On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:34 PM, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obviously, there are infinitely many oddballs, and since they would > otherwise lack an owner, they are all owned by the Lost and Found > Department. The definition given above prohibits oddballs from being > created or destroyed. > > Still, rule 2166, "Assets", says that I can create oddballs by > announcement. Therefore, I award myself the oddball {2/3,3/4} (which > is an oddball because {2/3,1} is an oddball, because {1/2,1} is an > oddball, because {0,1} is an oddball).
R2166 says that you can *generally* create oddballs, subject to modification by the backing document. Since the backing document says you can't, R2166 doesn't let you either. -root