Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread omd
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > I thought it had been determined as part of game custom by now that 4 > days is exactly the length of time required to establish > notice-to-all-players Oh, there's one big piece of evidence that slipped my mind. For over a year in 2011-2012,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, omd wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > From my hazy memory, "4 days" was found in an 2002-2003 era judgement to > > be the shortest time you would reasonably expect someone to respond to > > something, on the grounds of "you should be able to le

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2014-09-30 at 18:47 -0400, omd wrote: > > Another counterargument: G. posted a message to Agora within the 4 day > > limit, but not between when you posted the intent and when you tried to > > resolve it. It's entirely possible e only started actively reading Agora > > as a result of the re

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread omd
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > Counterargument: Sprocklem is probably not actively reading the lists. > I'd explictly attempted to draw eir attention to my intent, but e seemed > to be offline. Thus, it's entirely possible that a) Sprocklem was > unaware of the intent, b) Spr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2014-09-30 at 18:33 -0400, omd wrote: > Those who aren't won't, but they might take > a week or month to show up, or never do so at all before being > deregistered for inactivity... Counterargument: Sprocklem is probably not actively reading the lists. I'd explictly attempted to draw eir a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread omd
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > From my hazy memory, "4 days" was found in an 2002-2003 era judgement to > be the shortest time you would reasonably expect someone to respond to > something, on the grounds of "you should be able to leave Agora for a > weekend at the very leas

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread omd
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > If we assume that "a reasonably public process" is an objective > standard that does not depend on the context (such as when the notice > is given, or the nature of the content of the proposed change), > perhaps notwithstanding holidays, then the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, Alex Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2014-09-30 at 14:00 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > Of if you prefer older history, Lindrum judged "3 minutes" or so as long > > enough to provide for reasonable public review of the Lindrum World > > judgement, before e declared that it had worked

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Maybe at the same time, and maybe later, it was loosely linked to the > "4 Days" of w/o objection, but I don't know if that was just discussion, > a judgement, or what. It occurs to me that: 1. The last time we seriously adjudicated this issue, "With

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2014-09-30 at 14:00 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Of if you prefer older history, Lindrum judged "3 minutes" or so as long > enough to provide for reasonable public review of the Lindrum World > judgement, before e declared that it had worked. -G. Was that genuinely believed to have worke

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, Kerim Aydin wrote: > From my hazy memory, "4 days" was found in an 2002-2003 era judgement to > be the shortest time you would reasonably expect someone to respond to > something, on the grounds of "you should be able to leave Agora for a > weekend at the very least." (I rem

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread Sean Hunt
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 4:06 PM, omd wrote: > I contest the idea that a term such as "a reasonably public process" > could be interpreted as equivalent to an exact number of hours, as > opposed to looking at the circumstances of each case. > > Also, I don't think there has ever been a case where t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 30 Sep 2014, omd wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > > Gratuitous arguments: > > > > I thought it had been determined as part of game custom by now that 4 > > days is exactly the length of time required to establish > > notice-to-all-players; I implicitly assume

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread omd
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > Gratuitous arguments: > > I thought it had been determined as part of game custom by now that 4 > days is exactly the length of time required to establish > notice-to-all-players; I implicitly assumed it was the case, and it's > also the case in

DIS: Re: BUS: Oh for god's sake, only one person bothers to reply to a dictatorship scam?

2014-09-30 Thread omd
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:36 PM, omd wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Alex Smith wrote: >> You're a few hours too early. > > I know. > > CFJ: Rule 2437 contains the text "omd CAN cause this rule to amend > itself by announcement." As evidence, I submit the only bits of discussion I coul