Re: DIS: Re: BUS: conducting some business

2019-07-24 Thread James Cook
On Mon, 22 Jul 2019 at 22:52, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > > On Monday, July 22, 2019 10:41 PM, Jason Cobb wrote: > > On 7/22/19 6:39 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > > > On Monday, July 22, 2019 9:02 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@uw.edu wrote: > > > > I confirm (in public here) that there is a contract

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8188A-8192A, 8195A, 8202-8214

2019-07-21 Thread James Cook
> wasn't enough to specify the proposal given that 2/3 of the attributes I mean 1/3. -- - Falsifian

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8188A-8192A, 8195A, 8202-8214

2019-07-21 Thread James Cook
> > 8211 G. 3.0 Law School > PRESENT (thesis was that long hypothetical judgement, right?) Yes.

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8188A-8192A, 8195A, 8202-8214

2019-07-19 Thread James Cook
On Thu., Jul. 18, 2019, 19:03 Jason Cobb, wrote: > > If Proposal 8210 has never taken effect, this proposal applies the > effects specified in its text. I first read "its" as referring to this new proposal, meaning this proposal only takes effect of 8210 didn't. It doesn't make sense after

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3757 Assigned to Falsifian

2019-07-18 Thread James Cook
Here's a draft judgement. I'll publish it later if nobody objects. > === CFJ 3757 === > >omd has 1 Blot. > > == > > Caller:Jason Cobb >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: reflectively cheap

2019-07-18 Thread James Cook
On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 at 04:13, Kerim Aydin wrote: > If it helps, the thought I had in mind was: > If the Rules associate payment of a set of assets (hereafter > the fee for the action; syns: cost, price, charge) with performing > an action, that action is a fee-based

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Rulekeepor] Full Logical Ruleset: July 2019

2019-07-15 Thread James Cook
On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 at 02:29, Rebecca wrote: > CFJ: Rule 2157 exists. It's 2517.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: My Spaceship

2019-07-14 Thread James Cook
; ship might not be pilotable, but I see no reason to think 0 is a more > (or less) likely number than 10 in the rules. > > On 7/14/19 8:42 PM, James Cook wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 22:04, nch wrote: > >> It's also not clear what the default of the > >> arm

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: My Spaceship

2019-07-14 Thread James Cook
> Hm... my reading would be that the default is "null". And I'm not sure > what happens if you increase "null' by 1. > > Jason Cobb I think it's 0 due to R2509 (Agoran Numbers): "If 0 is in the specified values...".

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Thesis submission: A dream within a dream within a dream

2019-07-14 Thread James Cook
> critique it, but it strikes me that we should have a review system that > > makes this someone's responsibility so that the document doesn't disappear > > into limbo, and the writer either gets their reward or understands why they > > did not. > > > > On 6/4/19

DIS: Re: BUS: My Spaceship

2019-07-14 Thread James Cook
On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 22:04, nch wrote: > It's also not clear what the default of the > armour value is. If my spaceships armour value is less than 10, I pay 1 > coin to repair it, increasing its armour switch to 10. Welcome! I think armour currently defaults to zero. There was a proposal to

Re: BUS: Fwd: DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2019-07-14 Thread James Cook
On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 16:04, Kerim Aydin wrote: > After pondering on it I'm likely going to vote against it - the stakes are > too high. I don't think it's reasonable to be able to steal all of > someone's assets via minor inattention. Oh, for some reason I thought this was just for stealing

Re: BUS: Fwd: DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2019-07-14 Thread James Cook
h each other off guard. Especially because people tend to have periods > of higher and lower attention to Agora. > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 11:28 AM James Cook wrote: > > > On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 11:23, D. Margaux wrote: > > > I withdraw my AFK proposal and propose thi

Re: BUS: Fwd: DIS: [Promotor] Draft

2019-07-14 Thread James Cook
On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 11:23, D. Margaux wrote: > I withdraw my AFK proposal and propose this in its place: > > Title: AFK Reform Act v1.1 What's the purpose of this proposal?

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: kwang

2019-07-14 Thread James Cook
On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 at 07:47, Reuben Staley wrote: > I earn 5 coins for the publication of the SLR for the twenty-seventh > week of 2019. I think it is the 28th week right now. I'm not sure whether this is successful. Maybe try again just to be sure?

DIS: Re: BUS: Intent

2019-07-11 Thread James Cook
On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 00:56, Rebecca wrote: > Does the CHoJ work now btw? It's unclear, since R2557 may not give a method for levying fines. See my proposal "Police Power" with Jason Cobb.

DIS: Re: BUS: [proposal] Fixing base values of crimes

2019-07-07 Thread James Cook
On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 at 10:53, Jason Cobb wrote: > I withdraw this proposal ("Sane crime base values, please") because it > conflicts with Falsifian's proposal, and I might want to find a way to > allow R. Lee to vote for it. > > Jason Cobb Sorry, I missed that. I haven't been closely following

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3753 Assigned to omd

2019-07-07 Thread James Cook
On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 at 21:12, Aris Merchant wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 3:36 PM omd wrote: > > > > On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 7:52 AM James Cook wrote: > > > Withdraw Rule 2597 (Line-item Veto). > > > > Why that rule? It's only a few months

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] Court Gazette

2019-07-07 Thread James Cook
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 17:20, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On 7/6/2019 6:56 AM, James Cook wrote: > > On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 15:11, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >> On 7/2/2019 6:02 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >>> [Quick! While it's still current!] > >>&

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3753 Assigned to omd

2019-07-07 Thread James Cook
The rule says "remove (syn. retract, withdraw)". On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 15:54, Jason Cobb wrote: > > This may be a bit nit-picky, but I don't believe "withdraw" is defined > for rules, only "repeal". > > Jason Cobb > > On 7/6/19 10:52 AM, James

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal pool CoE

2019-07-07 Thread James Cook
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 07:02, Aris Merchant wrote: > You're right. I was waiting for the dust to settle before trying to > sort things out. Does the following look correct? > > Also, feel free to just withdraw "no power is all powerful" if you > want to; it would simplify things a bit in some

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: July Zombie Auction

2019-07-07 Thread James Cook
> I bid 2 coins. > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 7:49 PM Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > > > I bid 35 coins. > > > > -twg > > > > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > > On Saturday, July 6, 2019 2:41 PM, James Cook > > wrote: > > > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Judgement of CFJ 3751

2019-07-07 Thread James Cook
On Sat., Jul. 6, 2019, 21:15 Kerim Aydin, wrote: > > On 7/5/2019 9:21 PM, James Cook wrote: > > On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 04:18, James Cook wrote: > >> I judge CFJ 3751 FALSE. > > > > However, I think the answer to the question Murphy was trying to ask > >

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Forbes 500

2019-07-05 Thread James Cook
On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 23:35, Rebecca wrote: > I also transfer tar's 20 coins to myself Does this work? R2466 requires that you "must, in the message in which the action is performed, uniquely identify the principal and that the action is being taken on behalf of that person." Specifically, you

DIS: Re: BUS: Judgement of CFJ 3751

2019-07-05 Thread James Cook
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019 at 04:18, James Cook wrote: > I judge CFJ 3751 FALSE. However, I think the answer to the question Murphy was trying to ask is TRUE. The message in G.'s gratuitous evidence makes it very clear that Murphy intends to place those votes. This seems to me like common sense or ba

Re: DIS: Summary Judgment is broken

2019-07-04 Thread James Cook
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 15:52, Jason Cobb wrote: > Rule 2531 ("Referee Accountability") has higher power than Rule 2479 > ("Official Justice"), so all of the former's requirements apply to > Summary Judgment. However, the entire point of Summary Judgment is that > it doesn't need to have a reason

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8196-8201

2019-07-03 Thread James Cook
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 04:15, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > Your proposal numbers have some off-by-100 errors. Whoops! Revised votes below. > >> IDAuthor(s) AITitle > >> --- > >> 8196 Jason Cobb, Falsifian

DIS: Re: BUS: Mandatory intent to banish the Ritual

2019-07-03 Thread James Cook
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 04:12, Jason Cobb wrote: > Also, was the Ritual performed last week? No, I don't think so.

Re: DIS: Fwd: Re: BUS: Kwang

2019-07-02 Thread James Cook
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 03:33, Edward Murphy wrote: > There was a past rule and/or CFJ to the effect that this type of > ambiguous ordering is still effective, provided that the choice > doesn't make any substantive difference to the gamestate. (In this > case, either order would lead to D. Margaux

Re: DIS: DMARC bounces (attn Murphy)

2019-07-02 Thread James Cook
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 02:08, omd wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 6:30 PM James Cook wrote: > > (I'm not suggesting we use Discourse, just that maybe similar options are > > available with the current software.) > > It seems Mailman does support something like that: &

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3750 Assigned to twg

2019-07-02 Thread James Cook
Gratuitous: I don't think I understood G.'s argument. As far as I can tell, this is straightforward. R2579 says "To perform a fee-based action, an entity ... must announce", and later "Upon such an announcement". I think the first excerpt is clearly only talking about fee-based actions, and the

DIS: Re: BUS: ADoP Deputisation

2019-07-02 Thread James Cook
In the ongoing election for ADoP, I vote [Murphy]. On Mon, 1 Jul 2019 at 02:00, Rebecca wrote: > > Having intended to do so days ago, I deputise for ADoP to initiate an > agoran decision for the election of the position of ADoP. The voting method > is instant run-off, the ADoP is the vote

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8180-8187

2019-07-02 Thread James Cook
I don't think so. On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 06:08, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > Did the below proposals ever get resolved? -G. > > On 6/22/2019 4:37 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > CoE: This leaves out my votes on Telnaior's behalf, which change the > > outcome of at least one proposal I think (8184).

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: birthday activities...

2019-06-30 Thread James Cook
I'm interested. Another possibility if Rance doesn't come back with an updated plan is the "Arcadia tournament" Trigon proposed on May 18 02:25 UTC) On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 at 12:42, Rebecca wrote: > > This has to get done man > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 10:41 PM Rebecca wrote: > > > Very

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Birthday Ribbon

2019-06-29 Thread James Cook
On Sat, 29 Jun 2019 at 19:24, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > On Sat, 2019-06-29 at 12:19 -0700, Bernie Brackett wrote: > > Happy Birthday Agora! It's Agora's birthday, so I get a Magenta > > ribbon. > > I'm not convinced that statement's clear enough to be an action-by- > announcement. You

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Ribbon claims

2019-06-28 Thread James Cook
Thanks! I'd been itching to pull the trigger for a while. On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 at 14:44, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > Just wanted to say well done on the Transparent Ribbon - that's my > favorite and always like to see how people get it. > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 11:43 PM James Cook w

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [proposal] Regulated actions reform

2019-06-27 Thread James Cook
On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 at 04:33, Jason Cobb wrote: > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a binding entity CAN only > require or forbid an action that it does not define; it CANNOT > modify anything else about the action in any way. I don't understand this part. As far as I can tell,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fixing pledges

2019-06-27 Thread James Cook
On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 00:14, Jason Cobb wrote: > for 60 days. It is IMPOSSIBLE to commit the crime of Oathbreaking > multiple times for a single pledge; breaking a single pledge > multiple times constitutes a single crime. Wouldn't lower-case "impossible" be more appropriate here?

DIS: Re: BUS: Fixing pledges

2019-06-25 Thread James Cook
On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 at 05:08, Jason Cobb wrote: > for 60 days. If the Cold Hand of Justice is imposed on a Player for > violating a certain pledge, then that pledge ceases to be a pledge. A pledge can still be violated multiple times, even with this text, during the window of time

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8188-8195

2019-06-24 Thread James Cook
> > CFJ: "There exists a proposal with the title 'It's caused enough > > trouble already' and with a valid adoption index." > > > > CFJ: "There exists an Agoran Decision to adopt a proposal with the > > title 'It's caused enough trouble already' and with a valid adoption > > index." Sorry! I

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Zombie auction fix

2019-06-23 Thread James Cook
Oops, thanks. I'll make sure the next Registrar report accounts for zombies being transferred. I think everyone but Rance collected their zombies. On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 at 20:11, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > I thought we'd done this before, quite recently in fact (unless I'm >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Zombie auction fix

2019-06-23 Thread James Cook
Maybe the best solution is your proposal and secure Master at power threshold 1 instead of 2. If we want auction rules to be able to govern zombies, it seems hacky to try to keep the power threshold above that rule's power. On Sun., Jun. 23, 2019, 10:41 James Cook, wrote: > That rule is o

DIS: Re: BUS: Zombie auction fix

2019-06-23 Thread James Cook
> the items in that lot to that winner at will, or if the > Auctioneer is Agora, e immediately does so; otherwise, e SHALL > do so in a timely fashion. > > } > > > Jason Cobb > > On 6/23/19 12:17 PM, James Cook wrote: > > I create a proposal with the following attributes

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: It's served its purpose

2019-06-23 Thread James Cook
, Jason Cobb wrote: > > At the time that I will complete the action? That's a ridiculous > > requirement... > > > > Jason Cobb > > > > On 6/23/19 2:33 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >> > >> On 6/22/2019 11:02 PM, James Cook wrote: > >>> On S

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: It's served its purpose

2019-06-23 Thread James Cook
On Sun, 23 Jun 2019 at 02:52, Jason Cobb wrote: > I note that the Ritual has been performed for 5 continuous weeks. The ruleset has in the past been Appeased for 5 continuous weeks, but I had been assuming R2596's "has been continuously appeased at the moment of banishment" meant it had to be

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8180-8187

2019-06-22 Thread James Cook
Same comment as to Jason Cobb: I don't think this worked. On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 20:33, D. Margaux wrote: > > I earn (8-1)*1.7 = 12 coins for this proposal > > > On Jun 22, 2019, at 2:43 PM, D. Margaux wrote: > > > > PROPOSAL 8181 (Referee CAN Impose Fines (v1.1)) > > FOR: R. Lee#, D. Margaux,

DIS: Re: BUS: The ruleset is too long so

2019-06-22 Thread James Cook
On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 02:52, Rebecca wrote: > Title: Spaceships > AI: 1.1 Why 1.1?

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposal 8177

2019-06-22 Thread James Cook
Nitpick: I believe the ratification you quote failed, but D. Margaux's earlier Astronomor report did self-ratify, which is just as good. See the section "D. Margaux's attempt to ratify without objection failed." in my judgement of CFJ 3726 at https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/?3726

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Election Intents

2019-06-22 Thread James Cook
I'm happy to give up Treasuror if anyone is interested, or maybe Registrar if someone really wants it. On Sat, 22 Jun 2019 at 04:08, Reuben Staley wrote: > Is anyone else interested in Rulekeepor right now? If you are, I'm good > with letting an election play out, though I really do enjoy the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Judgement of CFJ 3737

2019-06-21 Thread James Cook
I don't think sending a message saying you flip a switch causes the switch to flip just because you said it and it's unregulated. I think this is the "I say I do, therefore I do" (ISIDTID) fallacy someone told me about on this list recently. If I understand right, the only reason to describe

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: I'm broke!

2019-06-20 Thread James Cook
On Fri, 21 Jun 2019 at 05:26, David Seeber wrote: > Cool.. Does that mean I committed a crime? I'm not sure, but I think no. The phrasing "would be impossible" is a little strange. The word "would" could indicate it's referring to some hypothetical scenario, but I'm not sure what scenario that

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 3737: non-binding agoran decision

2019-06-20 Thread James Cook
I put equal weight on TRUE and DISMISS. (Sorry, this email is more of an argument than a vote.) It may be TRUE by R. Lee's argument about limits. (Sorry if I got TRUE/FALSE mixed up there.) If not, it should be DISMISS. First of all, I think this business of judges not legally being able to

DIS: History of "The rules SHALL NOT be interpreted..."

2019-06-20 Thread James Cook
Summary: I can't find any particular reason it's phrased that way. Before voting on any decisions to change R2125's wording "The rules SHALL NOT be interpreted so as to proscribe unregulated actions.", I wanted to understand why it's written that way. (Versus finding some other phrasing that

DIS: Re: OFF: I'm broke!

2019-06-20 Thread James Cook
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 at 06:40, David Seeber wrote: > I cfj the following > > {Baron von Vaderham's bid of 11 coins in the most recent zombie auction of > June 6th was UNSUCCESSFUL} > > Argument in favour: > > Baron von Vaderham possessed 0 coins at the time of the auction, since he was > fleeced

DIS: Re: OFF: I'm broke!

2019-06-20 Thread James Cook
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 at 06:40, David Seeber wrote: > I also cause myself to receive a Welcome pack since I have not received one > since I returned from being a zombie. I don't think you ever stopped being a zombie, so I think this doesn't succeed. You probably want to take advantage of this

DIS: Extricability and the History of R2517

2019-06-19 Thread James Cook
The history of R2517 ("Conditionals and Extricability" indicates it was repealed in July 2018, and doesn't say anything about it being enacted again after. Was that a mistake? (Of course it's there now because we ratified an SLR earlier this year.) Also, maybe related to the "Dollar Auction"

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Dollar Auction

2019-06-19 Thread James Cook
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 at 12:06, D. Margaux wrote: > > On Jun 14, 2019, at 2:29 AM, David Seeber wrote: > > > > If this is accepted, { > > > > { I cfj the following: > > > > "Trigon is the winner of the auction" > > > > Argument in favour : > > > > Trigon bid two coins, which is more than

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Referee] Weekly Report

2019-06-18 Thread James Cook
Sorry, just saw the other thread. Seems R. Lee is now in agreement that the CHoJ is broken. On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 00:38, James Cook wrote: > > Wait, I'm confused. omd's revised judgement says "so it seems that > imposing the Cold Hand of Justice is impossible after all.&q

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Referee] Weekly Report

2019-06-18 Thread James Cook
Wait, I'm confused. omd's revised judgement says "so it seems that imposing the Cold Hand of Justice is impossible after all.", and I think this is because omd realized that the new "only using the methods" clause means attempts to impose the CHoJ actually don't work. Or did I get something

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Agoran Directory

2019-06-18 Thread James Cook
On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 at 05:56, Jason Cobb wrote: > I point my finger at Falsifian for the Crime of Making My Eyes Bleed. > > [Yes this is silly, but the rule (Rule 2143) is silly.] > > Jason Cobb Sorry about that! Do you mean the "Due to Flip to Agora" heading that spills over to the next line,

Re: DIS: Fwd: Re: OFF: BUS: Plagarism

2019-06-17 Thread James Cook
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 09:17, Edward Murphy wrote: > > Falsifian wrote: > > > I publish the below report, which was originally published by Trigon > > on June 6. I earn 5 Coins for publishing it. > > > > (The report fulfilled Trigon's duty to publish a weekly report, so it > > is a

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Referee] Weekly Report (rev. 1)

2019-06-17 Thread James Cook
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 05:04, Jason Cobb wrote: > (This means that Corona was not a player from ~10 June to ~13 June > because ratification.) I don't think the "fugitive" vs. "player" distinction in the Referee weekly report is self-ratifying. It would be self-ratifying in a Registrar's report

DIS: Re: BUS: It's served its purpose

2019-06-16 Thread James Cook
I'm interested, but I'd like a way to leave the contract, at least after The Ritual is gone. I realize the contract doesn't really do much after that point, but it bugs me anyway that I'll continue to be bound by it. On Sun, 16 Jun 2019 at 12:13, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > > I consent to the

DIS: Re: BUS: Fw: BUS: Ribbon claims

2019-06-16 Thread James Cook
> > > TTttPF. > > > >I award myself a cyan ribbon. > > > > Thank you for reminding me. -Rance > > > > > > > > On Sunday, June 9, 2019, 2:29:24 PM CDT, James Cook > > wrote: > > > > I award myself a green ribbon and a blue ribbon. > >

Re: Fw: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: End of June Zombie Auction

2019-06-16 Thread James Cook
ch removed a sentence but > I'm not sure which one. > > > > -twg > > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > > > > On Saturday, June 15, 2019 5:52 AM, omd c.ome...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 10:40 PM James Cook jc...@cs.berk

Re: DIS: [idea] Agora owning Blots

2019-06-15 Thread James Cook
On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 at 02:36, Jason Cobb wrote: > > [As with most things, I have no idea if this has been tried or suggested > before.] > > Seeing the recent issue with the Ritual and how no individual person > could be assigned blame for the failure got me wondering if it would be > a viable to

Re: Failures to Reenact (was Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8152-8163)

2019-06-15 Thread James Cook
On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 23:01, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > Also, CFJ: "Rule 2571 is guilty of violating Rule 105." This is not really > relevant in the scheme of things, I just want it to show up in G.'s CFJ > history to bewilder future historians. Did this ever get judged? I can't find any more

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: End of June Zombie Auction

2019-06-14 Thread James Cook
On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 at 03:26, omd wrote: > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 7:44 PM James Cook wrote: > > Could you elabourate? Even if we should pretend zombies are assets, it's > > not always true that an asset's owner CAN transfer it. E.g. if I had blots > > and auctioned th

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: End of June Zombie Auction

2019-06-14 Thread James Cook
. > > On Sat, 15 Jun 2019, 12:09 PM James Cook wrote: > > > Warning: I don't think paying Agora for one's prize will cause that > > zombie's Master switch to be flipped to the payer, and I plan to call a > > CFJ about it once someone tries to claim their zombie (easier to p

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: End of June Zombie Auction

2019-06-14 Thread James Cook
Your message to the discussion list said 8, but on agora-business I see "Anyway I bid 7 coins on the ongoing zombie auction". On Fri., Jun. 14, 2019, 22:13 Rebecca, wrote: > Coe I bid eight coins so I should win the third zombie > > On Sat, 15 Jun 2019, 12:09 P

DIS: Re: OFF: End of June Zombie Auction

2019-06-14 Thread James Cook
Warning: I don't think paying Agora for one's prize will cause that zombie's Master switch to be flipped to the payer, and I plan to call a CFJ about it once someone tries to claim their zombie (easier to phrase the CFJ after that's happened). (I think the winners are still obligated to pay for

Re: DIS: Idea: Notice and comment

2019-06-14 Thread James Cook
On Sat, 15 Jun 2019 at 01:13, omd wrote: > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 5:58 PM James Cook wrote: > > Requiring notice and comment would make it a bit more complicated and > > time-consuming to judge a CFJ, which might not make sense for simple > > ones. > > Well, most simp

DIS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3735 assigned to Falsifian

2019-06-14 Thread James Cook
Proto-judgement: This message contains my judgement of CFJ 3735, called by Baron von Vaderham, with the stament: "There was only one valid bid, namely for 1 coin by CuddleBeam." Caller's arguments == > Trigon bid 2 Mexican pesos. > Mexican pesos are coins. > Valid currency for

Re: DIS: Idea: Notice and comment

2019-06-14 Thread James Cook
Requiring notice and comment would make it a bit more complicated and time-consuming to judge a CFJ, which might not make sense for simple ones. How about this: * The judge assigned to a CFJ CAN publish a draft judgement, and is ENCOURAGED to do so for difficult cases. * Publishing a draft

DIS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Forbes 500

2019-06-12 Thread James Cook
The below report is also missing D. Margaux's 2019-06-03 reward, but it won't self-ratify because it's already CoE-ed. The "fresh" report at [0] already includes the update. [0] https://agoranomic.org/Treasuror/reports/weekly/fresh.txt On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 01:59, James Cook wr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Zombie auction status (unofficial report)

2019-06-11 Thread James Cook
:40 AM > To: Agora Nomic discussions (DF) > Subject: DIS: Re: BUS: Zombie auction status (unofficial report) > > i bid 8 coins > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 12:06 PM James Cook wrote: > > > There is one ongoing zombie auction. > > > > Lots: > > 1. Pu

DIS: Zombie auction status (unofficial report)

2019-06-10 Thread James Cook
On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 at 02:06, James Cook wrote: > 2019-06-07T17:01Z. Rance. 7 Coins. Oops, I forgot to reformat that. That notation means it was at 17:01 UTC on June 7.

DIS: Re: BUS: Fw: CFJ: Can The Ritual be banished?

2019-06-10 Thread James Cook
It's hard to tell that the rest of your message is quoted. I suspect Yahoo mail interacts badly with the mailing list somehow. Maybe it doesn't format the text version of the email very well. On Mon, 10 Jun 2019 at 03:36, Rance Bedwell wrote: > > I withdraw the below CFJ. omd has shown me the

DIS: Re: BUS: Minor currency fixes

2019-06-09 Thread James Cook
> Replace all instances of the text "Agora's official currency" with > the text "the official currency of Agora". How about removing the quotation marks too? They might be taken to imply it should be phrased exactly that way, which might lead us back to the same situation next time the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer goes to uni, Attn. Herald

2019-06-08 Thread James Cook
I enjoyed both essays, and not having much experience with nomics, I found them informative. The beginner's strategy guide seems pretty straightforward, its individual parts obvious in retrospect, but I think there's a lot of value in seeing everything in one place --- I think if you ask me what

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fwd: third church of the reformed ritual - post schism

2019-06-07 Thread James Cook
On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 14:50, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > > On Fri, 2019-06-07 at 14:44 +, James Cook wrote: > > On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 13:48, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > I light a candle. > > > > Does this actually work? > > > > As far as

DIS: Re: BUS: Fwd: third church of the reformed ritual - post schism

2019-06-07 Thread James Cook
On Fri, 7 Jun 2019 at 13:48, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I light a candle. > > [ > 2. Any player CAN "light a candle" by announcement. Lighting a > candle has the effect of the player announcing the following in order: > - "I consent to join the Reformed Church of the Ritual if I haven't >

Re: DIS: DMARC bounces (attn Murphy)

2019-06-06 Thread James Cook
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 02:08, omd wrote: > ...Okay, I've gone ahead and set dmarc_moderation_action to "Munge > From" on all three lists. Changing the From address is annoying > (sorry Murphy), but it only applies to messages from domains with > p=reject DMARC entries, and the alternative is for

Re: DIS: DMARC bounces (attn Murphy)

2019-06-05 Thread James Cook
On Wed., Jun. 5, 2019, 21:03 James Cook, wrote: > > Sure, it would fix the DMARC issue, but it would also make it very hard > to > > tell at a glance who sent which message. Modern mailers have a lot of > > features for that, but they’re all based around the from line. >

Re: DIS: DMARC bounces (attn Murphy)

2019-06-05 Thread James Cook
> Sure, it would fix the DMARC issue, but it would also make it very hard to > tell at a glance who sent which message. Modern mailers have a lot of > features for that, but they’re all based around the from line. I just checked the way Discourse does it (or did it in October 2018). I see for

Re: DIS: DMARC bounces (attn Murphy)

2019-06-04 Thread James Cook
On Wed, 15 May 2019 at 20:22, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > Translated to English, this states that the email should not be > considered valid if the Subject fail was modified in transit. Of > course, the Subject of the email actually was modified (by the list > software, inserting the BAK:),

DIS: (Attn omd) mailman.agoranomic.org HTTPS certificate error

2019-06-04 Thread James Cook
On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 06:06, omd wrote: > Sorry about this! Despite the "Attn omd" in the subject, my eyes saw > the "DIS:" and jumped over the rest; I was putting off reading Agora > list messages so I didn't see it until now. (Even though you also > added me directly as a recipient, Gmail

Re: DIS: [Referee] Ritual Finger Pointing Proto-Decision

2019-06-04 Thread James Cook
On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 05:49, Rebecca wrote: > I suspect that the text is > not clear and therefore the four-part test must be applied. What's the four-part test?

Re: DIS: Plot twist: new proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-03 Thread James Cook
Also, I wrote some text arguing that D. Margaux is correct about the document self-ratifying itself into being legal. It didn't end up being relevant to my judgement, but I've already written it, so I might as well publish it. (It's similar to the first draft of this section, but I added two

DIS: Plot twist: new proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-03 Thread James Cook
Based on the recent discussion, here are my revised judgements. This are due fairly soon; I'll probably publish it tomorrow morning in the UTC-4 time zone (so, maybe around 13:00-ish) even though that feels a bit rushed. In case it's not clear, I'm pretty sure D. Margaux has 0 blots now, and

Re: DIS: Proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-03 Thread James Cook
James Cook, wrote: > In the new timeline, it was accurate from the time it was published, but > inaccurate until the time it was published. R2143 says you shall not > publish inaccurate information in an official report, but doesn't comment > on exactly when it should not be inaccurate.

Re: DIS: Proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-03 Thread James Cook
to be about the legal situation at the time. On Mon., Jun. 3, 2019, 20:23 D. Margaux, wrote: > I think the self ratification makes it retroactively accurate though... > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 8:22 PM James Cook wrote: > > > Wasn't omd's finger-pointing about publishing inac

Re: DIS: Proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-03 Thread James Cook
Wasn't omd's finger-pointing about publishing inaccurate information in the reports? On Mon., Jun. 3, 2019, 20:18 Aris Merchant, < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why would the legality of publishing the report matter? > > -Aris > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 5:16

Re: DIS: Proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-03 Thread James Cook
9 at 8:03 PM James Cook wrote: > > > I think I might have found a problem with my proto-judgements: D. > > Margaux may not have properly announced intent to ratify eir document. > > E said: > > > > > I intend without objection to ratify the following document

Re: DIS: Proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-03 Thread James Cook
t; but the document itself, clearly delineated with {...}, does not contain that past date. So, I'm currently of the opinion that the ratification didn't work after all, and so the fine was EFFECTIVE and D. Margaux still has blots. Or is there some reason to think the intent worked? On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 a

Re: DIS: Proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-02 Thread James Cook
r the ratification is intended to > include these facts about the past, which is another way to arrive at > the same clarification. On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 at 03:24, James Cook wrote: > > Thanks. What if I replace the first paragraph of 7A with this: > > > To understand the meani

Re: DIS: Proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-02 Thread James Cook
On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 23:24, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > On Mon, 2019-06-03 at 00:11 +0100, Charles Walker wrote: > > R1551 reads as if it is trying to avoid amending the past, by amending > > the present gamestate with reference to a hypothetical past. I have > > tried to think of a couple

Re: DIS: Proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-02 Thread James Cook
ed using > > direct, forward reasoning; in particular, an absurdity that can be > > concluded from the assumption that a statement about rule-defined > > concepts is false does not constitute proof that it is true." > > > > Jason Cobb > > On 6/1/19 11:59 PM, James

Re: DIS: Proto-judgements of CFJs 3726 and 3727

2019-06-02 Thread James Cook
> R1551 reads as if it is trying to avoid amending the past, by amending > the present gamestate with reference to a hypothetical past. I have > tried to think of a couple of reasons, but neither feels particularly > compelling in the face of your arguments in (7): I'm guessing R1551's complex

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Forbes 500

2019-06-02 Thread James Cook
On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 20:48, Rance Bedwell wrote: > If you want me to, I will attempt to withdraw the COE. That might make things more interesting, since I don't see a way for you to do it. I might still be able to deny it under Rule 2201; I'm not sure. I don't think it's causing much harm. I'm

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