Unicode bug—I see the name as "?????????" Gaelan
> On May 31, 2017, at 11:32 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > status: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/#3498 > (This document is informational only and contains no game actions). > > ============================== CFJ 3498 ============================== > > Every statement is ambiguous. > > ======================================================================== > > Caller: ????????? > > Judge: Gaelan > Judgement: FALSE > > ======================================================================== > > History: > > Called by ?????????: 19 May 2017 > Assigned to Gaelan: 19 May 2017 > Judged FALSE by Gaelan: 26 May 2017 > > ======================================================================== > > Caller's Arguments: > > * Every statement is written in one language. > * Translation between any two languages is inherently ambiguous. > * Therefore, every statement is ambiguous at least in every language > the statement was not originally written in. > * Agora does not formally make preference to any one language, and > recognizes differences in dialect (CFJ 1439). > * Thus, every statement is ambiguous. > > ======================================================================== > > Judge's Arguments > > Rule 1698/4: > Agora is ossified if it is IMPOSSIBLE for any reasonable > combination of actions by players to cause arbitrary rule > changes to be made and/or arbitrary proposals to be adopted > within a four-week period. > > If, but for this rule, the net effect of a proposal would cause > Agora to become ossified, or would cause Agora to cease to > exist, it cannot take effect, rules to the contrary > notwithstanding. If any other single change to the gamestate > would cause Agora to become ossified, or would cause Agora to > cease to exist, it is cancelled and does not occur, rules to the > contrary notwithstanding. > > Judging this as TRUE would cause Agora to become ossified (proposals are > created by announcement, announcements must be unambiguous). Therefore, > it is IMPOSSIBLE to judge this CFJ as TRUE. Therefore, I judge as FALSE. > > Additional argument: ambiguous is a relative term, but it is clear from > game precedent that in this context it means ???reasonably unambiguous to > the players of Agora." > > ======================================================================== > >
