DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-07-19 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 7:17 AM, C-walker wrote: > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:16 PM, C-walker > wrote: >> I intend, without objection, to terminate this pledge. > > Having received no objections, I do so, although I am not sure this is > within the time limit for intents. 14 days; you had almost ex

DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-07-05 Thread Benjamin Caplan
C-walker wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:15 PM, > C-walker wrote: >> {{ This is a Public Contract and a Pledge which has no name. Parties >> to this Pledge SHALL NOT change their nicknames or names by which they >> are referred to in a nomic except during the Birthday of that nomic. >> }} > > I

DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-30 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Ed Murphy wrote: > I treated "I change my nickname to X" as overriding "...who would > like to be known as Y again" later in the same message, but on > reflection, perhaps I shouldn't have.  Ah well, that's what can > happen when a thing isn't officially regulated.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > Yep, it's the "generally" that's confusing me here, as I can't figure > out if it implies "there's an entity that 'e' generally refers to", > which is false. Well, it's certainly confusing even if it's not because e generally referred to another

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread C-walker
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: >> Also gains of most ribbons and some Notes would go to me. > > *sigh* see CFJ 1520, last two paragraphs of judge's arguments, please. > > -G. I said /would/, not really thinking that the scam would work.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 13:09 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > >> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: > >>> I change my name to "2.71828183..." or "e" for short. > >> > >> I'll accept 2.71828..., but don't

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: > Also gains of most ribbons and some Notes would go to me. *sigh* see CFJ 1520, last two paragraphs of judge's arguments, please. -G.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Craig Daniel
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:05 PM, > C-walker wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Craig Daniel wrote: >>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Alex Smith wrote: On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jun

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Alex Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: >>> I change my name to "2.71828183..." or "e" for short. >> >> I'll accept 2.71828..., but don't you think picking the third-person >> singular pronoun 'e' might

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:05 PM, C-walker wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Craig Daniel wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Alex Smith wrote: >>> On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: > I change my name to "2.71828183...

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread C-walker
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: >> > I change my name to "2.71828183..." or "e" for short. >> >> I'll accept 2.71828..., but don't you think picking the third-person >> singular pronou

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Craig Daniel wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Alex Smith wrote: >> On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >>> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: I change my name to "2.71828183..." or "e" for short. > > No, because technically I believe e changed

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread C-walker
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Craig Daniel wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Alex Smith wrote: >> On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >>> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: >>> > I change my name to "2.71828183..." or "e" for short. >>> >>> I'll accept 2.71828..., but

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Craig Daniel
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Alex Smith wrote: > On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: >> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: >> > I change my name to "2.71828183..." or "e" for short. >> >> I'll accept 2.71828..., but don't you think picking the third-person >> singular pronou

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Alex Smith
On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 12:42 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: > > I change my name to "2.71828183..." or "e" for short. > > I'll accept 2.71828..., but don't you think picking the third-person > singular pronoun 'e' might have some *slight* chance of being "a name >

DIS: Re: BUS: I'm so Errational

2009-06-29 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, C-walker wrote: > I change my name to "2.71828183..." or "e" for short. I'll accept 2.71828..., but don't you think picking the third-person singular pronoun 'e' might have some *slight* chance of being "a name that has generally been used to refer to another entity within t