On Thu, 23 Oct 2014, Eritivus wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-10-23 at 19:47 +0000, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> > CoE: I came up with 37, not 36. Here are the date strings (dunno if
> > it's helpful). The x means I eyeballed it in the archive text file.
>
> Thanks for checking my work!
>
> > Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:02:17 -0700 => 2014-10-13 x
>
> I don't have this one. I think you're counting the dice server's copy of
> your message to it, in the body of its message?
>
> I guess it might be arguable whether such an embedded message counts for
> GNP. The MfGNPE's position is that it does not count, since this makes
> eir job easier.
Oh dear. I was hoping this wouldn't be anything CFJ-worthy. I agree
that's the discrepancy, and unfortunately that's the border on payouts
in my betting!
Hmm: Rule 2434 says:
> GNP (Gross Nomic Participation) is the number of messages
> published in the public fora in a specified period of time.
R478 says:
> A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent
> to all players and containing a clear designation of intent to
> be public.
So the Dice Server message is definitely a "public message". However,
R478 goes on to say:
> A person "publishes" or "announces" something by sending a public
> message.
But it DOESN'T say that a non-person can "publish" anything. So we may
have a case were an automated message is a public message that was
never "published".
Thoughts, anyone else? My reading would be that "public" = "published"
and the Dice Server message counts, but that's just a first impression.
-G.
