Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread ais523
On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 12:44 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Aaron Goldfein wrote: What if you just let the author distribute an urgent proposal? As it is, the urgent proposal requires two more Distrib-u-Matics and only says that the Promotor SHOULD distribute it in four days.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Aaron Goldfein
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:29 AM, ais523 callforjudgem...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 12:44 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Aaron Goldfein wrote: What if you just let the author distribute an urgent proposal? As it is, the urgent proposal requires two more

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, ais523 wrote: I'm open to the idea, but when I previously (a long while ago) suggested that persons should be allowed to distribute their own proposals at times, the general opinion was chaos in ID numbers, vote collection, mistaken distributions that are canceled because

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread comex
The 6 days saved (21 - 15) aren't enough to make a difference imo. I also don't think fast tracked proposals should require cards if they're going to be an emergency thing-- there might be a problem with the card rules or we might not have enough distrib-u-matics (e.g. hostile Dealor

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, comex wrote: The 6 days saved (21 - 15) aren't enough to make a difference imo. I also don't think fast tracked proposals should require cards if they're going to be an emergency thing-- there might be a problem with the card rules or we might not have enough

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, comex wrote: The 6 days saved (21 - 15) aren't enough to make a difference imo.  I also don't think fast tracked proposals should require cards if they're going to be an emergency thing-- there

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Geoffrey Spear geoffsp...@gmail.com wrote: How about a super-fast-track where you can make an Urgent proposal take effect with AI*2 Agoran Consent without distributing it at all? No.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: And it's up to 28 days depending on when it's submitted in relation to the beginning of the week, so time is cutting between 1/3 and 1/2. It serves two purposes: it's still a long time between bugs

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread ais523
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 06:45 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: One general mechanism, allow N for crimes to be non-negative instead of positive, and define lateness here to be a class-0 crime. This means the default penalty is 0, deputisation works, but if the officer delays because e is obviously

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, ais523 wrote: On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 06:45 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: One general mechanism, allow N for crimes to be non-negative instead of positive, and define lateness here to be a class-0 crime. This means the default penalty is 0, deputisation works, but if the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, comex wrote: On Dec 4, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: And it's up to 28 days depending on when it's submitted in relation to the beginning of the week, so time is cutting between 1/3 and 1/2. It serves two purposes: it's still a long time

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread ais523
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 08:35 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, ais523 wrote: On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 06:45 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: One general mechanism, allow N for crimes to be non-negative instead of positive, and define lateness here to be a class-0 crime. This means the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread ais523
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 08:39 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: It's fine to ditch Distributionality in slow periods. If we're worried about a deluge of poorly-thought proposals, a limit of proposals you can make distributable in a week is plenty of medicine (So: not ditch but limit). IMO the main

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, ais523 wrote: We don't /have/ a functioning trading economy; I suspect the right to propose just isn't valuable enough that people can be bothered to trade it. (Also, the changes to voting don't really help, because people seem not to have the current vote limit rules in

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread ais523
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 08:55 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, ais523 wrote: We don't /have/ a functioning trading economy; I suspect the right to propose just isn't valuable enough that people can be bothered to trade it. (Also, the changes to voting don't really help, because

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2009, at 11:46 AM, ais523 callforjudgem...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: it. (Also, the changes to voting don't really help, because people seem not to have the current vote limit rules in their minds like they did with Caste and with VVLOP.) Just give it time and

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread comex
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 4, 2009, at 11:11 AM, ais523 callforjudgem...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Ouch. Breaking rules with a 0 punishment is still breaking the rules, unless we have another rule saying that's specifically allowed. Ah, philosophy. Straw poll: suppose we had a crime for which

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, comex wrote: On Dec 4, 2009, at 11:11 AM, ais523 callforjudgem...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: Ouch. Breaking rules with a 0 punishment is still breaking the rules, unless we have another rule saying that's specifically allowed. Ah, philosophy. Straw poll: suppose we had a crime

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Pavitra
Kerim Aydin wrote: Of course, it raises the question of whether a 0-rest penalty is a penalty for the purpose of R101... Is DISCHARGE a penalty for the purpose of R101? I would have assumed so, but of course common sense counts for little in the world of nomic. signature.asc Description:

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread Ed Murphy
c. wrote: How about you CAN distribute a proposal with 4 support; the usual information requirements (essential parameters etc) are relaxed to SHALLS to avoid problems, and instead of a number you use a GUID. Not a literal GUID, I hope. I suggest the distributor SHOULD provide a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-04 Thread comex
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Ed Murphy emurph...@socal.rr.com wrote: How about you CAN distribute a proposal with 4 support; the usual information requirements (essential parameters etc) are relaxed to SHALLS to avoid problems, and instead of a number you use a GUID. Not a literal GUID,

DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-03 Thread Aaron Goldfein
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: I submit the following proposal, Fast Track, AI-2: --- [Adds an urgent catagory] In Rule 1607 (The Promotor) replace: Distributability is a

DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-03 Thread Jonatan Kilhamn
2009/12/3 Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu: I submit the following proposal, Fast Track, AI-2: (...) Amend Rule 2261 (The Deck of Change) by replacing:      * Distrib-u-Matic - Indicate an Undistributable proposal. That                          proposal becomes Distributable.  Or play  

DIS: Re: BUS: Fast track

2009-12-03 Thread Ed Murphy
G. wrote: The Promotor CAN distribute a proposal in the Proposal Pool at any time. In a given Agoran week, the Promotor SHALL, as part of eir weekly duties, distribute any proposal that is in the Proposal Pool and was Distributable at the beginning of that