Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-05-01 Thread Zefram
Benjamin Schultz wrote: >Also, proposal titles are (AFAICT) at the promotor's discretion. Yes, they're completely unofficial at present. >With all the action lately, I felt it may be useful to not distribute >proposals with identical titles, as someone just might want to refer >to a title

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-05-01 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Apr 30, 2007, at 1:18 PM, Taral wrote: On 4/29/07, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Proposal: Protection Racket To tell apart the two proposals, this proposal has been entered as Protection Racket (2). What, did the "duplicate proposal" rule get repealed too? I checked. It

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-30 Thread Zefram
Taral wrote: >What, did the "duplicate proposal" rule get repealed too? Amended away in 2005. The rule itself (R1483) was then repealed in 2006, its role taken over by R106. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-30 Thread Taral
On 4/29/07, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Proposal: Protection Racket To tell apart the two proposals, this proposal has been entered as Protection Racket (2). What, did the "duplicate proposal" rule get repealed too? -- Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You can't prove anything."

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-29 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Apr 29, 2007, at 7:59 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: I remove "Proposal Racket" from the pool. As Zefram noted, there is no such proposal in the pool. Proposal: Protection Racket To tell apart the two proposals, this proposal has been entered as Protection Racket (2). - Benjamin Schultz

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-29 Thread Ed Murphy
OscarMeyr wrote: On Apr 29, 2007, at 9:12 PM, Zefram wrote: Oh, this seems a good time to point out: the would-be Oligarchs could have avoided the whole VC race by simply distributing the Oligarch proposal last week, so that it would be contested under that week's unchangeable VLOPs. We certa

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-29 Thread Ed Murphy
Zefram wrote: Eep, here's another message with datestamps crossing midnight. (I just CFJed about this concerning Quazie's VC spending.) Headers: I think the "normal domain of technical control" argument should continue to hold. I remove "Proposal Racket" from the pool. It was titled "Pro

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-29 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Apr 29, 2007, at 9:12 PM, Zefram wrote: Oh, this seems a good time to point out: the would-be Oligarchs could have avoided the whole VC race by simply distributing the Oligarch proposal last week, so that it would be contested under that week's unchangeable VLOPs. We certainly couldn't have

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-29 Thread Zefram
Oh, this seems a good time to point out: the would-be Oligarchs could have avoided the whole VC race by simply distributing the Oligarch proposal last week, so that it would be contested under that week's unchangeable VLOPs. We certainly couldn't have voted it down under those circumstances. What

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-29 Thread Zefram
Eep, here's another message with datestamps crossing midnight. (I just CFJed about this concerning Quazie's VC spending.) Headers: >Received: from yzma.clarkk.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > by yzma.clarkk.net (Postfix) with ESMTP > id C2BBC8067E; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:00:03 -0500 (CDT)

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-28 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: >If it's not a proposal any more, then R106 falls silent, yes? I think not. Proposal adoption is chained from the Agoran decision, not from proposalhood. >to get some entertaining CFJs out of this one. Glad to hear you intend to allow CFJs despite your Oligarchic powers. -zefr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-28 Thread Ed Murphy
Zefram wrote: Ed Murphy wrote: An Oligarch may refuse a proposal by announcement. A refused proposal ceases to be a proposal. Nice try, but I don't think this will work at Power=1. Rule 106 at Power=3 calls for a proposal to be adopted if the vote on it is favourable, which I thin

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Protection Racket

2007-04-27 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: > An Oligarch may refuse a proposal by announcement. A refused > proposal ceases to be a proposal. Nice try, but I don't think this will work at Power=1. Rule 106 at Power=3 calls for a proposal to be adopted if the vote on it is favourable, which I think your "ceases