Re: DIS: FRC amendment?

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Smith
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:18 -0500, Benjamin Caplan wrote: > Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Thu, 21 May 2009, Benjamin Caplan wrote: > >> Kerim Aydin wrote: > >>> Apropos of nothing in particular, what would it take to amend the > >>> FRC contest so that shirking/absent judges lose points? -Goethe > >>

Re: DIS: FRC amendment?

2009-05-21 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 21 May 2009, Benjamin Caplan wrote: > Kerim Aydin wrote: >> Points over here; if we're awarding play here in Agora we should >> penalize failure to play (not for players but for judges). I'm >> not going to bother if it's w/o objection though. > > Really? WoO actions, in my experience, te

Re: DIS: FRC amendment?

2009-05-21 Thread Benjamin Caplan
Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Thu, 21 May 2009, Benjamin Caplan wrote: >> Kerim Aydin wrote: >>> Apropos of nothing in particular, what would it take to amend the >>> FRC contest so that shirking/absent judges lose points? -Goethe >> >> FRC style points or Agora x/y points? > > Points over here; if we'

Re: DIS: FRC amendment?

2009-05-21 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 21 May 2009, Benjamin Caplan wrote: > Kerim Aydin wrote: >> Apropos of nothing in particular, what would it take to amend the >> FRC contest so that shirking/absent judges lose points? -Goethe > > FRC style points or Agora x/y points? Points over here; if we're awarding play here in Agor

Re: DIS: FRC amendment?

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Smith
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 21:24 +0100, Alex Smith wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 13:19 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > Apropos of nothing in particular, what would it take to amend the > > FRC contest so that shirking/absent judges lose points? -Goethe > > > Contestmaster intent and no objections, IIRC

DIS: Re: BUS: AAA pledge

2009-05-21 Thread Quazie
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Benjamin Caplan wrote: > With the unanimous consent of myself, I amend Agricultural Timeshare > v1.1 to read as follows: > > { > This is an equitable public contract and a pledge. The name of this > contract is "Agricultural Timeshare v1.2". > > A Farmer CAN join t

Re: DIS: FRC amendment?

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Smith
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 13:19 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Apropos of nothing in particular, what would it take to amend the > FRC contest so that shirking/absent judges lose points? -Goethe > Contestmaster intent and no objections, IIRC. (/me checks notary wiki) Yep. -- ais523

Re: DIS: FRC amendment?

2009-05-21 Thread Benjamin Caplan
Kerim Aydin wrote: > Apropos of nothing in particular, what would it take to amend the > FRC contest so that shirking/absent judges lose points? -Goethe FRC style points or Agora x/y points?

DIS: FRC amendment?

2009-05-21 Thread Kerim Aydin
Apropos of nothing in particular, what would it take to amend the FRC contest so that shirking/absent judges lose points? -Goethe

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: AAA pledge

2009-05-21 Thread Benjamin Caplan
Ed Murphy wrote: > coppro wrote: > >> Rather than set up a bunch of pledges, wouldn't it be easier to use the >> IBA? > > tl;dr. I may get around to grokking it one of these months. QFGT. A quick glance at the IBA, though, suggests that the Offer mechanism isn't entirely prepared to deal with t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Smith
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:01 -0400, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > > It's also the equivalent of a PF for at least two other nomics, both of > > which are now dead. > > On behalf of One True Agora, I object to the Agoran Ambassador > claiming we're dea

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > It's also the equivalent of a PF for at least two other nomics, both of > which are now dead. On behalf of One True Agora, I object to the Agoran Ambassador claiming we're dead. It's only a flesh wound!

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Smith
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 14:53 -0500, Benjamin Caplan wrote: > Geoffrey Spear wrote: > > ##nomic is an Agoran discussion forum, and has no status at all in B. > > It should work the same as a-d. > > ##nomic has a longer history and usage than its official status in > Agora. In practice, people discus

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Benjamin Caplan
Geoffrey Spear wrote: > ##nomic is an Agoran discussion forum, and has no status at all in B. > It should work the same as a-d. ##nomic has a longer history and usage than its official status in Agora. In practice, people discuss more nomics than just Agora there, frequently enough to make intent

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Smith
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 11:03 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Thu, 21 May 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 08:23 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >> On Thu, 21 May 2009, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > >>> OTOH, pledges have to be public now, so the pledge would have to be > >>> published to take

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 21 May 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 08:23 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> On Thu, 21 May 2009, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >>> OTOH, pledges have to be public now, so the pledge would have to be >>> published to take effect anyway. Agreeing in ##nomic to a non-pledge >>> private

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Smith
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 08:23 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Thu, 21 May 2009, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > > OTOH, pledges have to be public now, so the pledge would have to be > > published to take effect anyway. Agreeing in ##nomic to a non-pledge > > private contract or to a public contract (with the

DIS: Re: BUS: Intent to award patent titles

2009-05-21 Thread Alex Smith
On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 21:52 -0400, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > > I award myself the patent title Champion for my win by Championship. > > I award myself the patent title Champion for my win by High Score. > > I award myself the patent title Mini

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2485 judged by OscarMeyr

2009-05-21 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Warrigal wrote: > I consent to the termination of the Agoran Loan Service. You don't need to consent; the contract allows you to terminate it by announcement.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 21 May 2009, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> If two players agree privately to a document that includes a clause >> "this is a public contract" (with the honest intent of publishing it >> afterwards), do you have a private contract which lat

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > If two players agree privately to a document that includes a clause > "this is a public contract" (with the honest intent of publishing it > afterwards), do you have a private contract which later becomes > public, or no contract (until it is

DIS: Re: BUS: Forming the IBA

2009-05-21 Thread comex
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 07:52, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Sean Hunt wrote: >>> I act on behalf of the IBA to intend, with Agoran Consent, to register. >> >> I object. >> > I support. I don't see the harm. I ob

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 21 May 2009, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > OTOH, pledges have to be public now, so the pledge would have to be > published to take effect anyway. Agreeing in ##nomic to a non-pledge > private contract or to a public contract (with the fact published > later) is a different case. If two players

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Forming the IBA

2009-05-21 Thread comex
That's recorded in the above history, as well as my later retraction (in response to the AAA motion that would make it unnecessary). Sent from my iPhone On May 21, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Sean Hunt wrote: comex wrote: On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:58 AM, comex wrote: On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:31 A

DIS: Re: BUS: Forming the IBA

2009-05-21 Thread Sean Hunt
comex wrote: > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:58 AM, comex wrote: >> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Sean Hunt wrote: >>> For the second motion, all voters (myself, comex, BobTHJ) voted FOR. >> CoE: I voted AGAINST; I think someone else did as well. Unfortunately >> it looks like several motions, i

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [s-b] [Notary] Report (null)

2009-05-21 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Benjamin Caplan wrote: > I believe that the intent to use Agoran jurisdiction must be > unambiguous. So, saying "I pledge to ASAP transfer a 7 Crop to you" in > ##nomic would probably create an Agoran pledge (assuming B doesn't also > have a version of the AAA), a