Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Zefram
Michael Slone wrote: I don't understand your clause ``which explicitly puts all the rule changes into a single transaction''. Are you talking about the text No. I'm talking about The provisions of this (proto)proposal are nonseverable. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Zefram
Michael Slone wrote: What exactly about that provision makes you think I would enjoy Agora being transformed into a glorified database? Er, what aspect of B Nomic's transaction rule makes you think it makes the game a glorified database? -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On 5/24/07, Michael Slone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What exactly about that provision makes you think I would enjoy Agora being transformed into a glorified database? BEGIN TRANSACTION; UPDATE RULE 106 SET TEXT = 'SQL script' WHERE TEXT = 'document'; COMMIT TRANSACTION; -root

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread comex
On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BEGIN TRANSACTION; UPDATE RULE 106 SET TEXT = 'SQL script' WHERE TEXT = 'document'; COMMIT TRANSACTION; Query OK, 0 rules affected (0.00 sec) Rules matched: 0 Changed: 0 Warnings: 0

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On 5/24/07, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BEGIN TRANSACTION; UPDATE RULE 106 SET TEXT = 'SQL script' WHERE TEXT = 'document'; COMMIT TRANSACTION; Query OK, 0 rules affected (0.00 sec) Rules matched: 0 Changed: 0 Warnings: 0 I beg to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Ed Murphy
root wrote: On 5/24/07, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BEGIN TRANSACTION; UPDATE RULE 106 SET TEXT = 'SQL script' WHERE TEXT = 'document'; COMMIT TRANSACTION; Query OK, 0 rules affected (0.00 sec) Rules matched: 0 Changed: 0 Warnings: 0

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On 5/24/07, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: root wrote: On 5/24/07, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BEGIN TRANSACTION; UPDATE RULE 106 SET TEXT = 'SQL script' WHERE TEXT = 'document'; COMMIT TRANSACTION; Query OK, 0 rules

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Roger Hicks
Let me try my hand at this... UPDATE Agora SET Winner='BobTHJ' On 5/24/07, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: root wrote: On 5/24/07, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: root wrote: On 5/24/07, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BEGIN

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
Murphy wrote: update rules set text = replace(text,'old','new') where number = 106 FWIW, you're forgetting version numbers means every amendment is kept, so (forgiving the php intrusion): $query = INSERT into $tablename values ('$rnum','$rver','$rflags', '$rtitle', '$rhistory',

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On 5/24/07, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: root wrote: On 5/24/07, Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: root wrote: On 5/24/07, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BEGIN TRANSACTION; UPDATE RULE 106 SET TEXT = 'SQL script' WHERE

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal

2007-05-24 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I submit the following proposal, titled More on paragraphs: As long as you're working on 1023 (d), could you clarify (d) (3)? (3) Units are considered in an ordered tree hierarchy. The root is empty, any unbulleted units

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal

2007-05-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On 5/24/07, Michael Slone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I submit the following proposal, titled More on paragraphs: As long as you're working on 1023 (d), could you clarify (d) (3)? (3) Units are considered in an ordered tree hierarchy.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protectorates

2007-05-24 Thread Roger Hicks
I suppose so. Am I permitted to modify proposals after I submit them? BobTHJ On 5/24/07, Taral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we split this up into several rules? On 5/24/07, Roger Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hereby submit the following proposal: Nomic Protectorates AI 2 Create a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJs on Nemo

2007-05-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On 5/24/07, comex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway... I meant to say that I don't know what rule 106 you're talking about. Er, it's the one titled Adopting Proposals. -root

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protectorates

2007-05-24 Thread Taral
You can withdraw and resubmit. On 5/24/07, Roger Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suppose so. Am I permitted to modify proposals after I submit them? -- Taral [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please let me know if there's any further trouble I can give you. -- Unknown

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protectorates

2007-05-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On 5/24/07, Roger Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suppose so. Am I permitted to modify proposals after I submit them? BobTHJ No, but you can retract it and submit a new one. -root

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal

2007-05-24 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure that I see the problem. The clause is definitional, not procedural. Would it help if considered were replaced with conceptually organized? It would help eliminate some ambiguity. I suggest something like the following. (3)

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal

2007-05-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On 5/24/07, Michael Slone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (3) The units of a document form an ordered tree with the order determined as follows. Each unit has a level, which is the number of spaces preceding the first non-space character on the first line of the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal

2007-05-24 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/24/07, Ian Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reluctant to make indentation matter, since that could interfere with the rulekeepor's ability to make formatting changes. I'll give this some thought, though. I did not mean to suggest that you should make indentation matter. Feel free to