DIS: Re: BUS: An Apologetic Proposal

2009-08-17 Thread comex
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:03 AM, C-walker wrote: > I submit the following proposal and play Distrib-u-matic to make it > Distributable. > > {{ > > An Apologetic Proposal (AI = 2, II = 2) > > [[ This proposal turns Senatorship into a switch, clarifies dependent > actions with only specific types of

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: Proposal: Banks

2009-08-16 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > A Bank is a public contract whose purpose includes facilitating a > means of asset exchange between players. Any party to a contract CAN cause > that > contract to become a Bank without three objections. Which contract? > Any player CAN trans

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2654 assigned to ais523

2009-08-16 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 13:54, Ed Murphy wrote: >> Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2654 >> >> ==  Equity Case 2654  == >> >>    The PBA has not been maintained as was envi

DIS: Re: BUS: IBA Actions

2009-08-16 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: > I IBA Deposit one 6 crop, one 5 crop, one 7 crop, and one 8 crop. You now have 108zm. > I IBA Withdraw one WRV. Fails, as you noted; the rate of WRVs is 130zm. -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2655 assigned to c.

2009-08-16 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > I intend (with 2 support) to appeal this case. The relevant section of > R2258 said nothing about weekly reports (at the time this CFJ was > called): Oh. Duh. My mistake. -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2009-08-13 Thread comex
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM, C-walker wrote: > CFJ, II 3: When a Rule is repealed, its Power is set to 0. FALSE; it remains a Power-N entity which is no longer a rule (and therefore is useless). See R105. -- -c.

Re: DIS: nomic.bob-space.com status

2009-08-13 Thread comex
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > Again, nomic.bob-space.com is simply provided AS A CONVENIENCE to the > Agoran community, not as a replacement for the time-tested way of > doing things. Use it or don't use it as you wish. Agora has survived > just fine for many years without

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Rulekeepor Election

2009-08-12 Thread comex
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Aaron Goldfein wrote: > The IADoP's report says that an election hasn't been initiated since > May. I guess that's incorrect. The recently-ended election was initiated at the end of July. -- -c.

Re: DIS: nomic.bob-space.com status

2009-08-12 Thread comex
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Elliott Hird wrote: > 2009/8/12 Roger Hicks : >> nomic.bob-space.com is down (well, on error since I'm too lazy to >> display a proper "site down" message - some features may still work) >> while I make some significant changes to the database in preparation >> for

DIS: Re: BUS: Rulekeepor Election

2009-08-12 Thread comex
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Aaron Goldfein wrote: > I initiate an election for Rulekeepor. I nominate myself as Rulekeepor. You need 4 support. -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: Proposal: Hand Limit Remodel

2009-08-12 Thread comex
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > {{ > Penalty Box - Specify an entity. Playing this card announces intent to > audit that entity With Notice, so long as that entity is not audited > between the time this card is played and the time intent is resolved. > }} Useless; has the sam

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Banks

2009-08-12 Thread comex
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > A Bank is a public contract whose purpose includes facilitating a > means of asset exchange between players. Any player CAN cause a public > contract to become a Bank without three objections. Any player CAN > cause a Bank to cease to be a Bank

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Hand Limit Remodel

2009-08-12 Thread comex
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: > Append to the list of cards in R2261 ("The Deck of Change"): > {{ > Supersize Me - Specify an entity. That entity's Hand Limit is increased by 1. > > Shrink Potion - Specify an entity. That entity's Hand Limit is decreased by 1. > }} > > Append

Re: DIS: Question

2009-08-11 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:45 PM, comex wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> No offense taken, I'll be careful of the pattern.  Though I'm not sure >> may was an error in the original (when it was a pragmatic "MAY publish" >> with

Re: DIS: Question

2009-08-11 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > No offense taken, I'll be careful of the pattern.  Though I'm not sure > may was an error in the original (when it was a pragmatic "MAY publish" > with no support issues - the pre-great-repeals legal system had a lot > of Kelly-influenced "if yo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Banking

2009-08-11 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > comex wrote: >> I deposit 2xDistrib-u-Matic, 1xDebate-o-Matic, 1xLocal Election in the >> IBA for a total of 170zm. >> > INVALID; the IBA cannot own crops. Ugh, what's the point of restricting it to players and contests? Why contests? -- -c.

DIS: Hand limits

2009-08-11 Thread comex
The IBA's hand limit is currently zero. That means that all of its cards will be destroyed next month, which is a pretty urgent problem, but it's not clear to me how to fix it. There are a few options: - Do nothing. Everyone will have to get their cards out at the end of the month. Interesting

Re: DIS: Question

2009-08-11 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Pavitra wrote: > comex wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >>> �1) We somehow forgot about the rising support requirement to publish >>> � � � multiple NoVs in the same week. >> >> Didn't forget.  

Re: DIS: Question

2009-08-11 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >  1) We somehow forgot about the rising support requirement to publish >       multiple NoVs in the same week. Didn't forget. The extra NoVs were, IIRC, ILLEGAL but VALID (because the Rule used MAY, which is nearly always a mistake) -- -c.

Re: DIS: Question

2009-08-11 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > Which one was that, again? http://www.mail-archive.com/agora-busin...@agoranomic.org/msg13200.html -- -c.

Re: DIS: Question

2009-08-11 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Elliott Hird wrote: >>> 2009/8/11 Sgeo : I haven't been paying much attention. What offices have you scammed? >>> CotC, majorly. >> >> Do you mean overriding random assignments to get favorable judges or >> something mor

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proto-judgement

2009-08-11 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:18 PM, ais523 wrote: >> Of course.  All of Agora depends on email to exist.  Contracts depend >> on language.  I agree with you that it doesn't mean that R1728 clause is >> wholly broken because nothing exists in a vacuum. > > The only places email is even mentioned in Ago

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: AAA Actions

2009-08-11 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > Origin IP is 64.17.129.3 or possibly 64.17.152.116. There were two > messages within the past 15 minutes, both with the subject "BobTHJ's > actions (automated)". > > Thanks, > BobTHJ I received one such message. -- -c.

DIS: Proto: A familiar right

2009-08-11 Thread comex
Proto: A familiar right (AI=3) { Amend Rule 101 (The Rights of Agorans) by renumbering item vii. to viii., and adding the following item before it: vii. Every person has the right to be formally penalized only through well-defined and common judicial processes, and to cons

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ: Rule 2226

2009-08-10 Thread comex
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Pavitra wrote: > I also think "unless" constitutes a claim of precedence. Do we have > rules or precedents about what happens when two contradictory clauses in > the same Rule each claim precedence over the other? Yes! -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: I give up.

2009-08-09 Thread comex
n Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:29 PM, comex wrote: I retract all of my recent CFJs. I terminate Contract A. I become inactive. Let me know when I can call multiple inquiry cases to gather precedent on a complex and thorny issue without someone throwing a fit of pique.

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I can't act as a judge in the face of this ridiculous spam. > > Calling for multiple unlinked judgements as a call for "consistency" >  is a bit of a farce (as opposed to hoping that one will be assigned > to someone friendly and thus be your lo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Trumpeting

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Taral wrote: > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: >> It is restricted to editing "entities and/or attributes" whose >> existences depend on it. It restricts itself to entities, therefor the >> or clause is satisfied. Otherwise, contracts could not defin

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Trumpeting

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Taral wrote: > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:39 PM, comex wrote: >> comex CAN adopt a trumpet without 15 objections; its power is set to >> one, and then it takes effect.  It does not otherwise take effect. > > Nope. The existence of power do

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proto-judgement

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, comex wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >>> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, comex wrote: >>>> It says "depends on", not "depends only on".  If one or mor

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proto-judgement

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, comex wrote: >> It says "depends on", not "depends only on".  If one or more factors >> is necessary to preserve the existence of an entity, and one of them >> is the contract

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proto-judgement

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:00 PM, comex wrote: > It says "depends on", not "depends only on".  If one or more factors > is necessary to preserve the existence of an entity, and one of them *are necessary -- -c.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proto-judgement

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I think this holds some water, perhaps more than my argument.  And > it's much simpler. > > R1728 allows Contract-actions as long as: >                                               the effects of that >      action are restricted to altering ent

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2656a assigned to coppro, c-walker, G.

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > So why isn't AGAINT allowed to be a vote of AGAINST again?  It's a > perfectly normal and understandable typo that's tainted by an > ancient CFJ. I have, in the past, repeatedly used it with the intended meaning FOR-- I used it instead of FOR in

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Trumpeting

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, comex wrote: >> comex CAN adopt a trumpet without 15 objections; its power is set to >> one, and then it takes effect.  It does not otherwise take effect. > > Doesn't fix the problem that this

DIS: Re: BUS: proto-judgement

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > [I pledged to post a proto.  Here it is.  I already had a private > discussion with c. about it; he made some good counterarguments, I hope e > will re-post it for a discussion to happen before the judgement is due]. Reposting, I submit all be

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Card Actions

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:31 AM, Sean Hunt wrote: > C-walker wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Sean Hunt wrote: >>> C-walker wrote: I change my salary to 'Change, Change, Government, Government'. Is anyone willing to trade any of my Justice cards for Change or Government

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Some NoVs

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: > Note that since developing it I've tried to make my program adaptable > to this process. It hasn't been easy to come up with a workable > solution, and it is still not complete, but my system now correctly > models about 99% of the information it

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2656a assigned to coppro, c-walker, G.

2009-08-09 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > AOL! n.b. this is ineffective (CFJ 1536) -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: [IBA] Intents and Report

2009-08-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 5:37 PM, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: > If I'm not already a member of it, I join the IBA. > If I'm an eligible voter (ie I was already a member) I vote FOR all > current motions to amend the IBA. You were already a member. You have 130 zm. -- -c.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Some NoVs

2009-08-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > There is a reason I have intentionally avoided  trying to tie my > database in to anyone else's (say, the Registrar's). Doing so would > leave me reliant on another player's actions - for instance, a > deregistered player leaves all eir offices. I

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Some NoVs

2009-08-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > comex wrote: > >> Why can't we just have an interface that >> - is open-source (so we know what's going on, and can replicate it to >> another server if the original one goes down), > > I've adjusted

DIS: Re: BUS: Election

2009-08-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > comex wrote: >> I play No Confidence, initiating an election for the office of Anarchist. >> > I deputize for Anarchist to deal myself two Distrib-u-Matic cards and > one Committee card. Note that the office is still held by allispaul. -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2646 assigned to c-walker

2009-08-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 12:59 PM, C-walker wrote: > I judge FALSE. Although it seems c. was able to get a translation of > the message through Gmail, I was not able to do so, and in any case > not every Agoran uses Gmail. I also agree with the rest of eir > arguments and the precedent of CFJ 1460.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Some NoVs

2009-08-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > The text report at http://www.nomictools.com/agora/registrar is pretty > much up to date with my recordkeeping.  I have plans to introduce a > RESTful interface to the registration data in the near future. ITT: redundancy. *sigh* Why can't w

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [IBA] Intents and Report

2009-08-08 Thread comex
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:40 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: > The self-ratified AAA report shows the following holdings in the bank: > > Farmer              0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   X WRV > - > IBA                 3   2   0   0  

DIS: Re: BUS: Another Flag Candidate

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I contest this:  Two reasons: > > 1.  The rule mandates "text and title" in that order.  "Viva la fuente!" > is a title. It still doesn't describe a Flag or other suitable Symbol for Agora. (Depending on your view, a dictatorship rule may itsel

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Undeflaggable

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Not for a Non-election, Non-AI decision where the rule describes the > valid options without including PRESENT.  Unless it changed in the last > couple weeks.  -G. At the moment it's a valid ballot but not a valid option (for any decision):

DIS: Re: OFF: [Deputy Promotor] Distribution of Proposal 6406

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > This distribution of proposal 6406 initiates the Agoran > ... > Proposal 6403 (Democratic, AI=2.0, Interest=1) by c-walker > Proposal Tweaking Part 2.1 Which proposal is the real 6406? -- -c.

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Grand Poobah] Office Salaries

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > Roger Hicks wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 03:36, Sean Hunt wrote: >>> I award comex two On the Nods and a Roll call for eir performance as >>> Rulekeepor. >>> >> I can't find where c. performed a

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

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > My first instinct is that if any part of the authorization chain that > contains a "permitted by" or other allowing mechanism falls down to > power-0, the chain is broken.  But that's a first (or by now second) > instinct.  Deciding if the instin

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

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I appreciate that; I apologize and withdraw my pledge on the matter. Thank you. Now let's get back to arguing about the case. :) Actually, I believe the existing without-15-objections mechanism is subtly broken: Rule 105 takes precedence over

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

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > As a point, self-interest aside, I think its bad if expressing opinions in > discussion disqualifies one to judge.  That's a little chilling... are you > saying it's better to favor a case and stay quiet rather than have a > discussion about it?

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

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Aug 2009, 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. > > I favor this case.  -G. Can you

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

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Not over R1688 it doesn't.  "Stipulated by the rules" is not the same > as "stipulated by a contract acting as if it were a rule".  -G. I'd say that R1728's "CAN perform... as if" is such a stipulation-- an implicit one, but no more implicit tha

DIS: Re: OFF: Undeflaggable

2009-08-07 Thread comex
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 12:32 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > [Since it seems to be an evening for them, the following, I admit, is > an Outright Scam; by my taxonomy definitely against the intent of the > rule in question]. > > I initiate an Agoran decision to decide the Flag of Agora.  The eligible > v

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

2009-08-07 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: Gratuitous: But how it got to that value does matter, and R1688 has precedence over R2141. Note: to act, the contract must have power as if it were a rule, not act "as if it were a rule of power". (It must have the p

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

2009-08-07 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2009, at 12:41 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: 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

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: 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

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

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-05 Thread comex
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I nomic in many spare cycles in a traveling/many multiple computer job, so > can't depend on an installed base.  Dislike most web clients (hate gmail > for reason you mentioned) - most dependable I've got is term window and > Pine (after many ye

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-05 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 5, 2009, at 9:10 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: I have every reason to do so; it's my preferred way to look back at most things. -G. Why?

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-05 Thread comex
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 more sympathy. I don't; there's no reason to be using the agoranomic.org archives, which are handy in

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-05 Thread comex
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > AGAINST.  Encourage minor contest traffic elsewhere, instead. > (All recordkeepors will have to check all PFs anyway, so nothing > is gained).  -G. Non-recordkeepors, however, won't. -- -c.

Re: DIS: Straw Poll: agora-actions

2009-08-05 Thread comex
FOR. There's no advantage of a digest over a second list that can be sequestered into its own folder/label, and many disadvantages. I will just lump the messages into the same label for reading, but I can see the need for reducing traffic. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 5, 2009, at 6:21 PM,

Re: DIS: Question for BobTHJ

2009-08-04 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:46 PM, comex wrote: > http://nomic.bob-space.com/agoralog.aspx?player=c. says I have 3 > Change draws, but > http://nomic.bob-space.com/agoralog.aspx?contract=Change does not > explain how I got them.  Why? ...because I fail at reading and searched

DIS: Question for BobTHJ

2009-08-04 Thread comex
http://nomic.bob-space.com/agoralog.aspx?player=c. says I have 3 Change draws, but http://nomic.bob-space.com/agoralog.aspx?contract=Change does not explain how I got them. Why? -- -c.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: rulekeepor's notes on proposals 6403-6413

2009-08-04 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:53 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > Roger Hicks wrote: >> Which is the reaction I expected and part of the reason I've held off >> suggesting it. Though I would like to hear your reasons why you think >> it is a bad idea. >> >> BobTHJ > > Actions take place on the lists for a reason.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: rulekeepor's notes on proposals 6403-6413

2009-08-04 Thread comex
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 16:29, Taral wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >>> I harvest 2265 for a random land. >> >> Me too. Anyone else think the "me-too"-ness of AAA is something that >> might be improved? >> > I've giv

DIS: Re: DIS: Re: BUS: ??????????? ?

2009-08-04 Thread comex
2009/8/4 yuri_dragon_17 : > yuri_dragon_17 wrote: >> >> >> > Some players suggested that to make things easier I should register > unambiguously. So, > I register. NttPF - that is to say, such messages need to be sent to agora-business to be effective. -- -c.

DIS: nomic.bob-space.com mirror

2009-08-03 Thread comex
http://bob.qoid.us Mostly the text versions, however the pages without complete text versions are scraped from the HTML instead. Each day the files should be updated and a new revision committed to RCS. If you want to use diff, I recommend diff -b to ignore whitespace. The script is there and v

DIS: Re: BUS: Flag Candidate

2009-08-03 Thread comex
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I object again.  I think I saw three objections to yours before mine even > went up, might be mistaken... -G. Note that we only have 4 more days or so before voting starts, even if there are no candidates. -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: ????????????

2009-08-03 Thread comex
2009/8/3 yuri_dragon_17 : > CFJ 1460-- though I must say, Gmail presented me with a nice convenient "Translate Message" button, and with one click I was able to read the message. But this might not work for more complicated messages and the judge's arguments still, I think, apply.

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Grand Poobah] Monthly Player Salaries

2009-08-03 Thread comex
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > In any case, if ais523 doesn't want the job I'll happily do it. After > the complaints about Wikidot, I started a manual copy from the notary > wiki to my database. I'm about 2/3 of the way done at this point. > > BobTHJ Sorry, I'm in a bad moo

DIS: Re: BUS: Flag Candidate

2009-08-03 Thread comex
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:08 PM, ais523 wrote: > I object to all current intents to create Flag Candidates. Why? I can understand mine, but surely Pavitra's is at least worth voting on. -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: Judgement, CFJ 2641

2009-08-02 Thread comex
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:39 AM, ais523 wrote: > I judge CFJ 2641 NOT GUILTY; GUILTY is inappropriate per rule 1504(d) > (it is reasonable that BobTHJ was aware that reports must be correct, > but did not believe eir report was incorrect). I'd intend to appeal this, as it throws away the distinctio

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Deputy Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 6414-6420

2009-08-01 Thread comex
On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:37 AM, ais523 wrote: > Heh, it was more complicated than that. The 'subcabal' containing me and > Sgeo was actually legitimate, in that we were planning genuine scams > there (some of which we have to try sometime; I don't think any of them > were actually attempted). We d

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Deputy Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 6414-6420

2009-07-31 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Honestly, I think what makes a good game work is "creative tension." > Around here, examples I've been in the thick of/in the race for: > >  1.  A tight race to a win condition; >  2.  An attempt to reach and/or hold a pinnacle of political posi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: end of month card dump

2009-07-31 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > ais523 wrote: > >> genuine paradoxes (e.g. the 'paradox win', which strangely appears to >> have no attached CFJ (were the relevant rules different back then), >> about assigning Goethe to CFJ 1596; just because there are two > > Yes, per http://

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: NoVs

2009-07-30 Thread comex
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > I hardly consider snopes.com an objective source, With all due respect, did you actually read the snopes article and the sources it cites? -- -c.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: IBA

2009-07-29 Thread comex
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > I disagree. The first is not fatal to the contract. The zm exchange > mechanism, while diminished in usefulness without an offer system, is > still useful. I would have used it today with my AAA crops were it not > for the fact that a report had

DIS: Re: BUS: IBA

2009-07-29 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > I hereby inform the parties of this case: > http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2636 > and invite em to submit arguments regarding the equitability of the > situation. Arguments: Couldn't you have waited until I became active? Mor

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2631 assigned to c.

2009-07-17 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 17, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: I withdraw my previous comments arguing for power=2, and request an appeals judgment of REMAND. No remand please

DIS: Re: BUS: Throne Song

2009-07-17 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 17, 2009, at 9:45 AM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: Though c.'s intent (in my reading) scans not in iambs of pent Still coppro's verse deserves no worse than Bard, I support eir intent. I don't see how it doesn't. On the other hand, "readING"? Seriously? :)

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2623 assigned to Taral

2009-07-17 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Benjamin Caplan wrote: > So you didn't intend anything *specific*, but you did intend that > *something* would happen. I for one intended to be bound by whatever the text said. -- -c.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2631 assigned to c.

2009-07-17 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: > comex clearly believes these rules do not exist at all based on eir > judgment. So which is it? If these rules exist at power=1 (preferable > in my opinion) then someone else should support my appeal so more > appropriate argu

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2631 assigned to c.

2009-07-16 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:25 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I agree with c. here; rule changes have a special standard and absolute > and precise specification is required.  I screwed up.  -G. On my part, I apologize that I have to leave in the middle of what looks like some controversy over the rulese

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2631 assigned to c.

2009-07-16 Thread comex
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Taral wrote: > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> I intend (with 2 support) to appeal. A request to set a rule AI to 2 >> seems fairly unambiguous to me as a request to set power to 2. > > I support. More common sense please. Rule 217 only goes

Re: DIS: Card delays (and attn BobTHJ)

2009-07-14 Thread comex
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> Can I supply a hefty bribe from my nonexistent pot of currency to make >> sure that the new system is as little like the previous one as >> possible? >> > What specifically didn't you like about the last? I am using the same > system, just slig

DIS: Re: BUS: Fix Veto

2009-07-11 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 11, 2009, at 6:48 AM, C-walker wrote: Again, apologies for the lack of wrapping, http://agora.qoid.us/aword.cgi still appears to be out of action. Oops, fixed.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Exploit exploit

2009-07-10 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > You're half right, but you're missing my point.  What I'm saying is that > the second mention of the "exploit" refers to the exploit on the card in > the player's hand.  So right now, it reads that "If a card has an exploit" > (which  is true, I

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Pool Report

2009-07-10 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > We decided a while back that "X SHALL Y" implies "X CAN Y".  Probably > should be legislated explicitly, though. Only when a mechanism is specified. -- -c.

DIS: Re: BUS: Exploit exploit

2009-07-10 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > I also intend, without objection (independently), to ratify the > following (definitively) incorrect document: > > { > The first paragraph of Rule 2256 reads as follows: >      A player CAN play a card in eir possession which has an exploit by >  

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Grand Poobah] First Deals

2009-07-10 Thread comex
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, comex wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >>> [Card deals] >> >> Psh. > > What's the issue here?  The randomizer picked these I haven't (or

DIS: Re: BUS: [Grand Poobah] First Deals

2009-07-10 Thread comex
523 : Arm-twist > To ais523 : Roll Call > To ais523 : Arm-twist > To allispaul : Roll Call > To allispaul : Roll Call > To BobTHJ : Roll Call > To BobTHJ : No Confidence > To BobTHJ : Roll Call > To BobTHJ : No Confidence > To BobTHJ : Arm-twist > To BobTHJ : Roll Cal

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Tailor] Still No Witty Name Report

2009-07-09 Thread comex
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >> What I would like, of course, is all the assets you can possibly give >> me. I doubt that that's happening though. > > I'd like a squadron of tanks.  Try again, Friend Citizen. I think he wants you to make the first offer. ;) -- -c.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: IADoP Poobah

2009-07-09 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Benjamin Caplan > wrote: The term "IADoP" /can/ refer to the officer, yes, but it /also/ can refer to the office. I refer to my earlier statement: "We assign powers and responsibilities to offices all the time." Do you disagree with that st

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Short Logical Ruleset

2009-07-09 Thread comex
On Jul 9, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Benjamin Caplan > wrote: At 19:58 Thu 9 July 2009 UTC, comex wrote: I CoE this one too, just in case. (The SLR should be non-empty.) It's not self-ratifying.

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Short Logical Ruleset

2009-07-09 Thread comex
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 13:34, comex wrote: >> > > CoE: The ruleset seems shorter than usual. Based on the above, I am the winner there are no rules. No, seriously, sorry about that. agora.qoid.us has been moved to a new seve

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