DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:32 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: Action: I intend, on behalf of Agora, with Agoran Consent, to nkeplwgplxgioyzjvtxjnncsqscvntlbdqromyeyvlhkjgteaqnneqgujjpwcbyfrpueo ydjjk. Options: SUPPORT, OBJECT Votes: SUPPORT: root DSPBCORMKPYOAFA: Zefram, Eris AGAINT: OscarMeyr For the re

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 8:40 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Um, we're talking at cross-purposed I think? I mean I consent to > the judgement you already posted a bit earlier (that's what I thought > I was consenting to, those several days ago I said if 4 days pass > without reasonable evidenc

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Levi Stephen
comex wrote: On Monday 03 December 2007, Kerim Aydin wrote: TIYAEOTISIDTIDFTHPAFALT. This is why... Agora... hmm... I think I got it. This is yet another example of the I say I do therefore I do fallacy that has plagued agora for a long time. Levi

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread comex
On Monday 03 December 2007, Kerim Aydin wrote: > TIYAEOTISIDTIDFTHPAFALT. This is why... Agora... hmm... signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Roger Hicks wrote: > I take the following action: > { > I win the game. > } TIYAEOTISIDTIDFTHPAFALT. -G.

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Dec 2, 2007 7:51 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Ed Murphy wrote: >>> It's been about 4 days and 2.5 hours since my "assuming no response >>> within 4 days" message. I pre-emptively consent to root causing the >>> panel

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Dec 3, 2007 10:54 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So you're saying that Fookiemyartug could not have contained that text >> at the time CFJ 1799 was called? In that case, I move to SUSTAIN in >> 1799a and OVERTURN with FALSE in 1805a. root, you've already got (pre) approval to do

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Roger Hicks wrote: > Also, R101 does not come into play here. Weather or not you are bound > by Fookiemyartug has little effect on this outcome. Fookiemyartug is > not imposing any obligations upon you which you Agoran rights would > prevent. Oh, go read up on CFJ 1460. You

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJs 1816-1817: assign root

2007-12-03 Thread Zefram
Ian Kelly wrote: >Actually, by this reasoning, CFJ 1816 should be TRUE (the fact that >the rules do not use the Dependency contract's definition of >"dependent contracts" does not make it any less a definition), but CFJ >1817 is still FALSE. Mm. I think the statement of CFJ 1816 is too vague to b

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 1:23 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good point, and this case would be invalid. However, I would argue > that R2172 provides the mechanism for Fookiemartug and Wooble's > proto-action. Interesting point; I'll have to think about that. -root

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 1:14 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > B Nomic is not an entity governed by the rules of Agora. Fookiemyartug > on the other hand was created under Agoran law, and within its > contract it submits to it. It was created under Agoran law, but it is binding upon its members,

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 1:16 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 3, 2007 1:12 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I take the following action: > > { > > I win the game. > > } > > Using what mechanism? I can announce "I win the game" too, or I can > chant it out loud, scribble it on

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 1:12 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I take the following action: > { > I win the game. > } Using what mechanism? I can announce "I win the game" too, or I can chant it out loud, scribble it on my monitor, or bury it in a time capsule, but none of those are the action

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 1:00 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was the reason I didn't invoke CFJ 1455 in my appeal arguments; > the judge's arguments in that case are not quite apropos. It doesn't > make your reasoning sound, though. You haven't yet responded to my > earlier comparison of t

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 12:58 PM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Proto-action: > I intend, with Agoran Consent, to award myself a Win. > > Can I create such a possible dependent action out of thin air without > using a Proposal? You forgot "on behalf of Agora", but regardless, I would argue no

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 12:45 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My counterargument is that Fookiemyartug did not attempt to bind > anyone under its contract or arbitrarily award a win. It only did so > in response to Agora's action which was taken with Agoran Consent. > Agora, in effect, authoriz

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Dec 3, 2007 2:45 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2007 11:36 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2007 11:31 AM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Let me introduce you to my private contract that says that anyone who > > > posts a message t

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 11:36 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 3, 2007 11:31 AM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let me introduce you to my private contract that says that anyone who > > posts a message to agora-business and signs it "BobTHJ" pledges their > > unquestioning lo

DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Taral
On 12/2/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Per Fookiemyartug's contract, section 8: > > Fookiemyartug wins the game. > BobTHJ wins the game. > comex wins the game. This fails for an absurd number of reasons. -- Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Please let me know if there's any further trouble

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: CFJs 1816-1817: assign root

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 11:16 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 3, 2007 5:45 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hereby, in linked fashion, assign root as judge of CFJs 1816-1817. > > > > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=1816 > > > > =

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 11:31 AM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let me introduce you to my private contract that says that anyone who > posts a message to agora-business and signs it "BobTHJ" pledges their > unquestioning loyalty to the contract, deregisters from any nomics > they may be a Pla

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 11:20 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 6. This agreement may amended by the majority consent of the partners. > For the purposes of this agreement, all partners implicitly give their > consent unless they otherwise inform othe other partners within 24 > hours of such an a

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Dec 3, 2007 1:05 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My action was nonsense, but Fookiemyartug recognized that > nonsense and caused the win. Except that there's no reason to think that Fookiemyartug can cause a win in Agora. Let me introduce you to my private contract that says that

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 11:09 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you are denying the existence of nonsensical action? Over 50 > million idiots in this world prove you wrong every day. The CFJ was about whether nonsensical text can be an action, not about whether a nonsensical action is an acti

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 10:54 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you're saying that Fookiemyartug could not have contained that text > at the time CFJ 1799 was called? In that case, I move to SUSTAIN in > 1799a and OVERTURN with FALSE in 1805a. > For the sake of clarity, I will publish the full

DIS: Re: OFF: CFJs 1816-1817: assign root

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 5:45 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hereby, in linked fashion, assign root as judge of CFJs 1816-1817. > > Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=1816 > > == CFJ 1816 == > > Type:

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 10:19 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > comex wrote: > >I couldn't imagine using a text-mode browser as my standard one. > >What's the point...? > > They're much more user-friendly than graphical browsers. I've never > found a graphical browser that I was comfortable about usi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 10:29 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also note that nkep really has not been defined. It is still utterly > > nonsensical. > > Then it's still not an action. > > > The Fookiemyartug contract simply indicates an effect > > that occurs when a nomic commits that nonsensica

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 10:54 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yet you are ignoring the fact that it was clearly used as an action > within its context. I even confirmed this by having Agora perform said > action, which you yourself supported (albiet conditionally). This is > seriously opposed t

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 10:46 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Kelly wrote: > >I do not consent. With the nkep scam fully exposed, > > How was it exposed, btw? Who leaked? > > >totally ludicrous to me to consider an unknown definition from a > >private contract as having meaning in public disco

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 10:54 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So you're saying that Fookiemyartug could not have contained that text > at the time CFJ 1799 was called? In that case, I move to SUSTAIN in > 1799a and OVERTURN with FALSE in 1805a. s/could not have contained/could not plausibly hav

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 10:52 AM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/3/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ian Kelly wrote: > > >I do not consent. With the nkep scam fully exposed, > > > > How was it exposed, btw? Who leaked? > You know, when I called CFJ 1799 I fully intended nkep to be nonse

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 10:33 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seems to me that the standard of CFJ 1361 should be applied to > actions as well as to nicknames. As a private definition, "nkep" did > not clearly specify an action to most Agorans at the time the CFJ was > issued; therefore it sh

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 10:46 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Kelly wrote: > >I do not consent. With the nkep scam fully exposed, > > How was it exposed, btw? Who leaked? I just meant with BobTHJ having posted the portion of the Fookiemyartug agreement that defines nkep. -root

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread comex
On 12/3/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Kelly wrote: > >I do not consent. With the nkep scam fully exposed, > > How was it exposed, btw? Who leaked? You know, when I called CFJ 1799 I fully intended nkep to be nonsense. Don't confuse that attempted scam with this new nkep-means-win s

Re: DIS: Proto: Digits

2007-12-03 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: >Under the latest version of the proto, all types of land are the same >price, so presumably players would just buy 0-farms and 1-farms and >generate-2s-through-9s factories for simplicity. But you don't get to choose which type of farm you get. It's random. -zefram

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Zefram
Ian Kelly wrote: >I do not consent. With the nkep scam fully exposed, How was it exposed, btw? Who leaked? >totally ludicrous to me to consider an unknown definition from a >private contract as having meaning in public discourse. It always was ludicrous. A secret definition obviously does not

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Re: OFF: judicial status

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 2, 2007 7:51 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2007, Ed Murphy wrote: > > It's been about 4 days and 2.5 hours since my "assuming no response > > within 4 days" message. I pre-emptively consent to root causing the > > panel to judge these appeals as e sees fit. > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 10:25 AM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/3/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > doing nkep itself is still an action which has no actual changes > > associated with it. The Fookiemyartug contract simply causes something > > to happen when nkep occurs. I could make

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 10:10 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > doing nkep itself is still an action which has no actual changes > associated with it. Nonsense. Fookiemyartug defines it as: Whenever a nomic nkeplwgplxgioyzjvtxjnncsqscvntlbdqromyeyvlhkjgteaqnneqgujjpwcbyfrpueoydjjks, they are p

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread comex
On 12/3/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > doing nkep itself is still an action which has no actual changes > associated with it. The Fookiemyartug contract simply causes something > to happen when nkep occurs. I could make a contract that says: I think you just killed your own argument.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: >I couldn't imagine using a text-mode browser as my standard one. >What's the point...? They're much more user-friendly than graphical browsers. I've never found a graphical browser that I was comfortable about using. Fundamentally, graphical browsers are evil and rude because they

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 10:02 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 3, 2007 9:43 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nothing prevents that. Another contract could define nkep in a > > completely different way. Unless particularly crafted to mess with my > > action, and defined prior t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 9:59 AM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I couldn't imagine using a text-mode browser as my standard one. > What's the point...? I normally use Firefox. Links is quite useful in terminals, though. -root

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 9:43 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nothing prevents that. Another contract could define nkep in a > completely different way. Unless particularly crafted to mess with my > action, and defined prior to my action taking place, it would have no > bearing on the results of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread comex
On 12/3/07, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah, that would explain it. Regrettably no one is attempting to implement > > Javascript in Lynx. > > One of the reasons that I use Links instead. > > -root I couldn't imagine using a text-mode browser as my standard one. What's the point...?

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 3, 2007 8:12 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > comex wrote: > >Although it is unfortunate that the select box requires Javascript, > > Ah, that would explain it. Regrettably no one is attempting to implement > Javascript in Lynx. One of the reasons that I use Links instead. -root

DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 9:34 AM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also withdraw my previous vote, and vote OBJECT. > My previous announcement was valid, as Goethe's vote was not valid. Therefore this has no effect. > Besides, what makes you think that Fookiemyartug is the *only* > contract that def

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 3:30 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Roger Hicks wrote: > >(Note: The votes for DSPBCORMKPYOAFA and AGAINT are invalid as these > >are not possible options) > > Rubbish. You can tell that DSPBCORMKPYOAFA is (a synonym for) a valid > vote value, because of the way in which we

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: distribution of proposals 5335-5344

2007-12-03 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Dec 1, 2007 11:35 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wooble wrote: > > >> 5339 D0 2Murphy Andre's degree > > AGAINST [Suber's Rule 211 solves this paradox, contrary to the thesis' > > assertion that no change to the rules could deal with it effectively] > > Disagree. Suber's

DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 12:56 AM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You missed my vote, so this announcement was not effective. I withdraw > my previous vote, and vote OBJECT. -Goethe > If you are referring to message-ID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, it was sent in response to a message I sent to the discus

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Dec 3, 2007 5:27 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a poor reference for the pseudo-CFJ. That link shows the > *current* state of the AC rules, rather than the ruleset that was in > effect at the time of the CFJ. (Curiously, there's a form on that page > with a select box that app

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: >Although it is unfortunate that the select box requires Javascript, Ah, that would explain it. Regrettably no one is attempting to implement Javascript in Lynx. -zefram

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread comex
On 12/3/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (Curiously, there's a form on that page > with a select box that appears to offer a choice between versions of the > ruleset, but as the form has no submit button it's impossible to use by > standard means.) Although it is unfortunate that the select

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread Zefram
Josiah Worcester wrote: >True, it is a poor reference. I note, though, that there are no rules stating >that the submitter of a CFJ need to be a player *or* a person. Feel free to >correct me, though. Rule 591: An inquiry case CAN be initiated by any person, b

DIS: Re: BUS: Registration, CFJS

2007-12-03 Thread Josiah Worcester
On Monday 03 December 2007 05:27:28 Zefram wrote: > Josiah Worcester wrote: > >Agora's Child CFJs on the following: Agora's Child is a player and a > >partnership. > > Per the arguments given, I believe Agora's Child was not a person at the > time of this message, so it could not initiate a CFJ.

Re: DIS: Proto: Digits

2007-12-03 Thread Ed Murphy
Zefram wrote: Taral wrote: What are you smoking, Zefram? See my message before about M and N being arbitrary (different) digits. Your formula will accept digits M and N and output digits 2 to 9. Not so useful if M=3 and N=7: you have no way to get 0 and 1 digits. The complexity in my formula

DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Zefram
Roger Hicks wrote: >(Note: The votes for DSPBCORMKPYOAFA and AGAINT are invalid as these >are not possible options) Rubbish. You can tell that DSPBCORMKPYOAFA is (a synonym for) a valid vote value, because of the way in which we used it. You might not be able to tell *which* option it means, but

Re: DIS: Proto: Digits

2007-12-03 Thread Zefram
Taral wrote: >What are you smoking, Zefram? See my message before about M and N >being arbitrary (different) digits. Your formula will accept digits M and N and output digits 2 to 9. Not so useful if M=3 and N=7: you have no way to get 0 and 1 digits. The complexity in my formula is due to the nee

DIS: Re: BUS: Resolving nkep

2007-12-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Ed Murphy wrote: > I also argue that AGAINT is an unambiguous synonym for OBJECT. Even I got that old reference as soon as I saw it though... which might even mean to some of us it counts as FOR. -Goethe