Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Ratification of disclaimered documents

2009-10-12 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Sean Hunt wrote: > comex wrote: >> >> asset creation and destruction have the same weight?  What if widgets >> are a class of position cards and a rule (over which R1551 takes >> precedence) says they can't be created? > > This one at least, is clear. R1551 takes p

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Ratification of disclaimered documents

2009-10-12 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > Again, these are arguably problems with the current version of the > rule as well.  It might well be better to specify that any portion of > the gamestate disclaimered in the document doesn't change. I would vote for this-- something like "the g

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Ratification of disclaimered documents

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
c. wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: >> [If e.g. a report saying "X has either Y or Z widgets" is ratified, then >> if X had Y widgets, then e still does; if X had Z widgets, then e still >> does; if X had neither Y nor Z widgets, then that needs to be sorted out >> by ot

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Ratification of disclaimered documents

2009-10-12 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > [If e.g. a report saying "X has either Y or Z widgets" is ratified, then > if X had Y widgets, then e still does; if X had Z widgets, then e still > does; if X had neither Y nor Z widgets, then that needs to be sorted out > by other means, but th

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Ratification of disclaimered documents

2009-10-12 Thread Sean Hunt
comex wrote: asset creation and destruction have the same weight? What if widgets are a class of position cards and a rule (over which R1551 takes precedence) says they can't be created? This one at least, is clear. R1551 takes precedence. -coppro

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Recusals

2009-10-12 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > Is this for 2696 or 2698 or both?  I'm throwing it in as gratuitous > arguments (already have done for Pavitra and 2706). That was 2696; I didn't notice the linked case 2698. For the record I would have judged trivially TRUE, with the caveat th

DIS: Suggestion for the Janitor

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
R2215: s/that is effective/that it is thereby effective/

DIS: Judge status

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
There are still 10 inquiry cases and 3 criminal cases requiring judges, and we have all of 5 active non-supine players. Anyone else want to jump in before the next rotation?

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Recusals

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
c. wrote: > Heh, here's mine: Is this for 2696 or 2698 or both? I'm throwing it in as gratuitous arguments (already have done for Pavitra and 2706).

DIS: Minor update to CotC DB

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Mostly in case it affects c.'s mirror: * matters.interest is now null for CFJs pre-dating IIs * viewcase.php and format.php both display II whenever it's non-null (Previously, these were "1" and "not equal to 1" respectively.)

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Recusals

2009-10-12 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Pavitra wrote: > Ed Murphy wrote: >> I recuse Pavitra from CFJs 2704 and 2706 and make em supine. > > Sorry about that, everyone. > > I might as well post my incomplete attempt at working through 2706: Heh, here's mine: There is definitely something of a conflict

DIS: Re: BUS: Recusals

2009-10-12 Thread Pavitra
Ed Murphy wrote: > I recuse Pavitra from CFJs 2704 and 2706 and make em supine. Sorry about that, everyone. I might as well post my incomplete attempt at working through 2706: I accept the arguments by ehird and G. to the

DIS: Re: BUS: Recusals

2009-10-12 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > I recuse c. from CFJs 2696 and 2698 and make em supine. crap. I was going to make a big long judgement, even this is why I'm a terrible judge. -- -c.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Chamber (Caste Replacement)

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
coppro wrote: > Ed Murphy wrote: >> Also, oi, another revision to the Assessor scripts (albeit a >> minor one). > > I do not believe that the effect on a programmer's ability to program > the game state should be a valid reason why Agora should choose to > support/oppose a given rules change. I

DIS: Re: OFF: [Grand Poobah] Revised Caste report

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Tiger wrote: > Savage: (Voting Limit: 0) > - > ə > coppro > The LNP > The Normish Partnership II > *The People's Bank of Agora > IBA CoE: The LNP was allegedly deregistered on Sat 10 Oct 12:35:05 UTC.

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 6517-6521

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
coppro wrote: >> 6520 O 1 1.0 ais523 Open-ended duties are bad > FOR x 12 >> 6521 O 0 1.0 BobTHJ Flag Anarchy > FOR x 12 According to my records, your caste is Savage, and Wooble is Chief Whip. If you play cards to change your voting limit, please remind me to add some/

DIS: Re: BUS: Epimenides is boring, wh at about Gödel?

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
I wrote: > Pavitra wrote: > >> Note that both of the above CFJs are Disinterested. I believe that this >> is appropriate, since they appear to be trivially UNDECIDABLE and FALSE >> respectively. > > Crap, how did I miss this change? Will review archives and patch the > DB; the possibly-affected

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Chamber (Caste Replacement)

2009-10-12 Thread Sean Hunt
Ed Murphy wrote: Also, oi, another revision to the Assessor scripts (albeit a minor one). I do not believe that the effect on a programmer's ability to program the game state should be a valid reason why Agora should choose to support/oppose a given rules change. I haven't taken it into accou

DIS: Re: BUS: Epimenides is boring, wh at about Gödel?

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Pavitra wrote: > Note that both of the above CFJs are Disinterested. I believe that this > is appropriate, since they appear to be trivially UNDECIDABLE and FALSE > respectively. Crap, how did I miss this change? Will review archives and patch the DB; the possibly-affected CFJs are 2689-90,92-96

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Accusations

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Pavitra wrote: > Roger Hicks wrote: >> I humbly request the CotC refuse the excess cases initiated above. > > That would effectively dismiss some of the charges; should the CotC have > the power to arbitrarily impose an upper limit on the severity of > criminal punishment? That sounds like a job

Re: DIS: NoV issue?

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Sgeo wrote: > [[A player CAN publish a Notice of Violation (with N support, > where N is the number of valid un-Closed Notices of Violation e > previously published during the same week, or by announcement if > N is zero) alleging that a single entity (the Accused) has > br

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Chamber (Caste Replacement)

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Walker wrote: > Chamber is a proposal switch, possessed only by proposals which > are in the proposal pool or have an ongoing Agoran Decision to > adopt them, tracked by the Promotor, with values Green > (default), Red and Purple. In the same message in which a player >

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protect intent

2009-10-12 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: > Proposal:  Protect intent > > Amend Rule 2215 (Truthiness) by appending this text: > >      The above notwithstanding, a person stating that e intends to >      perform an action in the future does not thereby violate this >      rule, as such a

DIS: Re: OFF: [Ambassador] NomicWiki

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Walker wrote: > NomicWiki has been updated as per my Ambassador duties. Any comments > or requests for addition to the page are welcome. Oh, and AgoraTheses should include http://www.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2007-November/008338.html for a Bachelor of Nomic

DIS: Re: OFF: [Ambassador] NomicWiki

2009-10-12 Thread Ed Murphy
Walker wrote: > NomicWiki has been updated as per my Ambassador duties. Any comments > or requests for addition to the page are welcome. PerlNomic no longer participates. LiveNomic used to (I assume the recent claim to terminate/deregister the LNP were effective). "The FRCommittee awards points

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Accusations

2009-10-12 Thread Pavitra
Roger Hicks wrote: > I humbly request the CotC refuse the excess cases initiated above. That would effectively dismiss some of the charges; should the CotC have the power to arbitrarily impose an upper limit on the severity of criminal punishment? That sounds like a job for the judge to me. I reco

DIS: Re: BUS: Accusations

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 13:59, Sean Hunt wrote: > Roger Hicks wrote: >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 13:45, Sean Hunt wrote: >>> >>> I publish an NoV alleging that BobTHJ violated Rule 2230, a Power-2 >>> Rule, by failing to announce publicly the validity of the NoV identified >>> as #1 in eir repo

DIS: Re: BUS: Accusations

2009-10-12 Thread Sean Hunt
Roger Hicks wrote: I contest all of these. Borrowing from the practice of the previous Insulator Murphy (a practice which was discussed on the lists and mutually agreed upon to be valid) I announced the validity of these NOVs as part of the weekly Insulator report. BobTHJ You did until you swi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: BobTHJ's Actions (automated)

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:55, Sean Hunt wrote: > Roger Hicks wrote: >> >> For the week beginning Oct 12. Unless I recorded the date wrong you >> assumed the office of Janitor shortly before the new-week rollover: >> >> Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:33 - coppro assumes the office of Janitor >> >> BobTHJ > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: BobTHJ's Actions (automated)

2009-10-12 Thread Sean Hunt
Roger Hicks wrote: For the week beginning Oct 12. Unless I recorded the date wrong you assumed the office of Janitor shortly before the new-week rollover: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:33 - coppro assumes the office of Janitor BobTHJ That was Walker. -coppro

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: BobTHJ's Actions (automated)

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:49, Sean Hunt wrote: > Roger Hicks wrote: >> >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:35, Sean Hunt wrote: >>> >>> pidge...@gmail.com wrote: Acting on behalf of Grand Poobah (if required): { coppro is dealt the following card(s) from the deck of Government: Lob

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] The Scrolls of Agora

2009-10-12 Thread Sean Hunt
Roger Hicks wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:10, Charles Walker wrote: coppro wrote: Charles Walker wrote: BobTHJ wrote: ais523 Majority Leader Total: 1, Hand Limit: 5 Major Arcana cards do not affect Hand Limits. They do, however, BobTHJ's reports are somewhat misleading as they imply

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: BobTHJ's Actions (automated)

2009-10-12 Thread Sean Hunt
Roger Hicks wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:35, Sean Hunt wrote: pidge...@gmail.com wrote: Acting on behalf of Grand Poobah (if required): { coppro is dealt the following card(s) from the deck of Government: Lobbyist } Reason: Janitor weekly salary Fails, I wasn't the Janitor for last week

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] The Scrolls of Agora

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:10, Charles Walker wrote: > coppro wrote: >> Charles Walker wrote: >>> BobTHJ wrote: ais523  Majority Leader Total: 1, Hand Limit: 5 >>> >>> Major Arcana cards do not affect Hand Limits. >>> >> They do, however, BobTHJ's reports are somewhat misleadin

DIS: Re: BUS: BobTHJ's Actions (automated)

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:35, Sean Hunt wrote: > pidge...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Acting on behalf of Grand Poobah (if required): { >> coppro is dealt the following card(s) from the deck of Government: >> Lobbyist >> } >> Reason: Janitor weekly salary > > Fails, I wasn't the Janitor for last week

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] The Scrolls of Agora

2009-10-12 Thread Charles Walker
coppro wrote: > Charles Walker wrote: >> BobTHJ wrote: >>> >>> ais523 >>>  Majority Leader >>> Total: 1, Hand Limit: 5 >> >> Major Arcana cards do not affect Hand Limits. >> > They do, however, BobTHJ's reports are somewhat misleading as they imply > that hand limits are on a per-deck basis, which

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] The Scrolls of Agora

2009-10-12 Thread Sean Hunt
Charles Walker wrote: On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: ais523 Majority Leader Total: 1, Hand Limit: 5 Major Arcana cards do not affect Hand Limits. They do, however, BobTHJ's reports are somewhat misleading as they imply that hand limits are on a per-deck basis, which t

DIS: Re: OFF: [Herald] The Scrolls of Agora

2009-10-12 Thread Charles Walker
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: > ais523 >   Majority Leader > Total: 1, Hand Limit: 5 Major Arcana cards do not affect Hand Limits. -- Charles Walker

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Audit Card Destruction Cleanup

2009-10-12 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:17 PM, comex wrote: >      When a judicial question is applicable and open, and its case >      has a judge assigned to it, the judge CAN assign a valid >      judgement to it by announcement, and SHALL do so as soon as >      possible, unless e is recused from the case

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Audit Card Destruction Cleanup

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:12, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> Irrelevant. The audit rule specifically attempts to address what would >> occur if there is no auditing entity (and by this we can only infer >> that the author's intent was non-person e

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Audit Card Destruction Cleanup

2009-10-12 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> Irrelevant. The audit rule specifically attempts to address what would >> occur if there is no auditing entity (and by this we can only infer >> that the author's intent was non-perso

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Audit Card Destruction Cleanup

2009-10-12 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: > Irrelevant. The audit rule specifically attempts to address what would > occur if there is no auditing entity (and by this we can only infer > that the author's intent was non-person entity). Since it would be > impossible for the Accountor to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Audit Card Destruction Cleanup

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 09:34, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> Address: what if the auditing entity is a non-person? > > A non-person shouldn't be able to hold one of the Dealor offices or > take an action such as playing a Penalty Box card.  If it

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: audits

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 09:26, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:02 AM, comex wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:18 AM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >>> It matters when the person we elect as recordkeepor uses someone >>> else's broken program and an annoying act-on-behalf system to a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Audit Card Destruction Cleanup

2009-10-12 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: > Address: what if the auditing entity is a non-person? A non-person shouldn't be able to hold one of the Dealor offices or take an action such as playing a Penalty Box card. If it can, that's a bug.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Audit Card Destruction Cleanup

2009-10-12 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 09:27, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> When any other entity is audited the auditing entity (or the Accountor >> if the auditing entity is a non-person) CAN and SHALL as soon as >> possible (by announcement) > > I don't think

DIS: Re: BUS: Audit Card Destruction Cleanup

2009-10-12 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Roger Hicks wrote: > When any other entity is audited the auditing entity (or the Accountor > if the auditing entity is a non-person) CAN and SHALL as soon as > possible (by announcement) I don't think the current rule is ambiguous at all. And making it so you c

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: audits

2009-10-12 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 11:02 AM, comex wrote: > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:18 AM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: >> It matters when the person we elect as recordkeepor uses someone >> else's broken program and an annoying act-on-behalf system to avoid >> doing the job at all. > > then surely we can elect

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: audits

2009-10-12 Thread comex
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 6:18 AM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > It matters when the person we elect as recordkeepor uses someone > else's broken program and an annoying act-on-behalf system to avoid > doing the job at all. then surely we can elect someone else as recordkeepor? -- -c.

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: audits

2009-10-12 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 11:50 PM, comex wrote: > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Roger Hicks wrote: >> Perhapsmy program can be easily changed, though this really has >> nothing to do with automation, it has to do with how I (a human >> person) interpreted the rule. > > Suber's point was tha