Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: But what is truth?

2008-07-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Goethe wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: >>c) Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier >> attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement; >> the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant. > > The preamble addition isn't

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: But what is truth?

2008-07-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: >c) Any disclaimer, conditional clause, or other qualifier > attached to a statement constitutes part of the statement; > the truth or falsity of the whole is what is significant. The preamble addition isn't a bad idea, that's ok.

Re: DIS: Proto: Truth of speech acts

2008-07-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Charles Reiss wrote: > for something in between (believe that the action is successful under > a plausible interpretation of the rules?) because I don't think it > make sense to permit people to try to get actions past us long enough > to get into a ratified report when they

Re: DIS: Proto: Truth of speech acts

2008-07-12 Thread Charles Reiss
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:47 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Charles Reiss wrote: >> People will need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you did not >> believe the action would be successful if you don't include a >> disclaimer. I don't think that's chillin

Re: DIS: Proto: Truth of speech acts

2008-07-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Charles Reiss wrote: > People will need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you did not > believe the action would be successful if you don't include a > disclaimer. I don't think that's chilling really. Even given the ridiculous level of criminal cases brought forward fo

Re: DIS: Proto: Truth of speech acts

2008-07-12 Thread Charles Reiss
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:33 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: >>a) An attempted speech act is equivalent to a claim that the >> person will perform the action by sending the message. > > Why on earth are we codifying this? Fo

Re: DIS: Proto: Truth of speech acts

2008-07-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Ed Murphy wrote: >a) An attempted speech act is equivalent to a claim that the > person will perform the action by sending the message. Why on earth are we codifying this? For years, we have not punished folks for merely failing to perform an action. The

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: Enough misuse of criminality for contracts

2008-07-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Zefram wrote: > Kerim Aydin wrote: >> The above double-submission may be, er, recursive or difficult. > > I took the proposal body to be delimited by the lines of dashes, and was > not troubled by the redundant statement of submission. I note, however, > that you are continui

DIS: Re: BUS: A different kind of rotation

2008-07-12 Thread Ben Caplan
On Saturday 12 July 2008 09:01:10 pm Ed Murphy wrote: > a) Props are a currency. The recordkeepor of props is the > ATC. Ownership of props is limited to first-class > players. Props CANNOT be created, transferred, or destroyed > except as required by this contract o

Re: DIS: Are the lists up?

2008-07-12 Thread Ben Caplan
On Saturday 12 July 2008 07:09:51 pm Elliott Hird wrote: > Ping. Pong.

DIS: Are the lists up?

2008-07-12 Thread Elliott Hird
Ping.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: And the winner is.... (Agoran Proposal Awards report)

2008-07-12 Thread Ed Murphy
BobTHJ wrote: >>> What's the objective here? >> To enable the APA to award points. >> >> > It can via the PRS. I thought the PRS wasn't a contest yet, either.

Re: DIS: Proto: Truth of speech acts

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: >a) An attempted speech act is equivalent to a claim that the > person will perform the action by sending the message. I think this muddies things. You're relying on the common understanding of "attempted speech act", but that's an emergent concept some way remo

DIS: Proto: Truth of speech acts

2008-07-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Proto-Proposal: Truth of speech acts Amend Rule 2149 (Truthfulness) to read: A person SHALL NOT make a public statement unless e believes that in doing so e is telling the truth. For the purpose of this rule: a) An attempted speech act is equivalent to a claim that th

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: Enough misuse of criminality for contracts

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: >The above double-submission may be, er, recursive or difficult. I took the proposal body to be delimited by the lines of dashes, and was not troubled by the redundant statement of submission. I note, however, that you are continuing your habit of repeating the proposal's title

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: >It was questions of type "I do X" we were concerned with though, weren't we? Er, it's those that we are generally most concerned with in Agora. I don't recall what the context was for discussing imperatives. > it is untrue as you type it but b

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: And the winner is.... (Agoran Proposal Awards report)

2008-07-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BobTHJ wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> BobTHJ wrote: >>> I attempt to award points as follows: Wooble - 5 Points woggle - 5 Points ais523 - 10 Points >>

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2039 assigned to Goethe

2008-07-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Goethe wrote: > I'm sorry, I'm very weary of equity cases today. I recuse myself > from this case. I switch my hawkishness to Hugging. -Goethe Would someone outside the AAA please sit up? Otherwise I can't assign this case (Quazie initiated it, Goethe can't be reassigned now that e's recused e

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Zefram wrote: > Kerim Aydin wrote: >>we had a discussion in which >> you took the position that an imperative (e.g. an assertation that "I do X") >> was neither true nor false. > > We had a discussion about whether imperatives have

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: >we had a discussion in which >you took the position that an imperative (e.g. an assertation that "I do X") >was neither true nor false. We had a discussion about whether imperatives have truth values, which as I recall was inconclusi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Zefram wrote: > The voting period on P5405 has ended, so this would be a false statement > if interpreted as a statement (say, if it were interpreted as an attempt > to act). This is really niggling me, Zefram. I could have sworn this all came up when you first proposed th

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Informs

2008-07-12 Thread ihope
All the relevant arguments I've already made, complete with quotes and signatures: On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Sgeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree to the following pledge > { > I pledge to, upon a player giving me eir entire supply of a currency, > give said player all of my supply of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Informs

2008-07-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Ivan Hope wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ivan Hope, Sgeo, I inform you of CFJ 2067 and invite you to submit >> arguments regarding the equitability of the situation. > > I ask that you include all the relevant arguments I've already made. Pleas

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: And the winner is.... (Agoran Proposal Awards report)

2008-07-12 Thread Ed Murphy
BobTHJ wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> BobTHJ wrote: >> >>> I attempt to award points as follows: >>> Wooble - 5 Points >>> woggle - 5 Points >>> ais523 - 10 Points >>> Murphy - 5 Points >>> ehird - 5 Points >>> Pavitra - 1 Point >> Without 3 objec

DIS: Re: BUS: And the winner is.... (Agoran Proposal Awards report)

2008-07-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BobTHJ wrote: > >> I attempt to award points as follows: >> Wooble - 5 Points >> woggle - 5 Points >> ais523 - 10 Points >> Murphy - 5 Points >> ehird - 5 Points >> Pavitra - 1 Point > > Without 3 objections, I intend to flip t

DIS: Re: BUS: Informs

2008-07-12 Thread ihope
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ivan Hope, Sgeo, I inform you of CFJ 2067 and invite you to submit > arguments regarding the equitability of the situation. I ask that you include all the relevant arguments I've already made. --Ivan Hope CXXVII

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: And the winner is.... (Agoran Proposal Awards report)

2008-07-12 Thread Ed Murphy
ais523 wrote: > On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 07:49 -0700, Ed Murphy wrote: >> BobTHJ wrote: >> >>> I attempt to award points as follows: >>> Wooble - 5 Points >>> woggle - 5 Points >>> ais523 - 10 Points >>> Murphy - 5 Points >>> ehird - 5 Points >>> Pavitra - 1 Point >> Without 3 objections, I intend to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: And the winner is.... (Agoran Proposal Awards report)

2008-07-12 Thread Ben Caplan
On Saturday 12 July 2008 10:14:29 am ais523 wrote: > On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 07:49 -0700, Ed Murphy wrote: > > Without 3 objections, I intend to flip the APA's contestmaster > > to [Quazie, doopy, Pavitra]. > > Any player CAN flip the contestmaster of a public contract > without 3 object

DIS: Re: BUS: And the winner is.... (Agoran Proposal Awards report)

2008-07-12 Thread ais523
On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 07:49 -0700, Ed Murphy wrote: > BobTHJ wrote: > > > I attempt to award points as follows: > > Wooble - 5 Points > > woggle - 5 Points > > ais523 - 10 Points > > Murphy - 5 Points > > ehird - 5 Points > > Pavitra - 1 Point > > Without 3 objections, I intend to flip the APA's

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Doing ehird a favor, I suppose.

2008-07-12 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/12 ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That's 6 FOR to 5 AGAINST, meaning it passes. > > --Ivan Hope CXXVII > Thank god.

DIS: Re: BUS: Doing ehird a favor, I suppose.

2008-07-12 Thread ihope
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 10:52 AM, ihope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I intend to deputise for the Assessor to resolve the Agoran decision > on whether to adopt proposal 5582. These are the votes on it, I believe: Sgeo FOR Goethe FOR Zefram AGAINST

DIS: Re: BUS: Self-Recusal attempt

2008-07-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Schrodinger's Cat wrote: > If possible, I recuse myself from CFJ 2058a Not possible; only the panel as a whole can be recused. I'll take care of it tomorrow after the time limit expires.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: >Proposal: WALRUS gains the patent title of 1 3 > Quazie 4 1 2 Points. > P12. Not clear what the extent of the proposal's text is. >I register as Land, as described below. You can't register, and there's no description below. >AI of 2 for | I submit the following AI=3D3 disinterest

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread comex
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The voting period on P5405 has ended, so this would be a false statement > if interpreted as a statement (say, if it were interpreted as an attempt > to act). But the disclaimer precludes that interpretation. As I said > before,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: >comex wrote: >> I CFJ on the statement: w/ o objection I > >>{{This is Agora}}(www.poolappeal.tv) >> I CFJ on the statement: intend to rat-ify this /products.a

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: >By the way, I had to read the entire third part of my message to make >sure it didn't contain any attempts at actions. It contains this, which is somewhat clearer than your patent title bit: |indicated by this Proposal, of Dereliction of Duty but of contract |change, I judge this Au

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
comex wrote: > Reading nonsense is >somewhat fun, you should try it. I did. I read the whole message fairly closely, on the grounds that you must be trying to hide something in it. I didn't see any attempt at actions apart from the CFJs. I reckon

Re: DIS: Re: ?spam? BUS: Spam

2008-07-12 Thread Zefram
ais523 wrote: >Well, there's at least one attempt at a scam, but I'm not entirely sure >if there is a patent title that may not be In-Ground Pool Cleaners. I think it's not a coherent sentence, because of the interspersed advertising text. Therefore ineffective. The only coherent parts of the me