Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Emergency exit, part 2

2008-09-22 Thread ais523
On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 20:10 -0400, ihope wrote: The proposal system's 12 (actually higher than 12, of course) gets bigger whenever 26 gets bigger. A with-support rule's 12 does not. I challenge that actually higher; barring vetos, I believe that a team of 11 Scamsters working together could

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration

2008-09-22 Thread ais523
On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 18:05 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Sun, 21 Sep 2008, Elliott Hird wrote: 2008/9/21 Jeff Weston (Sir Toby) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Do I have to do anything now to take care of crimes I committed back then? To the best of my knowledge, you are a free man. Blot crimes

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2101 assigned to ais523

2008-09-22 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:52 PM, ais523 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: require a detailed knowledge of how it works.) As non-Agorans are not even necessarily subscribed to a public forum, it seems quite possible that a non-Agoran could join an Agoran contract yet be unaware of the equity system, and

DIS: Re: BUS: Humble request

2008-09-22 Thread ais523
On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 20:16 -0500, Josiah Worcester wrote: I humbly request for a list of those obligations of mine that are public. With respect to contracts, your obligations are to ensure that the AFO obeys the Rules of Agora to the maximum possible extent, ensure that the Left Hand obeys the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Emergency exit, part 2

2008-09-22 Thread ais523
On Sat, 2008-09-20 at 23:50 -0400, Sgeo wrote: On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Geoffrey Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:34 PM, ais523 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still have a strong feeling that Agora needs some sort of safety valve to escape from situations where

DIS: Re: BUS: farming and banking

2008-09-22 Thread Roger Hicks
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Geoffrey Spear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I harvest 2159, 2160, 2163, and 2164, the ID numbers assigned to CFJs in the past week, using four X crops as three 6s and one 5, to gain 8 WRVs. Fails, timing (as you pointed out) I transfer Zanzibar and 1 WRV to the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2101 assigned to ais523

2008-09-22 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 4:52 PM, ais523 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: require a detailed knowledge of how it works.) As non-Agorans are not even necessarily subscribed to a public forum, it seems quite possible that a non-Agoran could join an Agoran

DIS: Fwd: [s-b] Operantly Conditioned Beast, are you there?

2008-09-22 Thread comex
-- Forwarded message -- From: The Monster [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 11:58 AM Subject: [s-b] Operantly Conditioned Beast, are you there? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello. Sorry for sending this so publically and all, but I've been trying to find your email address

DIS: Re: BUS: Is the Monster a person?

2008-09-22 Thread comex
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 4:17 PM, ihope [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the purposes of this message, Mr. Elbow is defined as an entity I can act on behalf of by announcement. Then Mr. Elbow must be yourself, since I am not aware of any other entities you can act on behalf of by announcement.

DIS: Re: BUS: Is the Monster a person?

2008-09-22 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, ais523 wrote: I call for judgement on the statement The Monster is a person. Evidence: Rule 2150: {{{ A person is an entity that has the general capacity to be the subject of rights and obligations under the rules. }}} Ooh, a classic faulty syllogism: 1. A

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Is the Monster a person?

2008-09-22 Thread ais523
On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 14:39 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, ais523 wrote: I call for judgement on the statement The Monster is a person. Evidence: Rule 2150: {{{ A person is an entity that has the general capacity to be the subject of rights and obligations

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Is the Monster a person?

2008-09-22 Thread Ben Caplan
{{{ A person is an entity that has the general capacity to be the subject of rights and obligations under the rules. }}} I read the sentence as A person is hereby defined to be an entity that has the general capacity to be the subject of rights and obligations under the rules.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Is the Monster a person?

2008-09-22 Thread comex
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Ben Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under your style of parsing, a sentence like Points are a currency. (R2179) would be interpreted as 'Points' is defined to mean a currency. No, this sentence is more analogous: A point is an entity that is a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Is the Monster a person?

2008-09-22 Thread comex
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Kerim Aydin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ooh, a classic faulty syllogism: 1. A person is an entity that is the subject of rights and obligations under the rules. 2. The monster is an entity that is the subject of rights (nb. not really) and obligations

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Is the Monster a person?

2008-09-22 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, comex wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Ben Caplan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under your style of parsing, a sentence like Points are a currency. (R2179) would be interpreted as 'Points' is defined to mean a currency. No, this sentence is more analogous: A