Oh crap well that's completely broken.  I was madly trying to sculpt
Murphy's text and missed those differences.


On 6/8/2021 8:51 AM, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote:
> On 6/8/21 11:25 AM, Kerim Aydin via agora-business wrote:
>> I submit the following proposal:
>>
>> --------------------------------
>>
>> Title:  The Device
>> AI: 1
>> Coauthor: Murphy
>>
>> [inspired by Rules 2192-2193, "The Monster", by Murphy]
>>
>>
>> Enact a Rule "The Device" with the following text:
>>
>>       When the device is on:
>>         * click - hummmmmmm
>>
>>       When the device is off:
>>         * whirrrrrr - THUNK
>>
> 
> Some further notes:
> 
> 
>> Enact a Rule "The Mad Engineer" with the following text:
>>
>>       The Mad Engineer is an office; its holder is responsible for
>>       building and maintaining the Device.  The device is a
>>       singleton switch with values off (default) and on.  The Mad
>>       Engineer CAN flip the device to either on or off with Agoran
>>       Consent; any other player CAN do so with 2 Agoran Consent.
>>
>>       The Mad Engineer CAN act on behalf of
>>       the device to take any action that the device may take, and
>>       SHALL act on behalf of the device to ensure that the device
>>       fulfills all of its duties.
>>
>>       The Mad Engineer's weekly duties include the performance of the
>>       following tasks, in order:
>>
>>       a) Randomly select exactly one rule.  If the selected rule is
>>          either this rule or the rule "The Device", then
>>          007 has been spotted near the self-destruct button; skip
>>          directly to proposal submission.
> 
> 
> "skip directly to proposal submission" doesn't make sense, since no
> proposals are being submitted.
> 
> 
>>       d) Announce intent to, with Agoran Consent, cause this rule
>>          to amend the rule "The Device" by inserting the modified
>>          text as the last list item in either the "device on" or
>>          "device off" lists in that rule (or, if 007 has been
>>          spotted, to repeal both that rule and this one).
>>          This intent announcement counts as the Mad Engineers's weekly
>>          report.
> 
> 
> The Mad Engineer can announce intent to repeal the two rules, but the
> paragraph below doesn't provide any procedures by which the rules could
> be repealed.
> 
> 
>>
>>       If the announcement of intent above is made with the procedure
>>       described above, the Mad Engineer CAN, with Agoran Consent, cause
>>       this rule to amend the rule "The Device" as indicated, and SHALL
>>       do so if the intent receives sufficient support.
> 
> 

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