Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:35 PM, ais523 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> where the line was drawn. Does anyone know why rule 2127 was created in >> the first place? I'm wondering if the bar was intentionally set high to >> discourage that sort of scam. > > T

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > Does anyone know why rule 2127 was created in > the first place? I'm wondering if the bar was intentionally set high to > discourage that sort of scam. I wrote it, because I thought it would be fun to allow just the sort of activity that's now going on (sell ti

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:35 PM, ais523 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > where the line was drawn. Does anyone know why rule 2127 was created in > the first place? I'm wondering if the bar was intentionally set high to > discourage that sort of scam. The archives show that Goethe originally proposed it

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 11:15 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Just a followup ais523, would you agree with the following statement? > > For the purposes of R2127, if information published in the same message > as a conditional vote and/or directly associated with a conditional vote > contains a clear ab

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: >> On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 10:26 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >>> If you were arguing that a vote was unclear because it was unclear or >>> ambiguous in the way it used an abbreviation, all well and good. But I'm >>> not >>> g

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 10:47 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 10:26 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >> If you were arguing that a vote was unclear because it was unclear or > >> ambiguous in the way it used an abbreviation, all well and good. But I

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 10:26 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> If you were arguing that a vote was unclear because it was unclear or >> ambiguous in the way it used an abbreviation, all well and good. But I'm not >> going to support the idea that an abbreviation is a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, comex wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:15 PM, ais523 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Rule 754 is more powerful than rule 2127, and they contradict each >> other. Rule 754 wins. > > hmm.. > > Rule 683 is more powerful than rule 2127, and they contradict each > other (because R683

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 10:26 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > If you were arguing that a vote was unclear because it was unclear or > ambiguous in the way it used an abbreviation, all well and good. But I'm not > going to support the idea that an abbreviation is automatically forbidden > because an a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Ian Kelly
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:22 AM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:15 PM, ais523 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Rule 754 is more powerful than rule 2127, and they contradict each >> other. Rule 754 wins. > > hmm.. > > Rule 683 is more powerful than rule 2127, and they contr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 10:12 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: >>> Rule 754 explicitly allows knowledge of standard English, and of the >>> rules. It doesn't allow knowledge of contract-defined terms. By the same >>> "an explicit MAY

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread comex
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:15 PM, ais523 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rule 754 is more powerful than rule 2127, and they contradict each > other. Rule 754 wins. hmm.. Rule 683 is more powerful than rule 2127, and they contradict each other (because R683 requires that the voter clearly identify whic

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread comex
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And was the SLR published within every voting period? Otherwise by your > rules you can't refer to it. -Goethe Note that the Rulekeepor's obligation to post the SLR weekly would be satisfied if e published, for example, on

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 10:12 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > > Rule 754 explicitly allows knowledge of standard English, and of the > > rules. It doesn't allow knowledge of contract-defined terms. By the same > > "an explicit MAY implies MAY NOT in all other cases" th

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > Rule 754 explicitly allows knowledge of standard English, and of the > rules. It doesn't allow knowledge of contract-defined terms. By the same > "an explicit MAY implies MAY NOT in all other cases" that we have in the > rules (via the definition of regulation),

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 09:49 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> If, as you claim, you don't allow *any* references to outside material, >> you'd have to publish a dictionary every voting period. And a grammar >> guide. And maybe a kindergarten curriculum. Clearly ab

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, comex wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Information" is *not* merely the words in the message, it is something >> that informs. If you publish (during the voting period) a clear and >> adequate reference to something that may

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 09:49 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > If, as you claim, you don't allow *any* references to outside material, > you'd have to publish a dictionary every voting period. And a grammar > guide. And maybe a kindergarten curriculum. Clearly absurd even under > the *current* Rule.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread comex
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Information" is *not* merely the words in the message, it is something > that informs. If you publish (during the voting period) a clear and > adequate reference to something that may be outside that period, but is > reason

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 12:30 -0400, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> My point is not that it's true now and needs a fix (though a clarification >>> is always useful) my point is that it's ridicul

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 09:42 -0700, Ed Murphy wrote: > Wooble wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> My point is not that it's true now and needs a fix (though a clarification > >> is always useful) my point is that it's ridiculous to interpret the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Ed Murphy
Wooble wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My point is not that it's true now and needs a fix (though a clarification >> is always useful) my point is that it's ridiculous to interpret the *current* >> rule as excluding readily-available information

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 12:30 -0400, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My point is not that it's true now and needs a fix (though a clarification > > is always useful) my point is that it's ridiculous to interpret the > > *current* >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My point is not that it's true now and needs a fix (though a clarification > is always useful) my point is that it's ridiculous to interpret the *current* > rule as excluding readily-available information (as long as it's *re

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, ais523 wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 07:22 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: >>> So we are saying that SELL votes aren't valid unless the VM is >>> published during the voting period on which they are cast? That is >>> somewhat ridiculous, isn

DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Roger Hicks
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 15:44, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ais523 wrote: > >> I submit the following arguments on the CFJs which Murphy's website shows >> will be assigned the numbers 2203-2205: >> >> An excerpt from Rule 2172: >> {{{ >> The option selected shall be considered to b

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: >> Counter-evidence: >> >> Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:21:26 -0700 Voting period of Proposal 5707 begins >> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:13:41 -0600 Vote Market text published >> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:21:26 -0700 Voting period of Proposal 5707 ends >> > So we are saying that

Re: DIS: RE: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-01 Thread Ed Murphy
comex wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't see why not. It seems functionally equivalent to saying >> "I intend to vote on this later", and then later voting normally >> (including with a defined-at-the-same-time condition). > > Not if the defi

Re: DIS: RE: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-01 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Murphy wrote: >> I don't see why not. It seems functionally equivalent to saying >> "I intend to vote on this later", and then later voting normally >> (including with a defined-at-the-same-time condition). > Just wait un

Re: DIS: RE: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-01 Thread comex
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't see why not. It seems functionally equivalent to saying > "I intend to vote on this later", and then later voting normally > (including with a defined-at-the-same-time condition). Not if the definition comes after the

RE: DIS: RE: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-01 Thread Alexander Smith
Murphy wrote: > I don't see why not. It seems functionally equivalent to saying > "I intend to vote on this later", and then later voting normally > (including with a defined-at-the-same-time condition). Just wait until you see the definition of TETRAHEDRON, then you might change your mind. -- a

Re: DIS: RE: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-01 Thread Ed Murphy
ais523 wrote: > Yep, I got the timing wrong, and I've already admitted my mistake. > (That's during or close to the period of time during which emails to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] got held up for random lengths of time and arrived > in random order.) And that's what happens on my end when (as you proba

Re: DIS: RE: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-01 Thread Ian Kelly
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep, I got the timing wrong, and I've already admitted my mistake. (That's > during or close to the period of time during which emails to [EMAIL > PROTECTED] got held up for random lengths of time and arrived in random

DIS: RE: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-01 Thread Alexander Smith
Murphy wrote: > Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:21:26 -0700 Voting period of Proposal 5707 begins > Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:13:41 -0600 Vote Market text published > Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:21:26 -0700 Voting period of Proposal 5707 ends Yep, I got the timing wrong, and I've already admitted my mistake. (That's

DIS: Re: BUS: Another reason those SELL votes might not have counted

2008-10-01 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The text of the contract that defined the options was not published during > the voting period, and rule 2172 does not make an allowance for text > published /before/ the voting period. BobTHJ published the text of the