On 8/2/21 1:30 AM, Telna via agora-official wrote:
> Be X the first Judge assigned to this CFJ, the entirety of the Ruleset
> means the following:
>
> This is the Ruleset for the game of Agora nomic, and X is the sole player
> of this game. X can change the Ruleset in any manner they desire by
> publishing a sufficiently clear message detailing such changes to an
> Agoran mailing list.
>
> Called by Cuddlebeam: Sun 25 July 2021 13:06:12
Rule 105 says that "When the rules provide that an instrument takes
effect, it can generally [perform rule changes].", and that "This rule
provides the only mechanism by which rules can be created, modified, or
destroyred, or by which an entity can become a rule or cease to be a
rule." Per Rule 1688, persons are not instruments, and they certainly do
not take effect, so the judge of this CFJ has no ability to cause rule
changes.
Judged FALSE.
Evidence:
{
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Rule 1688/11 (Power=3)
Power
The Power of an entity is a non-negative rational number. An
instrument is an entity with positive Power.
The Power of an entity cannot be set or modified except as
stipulated by the Rules. All entities have Power zero except where
specifically allowed by the rules.
A Rule that makes a change, action, or value secured (hereafter
the securing Rule) thereby makes it IMPOSSIBLE to perform that
change or action, or to set or modify that value, except as
allowed by an instrument with Power greater than or equal to the
change's Power Threshold. This Threshold defaults to the securing
Rule's Power, but CAN be lowered as allowed by that Rule
(including by the Rule itself).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rule 105/22 (Power=3)
Rule Changes
When the rules provide that an instrument takes effect, it can
generally:
1. enact a rule. The new rule has power equal to the minimum of
the power specified by the enacting instrument, defaulting to
one if the enacting instrument does not specify or if it
specifies a power less than 0.1, and the maximum power
permitted by other rules. The enacting instrument may specify a
title for the new rule, which if present shall prevail. The ID
number of the new rule cannot be specified by the enacting
instrument; any attempt to so specify is null and void.
2. repeal a rule. When a rule is repealed, it ceases to be a rule,
its power is set to 0, and the Rulekeepor need no longer
maintain a record of it.
3. reenact a rule. A repealed rule identified by its most recent
rule number MUST be reenacted with the same ID number and the
next change identifier. If no text is specified, the rule is
reenacted with the same text it had when it was most recently
repealed. If the reenacting proposal provides new text for the
rule, the rule SHOULD have materially the same purpose as did
the repealed version. Unless specified otherwise by the
reenacting instrument, a reenacted rule has power equal to the
power it had at the time of its repeal (or power 1, if power
was not defined at the time of that rule's repeal). If the
reenacting instrument is incapable of setting the reenacted
rule's power to that value, then the reenactment is null and
void.
4. amend the text of a rule.
5. retitle a rule.
6. change the power of a rule.
A rule change is any effect that falls into the above classes.
Rule changes always occur sequentially, never simultaneously.
Any ambiguity in the specification of a rule change causes that
change to be void and without effect. An inconsequential variation
in the quotation of an existing rule does not constitute ambiguity
for the purposes of this rule, but any other variation does.
A rule change is wholly prevented from taking effect unless its
full text was published, along with an unambiguous and clear
specification of the method to be used for changing the rule, at
least 4 days and no more than 60 days before it would otherwise
take effect.
This rule provides the only mechanism by which rules can be
created, modified, or destroyed, or by which an entity can become
a rule or cease to be a rule.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
}
--
Jason Cobb
Assessor, Rulekeepor, Stonemason
