DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-14 Thread Ed Murphy
Tanner L. Swett wrote: For multiple reasons, this may not work, but... I intend to have Arkady English create the following promise and transfer it to me: Text: I perform the action specified by the cashier. Conditions for non-destruction: 0 = 0. Now, suppose I intend for my nephew to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-11 Thread Arkady English
On 11 August 2011 06:04, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/10/2011 11:52 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 21:41, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/10/2011 11:24 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: I destroy my copy of this Promise. I'm not sure this actually

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-11 Thread Charles Walker
On 11 August 2011 05:16, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: (Note: I believe this means I create 21 copies, and transfer one to each of these players: Wooble Benu ais523 BobTHJ Droowl ehird Flameshadowxeroshin G. Gondolier

DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-10 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: (Note: I believe this means I create 21 copies, and transfer one to each of these players: Wooble Benu ais523 BobTHJ Droowl ehird Flameshadowxeroshin G. Gondolier Math321 Murphy omd Pavitra Roujo scshunt Tanner L. Swett Tiger

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-10 Thread ais523
On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 23:16 -0500, Pavitra wrote: H. Registrar, can you confirm this? More interestingly, what happens if the list's wrong? -- ais523

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-10 Thread Pavitra
On 08/10/2011 11:23 PM, ais523 wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 23:16 -0500, Pavitra wrote: H. Registrar, can you confirm this? More interestingly, what happens if the list's wrong? The list was only flavor text. If the given list is wrong, then it actually platonically happened according to the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-10 Thread ais523
On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 23:25 -0500, Pavitra wrote: On 08/10/2011 11:23 PM, ais523 wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 23:16 -0500, Pavitra wrote: H. Registrar, can you confirm this? More interestingly, what happens if the list's wrong? The list was only flavor text. If the given list is

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-10 Thread comexk
Long custom (arguably contradicted by long precedent) is that it can. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2011, at 12:29 AM, ais523 callforjudgem...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 23:25 -0500, Pavitra wrote: On 08/10/2011 11:23 PM, ais523 wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 23:16 -0500,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-10 Thread Pavitra
On 08/10/2011 11:29 PM, ais523 wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 23:25 -0500, Pavitra wrote: On 08/10/2011 11:23 PM, ais523 wrote: On Wed, 2011-08-10 at 23:16 -0500, Pavitra wrote: H. Registrar, can you confirm this? More interestingly, what happens if the list's wrong? The list was only flavor

DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-10 Thread Pavitra
On 08/10/2011 11:24 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: I destroy my copy of this Promise. I'm not sure this actually works. I vaguely remember an attempt to fix this problem with legislation, which I think passed, but... R2166 (power 2): An asset generally CAN be destroyed by its owner by

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-10 Thread Sean Hunt
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 21:41, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/10/2011 11:24 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: I destroy my copy of this Promise. I'm not sure this actually works. I vaguely remember an attempt to fix this problem with legislation, which I think passed, but... R2166

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-10 Thread Pavitra
On 08/10/2011 11:52 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 21:41, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/10/2011 11:24 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: I destroy my copy of this Promise. I'm not sure this actually works. I vaguely remember an attempt to fix this problem with

DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less the number of First-Class players of Agora: Conditions: The casher, on cashing this promise, creates a promise text: { If I have supported or objected to an action, I retract

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less the number of First-Class players of Agora: Conditions: The casher, on cashing this promise, creates a promise text: { If I have

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Arkady English
On 9 August 2011 15:50, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less the number of First-Class players of Agora: Conditions: The casher, on cashing this promise, creates a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Arkady English
On 9 August 2011 15:54, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less the number of First-Class players of Agora: Conditions: The casher,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 10:03 AM, Arkady English wrote: On 9 August 2011 15:54, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less the number of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 10:03 AM, Arkady English wrote: Also, how easy is it to correct the typo of the missing If? Right, forgot to answer this. There's no mechanism for amending promises. You'd have to issue a new set of promises, and maybe try to get the old ones destroyed.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Arkady English
On 9 August 2011 16:11, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/09/2011 10:03 AM, Arkady English wrote: On 9 August 2011 15:54, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: I create a number of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Sean Hunt
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 08:11, Pavitra celestialcognit...@gmail.com wrote: *rereads* Right, I'm with you again now. Okay, I agree that it's cashable. But there's a catastrophic bug in it that I think I'd rather exploit than explain. I'd love to exploit it too, except I think the promise is