Can a decimal amount of Shinies be transferred? I find that it cannot. The word "amount" is ambiguous enough for other considerations to come into play, and the intent of the rules, other clauses in the ruleset, and consequences all point towards an interpretation that only integers can be transferred. I find this CFJ false.
This CFJ comes from omd, who attempted to give 0.5 Shinies to ais523 and called for judgement on whether ais523 had 0 Shinies. His legal theory was that because decimals are an impossible value for Balance Switches, ais523's Switch would reset to its default: 0. However the threshold question is, can this decimal transfer have any effect? "Any player CAN pay Agora, any other player, or any organization any amount by announcement, unless it would make eir own balance negative.", states rule 2483. Is a decimal quantity an amount? Because amount is undefined, I look to the ordinary meaning. It is clear that "an amount of money" includes any number of parts or subparts of monetary units, but "an amount of coins" implies an integer of coins, not half a coin. Shinies are like coins. The ruleset cabins Balance Switches to only integers and no other value. Others have proposed a different physical analogy. Balance Switches are like the switch on a radio: it's a knob but it only changes at integers. Whatever the analogy preferred, the words "an amount of money" is more naturally interpreted as an integer amount. The consequences of allowing players to transfer to other players non- integer amounts of money would be disastrous. It is very probable (although I do not decide it) that a player would be able to immediately null another player's balance with such a transfer. A financial system open to such mischief would be a great shame. Additionally, allowing decimals could open the way to more complicated mathematical constructs, which would be a nightmare to track if it worked. This trick also has, as far as I know, no support in game practise, at least in the current economic system. For the foregoing reasons, the transfer between omd and ais523 never occurred. ais523 has (I believe) 66 shinies, the judgement is FALSE
