DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: distribution of proposals 5599-5633

2008-07-08 Thread Ed Murphy
Quazie wrote: > 5632 O0 1Murphy Fill the gap > FOR x 1, AGAINST x 1, PRESENT x 1, Support BOBTHJ x 1, Support root x 1 > > 5633 O1 1Ivan Hope Fugality > FOR x 3, Support Ivan Hope x 1, Support Murphy x 1 Dammit, now I have to refactor the 'votes' table.

DIS: Protos

2008-07-08 Thread Ed Murphy
Proto-Proposal: When Am I? Create a rule titled "When Am I?" with this text: A message's Date: header is generally a reasonably accurate measure of the time of its publication. A person alleging that such a header is significantly inaccurate SHOULD clearly identify which

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: distribution of proposals 5599-5633

2008-07-08 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:47 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quazie wrote: > >> 5632 O0 1Murphy Fill the gap >> FOR x 1, AGAINST x 1, PRESENT x 1, Support BOBTHJ x 1, Support root x 1 >> >> 5633 O1 1Ivan Hope Fugality >> FOR x 3, Support Ivan Hope x 1, Support Murphy x

Re: DIS: New FINE Proto

2008-07-08 Thread Sgeo
Traditionally, when protos are done, who gets co-authorship? Certainly Murphy, for wording it cleanly, thank you, but what about those who pointed out minor problems here and there? (Thank you too)

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: distribution of proposals 5585-5598

2008-07-08 Thread Sgeo
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> 5588 D2 2Quazie Proposers Dilemma >> PRESENT > > I retract this vote and vote AGAINST, since R2186 does not allow the > proposal to do what it c

DIS: Re: BUS: Retracting a ticket

2008-07-08 Thread Roger Hicks
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Sgeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I retract my sell ticket for a vote on 5588.. It's not that I don't > want VP, or want to vote PRESENT, it's just I might not have time to > satisfy it if it's filled.. > >From section 4 of the Vote Market agreement: { However, if f

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: AAA - Secretary of Agriculture Report

2008-07-08 Thread Ben Caplan
On Monday 7 July 2008 5:32:23 Quazie wrote: > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Benjamin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > An upgraded Ranch should require 2 WRVs / month (possibly distributed as 1 > > WRV every half month). I think the upgraded Mill is too powerful, though. > > The thought was

DIS: Re: BUS: Win by Extortion

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If this works, I suggest the Herald record these wins as by Bandwagon. > > Pavitra > I second this motion. (Only one more support needed!)

DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Ben Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Monday 7 July 2008 2:52:31 Elliott Hird wrote: >> I intend, with Agoran Consent, to act on behalf of Agora to award a >> win to every person. >> >> tusho >> > > I support. > It won't work.

DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Elliott Hird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It won't work. > Urgh, hit submit before I wanted to. It won't work because I'm not a player. When the proposal that repeals acting on behalf of Agora passes, could someone do it again the new way for me? Eternal luv offered <3 tusho

DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Ben Caplan wrote: >> On Monday 7 July 2008 2:52:31 Elliott Hird wrote: >>> I intend, with Agoran Consent, to act on behalf of Agora to award a >>> win to every person. > > I object. I refuse to award 7 billion championship titles.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Elliott Hird wrote: > Not every person can communicate by email, and besides, this can't happen > anyway It depends on whether you mean "can with eir email account" or "can *if* given an email account". -G.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Elliott Hird wrote: >> Not every person can communicate by email, and besides, this can't happen >> anyway > > It depends on whether you mean "can with eir email account" or "can *if* > given an email account". -G. > True. Either

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It depends on whether you mean "can with eir email account" or "can *if* > given an email account". -G. Well, for a significant portion you'd also have to add "and if taught enough English that e's able to communicate in it

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It depends on whether you mean "can with eir email account" or "can *if* >> given an email account". -G. > > Well, for a significant portion you'd also have to add "and if taught

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This one bugs me. The rule doesn't say that a biological organism that > only communicates in a non-English human language is *not* a person. "An entity is a person if and only if it is defined to be so by rules

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This one bugs me. The rule doesn't say that a biological organism that > only communicates in a non-English human language is *not* a person. > So English is a sufficient criterion, but not a necessary one. This > will never be tested, as merely posting

DIS: OBJECTIONABLE proto changes, trying to make the contract into something intersting

2008-07-08 Thread Quazie
Current Contract --- { 1. The name of this contract is Objectionable. Objectionable is a Pledge. 2. Phoenix Wright is responsible for maintaining this contract. if this contract is a contest Phoenix Wright is its contest master. Initially Quazie is Phoenix Wright. 3. Any player may become party

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This one bugs me. The rule doesn't say that a biological organism that >> only communicates in a non-English human language is *not* a person. > > "An entity is > a pers

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > What would be particularly interesting is if tusho's Spanish friend > claimed R101 rights by raising a CFJ on eir personhood. E is clearly > a person by standard definitions and world standards of human rights, > etc., can the Rule 2150 definition, empow

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Elliott Hird wrote: > 2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> What would be particularly interesting is if tusho's Spanish friend >> claimed R101 rights by raising a CFJ on eir personhood. E is clearly >> a person by standard definitions and world standards of human right

Re: DIS: New FINE Proto

2008-07-08 Thread Zefram
Sgeo wrote: >Can the judge really be trusted to specify an arbitrary amount? Can the judge be trusted to specify an arbitrary currency? It may be impossible for the ninny to acquire it. To avoid these problems, perhaps the fine should be limited to currency that the ninny has owned at some point

Re: DIS: New FINE Proto

2008-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Zefram wrote: > Sgeo wrote: >> Can the judge really be trusted to specify an arbitrary amount? > > Can the judge be trusted to specify an arbitrary currency? It may > be impossible for the ninny to acquire it. To avoid these problems, > perhaps the fine should be limited to c

Re: DIS: New FINE Proto

2008-07-08 Thread Zefram
Roger Hicks wrote: >I would exclude any assets from destruction which are part of a >zero-sum system (none at the moment as far as I am aware, but just in >case). Also, I think it needs to be "CAN and SHALL" instead of SHALL >to override contracts which don't permit the voluntary destruction of >th

Re: DIS: New FINE Proto

2008-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Zefram wrote: > Roger Hicks wrote: > You could allow fining by transferring currency to the L&FD in lieu > of destruction. That would make more currencies available for fines. You could call it FREE PARKING.

Re: DIS: New FINE Proto

2008-07-08 Thread Roger Hicks
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sgeo wrote: >>Can the judge really be trusted to specify an arbitrary amount? > > Can the judge be trusted to specify an arbitrary currency? It may > be impossible for the ninny to acquire it. To avoid these problems, > perhaps t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm not sure how "obtaining" a person under "controlled conditions" squares > us with human rights :P. It would have to be a language some percentage > of current officers would understand (e.g. Turkish is Right Out by CFJ 1460 > or I'd have a candidate

DIS: Proto-proposal: Pragmatic ribbons

2008-07-08 Thread Taral
The office of Tailor is really kind of obnoxious. Here's something that I hope will help. Proto-proposal: Pragmatic ribbons AI=2 Amend rule 2199 (Ribbons) as follows: 1) Replace the text: Ribbons are gained as follows, unless the player already possesses the color of Ribbon to be ga

DIS: Proto: No, Mr. Garrison, we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans

2008-07-08 Thread Ed Murphy
Proto-Proposal: No, Mr. Garrison, we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans (AI = 3, please) Amend Rule 2150 (Personhood) by replacing this text: Any biological organism that is capable of communicating by email in English is a person. with this text: Any biological organism that

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Elliott Hird wrote: > 2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I'm not sure how "obtaining" a person under "controlled conditions" squares >> us with human rights :P. It would have to be a language some percentage >> of current officers would understand (e.g. Turkish is Ri

Re: DIS: New FINE Proto

2008-07-08 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe Sgeo solved this in eir latest proto by limiting the > currency to those to which its backing document is binding upon the > Ninny. I'm not sure this is a great idea; it would disallow fining someone in chits unless

Re: DIS: Proto: No, Mr. Garrison, we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans

2008-07-08 Thread Zefram
Ed Murphy wrote: > (English is Agora's lingua franca; non-English speakers > will require a translation service to participate in a practical > sense.) A non-English speaker plus translation service probably meets the existing definition of "person". We should clarify that

Re: DIS: Proto: No, Mr. Garrison, we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > (English is Agora's lingua franca; non-English speakers > will require a translation service to participate in a practical > sense.) > Oh! I see you're a COMEDIAN!

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If by "explain the situation" you mean "translate the whole ruleset to > avoid CFJ 1856" then I agree with you that this would work (this is why I > said in the first place it would never happen). -G. Pretty sure people have called CFJs as non-players w

Re: DIS: Proto: No, Mr. Garrison, we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans

2008-07-08 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A non-English speaker plus translation service probably meets the existing > definition of "person". We should clarify that, rather than dropping > the English requirement. If the translation service isn't of a biological nature,

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Elliott Hird wrote: > 2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> If by "explain the situation" you mean "translate the whole ruleset to >> avoid CFJ 1856" then I agree with you that this would work (this is why I >> said in the first place it would never happen). -G. > > Pre

Re: DIS: Proto: No, Mr. Garrison, we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If the translation service isn't of a biological nature, is the union > of the two a first-class person? > Hi Searle!

Re: DIS: Proto: No, Mr. Garrison, we cannot get rid of all the Mexicans

2008-07-08 Thread Zefram
Geoffrey Spear wrote: >If the translation service isn't of a biological nature, is the union >of the two a first-class person? I can't send email without a keyboard. Is me+keyboard a first-class person? -zefram

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Oh that's right, we're not talking about registering anymore. If we're > just asking whether someone who fits the description would be considered > a person, we could just do a hypothetical CFJ (it looks like my proposal > to require Rights cases to have

Re: DIS: Proto-proposal: Pragmatic ribbons

2008-07-08 Thread Quazie
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The office of Tailor is really kind of obnoxious. Here's something > that I hope will help. > > Proto-proposal: Pragmatic ribbons > AI=2 > > Amend rule 2199 (Ribbons) as follows: > > 1) Replace the text: > > Ribbons are gained

DIS: Re: OFF: [Tailor] Report

2008-07-08 Thread Quazie
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tailor's Ribbon Report > Ribbon awards (Rule 2126) > -- > RedInterested proposal changes rule with Power >= 3 > Orange Interested proposal adopted unanimously > Green Hold of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread comex
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Elliott Hird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty sure people have called CFJs as non-players without reading most of > the ruleset. Says the person who registered without reading most of the ruleset.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Wins Are Very Very Valuable Things

2008-07-08 Thread Elliott Hird
2008/7/8 comex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Says the person who registered without reading most of the ruleset. > Shut up, you.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: distribution of proposals 5585-5598

2008-07-08 Thread Ian Kelly
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Sgeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Ian Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 5588 D2 2Quazie Proposers Dilemma >>> PRESENT >> >> I retract this vote and

DIS: Re: BUS: Win by Extortion

2008-07-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Zefram wrote: > Sgeo wrote: >> With Agoran Consent, I act on behalf of Agora to award myself and all >> supporters a Win. > > I believe this is ineffective for lack of specificity. Specifically, > the announcement of intent was not specific about to whom wins were to > be awar