On 01/08/2012 11:51 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 00:49, Pavitra <celestialcognit...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 01/08/2012 11:30 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: >>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 00:28, Craig Daniel <teu...@pobox.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I intend to become a player in four weeks' time. >>>> >>>> - teucer >>>> >>>> >>> Too bad. Welcome to Agora. >> >> Nope. >> >> A first-class person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or >> prevented by the rules) register by publishing a message that >> indicates reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e >> intends to become a player at that time. >> ↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑ >> >> > At the time the message was sent, e indicated reasonably clearly and > reasonably unambiguously that e intended to become a player.
That is a plainly ridiculous reading of the rules. Whatever happens as a direct consequence of sending a message necessarily happens at the time the message is sent, so your reading would cause the phrase "at that time" to have no effect whatsoever.
