Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2018-02-28 Thread Aris Merchant
On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 5:56 PM Gaelan Steele wrote: > Title: “Transactions” > AI: not sure, help? > > Create a rule titled “Transactions” [power?] with the following text: { > A set of actions to be performed is a transaction if it is specified as > such by a rule with power [?] or greater, or t

DIS: Proto: Transactions

2018-02-28 Thread Gaelan Steele
Title: “Transactions” AI: not sure, help? Create a rule titled “Transactions” [power?] with the following text: { A set of actions to be performed is a transaction if it is specified as such by a rule with power [?] or greater, or the document or message describing the actions. If any action in

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-31 Thread Ed Murphy
root wrote: On Dec 31, 2007 12:25 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also, overlooking the failure of an attempted registration during an Emergency Session could happen just as easily without transactions. Without the transaction, the registration in my example would have been successfu

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-31 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 31, 2007 12:25 PM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, overlooking the failure of an attempted registration during an > Emergency Session could happen just as easily without transactions. Without the transaction, the registration in my example would have been successful; it was the

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-31 Thread Ed Murphy
pikhq wrote: On Monday 31 December 2007 11:08:56 Ian Kelly wrote: On Dec 31, 2007 11:04 AM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Perhaps: "An announcement may be made asserting the success or failure of a Transaction. This announcement is self-ratifying."? We'd have to remember to ma

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-31 Thread Josiah Worcester
On Monday 31 December 2007 11:08:56 Ian Kelly wrote: > On Dec 31, 2007 11:04 AM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Perhaps: "An announcement may be made asserting the success or failure of a > > Transaction. This announcement is self-ratifying."? > > We'd have to remember to make th

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-31 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 31, 2007 11:04 AM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps: "An announcement may be made asserting the success or failure of a > Transaction. This announcement is self-ratifying."? We'd have to remember to make the announcement for each transaction. -root

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-31 Thread Josiah Worcester
On Monday 31 December 2007 11:01:33 Ian Kelly wrote: > On Dec 31, 2007 10:54 AM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Perhaps have transactions self-ratify? :p > > It might be reasonable to have the actions self-ratify, but not the > assertions; it would be too much to force recordkeepo

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-31 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 31, 2007 10:54 AM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps have transactions self-ratify? :p It might be reasonable to have the actions self-ratify, but not the assertions; it would be too much to force recordkeepors to keep track of what assertions have been made and what the

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-31 Thread Josiah Worcester
On Monday 31 December 2007 10:40:35 Ian Kelly wrote: > On Dec 30, 2007 6:03 PM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From playing B Nomic, I've seen one potentially useful idea: transactions. I'm > > not sure if everyone wants them, but let's see: > > > > Proto: Transactions (power=3?)

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-31 Thread Ian Kelly
On Dec 30, 2007 6:03 PM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From playing B Nomic, I've seen one potentially useful idea: transactions. I'm > not sure if everyone wants them, but let's see: > > Proto: Transactions (power=3?) > Create a rule titled "Transactions" with the following text: >

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-30 Thread ihope
On Dec 30, 2007 8:03 PM, Josiah Worcester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From playing B Nomic, I've seen one potentially useful idea: transactions. I'm > not sure if everyone wants them, but let's see: > > Proto: Transactions (power=3?) > Create a rule titled "Transactions" with the following text: >

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-30 Thread Josiah Worcester
On Sunday 30 December 2007 18:29:54 Ed Murphy wrote: > pikhq wrote: > > > From playing B Nomic, I've seen one potentially useful idea: transactions. I'm > > not sure if everyone wants them, but let's see: > > > > Proto: Transactions (power=3?) > > Create a rule titled "Transactions" with the fo

Re: DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-30 Thread Ed Murphy
pikhq wrote: From playing B Nomic, I've seen one potentially useful idea: transactions. I'm not sure if everyone wants them, but let's see: Proto: Transactions (power=3?) Create a rule titled "Transactions" with the following text: A transaction is a method of announcing actions, contained ent

DIS: Proto: Transactions

2007-12-30 Thread Josiah Worcester
From playing B Nomic, I've seen one potentially useful idea: transactions. I'm not sure if everyone wants them, but let's see: Proto: Transactions (power=3?) Create a rule titled "Transactions" with the following text: A transaction is a method of announcing actions, contained entirely within "B