On 21 April 2011 11:11, Elliott Hird <penguinoftheg...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 21 April 2011 10:27, Charles Walker <charles.w.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Proto: >> >> Enact a new Rule entitled "The Machine" with the following text: >> >> There exists an abstract entity called the Machine. The >> Machinekeepor is an office, and tracker of the Machine. The >> Machine possesses a single switch, the Power Switch, tracked by >> the Machinekeepor, with values of On and Off (default). >> >> The Machine possesses a single switch, the Magic switch, tracked >> by the Machinekeepor, with values of Magic and More Magic >> (default). Whenever the Magic switch is set to Magic, the Power >> switch is set to Off immediately and CANNOT be flipped. > > So the Machine possesses two single switches?
I thought that, but it's supposed to mean that there is only one of each switch. This is with R2162 a) in mind, but I suppose that without the word single it would still be clear enough that the switches are unique to the machine. >> If the Magic switch is set to More Magic, the Machinekeepor CAN >> flip the Power switch to On by announcement. The Machinekeepor >> CAN flip the Power switch to Off by announcement. > > Does the previous paragraph override these properly? I think so. -- Charles Walker