Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-10 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/10/07, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We could tinker with that proto as needed to say that an owner can own property, and that a trinket is a kind of property. I'd go into more detail, but I seem to have misplaced Maud's original proto at the moment. I'll have to get it from a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-10 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/10/07, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We could tinker with that proto as needed to say that an owner can own property, and that a trinket is a kind of property. I'd go into more detail, but I seem to have misplaced Maud's original proto at the moment. I'll have to get it from a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-10 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On May 10, 2007, at 7:48 PM, Zefram wrote: Benjamin Schultz wrote: I don't see "Trinket" or "Owner" in the SLR distributed today. Maud's proto, which started this thread. Duh. There it is. We could tinker with that proto as needed to say that an owner can own property, and that a trinke

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-10 Thread Zefram
Benjamin Schultz wrote: >I don't see "Trinket" or "Owner" in the SLR distributed today. Maud's proto, which started this thread. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-10 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On May 9, 2007, at 3:15 AM, Zefram wrote: Benjamin Schultz wrote: There are two relevant classes of entities: Owners and Property. Pick some term other than "Owner". That word is already used to refer to the entity that owns a particular Trinket. -zefram I don't see "Trinket" or "Owner"

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-09 Thread Zefram
Benjamin Schultz wrote: >There are two relevant classes of entities: Owners and Property. Pick some term other than "Owner". That word is already used to refer to the entity that owns a particular Trinket. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-08 Thread quazie
Benjamin Schultz wrote: On May 8, 2007, at 1:47 AM, Taral wrote: On 5/8/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:       Each trinket has a switch for owner, with states nobody and all       entities.  The owner switch of a trinket cannot be flipped    

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-08 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On May 8, 2007, at 1:47 AM, Taral wrote: On 5/8/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Each trinket has a switch for owner, with states nobody and all entities. The owner switch of a trinket cannot be flipped except by the publication of a valid Notice of Transfer. 2.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-08 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/8/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not particularly. Fungibility is a pain to work with. Currencies were always fundamentally fungible, but implicit rounding and the MUQ were invented to make them more managable. I suggest using a strictly quantised model this time round. Fungibili

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
Zefram wrote: > Not particularly. Fungibility is a pain to work with. Currencies were > always fundamentally fungible, but implicit rounding and the MUQ were > invented to make them more managable. I suggest using a strictly > quantised model this time round. "fungible" ne "divisible". By fun

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-08 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: >It might be useful to define fungible instances for certain classes of >trinkets, too. Not particularly. Fungibility is a pain to work with. Currencies were always fundamentally fungible, but implicit rounding and the MUQ were invented to make them more managable. I suggest

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
Maud wrote: > Each trinket has a switch for owner, with states nobody and all > entities. It might be useful to define fungible instances for certain classes of trinkets, too. -G.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-08 Thread Zefram
Michael Slone wrote: >I don't understand your complaint. It looks like the owner switch has two valid states. One state is "nobody", and the other state is "all entities". -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-08 Thread Zefram
Taral wrote: >2. I want to be the first to transfer a Trinket to itself. I did (or at least attempted) that back when I left in a huff. CFJ 1063. -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-08 Thread Michael Slone
On 5/8/07, Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. I hate this terminology. I don't understand your complaint. -- C. Maud Image (Michael Slone) "I flip such-and-such switch to mango" -- Murphy, in agora-discussion

DIS: Re: BUS: Proto: Return of the Son of Property Magnate

2007-05-07 Thread Taral
On 5/8/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Each trinket has a switch for owner, with states nobody and all entities. The owner switch of a trinket cannot be flipped except by the publication of a valid Notice of Transfer. 1. I hate this terminology. It's hard to dete