Re: DIS: Proto: Currency, take 2

2007-05-15 Thread Roger Hicks
Thanks for your comments! I have incorporated them into the final draft. BobTHJ On 5/15/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Roger Hicks wrote: >a Property is ever not owned by a POE, it ceases to exist. You probably don't want Properties popping out of existence like that. Especially if the

Re: DIS: Proto: Department of the Treasury, take 2

2007-05-15 Thread Zefram
Roger Hicks wrote: > At the beginning of each month, every natural >person who is a POE pays a percentage of their Currency equal to the Tax >Levy to the Agoran Treasury (rounding down to the nearest Agoran Dollar). So everyone will put their currency holdings into par

Re: DIS: Proto: Currency, take 2

2007-05-15 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: >BobTHJ wrote: >>A Property Owning Entity (hereafter POE) is a type of entity. POEs may > >Why not just "Owner"? The word "owner" is used to refer to the one who owns some piece of Property. A POE dose not necessarily own anything, e just has the capacity to do so. I suggest "M

DIS: Proto: Economy

2007-05-15 Thread Roger Hicks
I am soliciting comments on the following proto-proposal: Economy AI: 1 Create a rule called "Certification" with Power 1 that reads: { A Player who performs one of the following actions without being certified for that action is in violation of the rules: * Submitting a ballot for distributed

DIS: Proto: Department of the Treasury, take 2

2007-05-15 Thread Roger Hicks
I am solociting comments on the following proto-proposal: Department of the Treasury AI: 1 Create a rule titled "Department of the Treasury" with Power of 1 and this text: { There shall exist a POE known as the Agoran Treasury. The Tax Levy is a percentage. At the beginning of each month, ever

Re: DIS: Regarding Primo as a CotC candidate

2007-05-15 Thread Roger Hicks
Boo... On 5/15/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: comex wrote: > On Tuesday 15 May 2007 6:32 pm, Ed Murphy wrote: >> To point out the potential problem more explicitly: >> >> If CFJ 1668 is judged true, then Primo-the-player ceased to exist when >> comex became a Shareholder. I strongly

Re: DIS: Proto: Currency, take 2

2007-05-15 Thread Roger Hicks
Because I wanted a clear definition of who/what can and can not own property. BobTHJ On 5/15/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BobTHJ wrote: > A Property Owning Entity (hereafter POE) is a type of entity. POEs may Why not just "Owner"?

Re: DIS: Regarding Primo as a CotC candidate

2007-05-15 Thread Ed Murphy
comex wrote: On Tuesday 15 May 2007 6:32 pm, Ed Murphy wrote: To point out the potential problem more explicitly: If CFJ 1668 is judged true, then Primo-the-player ceased to exist when comex became a Shareholder. I strongly urge that we install a natural person as Clerk of the Courts until th

Re: DIS: Regarding Primo as a CotC candidate

2007-05-15 Thread comex
On Tuesday 15 May 2007 6:32 pm, Ed Murphy wrote: > To point out the potential problem more explicitly: > > If CFJ 1668 is judged true, then Primo-the-player ceased to exist when > comex became a Shareholder. I strongly urge that we install a natural > person as Clerk of the Courts until the statem

DIS: Regarding Primo as a CotC candidate

2007-05-15 Thread Ed Murphy
To point out the potential problem more explicitly: If CFJ 1668 is judged true, then Primo-the-player ceased to exist when comex became a Shareholder. I strongly urge that we install a natural person as Clerk of the Courts until the statement of CFJ 1668 is confirmed false, either by judgement o

Re: DIS: Proto: Currency, take 2

2007-05-15 Thread Ed Murphy
BobTHJ wrote: A Property Owning Entity (hereafter POE) is a type of entity. POEs may Why not just "Owner"?

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 1651 assigned to Quazie

2007-05-15 Thread Taral
On 5/15/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry, but even Her Discordian Divinity can be mistaken. My first name is Codomain, as was my mother's first name, as was her mother's first name, and so on. Passing to the colimit, we recover the fact that my directed family has a Cokernel.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: votes on Proposals 4958-4969

2007-05-15 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On May 10, 2007, at 7:44 PM, Zefram wrote: Benjamin Schultz wrote: I like this phrasing. Any comments, Zefram, on the phrase "widely spoken Human language"? It's woolly. Pick a specific minimum number of native speakers and then we'll be getting into feasible territory. Wikipedia lists 35

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 1651 assigned to Quazie

2007-05-15 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/15/07, Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: C for Charles, obviously. Your mother had a strange sense of humor in selecting your middle name. :D Sorry, but even Her Discordian Divinity can be mistaken. My first name is Codomain, as was my mother's first name, as was her mother's first name, a

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: Re: BUS: Promotor candidacy

2007-05-15 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On May 15, 2007, at 12:00 AM, Michael Slone wrote: On 5/14/07, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 14 May 2007 18:52:21 Sherlock deregisters. 14 May 2007 18:00:12 Maud deregisters. I think the time you give for my deregistration is incorrect, since I deregistered after Sherlock did.

Re: DIS: Proto: Currency, take 2

2007-05-15 Thread Zefram
Roger Hicks wrote: >a Property is ever not owned by a POE, it ceases to exist. You probably don't want Properties popping out of existence like that. Especially if the rules say that they exist. Consider having a default POE (the Treasury) which picks up all unowned Property. >

DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC, on behalf of] State of the Bench Not-Report

2007-05-15 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/15/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mon 14 May 18:00:12 Maud deregisters This time has not been converted to UTC. My deregistration occurred at 18:00:12 -0400, which I believe is 22:00:12 UTC. -- C. Maud Image (Michael Slone) I couldn't possibly monkey with that! Or could I?

DIS: Proto: Currency, take 2

2007-05-15 Thread Roger Hicks
I am soliciting comments on the following proto-proposal: Currency AI: 1 Create a new rule titled "Property" with Power 1 and the text: { A Property Owning Entity (hereafter POE) is a type of entity. POEs may own other entities called Properties. All Properties must be owned by a POE. If a Prop

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 1651 assigned to Quazie

2007-05-15 Thread Taral
On 5/15/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: C. Maud Image There's your clue right there, Your Chaoticity! -/ C for Charles, obviously. Your mother had a strange sense of humor in selecting your middle name. :D -- Eris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You can't prove anythin

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 1651 assigned to Quazie

2007-05-15 Thread Taral
On 5/15/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would expect a goddess to know not to call me ``sir''. Bah, you'd spoil a perfectly quotable statement with some nitpick. :P -- Eris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "She, he... do you really want to get that close?" -- Me

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: break time

2007-05-15 Thread Ed Murphy
comex wrote: I intend, with Agoran Consent, to make Primo Corporation the holder of the office of Clerk of the Courts. I object. IMO partnerships aren't stable enough to hold office yet.

DIS: Re: BUS: break time

2007-05-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
comex wrote: > I intend, with Agoran Consent, to make Primo Corporation the holder of > the office of Clerk of the Courts. Heh, splitting officer duties through private arrangement is what we were trying to acheive through subcontracting a year or so ago, now here it is, a good idea in through a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: break time

2007-05-15 Thread Roger Hicks
Hmmexcellent idea. I support this. BobTHJ On 5/15/07, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 5/15/07, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BEWARE... CotC ... office ... it ... is >cough< >cough< ACCURSED I intend, with Agoran Consent, to make Primo Corporation the holder of the office of

DIS: Proto: Currency

2007-05-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
BobTHJ wrote: > As I stated earlier, my reasoning for 'inventing' a capitalist economy is to > create some interesting design-space for our non-natural person Players to > grow in. It seems like a natural next step. Well, I think the answer you got was: At least one person thinks it's a good ide

DIS: BUS: proposal: transparent partnerships

2007-05-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
Zefram wrote: > When a non-natural person becomes a player, e is obliged to as > soon as possible announce the legal theory by which e is a person. Oh c'mon, if ever there's an argument for requiring protos/support or something before dropping junk in the proposal pool, it's this tripe.

DIS: Re: BUS: break time

2007-05-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
BobTHJ wrote: > Better to have an inexperienced CotC then none at all. BEWARE... CotC ... office ... it ... is >cough< >cough< ACCURSED

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: break time

2007-05-15 Thread Roger Hicks
I would offer if I hadn't already offered to take over as Herald. I'm also probably not the best pick due to my lack of experience. However, if no one else wishes to step in then I am willing. Better to have an inexperienced CotC then none at all. BobTHJ On 5/15/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

DIS: Re: BUS: Inhuman rights campaign

2007-05-15 Thread Ed Murphy
I wrote: I intend, with Agoran consent, to make the Pineapple Partnership the holder of the Office of Registrar. I intend, with Agoran consent, to make Human Point Two the holder of the Office of International Associate Director of Personnel. I'm holding off on these until we come to a consen

DIS: Re: BUS: break time

2007-05-15 Thread Ed Murphy
Goethe wrote: I can't keep up right now. Need to enforce a break in myself, otherwise RL will suffer more (already is, can never seem to not get sucked in). Sincere apologies for leaving the CotC office so far behind. I'll continue to watch the (encouraging) developments with interest. I dere