Re: DIS: Hello

2018-08-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
Welcome!!! You've sent this to the discussion forum (agora-discussion@agoranomic.org). With rare exception, no actions sent to this forum do anything. To register, send the same message to agora-busin...@agoranomic.org. You should subscribe to that and also agora-offic...@agoranomic.org. If

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8077-8085, 8088 and 8087

2018-08-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
Counterargument: If I ask the question: "has the Promotor added Proposal 8077 back to the proposal pool once?" the answer right now would be yes, so if e added it again it would be twice, which the rule doesn't allow em to do. On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > Actually, upon re-r

Re: DIS: Come get your rulesets here!

2018-08-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
I'm ~a year behind in updating (and have been stuck midway in porting it to Agoranomic.org since spring) but old CFJs are here: https://faculty.washington.edu/kerim/nomic/cases/ But updating those in the FLR is definitely an optional extra. Very much optional. On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, Timon Walsh

DIS: Re: BUS: There's always something we miss

2018-08-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
Yes you are absolutely doing it right :). Good catch. On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, D Margaux wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I Call for Judgement (barring twg) on the following statement: “D. Margaux > currently has in eir possession 5 incense.” > > Argument in favor: R2499 does state quite clearly that,

Re: DIS: Come get your rulesets here!

2018-08-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
Also for recent stuff, the "recently-resolved cases" sections of the court gazette has summaries that can be grabbed for annotations. On Sat, 25 Aug 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > I'm ~a year behind in updating (and have been stuck midway in porting it > to Agoranomic.org

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposal 8089

2018-08-26 Thread Kerim Aydin
Remember not to count D Margaux's vote as e was not a player when the decision was distributed (R683). On Sun, 26 Aug 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > Thank you everyone, we do now have enough votes to pass quorum. > > However, I will hold off on actually resolving the decision until Aris has

DIS: Re: BUS: [Referee] Decision on Pointed Finger

2018-08-26 Thread Kerim Aydin
I can opine in the CFJ on whether such a transfer is simultaneous, anyway. On Sun, 26 Aug 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > Oh dear. I've just noticed that the quoted Notice of Honour was published > last Monday, so my CFJed one about Agora's karma was my second this week, and > therefore inva

Re: DIS: Fwd: [Referee] Weekly Report

2018-08-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
The Referee's Weekly Report is inferred from R2555: > The Referee is an office, and the recordkeepor for blots. and > Blots are an indestructible fixed currency which leads to R2166: > The recordkeepor of a class of assets is the entity (if any) > defined as such by, and bou

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Weekly report: Old censer found down back of sofa, incense reintroduced to economy

2018-08-27 Thread Kerim Aydin
2018, or a portion thereof, > > is doubted." > > > > If G.'s claim of error is in fact a doubt, then in response to it, I cite > > the first above CFJ (which I believe relieves me of the obligation to > > either revise the report or deny the CoE in a timely fashion

Re: DIS: Postponements

2018-08-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
The auction ended minutes ago, but you won anyway. On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > NttPF!! > > -twg > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On August 30, 2018 7:58 AM, Aris Merchant > wrote: > > > I bid 1 more than the most recent bid on the last auction I bid on. > > Ev

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: End-of-month business

2018-09-01 Thread Kerim Aydin
twg > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On September 1, 2018 3:14 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > I object to the Badges should be for broader participatory events, This > > is more appropriate for a one-off patent title. > > > > I object to t

DIS: Re: BUS: [Registrar] Zombie auction results (attn Aris)

2018-09-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
Don't forget to pay for your zombie Aris, you have about 12 hours left... On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > The zombie auction for Telnaior has ended. Aris was the > winner with a bid of 30 coins. > > Bids > 30 Aris > 20 G. > 5 Aris (cancelled) > 1 G. (cancelled)

DIS: Re: BUS: Some moves and such

2018-09-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 9 Sep 2018, D Margaux wrote: > I cause nichdel pay 3 apples to stake a land claim to (-3, 1) with > land type Black. You must be active to stake a land claim, so this fails: > 7. 3 apples to Stake a Land Claim on a specified land unit that is > adjacent to the Entity's curr

DIS: Re: BUS: Elections

2018-09-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 9 Sep 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > (I do still plan to take over Rulekeepor in the future if nobody finds > this objectionable, but I'm not yet prepared to do so.) No pressure whatsoever, but have you put much work into this so far? If I come to writing a land overhaul in a few we

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Elections

2018-09-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
t I'm not going to _have_ a free weekend until October at > least. > > What I could do, I think, is publish the SLR and then immediately resign as > Rulekeepor, but I'm not entirely clear whether that would work to relieve me > of the obligation to publish the FLR too. > &g

Re: DIS: [Promotor] Draft Report

2018-09-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 9 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > quorum is 7.0, the voting method is AI-majority, and the valid quorum is 3 I think.

DIS: Re: BUS: Rule cleanup

2018-09-11 Thread Kerim Aydin
We used to have three kinds of CFJs with different procedures and standards of evidence, inquiry cases (the generic default), criminal cases (self- explanatory) and equity cases (for contract disputes). I suppose you could argue that this makes "inquiry case" the only existing subtype of CFJ ra

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Declaration of Apathy

2018-09-13 Thread Kerim Aydin
not a "plan"--it was a clear statement that I > would not execute the intent if "one" person objected (thereby setting > N=1). Aris does not explain why anyone could be "unclear" about the > number of objections required to prevent me from taking the action. > And A

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Declaration of Apathy

2018-09-13 Thread Kerim Aydin
preferring a > second CFJ? > > -twg > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Thursday, September 13, 2018 8:44 PM, Kerim Aydin > wrote: > > > > > > > I object, and will note that it really is considered Bad Form/Sportsmanship > > around here to judg

Re: DIS: Email Weirdness (Reprise)

2018-09-13 Thread Kerim Aydin
Working fine for me, but this happened to me 2 months ago and it turned out the Agoranomic had magically set my preferences on the mailing list info to turn off delivery. I think that happened to a couple others too, so check preferences. On a related note, is there a reason that replying to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Declaration of Apathy

2018-09-14 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 14 Sep 2018, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > This seems to be an argument for replacing (or complementing) "clear" by > "unobfuscated" in the relevant rule text. Huh, actually, a leading definition of "obfuscated" is "unclear": 'obfuscate: render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.' I don't t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Declaration of Apathy

2018-09-14 Thread Kerim Aydin
ler. On Fri, 14 Sep 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2018, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > > This seems to be an argument for replacing (or complementing) "clear" by > > "unobfuscated" in the relevant rule text. > > Huh, actually, a leading definition of &qu

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: Deputy-[Herald] Scroll of Agora

2018-09-15 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > Well (2) would be appropriate, but I think (1) is irrelevant until an actual > reward action happens. Also, I don't think any of this information is > self-ratifying regardless - I see nothing in the rules and vaguely recall that > the Herald's stuff

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: Award of Victory

2018-09-16 Thread Kerim Aydin
I'm not a big fan of this - if we award almost-scams (assuming it didn't work) with proposal-based AI-1 championship wins what's the darn point? Other option (preferable): ask the herald to attempt to award champion with 2 Agoran Consent - at least that ensures that the support is more of a co

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Referee] Weekly Report

2018-09-16 Thread Kerim Aydin
Whups! If nothing else, this sure puts em at the bottom of the pile for the next auction! (I'll try to remember to include blot info when doing auctions in future). On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > On Sunday, September 16, 2018 3:42 PM, D Margaux > wrote: > > Person

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Referee] Weekly Report

2018-09-16 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > I would like to request that nobody CoE the resolution of proposal 8089, > because it wouldn't change the outcome of the decision and would have a > knock-on effect on this distribution's quorum which I would much rather > not have to think about

DIS: Re: BUS: Proposal: PTPMFUBGOFTDAODWTVOAWIC

2018-09-16 Thread Kerim Aydin
The issue with this is that the Herald CANNOT award 2+ Champion titles simultaneously (I think... by R649 each award is an individual act). So if e says "I award Champion to twg and D Margaux" then D Margaux is the one who was "most recently" awarded it. With simultaneous wins, this shifts the

DIS: Re: BUS: Finger Points & CFJs

2018-09-16 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Edward Murphy wrote: > D Margaux wrote: > > > I initiate two CFJs as follows: > > > > (1) The Referee CAN act on behalf of eir zombie to Point the zombie’s > > Finger at a player. > > This is CFJ 3660. I assign it to G. This seems like a straightforward TRUE (even

DIS: Re: BUS: Election updates

2018-09-16 Thread Kerim Aydin
Thanks! :) On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, D Margaux wrote: > In light of that, I withdraw my candidacy for Herald, since I have no ideas > in particular for reinvigorating patent titles. > > On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 7:16 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun,

Re: DIS: Re: OFF: [Registrar] Weekly Report

2018-09-17 Thread Kerim Aydin
oops, yes, I saw you mentioned that last week but I forgot - thanks! On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > Fora (Rule 478, self-ratifying) > > > Discussion irc://irc.freenode.net:6667/##nomic > > <http://i

Re: DIS: Fwd: BUS: left foot in || right foot out

2018-09-17 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 18 Sep 2018, Alex Smith wrote: > This may actually suggest a general principle for avoiding ambiguities > like this one: as the formatting of text is irrelevant, an attempt to > specify something in a way that doesn't have a clear "start-to-finish" > order is failing to uniquely specify

Re: DIS: Fwd: BUS: left foot in || right foot out

2018-09-18 Thread Kerim Aydin
situation is one where that “general” rule probably doesn’t apply. > > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:51 AM Cuddle Beam wrote: > > > >> I love the proposal, I just I dislike the ambiguity because it might > >> defuse > >> it and then th

DIS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Weekly report

2018-09-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 18 Sep 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > - Incense is useless and exists only due to a ruleset bug. Not anymore...? (nothing to CoE if the asset is undefined now).

DIS: Re: BUS: Round Robin

2018-09-19 Thread Kerim Aydin
Cool. I highly support a 3-way proposal composition in this form if the wording can be figured out. But I don't think this version works, because the proposals have to be resolved (by the Assessor) sequentially not simultaneously, and conditionals can't be resolved based on future conditions (

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: argument-free judgement for CFJ 3658

2018-09-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
yes On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > You do realize that, legally, the arguments aren't really part of the > judgement? > > -Aris > On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 12:01 AM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > > I (self-) file a motion to reconsid

Re: DIS: [Promotor] Draft A

2018-09-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
Huh. I agree that our usual Agoran method of interpretation would be (most likely) to treat this literally (i.e. broken). On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, D Margaux wrote: > I noticed an issue with the Points proposal. > > >> For a player to 'lose' a point is for it to be destroyed (if e has one). > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Notice of Honour

2018-09-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
CFJ 1361 ("Beverly") is quite relevant here. On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, Alex Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2018-09-23 at 14:02 -0600, Reuben Staley wrote: > > Therefore, "D. Margaux" and "D Margaux" refer to the same person, a > > person who registered during April of this year. > > > > This ends my argume

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Notice of Honour

2018-09-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
Two gratuitous arguments: 1. CFJ 3657 found that the +1 and -1 are simultaneous: https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-business/2018-September/039083.html 2. In R2510, clause (2) and clause (3) somehow got reversed, in that the "other" in clause (2) is meant to refer to

DIS: Re: BUS: Define Reiteration

2018-09-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
I will challenge/CoE the counting of any vote done in this matter. It is wholly unreasonable (beyond the bounds of clarity) to require persons to look back at past decisions to see what vote was cast. (public voting should communicate not just with the assessor, but with everyone). On Sun, 23 S

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Notice of Honour

2018-09-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 24 Sep 2018, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > 2. In R2510, clause (2) and clause (3) somehow got reversed, in that the > > "other" in clause (2) is meant to refer to the fact that it can't be the > > same en

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8096-8103

2018-09-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 24 Sep 2018, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > > > I vote, and act on behalf as Tenaior to vote, as follows: > > Not that it matters, but it's "Telnaior". It matters if people are claiming that D. Margaux and D Margaux are somehow different

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Define Reiteration

2018-09-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > I object. You’ve just stated that you have a strong personal opinion. Whether or not I judge this, I'm open to discussion and changing my first impression. (Obviously I can't make you not object, but using "expressing an opinion" as a reason suppres

DIS: Re: BUS: Notice of Honour

2018-09-23 Thread Kerim Aydin
ir views on it. I have attempted > to make that possible. If you disagree, that’s your right, but I’m only > trying to be helpful. If you believe that the attempts at lowering quorum > are inadvisable, that is a disagreement best worked out through the > proposal process. > > With hop

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Define Reiteration

2018-09-26 Thread Kerim Aydin
t; looking up a vote on a relatively recent decision. > > -Aris > > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 9:03 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > > > I object. You’ve just stated that you have a strong pe

Re: DIS: Proto Judgement CFJ 3662

2018-09-28 Thread Kerim Aydin
ive because of a minor and insubstantial typo or spelling variation. > > Last month, I sent a registration message signed “--D. Margaux,” from an > email account with an email name “D Margaux .” Any > reasonable player would perceive that both “D Margaux” and “D. Margaux” refer

Re: DIS: Proto Judgement CFJ 3662

2018-09-28 Thread Kerim Aydin
better served by a re-phrased question which [because long arguments] is TRUE". On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > This addresses whether this is a valid Notice of Honour, which I agree > with. However, it doesn't address the question, which is ""This Notice > of

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ 3659 judged FALSE

2018-09-28 Thread Kerim Aydin
I'm not sure where I stand, but I'm split enough on this issue (and others found the win pretty clear and clever) that I'd support a moot if desired. On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, D Margaux wrote: > I am grateful for the thoughtful consideration given by Judge Aris to the > issues raised in this CFJ. I

DIS: Re: BUS: Judgement in CFJ 3662: FALSE

2018-09-28 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, D Margaux wrote: > Accordingly, I judge that the spelling of “Honour” as “honor” does not defeat > the EFFECTIVEness of Trigon’s Notice of Honour. When I wrote that rule, I (being American) specifically chose the British spelling, it was kind of an experiment to see if pe

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Cartographor] The Map of Arcadia -- September week 3

2018-09-28 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, D Margaux wrote: > Arg! For both of these CoEs, I think I meant (-3, 1)—not (1, -3). I keep > confusing which comes first, latitude or longitude. I work with maps a lot for a living and I still always forget that (lat,lon) is (y,x) and not (x,y). Curse those ancient Greeks

DIS: Re: BUS: Fwd: OFF: [Registrar] Weekly Report

2018-09-28 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, D Margaux wrote: > I intend with Notice to flip the following zombies' master switches to > Agora: > > Zombie Master Resale Agora was last eir Master on > o PSS 1 27-Jun-18 21:08:31 > Kenyon twg 1 27-Jun-18 21:51:

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Fwd: OFF: [Registrar] Weekly Report

2018-09-28 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, D Margaux wrote: > Oh nice. Sorry, didn’t catch that announcement. Actually I really appreciate that others are paying attention to the report dates and tracking/thinking about zombie gameplay!

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Judgement in CFJ 3662: FALSE

2018-09-28 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 29 Sep 2018, Alex Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2018-09-28 at 10:14 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > When I wrote that rule, I (being American) specifically chose the > > British spelling, it was kind of an experiment to see if people would > > rigidly stick to it. I'

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Click here for FREE land!

2018-09-29 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 29 Sep 2018, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > CFJ, barring D. Margaux: > >Corona and D. Margaux made a Contract in the last 24 hours. > > Unless it's been changed since June 6, creating a Contract requires payment.

DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer is curious

2018-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
; Now, of course, what I’ve done could’ve been total bullshit but feel free > > to CfJ and present _evidence_ against what I’ve just done to prove me > > wrong. > > > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 at 01:12, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > &

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer is curious

2018-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote: > Also, about the scamster thing, I’d prefer not lol, because I’m not proud > of my “scamming” here on Agora. It doesn’t have scamster merit because I do > these things quite blindly - mere potshots in the dark - and I’m really > just persistent, which isn

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Nothing to See Here

2018-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > Good attempt at a scam. I had already anticipated it, however, and I think > you > will find you'd rather have submitted to the currency revaluation. Do you thing the transferring-to-contract actually worked? It takes non-obvious (and frankly a

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Nothing to See Here

2018-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > On Sun, 2018-09-30 at 17:36 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > > > Good attempt at a scam. I had already anticipated it, however, and > > I think you > > > will fi

Re: DIS: Beginning of October Land Deletion Poll

2018-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, Reuben Staley wrote: > We can rework the Arcadia rules. New assets, new map, new everything. I would > try to get back into the swing of things if the mechanics sounded interesting. So, as I mentioned a couple months back, I tried a couple times to draft something adding to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Promotor] Distribution of Proposals 8077B-8085A and 8087A-8089A

2018-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 1 Oct 2018, Ørjan Johansen wrote: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, D Margaux wrote: > > > I CFJ (barring Aris) this statement: “G.’s attempt in the message quoted > > below to transfer coins to the contract between em and D. Margaux is > > EFFECTIVE.” (I note for the Arbitor’s benefit that G. is

Re: DIS: Beginning of October Land Deletion Poll

2018-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > So, for instance, pending proposals and > calling CFJs should always be free and unlimited, excluding abuse. What a limited view of a very small slice of game history this is.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: If that's what you want, "pending" is pointless

2018-09-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
. This would allow > the Promotor to delay distributing a proposal and then remove it. I > also haven't run a consistency check on this yet. > > I know this is partly (probably mostly) a manifestation of your > frustration, but I actually agree with it. > >

Re: Economic Fees Poll (was Re: DIS: Beginning of October Land Deletion Poll)

2018-10-01 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > Okay, poll for everyone: > > 1. Have you ever been involved in the economy because it was required > to take main game actions? > 2. If so, did you enjoy it? Yes. I've both enjoyed and not enjoyed. There were some (required to participate) that I

Re: DIS: Beginning of October Land Deletion Poll

2018-10-01 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 30 Sep 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:06 PM Alex Smith wrote: > > What about this: we have repeated instances of a subgame each lasting a > > week or so, and some easy way to amend the rules of the subgame (easier > > than a proposal; For me, the "perfect" game

Re: DIS: Beginning of October Land Deletion Poll

2018-10-01 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:06 PM Alex Smith wrote: > What about this: we have repeated instances of a subgame each lasting a > week or so, and some easy way to amend the rules of the subgame (easier > than a proposal; Oh, and by the way: this can be done without changing a single rule, it's ca

Re: DIS: Beginning of October Land Deletion Poll

2018-10-01 Thread Kerim Aydin
2018, Cuddle Beam wrote: > How are the Tournament rules currently? > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 3:16 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 9:06 PM Alex Smith > > wrote: > > > What about this: we have repeated instances of a subgame

DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer becomes a demiruge of a sort

2018-10-01 Thread Kerim Aydin
ly deregistered... :-) > > I cause nichdel to Point eir Finger at Cuddle Beam for failing to track a > bunch more things in the time that elapsed since G. Pointed eir Finger. > > > On Oct 1, 2018, at 7:15 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > >

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer becomes a demiruge of a sort

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
deregistered... :-) > > > > I cause nichdel to Point eir Finger at Cuddle Beam for failing to track a > > bunch more things in the time that elapsed since G. Pointed eir Finger. > > > > > On Oct 1, 2018, at 7:15 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > &

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer becomes a demiruge of a sort

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Cuddle Beam wrote: > Ok don't freak out now, but you have exactly $8,008,135 by the way. y'know, I think I'm just going to let that one self-ratify.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer becomes a demiruge of a sort

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Alex Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2018-10-02 at 07:43 +0200, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > Ok don't freak out now, but you have exactly $8,008,135 by the way. > > Do we have to CoE this to stop it self-ratifying? Or can we ratify an > Agoran legal fiction that G. has that much? Would an

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer becomes a demiruge of a sort

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
r weekly duties. On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Alex Smith wrote: > > On Tue, 2018-10-02 at 07:43 +0200, Cuddle Beam wrote: > > > Ok don't freak out now, but you have exactly $8,008,135 by the way. > > > > Do we have to CoE this to

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer becomes a demiruge of a sort

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > On Tue, 2018-10-02 at 03:04 -0700, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > Actually, if real-world currencies are mapped via contract to being > > Agoran currencies, there *IS* a reporting requirement: > >The recordkee

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: humble agoran farmer becomes a demiruge of a sort

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
olation > for eir failure to keep those records until such time as a report > is required (which may be never)? > > > On Oct 2, 2018, at 6:19 AM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > >> On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > >>>

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Something to See Here After All

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > On Tuesday, October 2, 2018 2:29 PM, D Margaux wrote: > > I cause the contract between me and G entitled the First Bank of Agora to > > transfer to me a number of coins equal to the number of coins that I have > > previously transferred to that con

DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Treasuror] Weekly report

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > I reject your CoE; my report contains the line "The First Bank of Agora > currently possesses 1006 coins." Oh, sorry! Missed it way down there.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8077B-8081B, 8082A-8085A, 8087A-8089A and 8096-8103

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > It's not a conditional _vote_, it's a conditional _action to change > the vote_. You still submitted an unconditional vote; it's just that > the content of your vote is, er, conditional on something else. How on earth do you come up with that rea

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8077B-8081B, 8082A-8085A, 8087A-8089A and 8096-8103

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
t; > > On Tue, Oct 2, 2018 at 2:31 PM Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > > > It's not a conditional _vote_, it's a conditional _action to change > > > the vote_. You still submitted an uncond

Re: DIS: Re: SJ & Finger Point

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, D Margaux wrote: > This may be an oversight in the rules, since it seems to let technical > deadline violations be punished but not if the deadline was unmet for long > enough. Last time I was referee, I meant to change it so the 14-day deadline was for the finger-point, no

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Re: OFF: [Assessor] Resolution of Proposals 8077B-8081B, 8082A-8085A, 8087A-8089A and 8096-8103

2018-10-02 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 2 Oct 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote: > OK, please nobody do anything major with coins until these CFJs > are judged, otherwise we may end up with a horrible divergence. Well, I'm required to start a zombie auction this week, and it's not a divergence yet (if it turns out the votes were

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Festival?

2018-10-03 Thread Kerim Aydin
Specifically for "emergency", there are other Nomics out there (we at one point had an active foreign relations program). From time to time, a nomic gets it in its head to "invade" another nomic, where "invasion" consists of mass registration in the target nomic to try to pass a rule that says

Re: DIS: Trigonian Rulesets -- October 3, 2018

2018-10-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
Thanks for doing this! Since it's irregular, could you include a "last ruleset change recorded" text on the top? On Wed, 3 Oct 2018, Reuben Staley wrote: > I have updated the rulesets once again, including every proposal resolved as > of yesterday. > > https://github.com/AgoraNomic/ruleset/bl

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Cuddle Beam Finger Points

2018-10-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Thu, 4 Oct 2018, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > After checking the rules: violating pledges is defined as a crime, but > I can't see any actual requirement to avoid committing crime. The > relationship between crimes and illegal actions does not seem to be > well-defined. The most plausibl

DIS: Re: BUS: Reiteration Judgement (3663)

2018-10-04 Thread Kerim Aydin
pecial > > deference. I intend, with 2 support, to file a motion to reconsider > > this CFJ. I'll try to correct the other problems I have with the > > ruling legislatively, but on this point I think it's just incorrect. > > > > -Aris > > On Fri, Sep 28,

Re: DIS: I have returned (?)

2018-10-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sat, 6 Oct 2018, Reuben Staley wrote: > > -Am I a zombie? > > No, your master switch is even still yourself. While you're not a zombie, I think someone recently announced an intent to make you one, so you should post a quick hello there to the public forum if you want to avoid zombiehood.

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: I have returned (?)

2018-10-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
ts > in the interim period, and allows em to receive a Welcome Package again > afterwards. > > -twg > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Saturday, October 6, 2018 6:36 PM, Kerim Aydin > wrote: > > > > > > > On behalf of Gaelan, I act as f

Re: DIS: I have returned (?)

2018-10-06 Thread Kerim Aydin
It failed (if it did) by being caught in scam crossfire - I'm going to put it back in the Razing of Land proposal I plan to get pended this weekend (with a conditional in case it didn't fail). On Sat, 6 Oct 2018, D Margaux wrote: > It might have passed. There are four votes that are contingent

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Report Intent Disclosure Act

2018-10-07 Thread Kerim Aydin
I would add "unobfuscated" to really bullet-proof it because that covers any attempt to hide...? On Sun, 7 Oct 2018, D. Margaux wrote: > What would you think of a requirement that an intent to take a dependent > action be announced “conspicuously”? Something like: > > > > // > > > Am

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: RE: BU S: Some moves and such

2018-10-07 Thread Kerim Aydin
Yes, I agree. Otherwise we'd have to assume that if you just replied to yourself in BUS, every action in quotes would be re-done. (And that's specifically why you need to append a PF rather than just forwarding from DIS to BUS without comment). I'd define the unclarity as "unclear whether

Re: DIS: [Idea] Bill of Rights

2018-10-07 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 7 Oct 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > I know we used to have a Bill of Rights in Rule 101. It might be neat > to add that back again. Does anyone (particularly anyone who around > when we last had it) have any comments on the idea of bringing back > legal rights? My "if I ever get around t

Re: DIS: [Idea] Bill of Rights

2018-10-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Sun, 7 Oct 2018, Aris Merchant wrote: > G. commented that e moved most of the provisions, rather than deleting > them. All we'd be doing is reconsolidating them. So after some thought, I don't think we'd be well-served by this approach. I think that the original Rights did an ok job when it

Re: DIS: how do contracts work

2018-10-08 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 8 Oct 2018, ATMunn wrote: > When I stopped playing several months ago, contracts were in the middle of > being revised. I left before they were actually finalized. What is the current > state of contracts? Do they work like they used to or have they been changed? > > While I'm at it, wh

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Round robin finishing up

2018-10-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > On Tue, 2018-10-09 at 16:08 -0600, Reuben Staley wrote: > > Since you are Slate A and Slate C, you either can't win the game by > > announcement because Slate B players can as the former, or you can't win > > the game by announcement becaus

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Round robin finishing up

2018-10-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, Reuben Staley wrote: > On 10/9/2018 4:20 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, ais...@alumni.bham.ac.uk wrote: > > > On Tue, 2018-10-09 at 16:08 -0600, Reuben Staley wrote: > > > > Since you are Slate A and Slate C, yo

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: One More...?

2018-10-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
Well, it's all in the same category, so it's not a huge burden to write (x500) in the report. But yes, there have been some "technically infinite" wins in the past I think - this isn't the first time a winning condition failed to reset itself. On Wed, 10 Oct 2018, Alex Smith wrote: > On Tue, 2

DIS: Herald's after-action report

2018-10-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
Ok, Here's my catalog of events. Want to see if we can condense cases before figuring out what raft of CFJs are needed. Corona, Trigon, VJ Rada start out with Blots, therefore CANNOT win. Announcements made (including Slates of announcers): Trigon (B, C): I cause the Slate B players to wi

Re: DIS: Herald's after-action report

2018-10-09 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Tue, 9 Oct 2018, ATMunn wrote: > On 10/9/2018 8:44 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > ATMunn (A, C): I win the game. > I realized also, don't I have a blot? I assume I can expunge it, but I haven't > yet. Missed that - unfortunately the rule self-repealed now so i

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Bank Heist

2018-10-11 Thread Kerim Aydin
minated contract cannot own assets. :) > > -twg > > > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Thursday, October 11, 2018 11:42 PM, Kerim Aydin > wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018, D Margaux wrote: > > > > > I have sent to G. certain

Re: DIS: Herald's after-action report

2018-10-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
ot; interpretation) is > >>> that if the set of Slate N players, where N is a valid slate, cannot win, > >>> and a person's set of slates includes N, e may not win since one of eir > >>> slates cannot win. The other interpretation (the "inclusive"

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ Decision re Left||Right

2018-10-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
Amusingly, there was previously text that said winning was Secured, which would have implied that Instruments such as proposals (with the correct power) would have worked. It was removed to make winning more permissive for lower-powered rules. This was removed in Sept 2016, so maybe winning-

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ Decision re Left||Right

2018-10-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
Well yes, but if it worked due to explicit Rules text prior to Sept 2016, and nobody noticed that removing that text broke things, and nobody questioned it, then no precedent has yet been set with the new rules text, even if we've all assumed it worked in the mean time. Most of those wins-by-pr

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: CFJ Decision re Left||Right

2018-10-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
ny evidence and arguments that anyone has on > that topic, especially since I wasn't around for that Rule change and so > lack some of the background. > > > > On Friday, October 12, 2018, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > > > > Well yes, but if it worked due t

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