DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-15 Thread Zefram
Ian Kelly wrote: I CFJ on this statement. Patently TRUE. By stating it you do in fact initiate the described CFJ, via the rules on acting by announcement. This makes the statement true. And it's obviously relevant. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: CRIMINAL CASES

2008-07-15 Thread Zefram
not intend to appeal it Quite possibly guilty, though tricky to establish unless e confesses. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: CRIMINAL CASES

2008-07-15 Thread Zefram
an unqualified allegation of rule violation. R1504 speaks of an allegation internally, but only as a way to identify the parameters of the case. For the record, I was undecided about this issue when I drafted it. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: This subject is only a subject if it is a subject

2008-07-15 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: If the above statement is false, This condition cannot be evaluated by any reasonable effort, so the attempted action is invalid due to unclarity. -zefram

Re: DIS: another workaround

2008-07-16 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: I hereby announce that I do X If this is acceptable, it is because we treat it as a (virtual) announcement of I do X. If it is so accepted, for the purposes of doing X by announcement, then R2149 can also be applied to I do X. -zefram

Re: DIS: I say I do, therefore I do

2008-07-16 Thread Zefram
it logically with the action statement, it is effectively a synonym for the qualifier If it is possible to do so,. We do allow these, and they mean that the action occurs if it is possible. I think the qualifier is better style than the disclaimer. -zefram

Re: DIS: I say I do, therefore I do

2008-07-16 Thread Zefram
* ascribe any significance to, because they describe impossible actions. The rules don't distinguish between I'm voting FOR proposal 1234. (outside the proposal's voting period) and I'm washing my dog. (when the rules don't define washing or dogs). -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Herald] The Scrolls of Agora

2008-07-17 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: [Aside: when something is undefined, therefore ceasing to exist, is a thing which is later redefined under the same name the same thing?] Patent titles retain their identity, though they don't cease to exist when not specifically defined. CFJ 1525. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Perpetual Violation Machine

2008-07-17 Thread Zefram
ihope wrote: Now, assuming that Ivan Hope is always in violation of this pledge works, I don't think it does. Ivan Hope is not actually contravening any obligation imposed by the pledge, so e is not in violation of it. The quoted clause is just a false statement. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2065a assigned to BobTHJ, Taral, Goethe

2008-07-17 Thread Zefram
Roger Hicks wrote: You're too concerned with the facts of this case. Ah, you're one of those faith-based politicians. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2080 judged TRUE by Murphy

2008-07-17 Thread Zefram
fragments as statements for CFJ purposes if they are explicitly delimited as the subject of a CFJ, but it is not reasonable to expect them to be treated as statements otherwise. They create no ambiguity as to what the subjects of the CFJ is when there is no explicit delimitation. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: The Demon Proposals

2008-07-17 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: Zefram, I'm wondering if the abuse modifies your general Proposals should be Free stance Not much. I'm still firmly opposed to requiring payment to submit proposals or get them distributed, and also opposed to tight rate limiting and other artificial restrictions

DIS: Re: BUS: I must be crazy, but...

2008-07-17 Thread Zefram
. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I must be crazy, but...

2008-07-17 Thread Zefram
single proposals. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: distribution of proposals 5649-5650

2008-07-19 Thread Zefram
of an identical proposal in a few months. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2052 assigned to woggle

2008-07-26 Thread Zefram
Charles Reiss wrote: Also, there should be a strong presumption that excersizing R101 rights is equitable in order to avoid abridging those rights in an equity judgment. Aha, finally some judicial precedent on what R101 rights mean. An excellent principle. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto-Proposal: Clarify REMAND vs REASSIGN

2008-07-26 Thread Zefram
of these judgements are appropriate if the panel feels that the judgement is appropriate but the arguments insufficient.} Yes, this is also an intentional feature of the rule. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: distribution of proposals 5658-5667

2008-07-26 Thread Zefram
Roger Hicks wrote: Anything about this in particular that I could change to get your vote? I dislike the general concept of a profusion of chambers, so no. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJs 2081-85 assigned to OscarMeyr

2008-07-28 Thread Zefram
. It was a deliberately false statement, and that *does* violate the rules. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Werewolves has been stalled for nearly a month

2008-08-04 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: If you have a record of voting to lynch Pavitra, then please re-send it and I'll announce corrected results. |Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:02:13 +0100 |From: Zefram [EMAIL PROTECTED] |To: Ed Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Werewolves update

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Werewolves has been stalled for nearly a month

2008-08-11 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: Aha, this was ineffective due to being sent during the discussion period; Grumble. Why did you say I need votes when votes weren't actually valid? -zefram

Re: DIS: Draft FLR(,v)

2008-08-13 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: Anyone have the script for FLR--SLR? Attached. -zefram #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use IO::Handle; { my $peeked_line; sub peekline() { unless(defined $peeked_line) { local $/ = \n

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: The first game

2008-09-09 Thread Zefram
to the period from the inception of Agora until the first win. That's an historical usage, based on the game structure that existed at the time. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Tradition, by

2008-09-17 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: This I the a CFJ. statement: is on CFJ Not an obvious transformation from plain English, so not a reasonable synonym for anything. Random shuffling of words is a patently unreasonable form of communication. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Happy Birthday!

2008-10-02 Thread Zefram
date. The scam itself fails for all sorts of reasons Not least because you, er, didn't actually send the message in 1993. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Happy Birthday!

2008-10-02 Thread Zefram
Ian Kelly wrote: Thorny part: the time of day is not part of the date It is if you're dealing with timezones. Our date stamps have resolution finer than one day; I see no contradiction here. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Happy Birthday!

2008-10-02 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: I wish ehird had tried that. E would have sent the message before eir birth. Woo, we have a player younger than the game? Now Agora's really grown up. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Distribution of proposals 5764-5764

2008-10-07 Thread Zefram
ehird wrote: Don't be so sure... Is that a threat to falsify your log? -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Distribution of proposals 5764-5764

2008-10-07 Thread Zefram
ehird wrote: No... because you actually said that you came off hold. Yes, I did. I was mistaken about what you were saying don't be so sure about. Sorry. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: [s-b]: Export

2008-10-09 Thread Zefram
ais523 wrote: I submit a proposal, with the title Export, Is this the first (attempted) transfer of rule text between email nomics? Seems like a momentous occasion. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Left in a Huff

2008-10-16 Thread Zefram
? And then again, because they still deregistered (in the past). Either that or it can't be awarded at all until the person who left comes back, because immediately after deregistration e's not a player and so doesn't qualify as any player who -zefram

Re: DIS: Smallest nomic

2008-10-17 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: 1. All rules are amendable, but some are more amendable than others. How can the second part self-execute? -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Dictatorship

2008-10-23 Thread Zefram
that you ratified preclude the existence of any rules that you didn't list, so the only rule in existence now would be R9998. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Last resort

2008-11-18 Thread Zefram
are the rules: These rules are, of course, not the rules of Agora, to which CFJ 24 refers. 4. ehird can create rules in Agora, This mechanism is trivially ineffective in Agora, because nothing in Agora gives effect to the rules of your nomic. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Last resort

2008-11-18 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: perhaps we should platonically declare that all nomics are Protectorates? We could, but it doesn't seem very useful. Nothing in the laws of physics gives effect to the rules of Agora. Agora doesn't need the approval of the laws of physics. Agora is sovereign. -zefram

Re: DIS: the Quantum Crisis

2008-12-06 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: The proposal in question repealed points, and enacted Marks which were used for officer salaries and such. Marks already existed, and IIRC by this point they were already used quite a lot. The proposal (2662) merely repealed Points. Zefram [2] spent a few months working out

DIS: Re: BUS: Pime Taradox

2008-12-07 Thread Zefram
of the Riemann hypothesis is undetermined, maybe the action just fails for lack of clarity. -zefram

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