Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-12-11 Thread comex
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >>> Gratuitous: the new contract was not the backing document for VP, as >>> they would continue to exist if the new contract didn't exist, thus it >>> couldn't grant the power to create VP. >> Gratuitous: The same could be said about the Vote

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 2303 assigned to harblcat

2008-12-11 Thread Elliott Hird
On 11 Dec 2008, at 22:57, Chris Blair wrote: Seeing as how no other entity in Agora, as of three months before the player formerly known as ehird changed their name to the null string (""), bore the name of the null string; and as I do not particularly find the player formerly known as ehird's n

DIS: Re: BUS: I hate Economics

2008-12-11 Thread Roger Hicks
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 15:10, Sgeo wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Sgeo wrote: >> I join the Note Exchange, if I'm not already a party. >> I create 1 C credit and 1 C marker in my possession. >> I create 2 D credits and 2 D markers in my possession. >> I create 1 F# credit and 1 F# mar

Re: DIS: Phase Out VP

2008-12-11 Thread Elliott Hird
On 11 Dec 2008, at 21:32, Roger Hicks wrote: Now we have a robust economy with dozens of tradable currencies, including universal currencies like Coins and Chits. Buy and Sell tickets can be issued with costs in these currencies and recent history suggests they often are. Vote Points are no long

DIS: Phase Out VP

2008-12-11 Thread Roger Hicks
The Vote Market is the oldest of the currently active economic contracts. At the time it was created there were no other commonly traded currencies, there were only VCs (which became Notes). As a result when I created the Vote Market I had to include a currency as a means of tracking obligations in

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-12-11 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Elliott Hird wrote: > On 11 Dec 2008, at 21:02, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > >> Gratuitous: the new contract was not the backing document for VP, as >> they would continue to exist if the new contract didn't exist, thus it >> couldn't grant the power to create VP. > > G

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-12-11 Thread Elliott Hird
On 11 Dec 2008, at 21:02, Geoffrey Spear wrote: Gratuitous: the new contract was not the backing document for VP, as they would continue to exist if the new contract didn't exist, thus it couldn't grant the power to create VP. Gratuitous: The same could be said about the Vote Market at that ti

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ

2008-12-11 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Elliott Hird wrote: > If there is not a CFJ concerning whether I am a party to the Vote Market, I > initiate a CFJ on the statement "ehird is a party to the Vote Market". > > Arguments: I recently abused the naming rules to define a contract defining > VP as a curr

DIS: Re: BUS: Airstrip One - Prop Report

2008-12-11 Thread Warrigal
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Warrigal wrote: > Le doy un prop a comex por disminuir la relación señal/ruido. > (Translation: I give a prop to comex for lowering the signal-to-noise > ratio.) Oops. I meant "para" here, not "por". The translation remains the same. --Warrigal

DIS: Re: BUS: Airstrip One - Prop Report

2008-12-11 Thread Ed Murphy
BobTHJ wrote: > I think Murphy gave me the authority to issue these. If not this > report is unofficial (in which case: Murphy, you can find a text > report to cut and paste at > http://nomic.bob-space.com/agorareport.aspx?contract=AirstripOne) I thought I did, but I can't find it (it wasn't even

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Anarchist] Proposals

2008-12-11 Thread comex
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Elliott Hird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11 Dec 2008, at 12:34, Bayes wrote: > >> Bayes submits the following proposal, titled "Repeal 'Separation of >> Powers'" >> (AI=2, II=0): { >> Repeal Rule 1450 (Separation of Powers). >> } > > I wonder if the current ru

DIS: Re: BUS: [Anarchist] Proposals

2008-12-11 Thread Elliott Hird
On 11 Dec 2008, at 12:34, Bayes wrote: Bayes submits the following proposal, titled "Repeal 'Separation of Powers'" (AI=2, II=0): { Repeal Rule 1450 (Separation of Powers). } I wonder if the current rule is "only make Terrible Proposals".

DIS: Re: BUS: I need a break

2008-12-11 Thread Elliott Hird
On 11 Dec 2008, at 03:53, Ed Murphy wrote: Anyone want to take over Notary now that it's been caught up? Maybe later. ;-)