On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Alex Smith <ais...@bham.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-12-21 at 09:05 -0500, Benjamin Schultz wrote: > > I'm curious about a few things. So: > > > > 1. I flip my budget switch for The Agoran Betting Market to 50. > > 2. I accept aranea's Bet that I quote above, that no valid FLR will be > > published between the time of eir Bet and Dec 24. (I presume the year > 2015 > > is implied.) > > 3. I CFJ on the following statement: "OscarMeyr has joined The Agoran > > Betting Market." As evidence, I submit this email message. I was not a > > member of ABM before this message. I refer the H. Judge to tABM's > charter, > > particularly paragraph 4: "Any non-member of this Organization can join > it > > via flipping eir Budget Switch to 50." > > Hmm, the text of the organization's charter isn't a rule and can't > define mechanisms to perform actions. It should say "It is Appropriate > for a non-member of this Organization to flip eir Budget Switch to 50, > thus joining it." Looks like another bug I'll have to fix in the ABM > before it really gets going... (And I submit this paragraph as arguments > on the CFJ called in the above-quoted message.) I'm still getting used > to this new style of things where Organizations can't define actions, > simply hold opinions as to their possibility. > > Additionally, AFAICT (the Registrar is very behind) you're a nonplayer. > The switch you tried to flip doesn't actually exist, and thus it would > have been impossible (at quite a high power) to flip it. "Member" is > defined in a rule, thus any (potentially erroneous) definition the > Charter might give is overridden. "Has joined" probably isn't, but this > may just lead to the CFJ being ruled irrelevant, because neither the > Organization nor any rule cares about that. > > > You are correct that I am presently not a player. I'm mainly poking the blinking rocker switches. OscarMeyr <https://www.avast.com/lp-safe-emailing?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/lp-safe-emailing?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
