Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-09 Thread Ørjan Johansen
On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Fool wrote: Generally I don't think it's true the meta-agreement is subject to amendment by even true nomic. There are still limits. What if we made Agora purport to be played by the NZ All Blacks? This would paralyze the rule until

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-09 Thread Fool
On 09/07/2013 5:46 AM, Ørjan Johansen wrote: On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Fool wrote: Generally I don't think it's true the meta-agreement is subject to amendment by even true nomic. There are still limits. What if we made Agora purport to be played by the NZ All

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 9 Jul 2013, Alex Smith wrote: On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 20:50 -0400, Fool wrote (about CFJ 3362): Therefore I intend, with two support (and without five Elder objections) to appeal. I call on the appellate court to substitute a verdict of GUILTY, and suggest the death penalty. I

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-09 Thread Jonathan Rouillard
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: On Tue, 9 Jul 2013, Alex Smith wrote: I support. I object. (Always wanted to do that and have it be meaningful.) It's not though... you CANNOT wear two hats :-P Pfff. Look, everyone, seems like G. is *poor* and

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 9 Jul 2013, Jonathan Rouillard wrote: On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: On Tue, 9 Jul 2013, Alex Smith wrote: I support. I object. (Always wanted to do that and have it be meaningful.) It's not though... you CANNOT wear two hats :-P

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Fool wrote: R2410 allows a party constitution to amend itself arbitrarily. The fact that these amendments are mediated via R2410 and player announcement does not make it not a Nomic. The point is, the Party cannot *choose its own method of mediation*, while a nomic can.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-08 Thread Fool
On 08/07/2013 9:21 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: And when you think about it, no Nomic compels its own rule following. All Nomics are implicitly mediated by something, and this is not subject to amendment. Usually this is by its players directly, but there are other possibilities. But they *are*

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-08 Thread omd
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: Sure, a party can do this. And then splinter off and be a nomic. BUT IN DOING SO, IT IS NO LONGER THE PARTY that the officer Is tracking. fwiw, I agree that splintering off doesn't count, but I think that a system of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Fool wrote: I had a look. The situation looks to me like this: the question was whether Agora would recognise it as a Contest, and when it broke a certain Agoran rule, it ceased to be a Contest. There wasn't a divergent version of Claustronomic that still existed in

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, omd wrote: On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@u.washington.edu wrote: Sure, a party can do this. And then splinter off and be a nomic. BUT IN DOING SO, IT IS NO LONGER THE PARTY that the officer Is tracking. fwiw, I agree that splintering off

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3362 assigned to G.

2013-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Kerim Aydin wrote: Mainly, the sticking point is in the broadness of R2368's arbitrary, coupled with the fact that the mechanism CAN be changed within Agora, but CAN'T be changed by the Party, so from the point of view of Agora, there is at least one thing thing that CAN