Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Sean Hunt
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 08:11, Pavitra wrote: > *rereads* > > Right, I'm with you again now. > > Okay, I agree that it's cashable. But there's a catastrophic bug in it > that I think I'd rather exploit than explain. I'd love to exploit it too, except I think the promise is effectively unusable. W

DIS: Re: OFF: [IADoP] Herald Deputisation and Election

2011-08-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 9 Aug 2011, Charles Walker wrote: > I deputise on behalf of the Herald to award myself the patent title Champion. > > I initiate an election for the Herald office, nominating Pavitra. For anyone taking over, the only changes I'm aware of since last Herald's Report were walker's award of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Arkady English
On 9 August 2011 16:11, Pavitra wrote: > On 08/09/2011 10:03 AM, Arkady English wrote: >> On 9 August 2011 15:54, Pavitra wrote: >>> On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: > I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one le

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 10:03 AM, Arkady English wrote: > Also, how easy is it to correct the > typo of the missing "If"? Right, forgot to answer this. There's no mechanism for amending promises. You'd have to issue a new set of promises, and maybe try to get the old ones destroyed.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 10:03 AM, Arkady English wrote: > On 9 August 2011 15:54, Pavitra wrote: >> On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: >>> On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less the number of First-Class players of A

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Arkady English
On 9 August 2011 15:54, Pavitra wrote: > On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: >> On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: >>> I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less >>> the number of First-Class players of Agora: >>> >>> Conditions: The casher, on cashing thi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Arkady English
On 9 August 2011 15:50, Pavitra wrote: > On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: >> I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less >> the number of First-Class players of Agora: >> >> Conditions: The casher, on cashing this promise, creates a promise >> text: { If I h

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 09:50 AM, Pavitra wrote: > On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: >> I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less >> the number of First-Class players of Agora: >> >> Conditions: The casher, on cashing this promise, creates a promise >> text: { If I ha

DIS: Re: BUS: (With apologies to the Horton) Vote-swap scheme.

2011-08-09 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 09:35 AM, Arkady English wrote: > I create a number of copies of the following promise equal to one less > the number of First-Class players of Agora: > > Conditions: The casher, on cashing this promise, creates a promise > text: { If I have supported or objected to an action, I retr

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] CFJ 3085 assigned to Murphy

2011-08-09 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Arkady English wrote: > Does Agora have any jurisdiction over a laptop repair shop? Define "jurisdiction". Can we impose any penalty that they're likely to take seriously? Probably not. Can we impose penalties that *we* pretend to take seriously? Sure!

DIS: testing

2011-08-09 Thread Benu Phoenix
i'm testing my email client's configuration to make sure it is compatible with agora. -- Benu Phoenix

Re: DIS: any winning or contests?

2011-08-09 Thread Pavitra
On 08/09/2011 03:41 AM, Charles Walker wrote: > On 9 August 2011 03:51, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> Am I right when I say no one has actually won the game recently, >> not even Walker? Or did I miss a successful victory case or two? >> Or is the dumb system completely broken. > > My victory was confir

Re: DIS: by the way

2011-08-09 Thread Sean Hunt
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 23:52, Benu Phoenix wrote: > On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Sean Hunt wrote: >> Fast. Your intent was unambiguously successful. > > What does that mean? I'm sorta new, and don't understand. > > PS: Sorry for the garbled previous post. > > -- Benu Phoenix Fast refers to the Speed, as P

Re: DIS: any winning or contests?

2011-08-09 Thread Charles Walker
On 9 August 2011 03:51, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Am I right when I say no one has actually won the game recently, > not even Walker?  Or did I miss a successful victory case or two? > Or is the dumb system completely broken. My victory was confirmed on the 19th July, two weeks after the judgement of