Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Speaker

2009-01-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > There is, it's in the FLR. The problem is someone keeps telling new > players to read the SLR instead, which by definition doesn't contain > FAQs. The FLR's much more useful to get an overview of what the rules > mean... Maybe it should be part of the welco

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Speaker

2009-01-06 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 20:13 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Charles Schaefer wrote: > > Unless someone can point me to somewhere where the "first game" ends and, > > presumably, the "second game" starts, then I argue Michael Norrish should > > still be the Speaker. (this doesn't mea

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Speaker

2009-01-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Charles Schaefer wrote: > Unless someone can point me to somewhere where the "first game" ends and, > presumably, the "second game" starts, then I argue Michael Norrish should > still be the Speaker. (this doesn't mean he has to be a player, R104 (power > 3) takes precedence ov

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Speaker

2009-01-06 Thread comex
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Charles Schaefer wrote: > Inquiry CFJ: {The current Speaker is Michael Norrish.} See CFJs 2155 and 1534.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Distribution of proposals 6036-6049

2009-01-06 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 14:41 -0800, Ed Murphy wrote: > ais523 wrote: > > >> 6038 O 1 1.7 comex Moment of Silence > > AGAINSTx8 (I believe only 5 of these are valid, but get slightly > > confused as to how the Holiday screws up voting power.) > > Your caste was 5 both before and after

Re: DIS: R.I.P. B Nomic

2009-01-06 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 09:55 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Sgeo wrote: > > On January 6th, 2009, 2:52:53 AM, B Nomic has died. May it rest in peace. > > Obviously, the message sent from Agora had its desired effect. > It was allegedly destroyed by a Terrible Scam, which may or m

DIS: Re: BUS: Informs

2009-01-06 Thread Alex Smith
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 14:40 +, Elliott Hird wrote: > On 6 Jan 2009, at 05:44, Ed Murphy wrote: > > > ehird http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2326 > > i end the pre trial phaseihjreu90yug9 u4983u5jiosjddsf > > Oops, I almost fell asleep on my keyboard. I NoV ehi

DIS: Re: BUS: BF Intent

2009-01-06 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 08:04 -0800, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I announce my intent w/o three objections to make Brainfuck Joust a > contest[*]. > > [*]May have been done already during holiday. > You need to specify the contestmaster too (although it's obvious in this case, probably best to specify it

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Informs

2009-01-06 Thread Ed Murphy
comex wrote: > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: >> As CotC, I inform the following players of the following criminal >> cases naming them as the defendant, and invite them to rebut the >> argument for their guilt. >> >> j http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Distribution of proposals 6036-6049

2009-01-06 Thread Ed Murphy
ais523 wrote: >> 6038 O 1 1.7 comex Moment of Silence > AGAINSTx8 (I believe only 5 of these are valid, but get slightly > confused as to how the Holiday screws up voting power.) Your caste was 5 both before and after the recent caste rotation, which occurred a few minutes after the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PBA escape

2009-01-06 Thread Elliott Hird
On 6 Jan 2009, at 21:49, Taral wrote: Well, I suppose you could "fix" it, but you'd be meddling with your famous self-regulation mechanisms. The idea was improving the algorithm.

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Distribution of proposals 6036-6049

2009-01-06 Thread Alex Smith
On Sun, 2009-01-04 at 19:07 -0600, Pavitra wrote: > > 6040 D 1 3.0 ais523 Scam reset > PRESENT. If the intent is to resolve ambiguity, why is it conditional > on the efficacy of a scam? The intention is to refund points that the scam unfairly removed from people, not to resolve ambigu

DIS: Re: BUS: PBA Equity

2009-01-06 Thread Pavitra
On Tuesday 06 January 2009 12:47:24 Geoffrey Spear wrote: > I hereby initiate an equity case regarding The People's Bank of > Agora. The parties to the contract are: Bayes, ehird, Taral, > Pavitra, woggle, Wooble, Reformed Bank of Agora, Warrigal, Murphy, > PerlNomic Partnership, comex, 0x44, root,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: PBA escape

2009-01-06 Thread Taral
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Elliott Hird wrote: >> At least with the RBoA it's fixable. > > Er, why isn't it fixable with the PBA? Well, I suppose you could "fix" it, but you'd be meddling with your famous self-regulation mechanisms. -- Taral "Please let me know if there's any further trou

DIS: Re: BUS: PBA escape

2009-01-06 Thread Elliott Hird
On 6 Jan 2009, at 20:56, Taral wrote: At least with the RBoA it's fixable. Er, why isn't it fixable with the PBA?

DIS: Re: BUS: Speaker

2009-01-06 Thread comex
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Elliott Hird wrote: > "and SHOULD be used when a rule includes a term otherwise." -- MMI > > Has this specific aspect of the First Speaker rule been thought about > before? > > CFJ: { Michael Norrish is obligated to be Michael Norrish } This falls under the "old ru

DIS: Re: BUS: Speaker

2009-01-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Elliott Hird wrote: > "and SHOULD be used when a rule includes a term otherwise." -- MMI > > Has this specific aspect of the First Speaker rule been thought about before? > > CFJ: { Michael Norrish is obligated to be Michael Norrish } Using SHOULD in R104 would just mean that,

Re: DIS: R.I.P. B Nomic

2009-01-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Sgeo wrote: > On January 6th, 2009, 2:52:53 AM, B Nomic has died. May it rest in peace. Obviously, the message sent from Agora had its desired effect.

DIS: Re: BUS: PBA escape

2009-01-06 Thread Elliott Hird
On 6 Jan 2009, at 16:13, Geoffrey Spear wrote: Before these transactions, there were 3827 Coins outstanding. The last time BobTHJ updated his site's PBA rates, the total assets of the PBA could be bought for 2268 coins; due to adjustments in the intervening Monday midnights this is now a bit l

DIS: Re: BUS: Informs

2009-01-06 Thread comex
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: > As CotC, I inform the following players of the following criminal > cases naming them as the defendant, and invite them to rebut the > argument for their guilt. > > j http://zenith.homelinux.net/cotc/viewcase.php?cfj=2325 > ehird ht