Oh sorry, I missed the key "if" in there On Sat, 15 Jun 2019, 12:44 PM James Cook <jc...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Could you elabourate? Even if we should pretend zombies are assets, it's > not always true that an asset's owner CAN transfer it. E.g. if I had blots > and auctioned them off, I don't think anything would allow me to transfer > them to the winner of the auction. > > On Fri., Jun. 14, 2019, 22:17 Rebecca, <edwardostra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Unlike the argument about blogs, this argument stretches annoying textual > > ism beyond its breaking point. To transfer in this context means to > change > > from the ownership of one entity to anothwr. So the auctioneer CAN > transfer > > the switch: from agora to the auction winners. > > > > On Sat, 15 Jun 2019, 12:09 PM James Cook <jc...@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote: > > > > > Warning: I don't think paying Agora for one's prize will cause that > > > zombie's Master switch to be flipped to the payer, and I plan to call a > > > CFJ about it once someone tries to claim their zombie (easier to phrase > > > the CFJ after that's happened). > > > > > > (I think the winners are still obligated to pay for their prizes.) > > > > > > My argument: > > > > > > R2551 says: > > > > > > > The winner of a lot SHALL pay the Auctioneer the number of the > > > > Auction's currency equal to eir bid, in a single payment, in a > > > > timely fashion. When e does so, if the auctioneer CAN transfer the > > > > items in that lot to that winner at will, e immediately does so; > > > > otherwise, e SHALL do so in a timely fashion. > > > > > > I don't think Agora CAN "transfer" a zombie to the winner. In a zombie > > > auction, transferring means flipping the zombie's Master switch. That's > > > a regulated action, and no rule says Agora can do it. > > > > > >
