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

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Ed Murphy wrote: The proposal in question repealed points, and enacted Marks which were used for officer salaries and such.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 The proposal (2662) merely repealed Points.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: 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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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: 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

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: 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: 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

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

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

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: [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: 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

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Draft Ruling in CFJ 2023

2008-07-15 Thread Zefram
allegedly violated, so it's now pretty clear anyway that the rule number is not part of the action. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PNP Voting

2008-07-15 Thread Zefram
ais523 wrote: Say, this is another argument for allowing attempts to perform actions which will certainly fail; This is a reason for the PNP's message to include a phrase such as if the proposal is in its voting period. Zefram does not update it instantaneously when

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: Proto: But what is truth?

2008-07-14 Thread Zefram
is in fact possible. If it is impossible we treat it as a nullity. I'm less happy about I attempt to do X, but I'm willing to interpret it as a synonym for If possible I do X. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: But what is truth?

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
without any indication of one's belief. Only the most boring scams would rely on this kind of dishonesty. Actions that are of uncertain legality can always be preceded by If it is possible,. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: But what is truth?

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
to explicate is how an action statement is evaluated for truthfulness, and it's best written in such terms. How about: A statement that someone is thereby performing an action is false if the described action is not thereby performed. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Ruling in CFJ 2053: INNOCENT

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: I'm not sure I _want_ to be registered if something that goes wrong is illegal. R2149 does not forbid mistakes. It forbids lies. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Can you lie in a speech act?

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
, so probably doesn't initiate the CFJ. Then we must consider whether it was an *attempt* to initiate a CFJ (as it claims). This depends on what ais523 thought would happen. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Can you lie in a speech act?

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
acts. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Ruling in CFJ 2053: INNOCENT

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
of lie. I'd be in favour of a power=3 rule explicitly forbidding lying about one's identity. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto: But what is truth?

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: This is a fundamentally flawed and dangerous idea and should not pass. What is the nature of the flaw? Does the current R2149 share it? -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto: But what is truth?

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
the prerogative's power. Personally I favour the abolition of all prerogatives, and of the speakerhood. I'm not likely to have much opinion about particular exercises of the prerogatives. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto: But what is truth?

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
Taral wrote: A person SHALL not make a public statement e believes to be false. We tried that, in the original version of rule 2149, and eventually rejected it when restoring the rule after the truthiness era. The problem is that a reckless falsehood is still dishonest and problematic. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto: But what is truth?

2008-07-13 Thread Zefram
pointed out. A deliberately false claim to be performing an action most certainly is a lie, though. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: ?spam? BUS: Spam

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
of the message are the large number of CFJs on This is Agora. and the disclaimer in the last line. I think the disclaimer, btw, nullifies any attempts at action by announcement in the message. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
anything else that you think is in there (such as the patent title bit, which I missed) is sufficiently unclear as to be ineffective. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
interpretation for Agoran purposes. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
) ^ I think you missed a bit that could be interpreted as the scope of this ratification is the Full Logical Ruleset. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
proposal, | Same proposal problem, and multiple incompatible statements of AI. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
, but I do X is not an imperative. Goethe, do X is an imperative. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
no valid referent. Btw, I think the formulation If possible, I do X. is preferable over I do X. Disclaimer: this might fail.. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: Enough misuse of criminality for contracts

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
at the beginning of its body. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto: Truth of speech acts

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
other kind of statement, and in particular it is false if the speaker does not thereby successfully perform the action described. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: The Game

2008-07-10 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: If a Gamer thinks about The Game (as this contract or the real-life version or just the words 'The Game'), they lose and must announce their loss to a public forum. I'm immune. xkcd set me free: http://xkcd.com/391/ -zefram

Re: DIS: New FINE Proto

2008-07-08 Thread Zefram
since the CFJ was initiated. -zefram

Re: DIS: New FINE Proto

2008-07-08 Thread Zefram
by transferring currency to the LFD in lieu of destruction. That would make more currencies available for fines. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto: No, Mr. Garrison, we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans

2008-07-08 Thread Zefram
that, rather than dropping the English requirement. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto: No, Mr. Garrison, we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans

2008-07-08 Thread Zefram
Geoffrey Spear wrote: If the translation service isn't of a biological nature, is the union of the two a first-class person? I can't send email without a keyboard. Is me+keyboard a first-class person? -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Equity case: PNP

2008-07-07 Thread Zefram
. -zefram

Re: DIS: 5629-5630

2008-07-07 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: Preparing for ostracism and One-off ostracism were protos sent to the discussion forum. Proposals 5629-5630 are not by me, but were created by Zefram's act of distribution. Oops. Noted in historical record. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2048 judged UNIMPUGNED by Taral

2008-07-07 Thread Zefram
Taral wrote: required to show that the accused did not believe eir statement to be true. I thought that side of the case was uncontroversial. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Werewolves update

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
Ben Caplan wrote: This strikes me as not within the spirit of the game of Werewolf. Wolves need to be able to lie with impunity. See who fears information getting out. I propose to lynch Pavitra. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Magenta! Columbia!

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
-30 04:12:23 in UTC, which is 2008-06-30 16:12:23 in UTC+12h, which is firmly inside Agora's Birthday. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: I thought Agora's Birthday was today...

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
Alexander Smith wrote: Happy Birthday, Agora! Late. Doesn't +1200 push it from midday on the 30th to midday on the 1st? The +12:00 means that it occurs 12 hours earlier than that date occurs in UTC. -zefram

DIS: Re: Re: BUS: I thought Agora's Birthday was today...

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
agreement or interpretation of Agoran law, so R101 does not forbid it from abridging your rights. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto Proposals galore!

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
. Proposal 'Homo sapiens' AI=3 ii=0 We're not speciesist here. We have precedent for a blob of (biological) mauve goo being a player. Also, you spelled the binomial name correctly in the title but not in the body of the proposal. The specific epithet is never capitalised. -zefram

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
Quazie wrote: Proposal 'Another bribe?' AI=2 ii=1 Been done before. Boring. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto Proposals galore!

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
deliberately doesn't allow deregistration of anyone who has been first-class, to avoid problems with potential scams or screwups that withdraw legal personhood from first-class players. -zefram

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Protoproposal of a defense of democracy

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
might be sufficiently novel to garner interest, but the other two have been done before.) -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: I think.

2008-06-30 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: And I also nominate ZEFRAM, because coming out of the blue to nominate Pavrita is... a little suspicious. Damn, rumbled. Yep, I'm a werewolf. In fact, I'm both werewolves. Pavitra gave sufficient reason to suspect em of lupine tendencies. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: registration

2008-06-28 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: You're a player, which is more than I can say. Er, you just did say it. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PRS

2008-06-28 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: why? I have a problem with the laundering concept of the PRS. It should not be granted the ability to award points. Points should only be awarded for generally-approved subgames, but the PRS would open the way for anything to grant points. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: distribution of proposals 5577-5584

2008-06-28 Thread Zefram
, the eligible voters for democratic |proposals are the active first-class players, -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: distribution of proposals 5569-5576

2008-06-25 Thread Zefram
.. Rule 869 provides the procedure whereby a person can register emself, and the adoption of a proposal patently isn't it. So I think that this proposal, if adopted, would be merely making a false statement, and would have no effect. -zefram

Re: DIS: player, person question

2008-06-25 Thread Zefram
(default) and Registered, tracked by the registrar. A player is an entity whose citizenship is Registered. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Ruling on CFJ 2019

2008-06-24 Thread Zefram
at one point that only persons could bear patent titles. We then amended R649 specifically to change that. A patent title is *given* in recognition of a person's distinction, but *bearing* it is not tied to personhood. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Contract cleanup

2008-06-24 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: I'll object, just to be silly. Go on then. -zefram

Re: DIS: Notary (proto-)report: Now in delicious colou^H^H^H^H^HHTML!

2008-06-24 Thread Zefram
, if you have an Accept header preferring text/plain over text/html, you'll get the text version back. Cute. Turns out Lynx rates them equally, and you're sending text/plain in that case. -zefram

Re: DIS: Voting questions

2008-06-21 Thread Zefram
Alexander Smith wrote: Zefram, avpx, why did you vote AGAINST ? Should be in the rule that defines by announcement. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: pseudo-Herald's report

2008-06-20 Thread Zefram
, root, Goethe Twelve Months: Michael, Murphy, OscarMeyr, root, Goethe I have some of these. All of them, I think. -zefram

Re: DIS: New Forum?

2008-06-18 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: Would you consider the creation of a new discussion forum, the Agora-Contests (or -Contracts) forum? Most of us would have to be on it, and would be uninterested in most of the traffic. I think there should be separate fora for each contest. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proto: Emergency exit

2008-06-18 Thread Zefram
ihope wrote: What is ISIDTID? I say I do, therefore I do. The cause of much philosophical debate regarding actions that are defined only by the rules. -zefram

Re: DIS: 1st proposal

2008-06-17 Thread Zefram
Chester Mealer wrote: (g) Official Greeter, to be awarded by the IADoP, to any player who announces eir intent to become a greeter with Agoran consent (ratio 1). Why do it as a patent title when we have an office mechanism? -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Transposition

2008-06-17 Thread Zefram
Ian Kelly wrote: What ever happened to this proposal? I lost it. Crap. It'll be in the next batch. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Isn't that just silly?

2008-06-13 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: I perform every action that can be performed by announcement. This has been tried before, by KoJen IIRC. E used the modifier simultaneously too. It was generally regarded as a null action, presumably due to ambiguity and unreasonableness. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: The ehird Project (which would be The Ehird Project if...)

2008-06-13 Thread Zefram
ihope wrote: This contract purports to regulate becoming a party to it. No it doesn't. It *purports* to purport to regulate it, but doesn't actually purport to regulate it. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Isn't that just silly?

2008-06-13 Thread Zefram
). These can be collectively distinguished from logographic, ideographic, and pictographic systems, where a single symbol represents a much larger component of meaning. -zefram

Re: DIS: Proposal idea

2008-06-12 Thread Zefram
share. I ranted quite a bit about intra-nomic economics back in early 2007. Check the archives. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: AGORA AGORA AGORA AGORA

2008-06-12 Thread Zefram
generation of hash algorithms should arrive in the next year or so. Until then, attacks can be practically deterred by using SHA-512. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 1985 assigned to Pavitra

2008-06-07 Thread Zefram
without the clarification. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Rules as Contract

2008-06-01 Thread Zefram
directly from the original contract and acting in conjunction with it. Nice approach. I think you need a bit more explicitude in defining descendance. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Batch processing of CFJs 1948-51

2008-06-01 Thread Zefram
Benjamin Schultz wrote: He got hit with two criminal CFJs for the same act. I'm trying to find a way to dismiss the second one as double jeopardy Make an ordinary ruling on culpability, but then sentence to DISCHARGE (under the manifestly unjust provision) if the verdict is GUILTY. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 1944 assigned to Pavitra

2008-05-30 Thread Zefram
message, but in this particular case comex's intent was clear. -zefram

DIS: Rules as Binding Agreement

2008-05-30 Thread Zefram
, and I think it's not sufficiently clear. -zefram

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