RE: BUS: RE: DIS: RE: Ticket

2008-06-27 Thread Alexander Smith
BobTHJ wrote: > Care to specify what you think is going wrong and propose a fix? I can't think of a fix right now, although I do have some ideas. First, as we're seeing at the moment, is the unbalancing issues that a large VP trade can cause. (I'm thinking of comex losing all eir VP, and spending a

Re: BUS: RE: DIS: RE: Ticket

2008-06-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Do we really >>> have to treat every contract action as if we were trying to make a wish >>> with a twisted genie? It's really rather tiresome. >> Well as far as I can tell

Re: BUS: RE: DIS: RE: Ticket

2008-06-27 Thread Roger Hicks
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Alexander Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Goethe wrote: >> Yes. The fact that you felt the need, in the initial attempt, to give a >> long-winded explanation of your phrase-interpretation, should be prima >> facie evidence for a judge that you knew that your int

RE: BUS: RE: DIS: RE: Ticket

2008-06-27 Thread Alexander Smith
Goethe wrote: > Yes. The fact that you felt the need, in the initial attempt, to give a > long-winded explanation of your phrase-interpretation, should be prima > facie evidence for a judge that you knew that your interpretation wasn't > what BobTHJ intended, and you knew that it might not be w

RE: BUS: RE: DIS: RE: Ticket

2008-06-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Alexander Smith wrote: > Goethe: >> I read the ticket 4 times and each time came up with the wording >> BobTHJ intended, not the one you inferred. Even if yours seemed >> a little more natural to you, the good faith and common sense that >> are the cornerstone of equity shoul

RE: BUS: RE: DIS: RE: Ticket

2008-06-27 Thread Alexander Smith
Goethe: > I read the ticket 4 times and each time came up with the wording > BobTHJ intended, not the one you inferred. Even if yours seemed > a little more natural to you, the good faith and common sense that > are the cornerstone of equity should have suggested BobTHJ meant > the other way. -G

RE: BUS: RE: DIS: RE: Ticket

2008-06-27 Thread Alexander Smith
BobTHJ wrote: > I suppose if this is judged TRUE you owe me votes on 27 future proposals. Yes, but I'm willing to consider deals in which I would refund much of the scammed VP in exchange for being released from most of the obligations (that or BobTHJ pledging not to exercise them, which comes to m

Re: BUS: RE: DIS: RE: Ticket

2008-06-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, Alexander Smith wrote: > Well, in that case: there are at least 28 players (I'm not counting > ehrid or the Left Hand in that count because their registration stati > are in doubt), and that ticket has been filled once, so it can be filled > a further 27 times. I therefore fi