Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-17 Thread Josh T
> > -grok > > On Jul 17, 2017 9:55 PM, "Owen Jacobson" wrote: > > Indeed. What’s the price of bread? > > -o > > On Jul 17, 2017, at 10:54 PM, Josh T wrote: > > I mean if I can buy the entire estate of Antegria for 50 cents, I think 10 > cents a month

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Payment

2017-07-18 Thread Josh T
Well. I suppose a nickel's worth of Shiny rounds to zero at that exchange rate. 天火狐 On 18 July 2017 at 06:15, Cuddle Beam wrote: > Bam. Paid. > > [image: Inline image 1] > > (I don't think I should reveal any more, given that there's quite a bit of > private data here, but this should do. 20 bu

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer gives a win to everyone and then hopes to be given one too.

2017-07-20 Thread Josh T
I'm on vacation and only have mobile internet at the moment so I can't check, but does the rule specify that the trust tokens needed to win are to be issued by other players explicitly or that players can issue trust tokens and one needs such tokens from multiple players? In the event of the latter

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: public private contracts

2017-07-20 Thread Josh T
I'd just like to mention I haven't actually succeeded in making a non-registration action in Japanese, and I think all my attempts at voting in such were thrown out, which I believe is the correct way to interpret the rules. (While there are technical and cryptographic differences, using another la

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer gives a win to everyone and then hopes to be given one too.

2017-07-20 Thread Josh T
es go to a CFJ] 天火狐 On Jul 20, 2017 16:43, "grok (caleb vines)" wrote: > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 3:41 PM, Josh T > wrote: > > I'm on vacation and only have mobile internet at the moment so I can't > > check, but does the rule specify that the trust to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: public private contracts

2017-07-22 Thread Josh T
Re: Japanese pledge: Given that I don't recall having made a pledge in Japanese, I haven't the foggiest what it might refer to. Re: Japanese Organization: Yeah, no, that's what I expected of it. I have a long philosophical experiment, I swear. 天火狐 On 20 July 2017 at 23:58, Owen Jacobson wrote:

DIS: Re: BUS: [Registrar] Weekly Report

2017-07-23 Thread Josh T
CoE: Bayushi is a player (e owns Shinies) 天火狐 On 23 July 2017 at 16:10, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < p.scribonius.scholasti...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Accepted. > > Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > > > > > On Jul 23, 2017, at 3:20 PM, Nic Evans

DIS: Re: BUS: Not dead

2017-08-16 Thread Josh T
Can I come up with a wordlist to card you for tardiness? 天火狐 On 16 August 2017 at 19:48, Owen Jacobson wrote: > For each of the following, I point the finger at myself: > > * Failing to publish the Secretary’s monthly report for August 2017 in a > timely fashion. > * Failing to publish the Secr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Not dead

2017-08-16 Thread Josh T
Here is a proposed word list: * Antegrian * Borduria * Catharsis * Deteriorate * Exemplify * Fastidious * Garner * Heron * Incorrigible * Jambalaya 天火狐 On 16 August 2017 at 20:00, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > On Aug 16, 2017, at 7:55 PM, Josh T wrote: > > > > Can I come

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Shorter Apologies

2017-08-22 Thread Josh T
I don't exactly have a strong feeling one way or another, but given that one is usually given ten words in a word list, writing nineteen other words for each word on the list seems pretty doable. I wouldn't know, however—I'm not the one writing apologies. 天火狐 On 22 August 2017 at 02:28, Aris Merc

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Election Initiation for the Office of Prime Minister

2017-08-23 Thread Josh T
@K You may want to "TTttPF" (This Time to the Proper Forum) your post as is usual when making such an error. 天火狐 On 23 August 2017 at 16:14, Quazie wrote: > No you don't - This is a message to the discussion forum, and thus is just > a statement, not an action. > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 7:29

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Remarks and a few actions

2017-08-24 Thread Josh T
when I can't devote a reasonable amount of time to things. 天火狐 On 23 August 2017 at 19:50, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > On Aug 23, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Josh T wrote: > > > > I'm kind of reluctant to spend my Shinies since I don't actually do the > things which

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Deregister

2017-08-24 Thread Josh T
I feel that I would rather get a Yellow Card than get Shiny fines since I currently lack a consistent way to earn Shiny. But I support the idea to get something going well, and sideline everything else until it needs to get addressed. I have a few ideas bouncing around, and maybe I should get aroun

Re: DIS: Draft: Contracts

2017-09-05 Thread Josh T
Aw, I won't be able to keep / recreate 蘭亭社 under the new proposal. I'll have to rethink how to test the things that should go with it should this pass. I would like to propose adding making CFJs as protected. I think the reason thereof should be evident if one were party to a theoretical contract

DIS: Re: BUS: Monsters

2017-09-05 Thread Josh T
I kind of like this idea, and goodness knows that I am perfectly willing to deal with long-term mechanics and planning. *looks at 蘭亭社* 天火狐 On 5 September 2017 at 10:11, Nic Evans wrote: > Right now, under my reading, Monsters don't do anything when created? In > my experience stub mechanics wit

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Initiating elections.

2017-09-06 Thread Josh T
I intend to also make news sections freelance-able, to be included if deemed worthy and author paid if used. Should I win and contracts pass, I intend to make a contract which allows me to pay people for articles if they wish to submit them and I choose to include them. Please find a proto-newspap

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Clearing up the game state

2017-09-07 Thread Josh T
I would like my stamp or the value of Shinies which I paid for it back because I do not effectively have a way to earn Shinies as a casual player. If deregistration and re-registering didn't take 30 days I would seriously consider doing so so I qualify for another welcome package at this point. Exp

Re: DIS: protest voting intention

2017-09-07 Thread Josh T
I support this movement. 天火狐 On 7 September 2017 at 11:05, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Thu, 7 Sep 2017, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > It doesn't take 30 days due to a bug. > [...] > > I'd think about doing so as a protest; the difficulty towards casual > > player economic participation has been pointe

DIS: Re: BUS: [Surveyor] September Estate Auction

2017-09-09 Thread Josh T
Oh well, I had fun writing my blurb. It was kind of hard to not use common words like "the" or "of". 天火狐 On 9 September 2017 at 03:20, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > On Sep 2, 2017, at 12:02 AM, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > > As Surveyor, it is my pleasure to annouce that the September estate > auct

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Surveyor] September Estate Auction

2017-09-09 Thread Josh T
I actually messed up in one place: "certain" begins with an s sound so shouldn't have been included. I'm glad you enjoyed it regardless though. 天火狐 On 9 September 2017 at 11:48, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > On Sep 9, 2017, at 10:42 AM, Josh T wrote: > > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Registration Delay Fix

2017-09-10 Thread Josh T
> Vote purchases/sells when Have you not seen my latest Agency? 天火狐 On 10 September 2017 at 19:45, Cuddle Beam wrote: > I'd make it so that each new player has something to bargain with though, > to start. Maybe encourage them to sell APs or Trust Tokens. > > Feels a bit like Mad Max and I lov

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Registration Delay Fix

2017-09-10 Thread Josh T
another business opportunity for you to it. > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:50 AM, Josh T > wrote: > >> > Vote purchases/sells when >> >> Have you not seen my latest Agency? >> >> 天火狐 >> >> On 10 September 2017 at 19:45, Cuddle Beam wrote

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Registration Delay Fix

2017-09-10 Thread Josh T
e. > > > > > > Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > > > p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Sep 10, 2017, at 8:13 PM, VJ Rada wrote: > > >> > > >> Eir agoran nickname is Josh T, a

DIS: Re: BUS: Votes & Stuff

2017-09-10 Thread Josh T
Yeah, that's the one. CB: you get yourself a freebie since someone else dug it up for you. 天火狐 On 10 September 2017 at 20:12, VJ Rada wrote: > I cause 天火狐 using eir latest agency which I believe is 狐票店 but I make > no promises, to vote in the ADoP and PM elections in this way ""I > endorse the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Registration Delay Fix

2017-09-10 Thread Josh T
ering that you'd given a favored transliteration >> back >> > then, but couldn't find it. >> > >> > I think I'll add this as gratuitous arguments to that case log, so I'll >> > know where to find it :). >> > >> >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Yellow Card to Superintendent

2017-09-11 Thread Josh T
us Scholasticus > p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > > > > > On Sep 11, 2017, at 12:32 AM, Josh T wrote: > > > > I issue a Yellow Card to the Superintendent due to eir tardiness in > publishing the September Monthly Agency report. Eir apology must contain > t

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: Agora Sky News, vol. ½

2017-09-13 Thread Josh T
I mostly didn't expect that my editor uses different sized tabs compared to my client after it gets sent. I'll need to change to space-tabulated manual spacing for next issue. @Aris Thank you. 天火狐 On 13 September 2017 at 15:03, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2017,

Re: DIS: a relief valve

2017-09-13 Thread Josh T
The Japanese term for a (western) serf is *noudo*, literally meaning farm servant. If you want something from the historical Japanese caste system, since they took after Confucian ideas, peasant was was actually the highest commoner class (above craftsmen and merchants); the outcasts of the Japanes

Re: DIS: a relief valve

2017-09-13 Thread Josh T
> > > Thanks! If you were picking one, which would you pick? (And what's the > singular > version of that, does it match "is a Samurai" as both singular and plural) > > On Wed, 13 Sep 2017, Josh T wrote: > > The Japanese term for a (western) serf is *n

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [ADoP] You thought there was a lot of elections last time. Initiating 8 (!) elections.

2017-09-14 Thread Josh T
It sounds like having endorse or PRESENT as the tail of a list of votes is acceptable. This allows things like "I endorse A, unless eir vote indicates preference for B, in which case my vote is PRESENT." 天火狐 On 14 September 2017 at 19:09, VJ Rada wrote: > My current policy is to count PRESENT a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [ADoP] You thought there was a lot of elections last time. Initiating 8 (!) elections.

2017-09-14 Thread Josh T
I believe that the term "alphabetical order" can be used to mean "lexicographical order", of which increasing unicode codepoint values is a naturalistic choice. 天火狐 On 14 September 2017 at 20:19, grok (caleb vines) wrote: > For reference: if you resolve that vote as present and that vote causes

Re: DIS: [Proto] IRV formalization

2017-09-14 Thread Josh T
I feel like my major concern is that it is unclear to me if I am capable of selling votes à la 狐票店 (my agency which does the same). 天火狐 On 14 September 2017 at 21:40, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > On Sep 14, 2017, at 9:36 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > > An endorsement is a type of conditio

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [ADoP] You thought there was a lot of elections last time. Initiating 8 (!) elections.

2017-09-14 Thread Josh T
We could use the Unicode collation algorithm, I guess. Your point is noted however. 天火狐 On 14 September 2017 at 23:46, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > On Sep 14, 2017, at 11:43 PM, Josh T wrote: > > > > I believe that the term "alphabetical order" can be used to mea

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal] Make Your Home Shine

2017-09-14 Thread Josh T
Here's two more: https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2017-May/034600.html (the one quoted directly in the link, and the one quoted by that message) 天火狐 On 14 September 2017 at 22:14, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > On Sep 14, 2017, at 9:55 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [ADoP] You thought there was a lot of elections last time. Initiating 8 (!) elections.

2017-09-14 Thread Josh T
27;s a conditional, which is totally different. G's here talking > about an instant runoff ballot of > 1. Jeff > 2. PRESENT > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Josh T > wrote: > > It sounds like having endorse or PRESENT as the tail of a list of votes > is > >

Re: DIS: New player, just registered

2017-09-22 Thread Josh T
I think that is a wise plan. I feel like I didn't do very much aside from watch for the first six months I was playing (my organization notwithstanding). 天火狐 On 22 September 2017 at 13:25, ATMunn . wrote: > Thanks for the welcome package, whether it actually worked or not. > > I still have no r

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registering

2017-09-23 Thread Josh T
That sounds like fairly reasonable statistics. If someone writes out some specific scenarios I suppose I'll take a look and do some number-crunching when I am slightly less busy. 天火狐 On 23 September 2017 at 16:36, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > It sounds like the kind of thing that could work. Right

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Frivolous but harmless scam attempt of the week

2017-09-23 Thread Josh T
and spits out "I Object." It's pretty much as clear a translation as you > can get > if you're going to allow that sort of thing at all. > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2017, Josh T wrote: > > I can't quite explain it. Could you be so kind as to enlighten me as to > the

Re: DIS: Economy and Games

2017-09-23 Thread Josh T
I have an idea for making goods which is bouncing around in my mind, but I haven't the time to sit down and write it out. It'd also be my first proposal, so I'm a bit apprehensive at throwing it out into the wild without double-checking some basic things first. 天火狐 On 23 September 2017 at 19:01,

Re: DIS: Screw all of this

2017-09-25 Thread Josh T
I can hear you fine. 天火狐 On Sep 25, 2017 08:40, "Nicholas Evans" wrote: > Somewhere on the wiki is instructions for a gmail filter that should save > any agora emails that might go to spam. It works for me (i receive all of > trigon's emails with a 'saved from spam by filter' notice attached).

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Such is karma

2017-09-25 Thread Josh T
@o: Where were you when G. asked about terminology? 天火狐 On 25 September 2017 at 22:18, Owen Jacobson wrote: > On Sep 24, 2017, at 4:12 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >- Any player with a karma of 7 or greater is a Samurai. >- Any player with a karma of -7 or less is an Eta. >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Secretary] Weekly Report

2017-09-26 Thread Josh T
I haven't been credited with it, so I assumed it has failed, since my 1 stamp is from August. 天火狐 On 26 September 2017 at 10:14, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > > On Sep 26, 2017, at 6:46 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < > p.scribonius.scholasti...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > I purchase a stam

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Secretary] Weekly Report

2017-09-26 Thread Josh T
I see. I forgot about that actually. Carry on. 天火狐 On Sep 26, 2017 21:15, "Owen Jacobson" wrote: > > > On Sep 26, 2017, at 11:25 AM, Josh T wrote: > > > > I haven't been credited with it, so I assumed it has failed, since my 1 > stamp is from August.

DIS: Re: BUS: Vital History Gone Missing!

2017-09-27 Thread Josh T
姫様がアゴラに有らせられるのは幸いになります。 天火狐 On 26 September 2017 at 22:17, Alexis Hunt wrote: > I register. > > I Point a Finger at Publius Scribonius Scholasticus alleging that, as > Registrar, e has committed the Class-2 Crime of Tardiness by not reporting > last week on the players deregistered by Writ of F

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Vital History Gone Missing!

2017-09-27 Thread Josh T
Google does kind of fall flat on its face when it comes to tricky honorific expressions, especially since the register of addressing royalty is regulated to historical fiction authors who decide to be sticklers on the subject. 天火狐 On 27 September 2017 at 10:38, VJ Rada wrote: > "I am fortunate

DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposal(s) 7876-7898

2017-09-27 Thread Josh T
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DIS: Re: BUS: 🎵Spooky Scary Skeletonsð沁オ

2017-09-28 Thread Josh T
I just wanted to mention how amused I am at the emoji getting mangled in new and exciting ways in the title. 天火狐 On 28 September 2017 at 23:02, Gaelan Steele wrote: > Were Silly Proposals a game concept at that point? > > Gaelan > > > On Sep 28, 2017, at 7:33 PM, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > > > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Actions

2017-10-07 Thread Josh T
After checking I think you're right. Oh well, I guess people can just live with not referring to my agencies with sensible names. 天火狐 On 6 October 2017 at 21:31, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Thu, 5 Oct 2017, Josh T wrote: > > Seeing the recent report reminds me that I never resol

Re: DIS: PROTO: [Proposal] Clearing up language confusion for new players

2017-10-12 Thread Josh T
I object to this for hopefully obvious reasons, given my history with playing with language. 天火狐 On 12 October 2017 at 09:34, ATMunn . wrote: > Title: "Clearing up Language Confusion" [CuLC in short] > Author: ATMunn > AI: 1 > > Create a power-1 rule titled "The Language of Agora" > { > A langu

DIS: Re: BUS: [Surveyor] October Estate Auction

2017-10-12 Thread Josh T
Good job on noticing the extra comma there. 天火狐 On 12 October 2017 at 17:57, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > [Since we're on the subject of bad grammar, I might as well take care of > this - > ain't getting any fresher.] > > > On Tue, 10 Oct 2017, Owen Jacobson wrote: > > This auction ended at Tue, 1

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