On Saturday 01 December 2007 14:25:36 Taral wrote: > On 12/1/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Proto-Proposal: Mark decay > > (AI = 2, please) > > > > Amend the rule "Marks" by appending this text to the list of ways > > to gain and lose Marks: > > > > (-*) Two seconds before the end of each month, each entity loses > > eir holdings of each color of Mark, rounded down to the > > nearest multiple of 100; for each 100 Marks of a given color > > that e loses, e gains 1 VC of that color. > > What about just having forced conversion? Why two seconds? > > -- > Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Please let me know if there's any further trouble I can give you." > -- Unknown >
The two seconds is so that, one second after marks are converted to VCs, the VC decay takes effect. (Mark decay happens 2 seconds before, VC decay happens 1 second before)

