Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-03-02 Thread Michael Slone
On 3/2/07, David Nicol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And that is why all lectures at Monash university are conducted in German. I remember hearing some of Steve's horror stories of having to learn game theory from Lindrum in German. *shudders* -- Michael Slone

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-03-02 Thread David Nicol
On 2/26/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm talking about Austria. Nomic World ran on Austrian systems, and if you ignore the fact that the message creating Agora was sent from a New Zealand-based account, Agora itself is an Austrian institution. For the first six-ish years of its l

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-27 Thread Ed Murphy
Eris wrote: On 2/27/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Proto-proto: Partnerships are ineligible to judge a CFJ if all its members are ineligible. If some but not all members are ineligible, then the judgment must be supported by at least one eligible member to be effective. Much sim

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-27 Thread Taral
On 2/27/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Proto-proto: Partnerships are ineligible to judge a CFJ if all its members are ineligible. If some but not all members are ineligible, then the judgment must be supported by at least one eligible member to be effective. Much simpler to change "

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-27 Thread Ed Murphy
Goethe wrote: I call for judgement on the following statement, barring Goethe, OscarMeyr, and Zefram: But you didn't bar the Pineapple Partnership! Will the PP's eligibility to judge block Rotation, etc.? I think "our" way is a little safer... if a judge of a PP-called CFJ says that PP isn't

DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
Murphy wrote: I thought you were the big proponent of resolving things judicially? I am! I call for judgement on the following statement, barring Goethe, OscarMeyr, and Zefram: But you didn't bar the Pineapple Partnership! Will the PP's eligibility to judge block Rotation, etc.? I thin

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-27 Thread Scott Rollins
Kerim Aydin wrote: OscarMeyr: I'm not counting this registration as valid at this time. We'll see how the CFJ goes. These two sentences contradict each other, as it was the Pineapple Partnership that called the CFJ. :) The Herald may have been bearing in mind that it is not e who administer

DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
OscarMeyr: I'm not counting this registration as valid at this time. We'll see how the CFJ goes. These two sentences contradict each other, as it was the Pineapple Partnership that called the CFJ. :) -Goethe

DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Benjamin Schultz
On Feb 26, 2007, at 4:17 AM, Zefram wrote: The Pineapple Partnership hereby registers as a player. The Pineapple Partnership hereby calls for judgement on the statement "the Pineapple Partnership is a person". Caller's arguments: the Ruleset does not explicitly define "person", but R754(3)

DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Kerim Aydin
Maud wrote: Your binding agreement fails to satisfy the ``business'' requirement as well as the ``view of profit'' requirement, so it isn't a partnership. Obviously, we haven't shared the confidential aspects of the partnership's business arrangements. I can reveal part of it: 2. ??? No,

DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Taral
On 2/26/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Pineapple Partnership hereby registers as a player. Oh, beautiful! -- Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You can't prove anything." -- Gödel's Incompetence Theorem

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Michael Slone
On 2/26/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Map is part of Agoran law, and clearly not part of either Australian Why are you dragging Australia into this? We've had players from Germany before, but I don't think we've had any Australians. (But I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Zefram
Michael Slone wrote: >If Austrian law does not apply to Agora, then how do you explain the Map? The Map is part of Agoran law, and clearly not part of either Australian or Austrian law. The Map does not purport to incorporate any outside source of law into Agora. What connection are you trying t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Michael Slone
On 2/26/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That's only the Australian law on the matter. Not applicable here. If Austrian law does not apply to Agora, then how do you explain the Map? -- Michael Slone

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Zefram
Michael Slone wrote: >According to the Partnership Act 1958, Pt 2 Div. 1 s. 5 (1): That's only the Australian law on the matter. Not applicable here. Many legal jurisdictions have their own set of regulations about partnerships. (E.g., here in the UK partnerships cannot have more than 20 partner

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Michael Slone
On 2/26/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The agreement creating the Pineapple Partnership contains all the legal elements to construct a partnership. Principally, it is an entity distinct from the partners, obligations on the Partnership become obligations on the partners, and this is all l

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Zefram
Michael Slone wrote: >Where is your argument for the claim that the Pineapple >Partnership is actually a partnership? The agreement creating the Pineapple Partnership contains all the legal elements to construct a partnership. Principally, it is an entity distinct from the partners, obligations o

DIS: Re: BUS: pineapple

2007-02-26 Thread Michael Slone
On 2/26/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The Pineapple Partnership hereby calls for judgement on the statement "the Pineapple Partnership is a person". Caller's arguments: the Ruleset does not explicitly define "person", but R754(3) refers to the legal definition. In law a "person" is anyt

DIS: Re: BUS: Pineapple CFJ

2007-02-01 Thread Kerim Aydin
Murphy wrote: Goethe wrote: > As an unregulated property of a person (Zefram), it is the > sole discretion of Zefram (CFJ 1361), and should be FALSE. But what if e /wants/ to be a pineapple? There's another argument that might apply to properties of persons (e.g. being a pineapple). R101(iv)

DIS: Re: BUS: Pineapple CFJ

2007-02-01 Thread Ed Murphy
Goethe wrote: As an unregulated property of a person (Zefram), it is the sole discretion of Zefram (CFJ 1361), and should be FALSE. But what if e /wants/ to be a pineapple?

DIS: Re: BUS: Pineapple CFJ

2007-02-01 Thread Quazie
On 2/1/07, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I call for judgement on the following statement: Zefram is a pineapple. I wonder if it could, or should be possible to request to be a CFJ judge... as i would enjoy this one.