Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Ed Murphy <emurph...@socal.rr.com> wrote: >> In view of these facts, I find that the space in the phrase "registered >> continuously" was dropped after the message left C-walker's normal >> domain of technical control. This situation is fundamentally no >> different than if, say, the space had been dropped due to hardware line >> noise between Google's servers and the server hosting the a-b mailing list. >> >> Therefore, the message that C-walker sent contained the space in >> "registered continuously", and consequently the proposal e created >> contained the space as well. > > This means that it's impossible for the Players to know the actual > content of a message, as they need to guess what the message looked > like when it left the sender's DoTC. In this case that's annoying if > not impossible to divine; in the line noise case it may very well be > impossible. > > I intend, with 2 support, to appeal this judgment.
I agree with your analysis of the implications of this judgement, but not with the conclusion that it should therefore be appealed. I believe that I judged in the only appropriate possible way. I refer to the first paragraph of my judgement in CFJ 1944: > The caller's arguments primarily deal with the way Agora undoubtedly > ought to behave, and on that basis I do not deny the syllogism. > However, rule 217 clearly places the text of the rules before game > custom, common sense, or the best interests of the game. A judgement should be appealed if and only if it is incorrect. A correct judgement that carries unfortunate implications for the good of the game is not itself flawed, but rather reflects a flaw in the Rules. In short, if you don't like it, then fix it by proposal rather than appeal. > I nominate Pavitra as Promotor. If you do so successfully, I'll decline.
