Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Hello and proposal

2017-05-20 Thread James Beirne
of eir weekly > report is to create a more informed population. > > On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 9:18 PM James Beirne > wrote: > >> I'd like to register as a player for about the fifth time. >> >> I'd also like to submit a proposal entitled "Reader&#x

DIS: (no subject)

2017-04-18 Thread James Beirne
auctorem vero vitae interfecistis quem deus suscitavit a mortuis cuius nos testes sumus

DIS: Re: BUS: Ribbons, 2010 version

2014-10-11 Thread James Beirne
> While a person owns all types of Ribbon, that person can Raise a Banner > by announcement. This causes that person to win the game and a new game > begins. That person's Ribbon Ownership becomes the empty set. > ... > White (W): A player qualifies for a White Ribbon if e has never > previously ow

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: "new"playerregistration

2014-10-08 Thread James Beirne
> > InmytypicalfashionIdeclaremyintenttoregisterinamannerthatiss lightlyannoyingtoprocessbutthatisstilllegalprovidedthatIamin terpretingtherulesetcorrectly. > Welcome back, Ienpw! Woo, thanks! As always, I hope *this* time I'll be more active!

Re: DIS: Proto: Chess

2013-09-18 Thread James Beirne
>So, our system is that we basically just have one player playing the game who optionally takes advice on how to play it? That doesn't seem very nomicy to me (even if it's the best way for us to play chess). >I'd prefer some sort of move voting system, perhaps where everyone can vote on one of the

Re: DIS: Proto: Chess

2013-09-16 Thread James Beirne
>When Agora's turn begins, the Grandmastor SHALL submit Agora's move to the nommitian Outlander-Speaker within 7 days. Oh, that's much neater. >Also, we can probably do both bits in one Rule. I just separated them for my own convenience above, as I'd like to have the first part as close to verba

DIS: Proto: Chess

2013-09-14 Thread James Beirne
The general bit, to be adopted by both nomics: {{ The Agora-nommit Chess Game is a game of chess played between Agora and nommit. The Agoran Ambassador-at-Large and the nommitian Outlander-Speaker shall determine which nomic will be White, after which the game will begin. On its turn, each nomic S

DIS: Re: BUS: Appeal 3383a

2013-08-29 Thread James Beirne
ement? On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Charles Walker wrote: > On 29 Aug 2013, at 21:10, James Beirne wrote: > > I become active, make the following judgement, and then become inactive > again. > > > > --- > > > > In ruling on the case originally I probably p

Re: DIS: nommit challenges you to a game of chess!

2013-08-29 Thread James Beirne
FTR, nommit's turnaround time is under a week (voting begins every Friday). On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Jonathan Rouillard < jonathan.rouill...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Max Schutz > wrote: > > wait explain how the deuce they are faster than us at proposals a nom

Re: DIS: nommit challenges you to a game of chess!

2013-08-29 Thread James Beirne
On 2013-08-29 2:32 PM, "Benjamin Schultz" wrote: > > I think it would be properly Agoran to have our move adopted by proposal. Though we would need some mechanism to resolve simultaneous proposals. > > -- > OscarMeyr One potential problem with that would be if there was insufficient interest to

DIS: nommit challenges you to a game of chess!

2013-08-29 Thread James Beirne
C-walker and I have been discussing the possibility of a nommit-Agora chess game as an initial attempt at internomic relations. Basically, each nomic would have a (part of a) rule that looks like this: The nommit-Agora chess game is played between those two nomics. Each nomic shall submit its move

DIS: Re: OFF: [CotC] note to H. Judge Ienpw III

2013-08-29 Thread James Beirne
I don't mind becoming active to judge the case. I should be able to get to it this weekend. On 2013-08-27 4:04 PM, "Kerim Aydin" wrote: > > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2013, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > Appeal 3383a > > - REMAND without prejudice (Woggle) > > - no opinion (Walker, Wooble) > > - With n

DIS: nommit recognizes Agora

2013-08-19 Thread James Beirne
As the recently-appointed Outlander Speaker of nommit ( http://www.reddit.com/r/nommit), I have the pleasure of informing you that you have been officially recognized (and declared NEUTRAL) by our burgeoning nomic. Following as it does your recent recognition of us, I am confident that we have a st

Re: DIS: [Ambassador-at-Large] Note on nommit

2013-08-13 Thread James Beirne
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Craig Daniel wrote: > > Absolutely! Nothing wrong with it, any more than there's something >> wrong with playing two games of chess at once. >> >> Now I'm getting ideas for Bughouse nomic >> >> Any rule that gets repealed from Nomic A becomes a part of Nomic B?

Re: DIS: [Ambassador-at-Large] Note on nommit

2013-08-13 Thread James Beirne
> Absolutely! Nothing wrong with it, any more than there's something wrong with playing two games of chess at once. Now I'm getting ideas for Bughouse nomic > Well, unless there's a rule in one of the Nomics that prevent you from joining another. =P I lololed > Gerontocracy is the current pref

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: (corrected) Judgement: CFJ 3383

2013-08-07 Thread James Beirne
Yeah, I struggled a lot with this. I decided 21 in the end after comparing other sentences of TIME OUT. 7-14 days seems typical for repeated neglect of duties and this seemed a bit more extreme to me. On 2013-08-07 9:57 PM, "Craig Daniel" wrote: > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Tanner Swett wro

DIS: Re: BUS: (corrected) Judgement: CFJ 3383

2013-08-07 Thread James Beirne
For the record, I support an appeal. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Charles Walker wrote: > On 7 August 2013 20:18, omd wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 6:28 AM, James Beirne > wrote: > >> Judgement: GUILTY/TIME OUT (21 days) > > > > I intend to appeal this

Re: DIS: Proto: Players' Guide

2013-08-06 Thread James Beirne
> Two of the lists are backups in case the first three go down (yeah, we take things very seriously) "we take things very seriously" might be a bit intimidating for new players. I also think it;s worth mentioning the irc channel. - Ien On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Michael Slone wrote: > On

Re: DIS: Ambassador's Survey - Your Chance To Win Great Prizes!

2013-08-03 Thread James Beirne
On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Sat, 3 Aug 2013, James Beirne wrote: > > If I were to propose, say, a rule that randomly altered the power of > random rules, there's no chance in hell it would > > pass. Which is all nice and responsible,

Re: DIS: Ambassador's Survey - Your Chance To Win Great Prizes!

2013-08-03 Thread James Beirne
> What is your general view of advertising Agora? > Where is it appropriate to advertise Agora? What kind of fora? Any specific sites? > What kind of things would you say in a message to possible recruits? My thoughts on recruiting follow: - Don't be annoying - We don't want an influx of players w

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Emergency Distribution of Proposal 7568

2013-08-03 Thread James Beirne
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Fool wrote: > On 01/08/2013 5:03 PM, James Beirne wrote: > >> FOR*1 >> > > I think you need to retract your previous vote first. > > I do so and vote FOR*1

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [IADoP] Government Waste election

2013-07-28 Thread James Beirne
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Charles Walker wrote: > On 28 July 2013 23:39, Aaron Goldfein wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Charles Walker >> wrote: >>> >>> I hereby initiate the Agoran decision to elect the holder of the >>> Government Waste office. The eligible voters are the act

DIS: Re: OFF: [IADoP] Government Waste election

2013-07-28 Thread James Beirne
Also, I'll note that a more accurate breakdown of my proposed salary is 241.56+102.64+78.39/3+0.67, per my analysis. - Ienpw III On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Charles Walker wrote: > I hereby initiate the Agoran decision to elect the holder of the > Government Waste office. The eligible vote

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] Appeal 3365a assigned to Ienpw III, woggle, Yally

2013-07-24 Thread James Beirne
d wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Charles Walker > wrote: >> On 24 Jul 2013 18:11, "James Beirne" wrote: >>> >>> >The panel (and future judges) should consider that the defendant recently >>> > made emself inactive, rendering TIME O

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Judgement, Appeal 3365a

2013-07-24 Thread James Beirne
Oh, I misunderstood. Yes, it is, but again, I don't see why the rules permit overruling if it's considered to be inappropriate. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Tanner Swett wrote: > On Jul 24, 2013, at 1:11 AM, James Beirne wrote: >> I'm not sure that I have introduced

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] Appeal 3365a assigned to Ienpw III, woggle, Yally

2013-07-24 Thread James Beirne
>The panel (and future judges) should consider that the defendant recently made >emself inactive, rendering TIME OUT most likely ineffectual. E was not inactive at the time of the original sentencing, though. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Charles Walker wrote: > On 24 Jul 2013 08:3

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] Appeal 3365a assigned to Ienpw III, woggle, Yally

2013-07-24 Thread James Beirne
e, the defendant did not resign. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:16 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Wed, 24 Jul 2013, James Beirne wrote: >> >but that we also wish to avoid making a decision on sentencing on our own >> >> Is that not exactly what the text of rule 911 states

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [CotC] Appeal 3365a assigned to Ienpw III, woggle, Yally

2013-07-23 Thread James Beirne
>but that we also wish to avoid making a decision on sentencing on our own Is that not exactly what the text of rule 911 states we should do?

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Judgement, Appeal 3365a

2013-07-23 Thread James Beirne
My ruling was based on rule 911, which states, in part: >OVERRULE with a valid replacement judgement for the prior >case, appropriate if the prior judgement was inappropriate in >the prior case and the replacement judgement is appropriate >for the prior case; the re

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: I can't be arsed to remember / how many days hath September

2013-07-22 Thread James Beirne
>Just say 12 weeks Personally, I prefer the date to be as consistent as possible rather than the day of the week. Not that the elections are obliged to be then, of course, but it's just my preference. On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:37 PM, James Beirne wrote: >> I'd definitely

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: I can't be arsed to remember / how many days hath September

2013-07-22 Thread James Beirne
> I'd definitely prefer just saying "within 3 months before" and letting the > IADoP handle any disputes. > —Machiavelli And I suppose it would only be a problem something like 5 days per year, and even then only if there was supposed to be an election.

DIS: Re: BUS: Election!

2013-07-22 Thread James Beirne
As an aside, are non-integer denominations of Yaks permitted? On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:39 AM, James Beirne wrote: > Oh, I missed this. I nominate myself. > > After an in-depth examination and assessment of the office, I have > determined that I will require Y241.56 as my bas

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] The One That Got Left Behind

2013-07-22 Thread James Beirne
Oh, good, I was worried I'd done something wrong. On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:42 PM, omd wrote: > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:40 PM, James Beirne > wrote: >> Is there any particular reason that "Standardized election days (sort >> of, not really)" is not included

DIS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] The One That Got Left Behind

2013-07-22 Thread James Beirne
Is there any particular reason that "Standardized election days (sort of, not really)" is not included in the pool? On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:26 PM, omd wrote: > The Proposal Pool contains the following proposals: > > NUM AI PF C D AUTHOR TITLE > > 7548 2 25 O 1 Walker Recruitment S

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Π have feelings, you know!

2013-07-22 Thread James Beirne
nt for any irrational numbers we can actually describe. On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Tanner Swett wrote: > On Jul 22, 2013, at 1:51 AM, James Beirne wrote: >> Proposal: Π & Co.: >> >> Remove the word "rational" from rule 1688. > > Why would we want to d

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: I can't be arsed to remember / how many days hath September

2013-07-22 Thread James Beirne
clunky solution to a trivial problem. - Ienpw III On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 6:08 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Mon, 22 Jul 2013, James Beirne wrote: >> >a) by announcement, if e is the IADoP, or the office is vacant >> > or assumed, or no election has

DIS: Re: BUS: blargh

2013-07-21 Thread James Beirne
Having only skimmed the offices rules, I am not sure if this is legal, but if it is: I assume the office of Government Waste. On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Sean Hunt wrote: > I go on hold. > > I resign all my offices. > > -scshunt

DIS: Re: BUS: The Agoran Digital Revolution

2013-07-21 Thread James Beirne
>World Wide Web That takes me back On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Tanner Swett wrote: > I submit a proposal, titled "Public Displays": > > Amend Rule 2143 "Official Reports and Duties" by appending the following > paragraph: "Officers SHOULD maintain a publicly visible copy of their > report

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal

2013-07-19 Thread James Beirne
>If the rules were to change to allow players to be bound to a constitution they did not agree to, why would that be considered an "agreement"? If two people agreed to that party's constitution it would be an agreement, just not one that all bound players agreed to. - Ienpw III On Fri, Jul 19,

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Returning Officer] General Election

2013-07-15 Thread James Beirne
I vote for omd. On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 4:34 PM, woggle wrote: > On 7/9/13 12:57 , Charles Walker wrote: > > I hereby initiate the general election, in which the valid options are > the > > party leaders, omd and Fool, and NO CHANGE; the eligible voters are the > > active players other than the

DIS: Re: BUS: Inactivity intents (Henri, Ienpw III)

2013-06-13 Thread James Beirne
I object to making me inactive. On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:47 PM, omd wrote: > I intend, without objection, to make Henri inactive. > I intend, without objection, to make Ienpw III inactive. > > (As a reminder to the players in question, it is normal to object if > you don't want to be inactive.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: rerereregistration

2013-05-13 Thread James Beirne
Thanks! I have a history of registering and idling out of things, so here's hoping this time's different. On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Charles Walker wrote: > On 14 May 2013, at 02:28, James Beirne wrote: > > > I, reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously, a

DIS: I am Ienpw III...

2013-05-13 Thread James Beirne
...by the way, and I'd like be referred to by that name (if it's not too much trouble).

Re: DIS: Failed entry into BlogNomic

2011-08-11 Thread James Beirne
I'm a blognomic player. Our rules state that "anybody" can be a player. To me, at least, a game is not "anybody", but this question of interpretation would likely be settled by CFJ. On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Charles Walker wrote: > On 11 August 2011 16:10, Jonatan Kilhamn wrote: >> On 11

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: meh

2009-12-29 Thread James Beirne
s in HTML Format -- James Beirne

Re: DIS: for the record

2009-12-17 Thread James Beirne
On 17/12/2009 10:46 PM, comex wrote: 12:26< benuphoenix> For the record, I have been having trouble reading anything from "schrodingers.katana at gmail dot com" due to volume of mailing lists. Can't you just use filters/labels? My account handles being subscribed to loads of (mostly unread) m

DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Census

2009-11-22 Thread James Beirne
Aaron Goldfein wrote: Sat 14 Nov 20:38 yuri_dragon_17 changes eir nickname to lenpw III Note that this is an I, not an L.

DIS: Nomopoly IV

2009-11-16 Thread James Beirne
My Monopoly-nomic fusion got me thinking about Nomopoly. After viewing the ruleset, I thought that I'd give it a try. It's located here: http://groups.google.com/group/nomopoly-iv

Re: DIS: smarc

2009-11-16 Thread James Beirne
Elliott Hird wrote: 2009/11/15 James Beirne : And it's probably easier not to ask what it means. I don't know, my email client makes it very easy to reply to messages. what does it mean? what does it all MEAN? Easy to ask, maybe. Not easy to answer.

Re: DIS: Metanomics?

2009-11-16 Thread James Beirne
Elliott Hird wrote: there isn't a big enough nomic landscape to do it nowadays, anyway. That's a shame, too.

Re: DIS: Metanomics?

2009-11-15 Thread James Beirne
Kerim Aydin wrote: On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, James Beirne wrote: Just wondering what Agora's historical opinion and stance towards them has been. Do you mean a subnomic or a supernomic (in relation to Agora)? We've tried both a couple times but they haven't been sustained

DIS: Metanomics?

2009-11-15 Thread James Beirne
Just wondering what Agora's historical opinion and stance towards them has been.

DIS: Re: BUS: Cookie Jar is too arbitrary for me

2009-11-15 Thread James Beirne
Ed Murphy wrote: c. wrote: I intend, without three objections, to flip the contestmaster of Cookie Jar to none. I object. Why not submit guesses yourself? I object.

Re: DIS: smarc

2009-11-15 Thread James Beirne
James Beirne wrote: smarc smarc smarc smarc smarc smarc smarc smarc Believe me, I did not mean to send this to this mailing list. I promise to be more careful in the future. And it's probably easier not to ask what it means.

DIS: smarc

2009-11-15 Thread James Beirne
smarc smarc smarc smarc smarc smarc smarc smarc

DIS: I am bored.

2009-11-14 Thread James Beirne
So now my NEW NAME is Ienpw III. - yuri_dragon_17