Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal season

2016-10-28 Thread Owen Jacobson
On Oct 28, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Luis Ressel wrote: > On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:46:13 -0400 > Owen Jacobson wrote: > >> On Oct 26, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Luis Ressel wrote: >> >>> the map "t |-> max(14,t+2)" is applied >> >> Oh, come on. > > What? I attempted to write this in natural language, but

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal season

2016-10-28 Thread Luis Ressel
On Fri, 28 Oct 2016 00:40:03 -0700 Aris Merchant wrote: > Am I the only one who doesn't understand what this even means? Best > guess is t+2 to a maximum of 14, but the internet isn't that clear > on this. I think map may have different meanings in different fields > (math, programming)? There ha

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal season

2016-10-28 Thread Luis Ressel
On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:46:13 -0400 Owen Jacobson wrote: > On Oct 26, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Luis Ressel wrote: > > > the map "t |-> max(14,t+2)" is applied > > Oh, come on. > What? I attempted to write this in natural language, but it'd have taken at least two full lines. There's a reason why

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal season

2016-10-28 Thread Aris Merchant
> On Oct 26, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Luis Ressel > wrote: > > the map "t |-> max(14,t+2)" is applied > > > Am I the only one who doesn't understand what this even means? Best guess is t+2 to a maximum of 14, but the internet isn't that clear on this. I think map may have different meanings in different

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal season

2016-10-27 Thread Owen Jacobson
On Oct 26, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Luis Ressel wrote: > the map "t |-> max(14,t+2)" is applied Oh, come on. -o

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal Season Pt II

2016-10-26 Thread Luis Ressel
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:57:16 -0700 (PDT) Kerim Aydin wrote: > Some possibly useful generalization: > > A boolean switch is a switch with values True and False. A > positive boolean switch has a default of True; a negative > boolean switch has a default of false. Thanks,

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal Season Pt II

2016-10-26 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Luis Ressel wrote: > A boolean switch is a switch with values True and False. > > If there is a Rule called "Overriding Incompatibilities", amend it by > replacing its first paragraph with: > > Incompatibility Override is a boolean player switch with a >

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal Season Pt II

2016-10-26 Thread Luis Ressel
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:51:22 +0200 Luis Ressel wrote: > Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a player CANNOT be > installed into an office if doing so would make em Overpowered. This clause is intended to refer both to being elected into an office and deputising for it. Do you thin

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal season

2016-10-26 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Luis Ressel wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:00:58 +0200 > Luis Ressel wrote: > > > and the map "t |-> max(14,t+2)" is applied to eir Ribbon > > Threshold. > > Btw, I'm aware it hasn't been defined anywhere what "applying a map" > actually means, but it seemed l

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal season

2016-10-26 Thread Luis Ressel
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:00:58 +0200 Luis Ressel wrote: > and the map "t |-> max(14,t+2)" is applied to eir Ribbon > Threshold. Btw, I'm aware it hasn't been defined anywhere what "applying a map" actually means, but it seemed like the easiest way to write this rule. Let's see how it w