Re: DIS: Is being required to violate a Rule against the Rules?

2017-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 11:47 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > A discussion question here, inspired by the Proposal Competition > problem. (warning! rules-philosophical hypothetical ahead! if you > don't like those, you can safely ignore the rest of this message). > > Let's say you have two rules: >

DIS: Is being required to violate a Rule against the Rules?

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
A discussion question here, inspired by the Proposal Competition problem. (warning! rules-philosophical hypothetical ahead! if you don't like those, you can safely ignore the rest of this message). Let's say you have two rules: R1, Power-3: Officer A SHALL NOT do X. R2, Power-1: Officer A

DIS: simple competition fix

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
So I didn't mean to entirely destroy proposal competitions. Here's a potential simple fix. Proto (NOT a proposal): Simple Competition Fix -- [While we all seem to be agreeing that the current economy is not perfect, here's

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 16:05 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Aris Merchant wrote:  > >  That's the problem I was trying to solve with my ratification, by > > just destroying the thing before the ambiguity created an unnecessary > > mess. However, I missed this bit of rule 2466 "Wh

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Arbitor] CFJ 3520, 3521 assigned to Gaelan

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Aris Merchant wrote: > A list of co-authors (which must be persons other than the author). > An adoption index." Well now, a co-author is *obviously* not a coauthor! [I kid ... but I did search only on 'coauthor' before submitting previous arguments. :P ]

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Aris Merchant wrote: > That's the problem I was trying to solve with my ratification, by > just destroying the thing before the ambiguity created an unnecessary > mess. However, I missed this bit of rule 2466 "When an action is > performed on behalf of a principal, then the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Quazie wrote: > If it's a proposal, then I submitted it - so if I withdraw it, then > there exists no reality in which G. is the author of a proposal, as e is > not a player. Er, did you read my CFJ arguments? But also, if you were capable of withdrawing it, you published:

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Alex Smith wrote: >> Actually, I changed my mind with respect to that last parenthetical: >> I'm not sure what the "path of least resistance" here actually is. As >> far as I can tell, none of the rules limit the Proposal

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:52 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Alex Smith wrote: > > Actually, I changed my mind with respect to that last parenthetical: > > I'm not sure what the "path of least resistance" here actually is. As > > far as I can tell, none of the rules limit the Propo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Alex Smith wrote: > Actually, I changed my mind with respect to that last parenthetical: > I'm not sure what the "path of least resistance" here actually is. As > far as I can tell, none of the rules limit the Proposal Pool to > containing only proposals (it's just that they o

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 15:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Is there a different proposal out there that's removing the entire > Junta thing (e.g. the Black-Ribbon granting powers, Patent Titles, > and so forth)? > > I suppose we could wait for the munificence of our Dear Leader > and hope e does a se

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 23:41 +0100, Alex Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 15:32 -0700, Aris Merchant wrote: > > I intend, without objection, to ratify the following document: {{There > > is no proposal with the title "Throw off Your > > Chains", and any entity which would otherwise be such a pro

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Quazie wrote: > I'll leave the proposal around as the CFJs are interesting, but > that rule will be gone before the proposal in question pends I > believe. Is there a different proposal out there that's removing the entire Junta thing (e.g. the Black-Ribbon granting powers,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 15:32 -0700, Aris Merchant wrote: > I intend, without objection, to ratify the following document: {{There > is no proposal with the title "Throw off Your > Chains", and any entity which would otherwise be such a proposal is > not a proposal.}} Could you give more information

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:33 PM Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Kerim Aydin > wrote: > > > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Quazie wrote: > >> 2942 was just amended when i Deputized Assessor, it's contents no longer > >> delay anything, and it's go

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 15:27 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Quazie wrote: > > 2942 was just amended when i Deputized Assessor, it's contents no longer  > > delay anything, and it's got a different name.  > > Oh well shoot, I searched recent past on the term 2942 which isn't used >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 15:20 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Alex Smith wrote: > > I'm starting to get the impression that basing an economy on proposal > > pending never works. Sometimes, distributing a proposal is part of a > > scam, and thus worth paying for / fighting over. Ho

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 15:22 -0700, Aris Merchant wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Quazie wrote: > > I withdraw all proposals i've submitted to the Proposal Competition > > as the > > thing just doesn't work and is currently a useless concept. > > > > I Encourage everyone to ignore the Pro

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:28 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Quazie wrote: > > 2942 was just amended when i Deputized Assessor, it's contents no longer > > delay anything, and it's got a different name. > > Oh well shoot, I searched recent past on the term 2942 which isn't used >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Quazie wrote: > 2942 was just amended when i Deputized Assessor, it's contents no longer > delay anything, and it's got a different name.  Oh well shoot, I searched recent past on the term 2942 which isn't used in the proposal. Serves me right for trying to be clear by put

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:23 PM Aris Merchant < thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Quazie wrote: > > I withdraw all proposals i've submitted to the Proposal Competition as > the > > thing just doesn't work and is currently a useless concept. > > > > I Enco

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Alex Smith wrote: > I'm starting to get the impression that basing an economy on proposal > pending never works. Sometimes, distributing a proposal is part of a > scam, and thus worth paying for / fighting over. However, the majority > of proposals are intended to be "for the

DIS: Some protos I aim to pend now that ais523 no longer controls the pending flag

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
Here are 5 proto proposals, I intend to submit and pend them shortly - lmk if you have any feedbacks. KTHX. Proposal: "Gentle Judicial Updates" AI=1.7, co-author='grok' mess="Cuddlebeam proved judges can hold up a judgement if they don't feel qualified to judge" {{{ Create a new rule entitled '

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Quazie wrote: > I withdraw all proposals i've submitted to the Proposal Competition as the > thing just doesn't work and is currently a useless concept. > > I Encourage everyone to ignore the Proposal Competition. > Wait, don't be hasty. We haven't figured out how

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 15:09 -0700, Aris Merchant wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > > IIRC, the pending system worked rather differently when we invented > > proposal competitions. > > Yeah. For everyone who doesn't know, we didn't have an economy until December. The pr

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal and CFJs

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:16 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > Note to Arbitor: this message contains 2 CFJs, below. > > I use the BÖÖ Agency to submit the following proposal, "Throw off Your > Chains", AI-3, specifying that it is a Competition Proposal for the > current proposal competition: > ---

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Quazie wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:03 PM Alex Smith wrote: >> >> Proto: the pender of a proposal and the submitter must be different >> people. When a proposal is pended, the pender gains some fraction of >> the pend fee. (In my experience, preventing peopl

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Nic Evans
On 06/05/2017 05:03 PM, Alex Smith wrote: I'm starting to get the impression that basing an economy on proposal pending never works. Sometimes, distributing a proposal is part of a scam, and thus worth paying for / fighting over. However, the majority of proposals are intended to be "for the good

Re: DIS: Assets v5 (Last Call for Comments)

2017-06-05 Thread Martin Rönsch
Am 04.06.2017 um 07:52 schrieb Aris Merchant: This will be the last draft of this proposal before I submit it. -Aris Title: Assets v5 Adoption index: 3.0 Author: Aris Co-authors: o, nichdel Reenact rule 2166, Assets (Power = 2), with the following text: An asset is an entity defined as su

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 21:53 +, Quazie wrote: >> I thought the whole point of a proposal competition was to distribute a >> bunch of proposals without paying for them. Proposal competitions are >> apparently useless - darn. > > IIRC, the pend

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:03 PM Alex Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 21:53 +, Quazie wrote: > > I thought the whole point of a proposal competition was to distribute a > > bunch of proposals without paying for them. Proposal competitions are > > apparently useless - darn. > > IIRC, the p

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 21:53 +, Quazie wrote: > I thought the whole point of a proposal competition was to distribute a > bunch of proposals without paying for them.  Proposal competitions are > apparently useless - darn. IIRC, the pending system worked rather differently when we invented propo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 2:48 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > And ... the issues begin, too. NOT ANY CFJs: I want to see if > we can resolve these with discussion without mucking up the competition. > > > 1. From R2431: "During the Agoran Week following the initiation of a > Proposal Competition

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
And ... the issues begin, too. NOT ANY CFJs: I want to see if we can resolve these with discussion without mucking up the competition. 1. From R2431: "During the Agoran Week following the initiation of a Proposal Competition"... Does "the Agoran week following the initiation" mean this

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
Agreed - It was a foolish mistake on my part. WIll try to get better. On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 1:35 PM Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < p.scribonius.scholasti...@googlemail.com> wrote: > This is not a major issue, but I would appreciate if people could stop > sending emails to multiple lists. > -

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
This is not a major issue, but I would appreciate if people could stop sending emails to multiple lists. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > On Jun 5, 2017, at 4:34 PM, Quazie wrote: > > I retract "Prime Minister Says What?" From the pool and the competi

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
I retract "Prime Minister Says What?" From the pool and the competition. I submit the following replacement proposal for the Proposal Competition Trivial Proposal "Prime Minister Says What? (v2)" AI = 2, co-author="Typos, PSS" mess="Typos" {{{ In rule 2423 replace: {{{ The holder of the

DIS: Re: BUS: [Proposal Competition] A series of Competition Proposals

2017-06-05 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
You have a typo in the replacement because “all Agoran decisions other on elections” doesn’t make any sense. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > On Jun 5, 2017, at 4:28 PM, Quazie wrote: > > Trivial Proposal "Prime Minister Says What?" AI = 2, co-author=

DIS: Re: BUS: [Agoran SubNomic Corporation] A Completely Formal Nomic

2017-06-05 Thread Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
Sorry, this email was not supposed to send. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > On Jun 5, 2017, at 3:54 PM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > wrote: > > > > Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > p.scribonius.scholasti...@gmail.com > > >

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: time to step in

2017-06-05 Thread Gaelan Steele
I think "I do xyz via GOD works" works well. Gaelan > On Jun 5, 2017, at 11:14 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > Having given notice, I use the powers of the GOD agency to create > the following Agency on behalf of the Agency's head: > >> On Mon, 29 May 2017, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> I use the p

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: time to step in

2017-06-05 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 5 Jun 2017, Alex Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 11:14 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > Question: > > > > Do we have a reasonably-established shorthand for Agency actions? > > Technically, I'm acting on behalf of Quazie here.  Do I have to say > > that each time? > > Our old shorthand

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: time to step in

2017-06-05 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2017-06-05 at 11:14 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > Question: > > Do we have a reasonably-established shorthand for Agency actions? > Technically, I'm acting on behalf of Quazie here.  Do I have to say > that each time? Our old shorthand was "The AFO votes FOR on proposal 5707", etc., but I'm

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Superintendent] Weekly Report

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
Agreed - Feel free to CoE, or I will CoE later today and fix it. On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 10:59 AM Gaelan Steele wrote: > I think GII is missing. > > On Jun 5, 2017, at 10:38 AM, Quazie wrote: > > Superintendent's Weekly Report > > Short List of agencies: > > ASC - Head: Publius Scribonius Scho

DIS: Re: OFF: [Superintendent] Weekly Report

2017-06-05 Thread Gaelan Steele
I think GII is missing. > On Jun 5, 2017, at 10:38 AM, Quazie wrote: > > Superintendent's Weekly Report > > Short List of agencies: > > ASC - Head: Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > C♥️N - Head: CuddleBeam > C♥️U - Head: CuddleBeam > GOD - Head: Quazie > MKD - Head: Gaelan > PRN -

DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposal(s) 7853-7857

2017-06-05 Thread Quazie
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 10:29 AM Quazie wrote: > I deputize for the Assessor to resolve voting on proposals 7853-7857 as > follows: > > NOTE: I did not write an assessor script yet, so the format of the report is likely to subtly change when I resolve the next proposals. I will aim to resolve al

DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ: Ambiguity

2017-06-05 Thread Edward Murphy
Gaelan Steele wrote: I judge this as FALSE. Rule 1698/4: Agora is ossified if it is IMPOSSIBLE for any reasonable combination of actions by players to cause arbitrary rule changes to be made and/or arbitrary proposals to be adopted within a four-week period. If, b

Re: DIS: Draft Report: Proposal Pool

2017-06-05 Thread Gaelan Steele
IIRC, we still need ais to pend reports. I'll probably pend or destroy some of mine after the cleanup is passed. > On Jun 5, 2017, at 12:17 AM, Aris Merchant > wrote: > > This is my draft report. I'm starting to get a little fed up with all > of the proposal hanging around in the pool. I was

DIS: Draft Report: Proposal Pool

2017-06-05 Thread Aris Merchant
This is my draft report. I'm starting to get a little fed up with all of the proposal hanging around in the pool. I was waiting for people to get payed before I started complaining too much, but the June payday has come and gone. The ratio of pool proposals to pending proposals is absurd, even if I