Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-04 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 08:48 -0500, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Elliott Hird > wrote: > > 2009/3/4 Alex Smith : > >> I submit the following proposal (AI 3, Title="Open It Up", > >> coauthor=Goethe): > >> --

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-04 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Elliott Hird wrote: > 2009/3/4 Alex Smith : >> I submit the following proposal (AI 3, Title="Open It Up", >> coauthor=Goethe): >> -- >> >> Create a Rule with the following text and a power of 3: >> >>  

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-04 Thread Elliott Hird
2009/3/4 Alex Smith : > I submit the following proposal (AI 3, Title="Open It Up", > coauthor=Goethe): > -- > > Create a Rule with the following text and a power of 3: > >  If a rule (other than this one) exists that mentions the >  po

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-04 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 12:46 +, Alex Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 20:06 -0800, Taral wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > ais523's "fix" is not to be trusted. Read it. "If a rule mentions > > > the possibility... that someone can modify the rules by anno

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Taral
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > ais523's "fix" is not to be trusted.  Read it.  "If a rule mentions > the possibility... that someone can modify the rules by announcement, > then someone can modify the rules by announcement."  If it passes, > whether or not mine succeeds, it m

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Elliott Hird
2009/3/3 Kerim Aydin : > Ah well ais523, they've seen through our little "build the actual scam > into the scam fix" thing.  -G. JOKE - O - METER 2000 Analyzing text _ . ~ ^ ~ . _ . ~ ^ ~ . _ . ~ ^ ~ . Result: UNKNOWN

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: > 2009/3/3 Alex Smith : >> On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 22:36 +0100, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: >>> 2009/3/3 Taral : On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Alex Smith wrote: > Voting for this one could be useful insurance against whatever Goethe is > trying.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: > 2009/3/3 Taral : >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Alex Smith wrote: >>> Voting for this one could be useful insurance against whatever Goethe is >>> trying. We already have H. Cassandra Goethe, don't make me a Cassandra >>> too... >> >> Change amend

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Jonatan Kilhamn
2009/3/3 Alex Smith : > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 22:36 +0100, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: >> 2009/3/3 Taral : >> > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Alex Smith wrote: >> >> Voting for this one could be useful insurance against whatever Goethe is >> >> trying. We already have H. Cassandra Goethe, don't make

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 22:36 +0100, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: > 2009/3/3 Taral : > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Alex Smith wrote: > >> Voting for this one could be useful insurance against whatever Goethe is > >> trying. We already have H. Cassandra Goethe, don't make me a Cassandra > >> too... >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Jonatan Kilhamn
2009/3/3 Taral : > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Alex Smith wrote: >> Voting for this one could be useful insurance against whatever Goethe is >> trying. We already have H. Cassandra Goethe, don't make me a Cassandra >> too... > > Change amend to repeal, and I'll vote for it. > Me too. What was

DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Taral
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Alex Smith wrote: > Voting for this one could be useful insurance against whatever Goethe is > trying. We already have H. Cassandra Goethe, don't make me a Cassandra > too... Change amend to repeal, and I'll vote for it. -- Taral "Please let me know if there's a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 09:05 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 14:20 +, Elliott Hird wrote: > >> 2009/3/3 Alex Smith : > > > > I'm all for legitimate scams. > > > > I'm all for legitimate wins, too > > What's the difference? Not all sc

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 14:20 +, Elliott Hird wrote: >> 2009/3/3 Alex Smith : > > I'm all for legitimate scams. > > I'm all for legitimate wins, too What's the difference?

DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > Voting for this one could be useful insurance against whatever Goethe is > trying. We already have H. Cassandra Goethe, don't make me a Cassandra > too... To be a proper Cassandra, you've got to prophesize what's actually going to happen in a way to actuall

DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Ed Murphy
ais523 wrote: > On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 18:21 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> I submit the following proposal, Nothing Original, AI-3: >> -- >> >> Create a Rule with the following text and a power of 3: >> >>Goethe CAN cause this rule

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 14:20 +, Elliott Hird wrote: > 2009/3/3 Alex Smith : > > I submit the following proposal, Open It Up, AI 3: > > -- > > > > Create a Rule with the following text and a power of 3: > > > > If a rule exists tha

DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-03 Thread Elliott Hird
2009/3/3 Alex Smith : > I submit the following proposal, Open It Up, AI 3: > -- > > Create a Rule with the following text and a power of 3: > >   If a rule exists that mentions the possibility of a player >   causing a rule to make rul

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-01 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 1 Mar 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 11:02 -0500, Benjamin Schultz wrote: >> On Feb 27, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >>> >>>Goethe CAN cause this rule to amend itself by announcement. > >> Hasn't that been done already? > > I'm interested to see how, and if, Go

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-01 Thread Alex Smith
On Sun, 2009-03-01 at 11:02 -0500, Benjamin Schultz wrote: > On Feb 27, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > I submit the following proposal, Nothing Original, AI-3: > > -- > > > > Create a Rule with the following text and a power

DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-03-01 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Feb 27, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: I submit the following proposal, Nothing Original, AI-3: -- Create a Rule with the following text and a power of 3: Goethe CAN cause this rule to amend itself by announcement.

DIS: Re: BUS: Fun and games

2009-02-27 Thread Elliott Hird
On 2009-02-28, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > I submit the following proposal, Nothing Original, AI-3: > > -- > > Create a Rule with the following text and a power of 3: > >Goethe CAN cause this rule to amend itself by announcement. > >