 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-02-07 at 01:04 +0100, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 134 > This is R2641, Wielding Stones. For reference: {{{ Except as otherwise specified by the rules, the owner of a stone CAN wield it by announcement specifying any values needed

DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer jiggles

2022-02-04 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Fri, 2022-02-04 at 22:47 +0100, Madrid via agora-business wrote: > This is a test, of possibly several, to check the viability of explicitly > trying every action sequence possible up to a certain length with a > conditional tagged onto it to try to brute force scams that have the only, > sole

Re: DIS: [proto] Deputisation rewrite

2022-02-02 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-02-02 at 14:07 -0500, Jason Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > Title: Deputisation rwrite I'd prefer to go down a bit of a different path – I agree with barring deputisation for very old duties, but think that players should be barred from deputising if they've held or deputised the

DIS: Re: OFF: deputy-[Arbitor] CFJ rewards, CFJ 3944 to Jason, CFJ 3945 to Murphy

2022-02-02 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-02-02 at 12:04 -0600, secretsnail9 via agora-official wrote: > (Pretty sure this works because deputization is allowed when an office is > filled if the time limit has expired more than 14 days ago. I think this is > problematic in general since if this works, someone could dig up an

DIS: Re: (@treasuror) BUS: Using focus, Refiling device

2022-02-01 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Wed, 2022-02-02 at 00:44 +, Trigon via agora-business wrote: > El 02/02/2022 a las 00:42, ais523 via agora-business escribió: > > On Tue, 2022-02-01 at 18:38 -0600, secretsnail9 via agora-business > > wrote: > > > I intend to refile the device, without objection, under the new title > > >

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Mad Engineer] Intent to Stop Inventing

2022-01-30 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-01-30 at 17:40 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-discussion wrote: > I don't see anything preventing the intent from reading "I intend to > repeal that rule and then this one" i.e. I'd read it as the rule doesn't > prescribe the order of repealing, but the announcement of intent can (and >

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: No audience, no action

2022-01-30 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-01-30 at 12:01 -0800, Edward Murphy via agora-business wrote: > Proposal: No audience, no action > (AI = 3) > > Amend Rule 478 (Fora) by replacing this text: > >A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent to >all players > > with this text: > >

DIS: Re: BUS: Mad Engineer weekly random rule selection

2022-01-23 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Mon, 2022-01-24 at 01:40 +0100, nethack4.org dicebot via agora- business wrote: > The dice roll was: 125 > This is R2629, Victory Auctions. For reference: {{{ The Treasuror CAN conduct an auction (a "victory auction") if no victory auction is ongoing. The Treasuror MUST do so at

DIS: Re: BUS: (@treasuror) snitching awards

2022-01-23 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-01-23 at 16:24 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > [Note: While the Arbitor's office has been vacant and I've been referee, > I've been purposefully leaving a few days between my finger-pointing and > deputisation to resolve finger-points, so anyone else can do it if they

DIS: Re: BUS: (@treasuror, @promotor) [proposal] basic scoring

2022-01-23 Thread ais523 via agora-discussion
On Sun, 2022-01-23 at 13:49 -0800, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote: > * Having submitted an unconditional ballot AGAINST a referendum to > adopt a sponsored proposal, provided that the ballot is valid at > the time the referendum is assessed, and provided that the

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