Michael Slone wrote:
>Where the rules are not silent, game custom is irrelevant.
The rules are silent on whether sentences from them can be taken out
of context and applied as rules in isolation. Ordinary English usage,
game custom, and the best interests of the game are the controlling
standards
On 1/12/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I disagree. The quoted sentence is in the section that is concerned
with modifying rules. Enactments are governed by section (a) which has
no such restriction for the case where the proposal does not specify the
power of the new rule. Game custom d
Michael Slone wrote:
>The following sentence appears in rule 105:
>
>However, a proposal cannot cause a rule to have
> power greater than its own.
>
>This doesn't appear to affect Murphy's elegant scam, but it does imply
>that Zefram's scam wouldn't work.
I disagree. The q
The following sentence appears in rule 105:
However, a proposal cannot cause a rule to have
power greater than its own.
This doesn't appear to affect Murphy's elegant scam, but it does imply
that Zefram's scam wouldn't work. Briefly, rule 105 says that a
proposal can *g
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