DIS: Re: BUS: Agora & B

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On 11/19/07, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With *Agoran Consent*, I intend to have Agora join B Nomic as a faction. OBJECT -Goethe

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1804: notify pikhq

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Josiah Worcester wrote: > And those that have been REMANDed, and thereby changed, or REASSIGNed, > and thereby changed? > ;) rule 2175 for the win signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1804: notify pikhq

2007-11-19 Thread Josiah Worcester
On Monday 19 November 2007 18:36:42 comex wrote: > On Monday 19 November 2007, Josiah Worcester wrote: > > Finally, should this CFJ be judged with me as GUILTY, I intend to create > > criminal CFJs against every judge whose opinion was overruled on appeal. > > There are only four, including yours,

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1804: notify pikhq

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Josiah Worcester wrote: > Finally, should this CFJ be judged with me as GUILTY, I intend to create > criminal CFJs against every judge whose opinion was overruled on appeal. There are only four, including yours, and some of those might be old enough for OVERLOOKED. Th

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1804: notify pikhq

2007-11-19 Thread Josiah Worcester
On Monday 19 November 2007 17:58:25 Ian Kelly wrote: > On Nov 19, 2007 5:44 PM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I implore the judge to act in the best interests of the game. I note that a > > charge for a judgement may well be a write of FAGE. > > > > Finally, should this CFJ be ju

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1804: notify pikhq

2007-11-19 Thread Ian Kelly
On Nov 19, 2007 5:44 PM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I implore the judge to act in the best interests of the game. I note that a > charge for a judgement may well be a write of FAGE. > > Finally, should this CFJ be judged with me as GUILTY, I intend to create > criminal CFJs again

DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1804: notify pikhq

2007-11-19 Thread Josiah Worcester
On Monday 19 November 2007 16:55:26 Zefram wrote: > H. pikhq, I hereby inform you of criminal case 1804 in which you are > the defendant, and invite you to rebut the argument for your guilt. > > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=1804 > > == CFJ

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protective Alliance

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Nov 19, 2007 6:05 PM, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Where's the current ruleset for Nomicapolis, and what is your role in > > them, Wooble? > > The current ruleset can be found at > http://nomicapolis.net/wiki/Current_ruleset

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Zefram wrote: > comex wrote: > >- Action by which e breached the rule: assigning an inappropriate > > judgement to the question on veracity in CFJ 1711 > > This is a straightforward EXCUSED. E reasonably believed that the > judgement was appropriate. Seems more like a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protective Alliance

2007-11-19 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Nov 19, 2007 6:05 PM, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where's the current ruleset for Nomicapolis, and what is your role in > them, Wooble? The current ruleset can be found at http://nomicapolis.net/wiki/Current_ruleset My role is simply as a Player. > And are you trying to drag

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2007-11-19 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: >- Action by which e breached the rule: assigning an inappropriate judgement >to the question on veracity in CFJ 1711 This is a straightforward EXCUSED. E reasonably believed that the judgement was appropriate. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protective Alliance

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Sunday 18 November 2007, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > I submit the following proposal, entitled "Protective Alliance" and > set its AI to 4. Of course, this proposal has an unnecessarily high AI and, if adopted, would have no effect... signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protective Alliance

2007-11-19 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Nov 18, 2007, at 12:59 PM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: I submit the following proposal, entitled "Protective Alliance" and set its AI to 4. {{ Whereas Agora faces grave danger from devious external forces, and is in dire need of protection, Agora submits to Nomicapolis as its benevolent protector

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1801: assign comex

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, comex wrote: > I think the rule makes it clear that you do not *become* an Agreement; you > are, or you are not, depending on your characteristics. Since the rule > requires that agreements specify how "any decisions that may need to be > made on the agreement's behalf will b

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Two judgements

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Ian Kelly wrote: > On a tangential note, I don't believe that CAN should be interpreted > as implying a mechanism, as there is no specification as to what that > mechanism might be. In particular, the rule would then suggest that > *any* attempt to perform the action is a mec

DIS: Re: BUS: Two judgements

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Kerim Aydin wrote: > This court finds that there is a minimal time between when a person > first is able to see an agreement and when e has been "allowed" > a reasonably sufficient time to form and communicate informed > consent. Okay okay, since it's both time to inform on

DIS: Re: BUS: Two judgements

2007-11-19 Thread Ian Kelly
On Nov 19, 2007 1:35 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, the term "allow" in R2136(c) is not explicitly defined > in the Rules. So how must an agreement text allow joining? In > particular, does "allow" apply to the MAY in Rule 2152 (attempts to > join are permissible) or does "

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Two judgements

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, comex wrote: > On Monday 19 November 2007, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> Since >> this time is for review, supplying the contest text in a discussion >> forum before initiating it (e.g. a proto) may start ths clock. > > So, given that people have had plenty of opportunity to review th

DIS: Re: BUS: Two judgements

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Note that this represents a middle ground between #1 and #2 above; > the contest need not ensure the net effects of all Rules allow > joining, but must ensure that the availability of the contest > text itself allows sufficient time for review to all

DIS: Pseudo-judgement in CFJ 1800

2007-11-19 Thread Ian Kelly
Pseudo-judgement: CFJ 1800 <- TRUE In the matter of CFJ 1722, Judge Zefram laid out eight criteria for successfully initiating an Agoran decision of whether to approve the action. The message must: a. announce intent to perform a dependent action; b. unambiguously describe the action to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Gratuitous argument: the assigning of an incorrect judgement is > historically the subject for an appeal, not another CFJ. An identical > case is here: > > http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=1296 Not quite identical. There, the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2007-11-19 Thread Ian Kelly
On Nov 19, 2007 12:36 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, comex wrote: > > I initiate a criminal case. > > - Defendant: pikhq > > - Rule breached: 2158 > > - Action by which e breached the rule: assigning an inappropriate judgement > > to the question on veracity in

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1801: assign comex

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Kerim Aydin wrote: > It's actually confusing whether comex is correct. A faction is a > subtype of a registered B-nomic agreement. To be registered as such, > Agora must satisfy the following: > http://b.nomic.net/index.php/Rule_5-1. Which, incidentally, Agora does.

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1801: assign comex

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, comex wrote: > On Monday 19 November 2007, Zefram wrote: >> Interesting distinction. What do Factions do? > > They collect votes. [...] Again, what's missing here is what a faction *is*, not just what it does. By definition in B-nomic, it is an Agreement. -Goethe

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, comex wrote: > I initiate a criminal case. > - Defendant: pikhq > - Rule breached: 2158 > - Action by which e breached the rule: assigning an inappropriate judgement > to the question on veracity in CFJ 1711 Gratuitous argument: the assigning of an incorrect judgement is his

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1801: assign comex

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Zefram wrote: > comex wrote: >> - Goethe's argument about Rule 101 (v) is irrelevant, because in B, >> becoming a Faction, unlike becoming a Player, does not require agreeing to >> be bound by the Rules. > > Interesting distinction. What do Factions do? It's actually confusi

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1801: assign comex

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Zefram wrote: > >- However, since Agora cannot literally send a message to the B public > >forum, it might not be able to join in any case. > > R2172 speaks of a player acting on behalf of Agora. That seems an > adequate mechanism, presuming that B Nomic allows for fact

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1801: assign comex

2007-11-19 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Nov 19, 2007 1:47 PM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting distinction. What do Factions do? At the moment, a Faction can just act as a proxy, casting votes for any Player who has given the Faction eir allegiance. Except as a way to allow players to vote without actually paying att

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1801: assign comex

2007-11-19 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: >- Proposal is one other mechanism to cause Agora to join B Nomic. I don't think it is. I think you'd need a *rule* that says Agora is to join B Nomic. A proposal can only make instantaneous changes, and granting someone permission to post the joining message on Agora's behalf is a

DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1801: assign comex

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Zefram wrote: > Statement: Agoran Consent is required to have Agora join B Nomic as a >B Nomic faction Pseudo-judgement: FALSE. - Proposal is one other mechanism to cause Agora to join B Nomic. - If not for proposal, then TRUE might be appropriate. Rule 5-2

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1798: assign Zefram

2007-11-19 Thread Roger Hicks
On Nov 19, 2007 11:03 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >== CFJ 1798 == > >Statement: Goethe is a coauthor on the Proposal Contests Fix Mk II > > > The ordinary English meaning is approximately "a writer who collaborates > with others

DIS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1801: assign comex

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Zefram wrote: > Acting on behalf of Agora is regulated by Rule 2125(b) as conditions are > put in place by 2172 (Agoran Consent). The question arises of whether > actions by Agoran players in foreign Nomics are regulated. Gratuitous arguments: Rule 2125(b) states a minimal

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1798: assign Zefram

2007-11-19 Thread comex
On Monday 19 November 2007, Zefram wrote: > liberal view of what constitutes collaboration on a proposal. I am not > aware of any prior case where a coauthorship claim has been > unequivocally false, as in BobTHJ's proposal. For the record, the proposal with the false coauthorship claim was mine.

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: CFJ 1798: assign Zefram

2007-11-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Zefram wrote: > Determining whether a proposal submitter can be prosecuted for false > statements in the proposal is beyond the scope of this CFJ. I suggest > that this issue should be explored in a future CFJ, particularly if > attempts are made to abuse the coauthorship pro

DIS: Re: BUS: B registers

2007-11-19 Thread Ian Kelly
On Nov 19, 2007 5:20 AM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On behalf of B Nomic as its Minister of Foreign Relations: > > B Nomic registers. I wasn't aware that B Nomic was either a biological person or an R2145 partnership. -root

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal - Consent doesn't perform the action

2007-11-19 Thread Ian Kelly
On Nov 18, 2007 10:55 PM, Levi Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had chosen Assets because permissions would share the concept of 'being > owned' > I guess. Each permission would belong to a person and specify an action. > Permissions being liquid and allowing me to transfer them actually see

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ: Consent or not

2007-11-19 Thread Zefram
Levi Stephen wrote: >Actually, CotC Zefram, upon rereading, although they concern the same >action, they seem to concern separate issues, so linked assignment does not >seem appropriate. I came to the same conclusion. -zefram