Re: DIS: Re: BUS: How a proposal can break the rules

2008-11-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008, Warrigal wrote: > If I say to a friend, "You should buy XYZ", it doesn't mean that he's > obligated or even requested to buy XYZ; it's just a recommendation. A > SHOULD in the rules should therefore also be a recommendation, and > like breaking a SHALL is a reason for criminal

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: How a proposal can break the rules

2008-11-03 Thread Warrigal
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:06 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When did this start meaning that SHOULD produces an obligation? > > It's a lowercase should, which I can't really read as anything but an > obligation in this context; it's an obligation to understand the full > implications of what you

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: How a proposal can break the rules

2008-11-03 Thread Ed Murphy
comex wrote: > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:06 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's a lowercase should, which I can't really read as anything but an >> obligation in this context; it's an obligation to understand the full >> implications of what you're doing, or else not do it. How else would >> yo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: How a proposal can break the rules

2008-11-03 Thread comex
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 3:06 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a lowercase should, which I can't really read as anything but an > obligation in this context; it's an obligation to understand the full > implications of what you're doing, or else not do it. How else would > you interpret MMI? Be

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: How a proposal can break the rules

2008-11-03 Thread ais523
When did this start meaning that SHOULD produces an obligation? It's a lowercase should, which I can't really read as anything but an obligation in this context; it's an obligation to understand the full implications of what you're doing, or else not do it. How else would you interpret MMI? -- a

DIS: Re: BUS: How a proposal can break the rules

2008-11-03 Thread Warrigal
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Alex Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To understand what SHOULD means here, we have to look at MMI: > {{{ > 7. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform > the described action, the full implications of failing to > perform it

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: How a proposal can break the rules

2008-11-03 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 09:36 -0600, Roger Hicks wrote: > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 09:24, Alex Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hereby submit the following public contract, called the Reformed Bank > > of Agora, as a proposal with a title of "Reformed Bank of Agora", an AI > > of 1, and an II of

DIS: Re: BUS: How a proposal can break the rules

2008-11-03 Thread Roger Hicks
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 09:24, Alex Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hereby submit the following public contract, called the Reformed Bank > of Agora, as a proposal with a title of "Reformed Bank of Agora", an AI > of 1, and an II of 0, by publishing it with this sentence as the clear > indicati