DIS: CFJ 2006

2008-06-24 Thread Nick Vanderweit
So, CFJ 2006 has never been resolved, as it was assigned to comex and I'm pretty sure he's not around anymore. Even though it's not essential, it sure would be nice to get a judgment on this precedent. What should we do? avpx

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Chambers

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chambers > AI: 3 This proposal still needs a lot of work. > A player who is a member of an existing public contract CAN make the > contract into a chamber with Agoran consent. Similar language has worked okay for contracts

Re: DIS: Proto: Scam Busting (with Fruit)

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I doubt that this condition would ever arise in practice, and the >> effort needed to check it would be hideous. > It would arise all the time if persimmons were spent as I'm suggesting, > and I don't see that the effort invo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: A MODEST PROPOSAL

2008-06-24 Thread Taral
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most programming languages' numeric data types are really crap at storing > arbitrary numbers. They tend to be machine registers wearing wigs, > not the mathematical abstractions that we naively imagine. <3 Haskell. Prelude> 10

Re: DIS: Proto: Scam Busting (with Fruit)

2008-06-24 Thread Charles Reiss
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is just a rough proto so far. The idea is to prevent scams that > involve repeating the same set of actions over and over again within a > short period of time. > > A game action is liberal iff the rules explicitly indic

Re: DIS: Notary (proto-)report: Now in delicious colou^H^H^H^H^HHTML!

2008-06-24 Thread Taral
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Elliott Hird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No. That link is put there via JS in the first place. Ah. May I refer Sir to a copy of the DOM Level 2 Events specification, then? -- Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Please let me know if there's any further trouble I can give

Re: DIS: Proto: Scam Busting (with Fruit)

2008-06-24 Thread Ben Caplan
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 7:40:01 Ian Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Ben Caplan > > Define "game action". Does this include contract-defined actions? > That's the intent. Perhaps s/game action/regulated action/ This still isn't clear to me. It determines unambiguously whether a give

Re: DIS: Proto: Scam Busting (with Fruit)

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A game action is liberal iff the rules explicitly indicate that it is. >> A game action that is not liberal is parsimonious. > Define "game action". Does this include contract-defined actions? That's the intent. Perhaps s/

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJs 2011-12 assigned to OscarMeyr

2008-06-24 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/24 Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is it worth stringing up comex over these? > - > Benjamin Schultz KE3OM > OscarMeyr the Vicious > Yes (though I may be biased)

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJs 2011-12 assigned to OscarMeyr

2008-06-24 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Jun 24, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: = Criminal Case 2011 = comex breached Rule 1742 by continued failure to comply with the terms of the binding Vote Market contract.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Scamster?

2008-06-24 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Jun 24, 2008, at 6:32 PM, Elliott Hird wrote: 2008/6/24 Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On second read-through: I had read that as "excITEment." Now I get it. Where's my duh button?.. - Benjamin Schultz KE3OM OscarMeyr I think it's like bahs - you need support first. Yo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Scamster?

2008-06-24 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/24 Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On second read-through: I had read that as "excITEment." Now I get it. > Where's my duh button?.. > - > Benjamin Schultz KE3OM > OscarMeyr > I think it's like bahs - you need support first. You say 'Duh', then you get two support, then '

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJs 2011-12 assigned to OscarMeyr

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:16 PM, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a Hanging judge. I want to hang someone. Is this going to be my > chance? > > On Jun 24, 2008, at 4:25 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: > >> Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2011 >> >>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Scamster?

2008-06-24 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Jun 24, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:37 PM, comex wrote: On 6/24/08, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For the first question, comex's abilities and enthusiasm should go witho

DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJs 2011-12 assigned to OscarMeyr

2008-06-24 Thread Benjamin Schultz
I'm a Hanging judge. I want to hang someone. Is this going to be my chance? On Jun 24, 2008, at 4:25 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2011 = Criminal Case 2011 = comex breached Rule 1742

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Scamster?

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:37 PM, comex wrote: > >> On 6/24/08, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> For the first question, comex's abilities and enthusiasm should go >>> without saying. In fact, the less said, th

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Scamster?

2008-06-24 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:37 PM, comex wrote: On 6/24/08, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For the first question, comex's abilities and enthusiasm should go without saying. In fact, the less said, the better. :) (__) (oo) /--\/ / ||| * /\---/\ ~~ ~~

Re: DIS: Proto: Scam Busting (with Fruit)

2008-06-24 Thread Ben Caplan
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 4:21:50 Ben Caplan wrote: > > A game action is liberal iff the rules explicitly indicate that it is. > > A game action that is not liberal is parsimonious. > Define "game action". Does this include contract-defined actions? If I > vote FORx4 on each of two proposals, is tha

Re: DIS: Proto: Scam Busting (with Fruit)

2008-06-24 Thread Ben Caplan
> A game action is liberal iff the rules explicitly indicate that it is. > A game action that is not liberal is parsimonious. Define "game action". Does this include contract-defined actions? If I vote FORx4 on each of two proposals, is that one, two, or four actions? > * Any action that is requi

Re: BAK: Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Why can't non-players be contestmasters?

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:38 AM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 6/9/08, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > comex, you can now try again to contestify the PRS. >> I intend, without 3 objections, to make the PR

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:26 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Are we metagaming, or roleplaying? Is the stealing of a few crops >> from a contract truly such a terrible scam that it is to be severely >> punished? > > The thing particularly annoying

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Unfortunately, I am very unlikely t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pseudo-Herald's report

2008-06-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Was I ever awarded the Champion (by paradox) title for my dual-wins >> from CFJs 1883 and 1884? > > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> A

DIS: Proto-contract: Agoran Economics

2008-06-24 Thread Nick Vanderweit
Coauthors to this proposal are doopy, pikhq, Chester Mealer, and Murphy Agoran Economics 1. The title of this contract is "Agoran Economics". 2. Any person may join or leave this contract at any time by announcement. 3. This contract is public. 4. Changes may be made to this contr

RE: ?spam? Re: DIS: Notary (proto-)report: Now in delicious colou^H^H^H^H^HHTML!

2008-06-24 Thread Alexander Smith
avpx wrote: > Will it be updated more often than Notary reports are published? I'd > like to see contracts as they currently are rather than as they were > at the time of the last Notary report. I update it pretty often; I updated it earlier today, for instance. (ehird coded the code and appearance

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Unfortunately, I am very unlikely to get 27 Vote Points (ever). But I >>> am not unwilling to give back what I r

Re: DIS: Notary (proto-)report: Now in delicious colou^H^H^H^H^HHTML!

2008-06-24 Thread Nick Vanderweit
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Elliott Hird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://eso-std.org/~ais523/notary-report > > If you click that in a web browser, you'll get a nice HTML&CSS version > of the Notary > proto-report. (Why is ehird writing this? Well, I wrote the script > that converts the tex

Re: DIS: Notary (proto-)report: Now in delicious colou^H^H^H^H^HHTML!

2008-06-24 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: >If you click that in a web browser, you'll get a nice HTML&CSS version >of the Notary >proto-report. ... >Anyway, yeah. Oh, and if you're using IE the HTML version will >probably be cacophonic. Why do people keep thinking that HTML documents must come with their own fancy form

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: A MODEST PROPOSAL

2008-06-24 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: >This is where you switch to a language that does bignums ;) Fortunately I already store it as a string. We had similar shenanigans last year. Proposal 4909 had AI=1.01337, to find out whether there was any floating-point rounding in the promotor's aut

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Unfortunately, I am very unlikely to get 27 Vote Points (ever). But I >> am not unwilling to give back what I robbed, just not for free. How >> about this

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2029 assigned to BobTHJ

2008-06-24 Thread Quazie
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Detail: http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2029 >> >> == CFJ 2029 == >> >>A

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:08 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately, I am very unlikely to get 27 Vote Points (ever). But I > am not unwilling to give back what I robbed, just not for free. How > about this: > - once the Bank of Agora, or RBoA (whichever one) is stable and patched,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread comex
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unless I'm mistaken, this is the first time you've indicated any > intention of returning any of the crops. OK, here is what I actually said: On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:17 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about this?

DIS: Re: BUS: RE: Re: I feel like I'm being RIPPED APART by WALNUTS

2008-06-24 Thread Quazie
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Elliott Hird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/6/24 Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I act on behalf of ehird to act on behalf of Teh Cltohed Mna Ni >> Teh Drak Woh Wtaches Adn Nevre Sasy A Wrod Execpt Wehn Psoessed >> Yb Dmeons Mcuhly Precocupied to transfe

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pseudo-Herald's report

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Was I ever awarded the Champion (by paradox) title for my dual-wins > from CFJs 1883 and 1884? On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, it seems that my Championship Form was inco

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:32 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Except I didn't. As far as I can tell, pen holdings are still in > about the same place they were before the bank run, so if I give back > most of the crops, we'd still have a working bank system, with a > slight inflation of pens

DIS: Proto: Scam Busting (with Fruit)

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Kelly
This is just a rough proto so far. The idea is to prevent scams that involve repeating the same set of actions over and over again within a short period of time. A game action is liberal iff the rules explicitly indicate that it is. A game action that is not liberal is parsimonious. The followi

DIS: Re: BUS: pseudo-Herald's report

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > non-HERALD'S PSEUDO-REPORT > Was I ever awarded the Champion (by paradox) title for my dual-wins from CFJs 1883 and 1884? BobTHJ

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Contract cleanup

2008-06-24 Thread Zefram
Elliott Hird wrote: >I'll object, just to be silly. Go on then. -zefram

RE: DIS: Proto: Boring Paradoxes

2008-06-24 Thread Alexander Smith
comex wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - the statement of the CFJ's truth depends on an unknown state > >within a contract > Preventing contract escalation into gamestate ambiguity is better than > allowing them and just preventin

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Ruling on CFJ 2019

2008-06-24 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: >I support this. In addition to Quazie's comment above, the very definition >of Patent Title (r649) is "a legal item given in recognition of a *person's* >distinction" so I question the judge's assertion that Patent Titles are not >limited to persons. We had a judicial decis

Re: DIS: Proto: Boring Paradoxes

2008-06-24 Thread comex
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - the statement of the CFJ's truth depends on an unknown state >within a contract Preventing contract escalation into gamestate ambiguity is better than allowing them and just preventing wins based on them.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Sauce for the gander

2008-06-24 Thread comex
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, comex already got kicked off? Okay, the AFO agrees to terminating > the Bank of Agora contract. (It isn't the only way to fix things, but > it would certainly be effective if it went through.) I got kicked off a long tim

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread comex
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The thing particularly annoying about it to me is that you took *all* >> the crops. If you had just taken a few, then fine, exchange rates >> would go

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Sauce for the gander

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, comex already got kicked off? Okay, the AFO agrees to terminating > the Bank of Agora contract. (It isn't the only way to fix things, but > it would certainly be effective if it went through.) > root, will you consent? B

DIS: Re: BUS: Sauce for the gander

2008-06-24 Thread Ed Murphy
comex wrote: > On 6/24/08, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The AFO transfers all its assets to me. >> >> [Any claims by comex that e has a right to any of these will be met with >> derisive laughter.] > > OK, now, even Murphy has been convinced that my bank robbery is the > end of the wor

DIS: Re: BUS: Sauce for the gander

2008-06-24 Thread Ben Caplan
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 1:54:01 comex wrote: > OK, now, even Murphy has been convinced that my bank robbery is the > end of the world? Is there something I'm missing? I don't know about the end of the world, but it was actually illegal under the last sentence of the second-to-last paragraph of th

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:26 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Are we metagaming, or roleplaying? Is the stealing of a few crops >> from a contract truly such a terrible scam that it is to be severely >> punished? > > T

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:26 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are we metagaming, or roleplaying? Is the stealing of a few crops > from a contract truly such a terrible scam that it is to be severely > punished? The thing particularly annoying about it to me is that you took *all* the crops

DIS: RE: A friendly visit

2008-06-24 Thread Alexander Smith
BobTHJ wrote: > "It seems you could use a favor. Let me help you, it's the > least I can do." Come to think of it, if the mob ever get a hold on too much of Agora, then it could form the basis for a whole-game takeover using the equity courts against a contract like the AAA which most players are m

DIS: A friendly visit

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
A long black sedan pulls to a stop in front of the home of comex. Two burly italians emerge from the front doors and move to the back of the vehicle where one opens the rear door and the other keeps vigilant watch. From the back of the sedan Don BobTHJ...the Godfather...appears, a cane in one hand

DIS: Re: BUS: Sauce for the gander

2008-06-24 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/24 comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Evidence: See http://eso-std.org/~ais523/notary-report for the current > text of the AFO. > http://eso-std.org/~ais523/notary-report#the-afo, FWIW ehird

DIS: Re: BUS: Sauce for the gander

2008-06-24 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Upon the adoption of this proposal, the Bank of Agora contract is > terminated. > > [It's not happening by unanimous agreement of Bankers, unless Pen > holdings are manipulated so that comex can be kicked off the board.] comex

DIS: Re: BUS: Sauce for the gander

2008-06-24 Thread comex
On 6/24/08, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Proposal: Bankrupt > > Upon the adoption of this proposal, the Bank of Agora contract is > terminated. > [It's not happening by unanimous agreement of Bankers, unless Pen > holdings are manipulated so that comex can be kicked off the board.] I am

Re: DIS: Proto: Boring Paradoxes

2008-06-24 Thread Ed Murphy
ais523 wrote: > Proto: Boring Paradoxes (AI=3, II=1) I would prefer this earlier suggestion, though I don't remember whose it was: part of the cleanup procedure is that no player can satisfy this Winning Condition for any tortoise arising from fundamentally the same type of paradox.

Re: DIS: Proto: Boring Paradoxes

2008-06-24 Thread Ben Caplan
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 1:24:01 Alexander Smith wrote: > There seems to have been quite a bit of paradox theft recently, > so I've come up with this to try to clamp down on it. > > Proto: Boring Paradoxes (AI=3, II=1) > > Amend rule 2110 to the following: > {{{ > A tortoise is an inquir

RE: DIS: Proto: Boring Paradoxes

2008-06-24 Thread Alexander Smith
Wooble wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> - it is about a situation that occured before the case was >>filed (i.e. not arising from the case itself, and not occuring >>after the initiation of that case) > I don't like this cl

Re: DIS: Proto: Boring Paradoxes

2008-06-24 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - it is about a situation that occured before the case was >filed (i.e. not arising from the case itself, and not occuring >after the initiation of that case) I don't like this clause; it seems to me

DIS: Re: BUS: Scamster?

2008-06-24 Thread comex
On 6/24/08, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the first question, comex's abilities and enthusiasm should go > without saying. In fact, the less said, the better. :) (__) (oo) /--\/ / ||| * /\---/\ ~~ ~~

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: I feel like I'm being RIPPED APART by WALNUTS

2008-06-24 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/24 comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I perform the following action on behalf of ehird: ehird deregisters. > A proto-contract, if anyone wishes to make it: { This contract is a pledge iff it has one member. This is a public contract. Parties to this contract must deregister comex at any time th

DIS: Re: BUS: the third way

2008-06-24 Thread comex
On 6/24/08, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may be the basis for an out-of-court settlement between the > AFO and the plaintiffs (I'd suggest members of the AFO other than > comex might like to take the lead), which this judge would respect, > with the caveat that, since *some* member

DIS: Proto: Boring Paradoxes

2008-06-24 Thread Alexander Smith
There seems to have been quite a bit of paradox theft recently, so I've come up with this to try to clamp down on it. Proto: Boring Paradoxes (AI=3, II=1) Amend rule 2110 to the following: {{{ A tortoise is an inquiry case for which the question of veracity is UNDECIDABLE.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Freezing shell corps accounts: the AFO example

2008-06-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: >> The proposal that would have given me that title (which I did not >> want; I still want to award it to myself some day with a scam) was >> incorrectly reported in the voting results as passing, while in fact >> it failed. > > Which proposal was that? 5282

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Freezing shell corps accounts: the AFO example

2008-06-24 Thread Ed Murphy
comex wrote: > The proposal that would have given me that title (which I did not > want; I still want to award it to myself some day with a scam) was > incorrectly reported in the voting results as passing, while in fact > it failed. Which proposal was that?

DIS: Re: BUS: RE: Re: I feel like I'm being RIPPED APART by WALNUTS

2008-06-24 Thread Ed Murphy
ehird wrote: > I act on behalf of ais523 to deregister. On what authority?

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Freezing shell corps accounts: the AFO example

2008-06-24 Thread comex
On 6/24/08, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It wasn't in my February report. It was in pikhq's March report, but > e didn't include a record of award or "recent events". I can't find the > awarding event (quite possible I missed it) but I also vaguely remember > some discussion in March

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: The Ever-so-Late Herald

2008-06-24 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So did that self-ratify? No; reports don't self-ratify generally, just the portions of them that detail holdings of assets. I don't think there's a good argument to be made that a patent title is an asset since it's not expl

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: The Ever-so-Late Herald

2008-06-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Found this... >> >> On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Later, on Feb 7th, pikhq proto'd awarding comex Scamster, > deregistering em and cr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: The Ever-so-Late Herald

2008-06-24 Thread Ben Caplan
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 12:24:01 Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Found this... > > > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Later, on Feb 7th, pikhq proto'd awarding comex Scamster, > deregist

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: The Ever-so-Late Herald

2008-06-24 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Found this... > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Later, on Feb 7th, pikhq proto'd awarding comex Scamster, deregistering em and creating a power 4 rule banning comex from registering.

DIS: Re: BUS: Engima now definitely exists

2008-06-24 Thread Ian Kelly
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As there have not been three objections, then if Enigma is not > a contest I make it into a contest with me as contestmaster. Unsuccessful. It hasn't yet been at least four days since your notice of intent. -root

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: The Ever-so-Late Herald

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
Found this... On Fri, Feb 1, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > PF: > > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> Was going to suggest it anyway. I support this. -Goethe >> >> On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Josiah Worcester wrote: >>> I nominate myself for Herald. I SUPPORT thi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Freezing shell corps accounts: the AFO example

2008-06-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, Ben Caplan wrote: > Er, I have no idea. I think I just looked at the last Herald report - > if there was some confusion, that probably isn't super reliable. It wasn't in my February report. It was in pikhq's March report, but e didn't include a record of award or "recent ev

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Freezing shell corps accounts: the AFO example

2008-06-24 Thread Ben Caplan
On Tuesday 24 June 2008 10:21:11 Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Ben Caplan wrote: > > On Monday 23 June 2008 11:40:43 Ben Caplan wrote: > >> comex, would you change your behavior at all if we awarded you the > >> Scamster? You certainly fulfill the requirements. > > > > Oh woops, you

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Freezing shell corps accounts: the AFO example

2008-06-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Ben Caplan wrote: > On Monday 23 June 2008 11:40:43 Ben Caplan wrote: >> comex, would you change your behavior at all if we awarded you the >> Scamster? You certainly fulfill the requirements. > > Oh woops, you already have it. It was a nice theory. Does e? I thought we thou

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Freezing shell corps accounts: the AFO example

2008-06-24 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: > In the case of a direct violation of a contract, there's not that much > point. In this case: > > * An equation declaring "the AFO no longer qualifies as a partnership" >may or may not be effective. R591's last paragraph says that an >inquiry judg

Re: DIS: Notary (proto-)report: Now in delicious colou^H^H^H^H^HHTML!

2008-06-24 Thread Ed Murphy
Elliott Hird wrote: > 2008/6/24 Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> "Contestmaster: " overlaps (in FF 3, Opera 9.5, Safari 1.3.1). > > Ah, I think this is because your font size is above the default. I'll > try and fix that later. XP Pro, 1024x768, no large fonts.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Reformed Bank of Agora

2008-06-24 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:36 PM, comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gratuitous argument: > > > > While the basis of the RBOA and Protection Racket may have been the > > same at the time of RBOA's registration such is no l

Re: DIS: Notary (proto-)report: Now in delicious colou^H^H^H^H^HHTML!

2008-06-24 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/6/24 Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "Contestmaster: " overlaps (in FF 3, Opera 9.5, Safari 1.3.1). Ah, I think this is because your font size is above the default. I'll try and fix that later. ehird