From ford@jps.net Sat Feb 10 14:56:26 2001 Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:19:53 -0800 From: Ed Murphy Reply-To: agora-discussion@gecko.serc.rmit.edu.au To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 47, ISSUE 19 February 9, 2001 "THE END IS NI" -harvel ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Longer Holidays" by Steve - Proposal 01-003 adopted 1/29 The Christmas holiday begins on December 24 (not December 25) and lasts until the first Nomic Week beginning after January 2 (not until January 1). Holidays may last up to 17 days. "Oerjan's Fix Roles" by Elysion - Proposal 535 adopted 1/29 Organizations may transfer eir Stems to Players within seven days of receiving them. Debts invalidated by the adoption of "Roles" are reinstated in Stems. Rule 1936 (Auctioning Positions in the Oligarchy) has the typo "On Politicians" corrected. "Pragmatic Oligarchy" by Steve - Proposal 01-005 adopted 1/29 An Oligarch loses eir position due to Inactivity, Zombiehood, Blots, Speakership, or rotation only when the Grand Warden of the Oligarchy announces it. Oligarchy Auction is moved out of Rule 1937 and into a separate Rule. Winning bids in an Oligarchy Auction become debts. Rule 1961 (a Rule with one-time application only) is repealed. "Well fix it, dear Henry!" by Blob - Proposal 01-002 adopted 1/29 Notary is an Office. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Alternate Adoption System" by Elysion - Proposal 4104 rejected 1/12 (see CFJ 1261) All Proposals have an Adoption Index of 1, but (if adopted) a Power equal to their Voting Index. For instance, if a Proposal attempts to amend both a Power=1 Rule and a Power=2 Rule, and it is adopted 7 FOR to 6 AGAINST (thus a Voting Index of 7/6), then the first amendment succeeds but the second fails. "Clarify R1447" by Steve - Proposal 4109 A late Justice is immediately recused from the Board. Rule 1447 is currently ambiguous as to whether recusal is caused by lateness or by reporting the Infraction. "Patent Titles Aren't Property!" by Ziggy - Proposal 4110 In the Rules, "possess" and "own" refer only to Property. Patent Titles and Win Conditions are "borne", not "possessed". "Start the Sanity-Insanity" by harvel Upon the adoption of this Proposal, the Treasuror shall pay out 100 Stems to each non-Senator. "Tweak Scoring Events" by Elysion Only Player to Vote FOR or AGAINST someone else's Proposal is worth 2 Points, not 10. Gaining a Patent Title is not worth any Points. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "A Synthetic Zombie" by Steve There exists a Synthetic Zombie named Frankie. When Auctioning a Synthetic Zombie, the Starting Bid is 0.1 Indulgences, and a no-Bid Auction results in a new Auction. Rather than 1 Indulgence per quarter, the owner of a Synthetic Zombie is billed monthly upkeep, equal to the amount originally paid for the Zombie, doubled once per full month that the Zombie has been owned. If this debt is not paid within a week, then it is forgiven and the owner is billed for the Zombie itself. Rather than power to transfer any Bank-owned Zombie, the Registrar only has power to transfer Zombies owed by the Bank to another entity. "Clarify Possession" by Ziggy Patent Titles are Property. In the Rules, "possess" and "own" refer only to Property. Win Conditions are "held", not "possessed". "Clarify Rule 459" by Elysion The Nomic Week begins at the beginning of Monday. "Gooooooo Reading!" by Ziggy Let's go! New Rule! Ready? Okay! Give me an A! Give me a G! Give me an O! Give me an R! Give me an A! What's that spell? Agora! Read to the left! Read to the right! Up-down-up-down fight fight fight! "Modify Rule 1922" by loh Patent Title of Bard may be awarded by a Bard With Support, or by any Player With 2 Supporters. It may be revoked by a Bard With 2 Bard Supporters, or by any Player With 3 Supporters. "Oligarchy Reform" (was "Undo Proposal 4104") by Elysion Proposal 4104 (if adopted; see CFJ 1261) causes all Proposals to have an Adoption Index of 1, but a Power equal to their Voting Index. A side effect is that all Proposals are Ordinary by default. This proto undoes that change, and increases Rule 594's (Proposals and Rule Changes) Power to 2. An Oligarch may resign by announcing that e does so. Rule 1933 (Ordinary and Democratic Proposals) is amended to avoid the problematic "operation of" text. An Ordinary Proposal that fails quorum becomes Democratic, and its Voting Period is extended accordingly. "Reciprocal Dependant Actions" by Ziggy Supporters and Objectors cancel each other out, one to one. Four-day waiting period re-applied to Actions With N Supporters (since Objections to such actions are now relevant). No self-Support. "Timing of Messages" by Steve Duty to send a message pays attention to time of sending. Effect of a message pays attention to time of receipt. "VE Upkeep" by Blob The Treasuror's Budget contains the VE Upkeep, which is from 0 to 2 times the Basic Officer's Salary. At the beginning of the second month of each quarter, the Assessor bills each Player for the VE Upkeep times the number of VEs owned by that Player. If such a debt remains outstanding for a week, the Assessor may forgive that debt and bill the Player for a VE instead. (This clock stops running while the debt is disputed or the Player is On Hold.) CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1254 "Peekee possesses at least one Voting Token." [FALSE] 11/20 Called by Murphy 1/6-14 Assigned to David, who defaults 1/14-15 Assigned to pTang, who Judges TRUE 1/15-17 Appealed by harvel, Blob, and Oerjan 1/17 Appeal assigned to Chuck, Steve, and Wes 1/18 Steve moves to overturn and reverse 1/21 Wes moves to overturn and reassign 1/24 Chuck moves to overturn and dismiss 1/24-31 Reassigned to Ziggy, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Murphy attempted to create a Voting Token and transfer it to Peekee. Justice Steve's refutation (summary): Bank Currency of VTs destroyed earlier. Player-minted Currency invalid because Murphy did not specify a Recordkeepor or MUQ. Player-created Property invalid because Property may only be created by methods defined by the Rules. Extra-Ruleset entities invalid because Murphy did not physically create anything. Justice Wes's refutation (summary): Even if Murphy created an imaginary VT by announcing such, no one knows what happened to it after that. Judge Ziggy's refutation (summary): The Rules use "possess" almost exclusively to refer to Property, which VTs were not. CFJ 1258 "Peekee is the Notary." [TRUE] 12/18 Called by Murphy 1/8-14 Assigned to lee, who Judges TRUE 1/14 Appealed by Crito, Palnatoke, Elysion, and Blob 1/15-16 Blob and Steve sign Dissenting Opinion 1/16 Appeal assigned to Chuck, Steve, and Wes 1/16 Steve moves to overturn and reverse 1/21 Wes moves to overturn and reassign 1/22 Chuck moves to overturn and reassign 1/22-2/1 Reassigned to loh, who Judges TRUE 2/1 Appealed by Crito and Elysion Caller's argument (summary): Notary ceased to be an Office on 5/8, at which time Blob held it. Had it remained an Office, a subsequent Election would have transferred it to Peekee. Can that alleged Election be interpreted as effective anyway? Judge lee's argument (summary): Yes, the Rules don't say otherwise. Justice Steve's refutation (summary): No, Rule 1586 caused the position of Notary to cease to exist when its definition was repealed. Justice Wes's refutation (summary): "Notary" may remain usefully defined by natural language. Counterargument: No, Rule 1586 causes Blob to remain the Notary until the Rules change. Judge loh's argument (summary): Notary ceasing to be an Office caused break in continuity, per Rule 1586. Rules then implicitly defined Notary as a position, per Rule 1513. This position may be filled by Player consensus, per Rule 101. Counterargument: No, permissibility does not imply possibility. CFJ 1259 "If this statement is true, Peekee is owed 100 Stems." Dismissed 1/18 Called by Peekee 1/18-29 Assigned to Murphy, who dismisses it 2/5 Peekee submits Application to Submit Concurring Opinion 2/6 Peekee executes Application to Submit Dissenting Opinion (e pasted from the wrong file); it has no effect because it lacks Signatures Caller's argument (summary): FALSE would be self-contradictory. Judge's argument (summary): TRUE would falsely imply that Peekee was owed 100 Stems. Dismissed per Rule 1565 ii). Peekee's attempted Concurring Opinion (summary): The statement *can* logically admit to being TRUE - in a hypothetical universe in which Peekee is owed 100 Stems. However, Rule 1563 requires the statement to *actually be* either TRUE or FALSE, and provides valid grounds for dismissal. Counterargument: Rule 1565 ii) may be interpreted as "Its Statement (can not logically admit to being TRUE) or (can not logically admit to being FALSE)", the latter clause of which applies to this CFJ. CFJ 1260 "Elysion committed the Crime of Misrepresentation in eir message [TRUE] dated Mon, 08 Jan 2001 14:54:47 -0500." 1/21 Called by Elysion 1/22-29 Assigned to Steve, who Judges TRUE Commentary: Elysion and Assessor t established a private code equating AGAINT with FOR. Elysion then claimed to Vote 3xAGAINT Proposal 4104. Elysion's clear and admitted intent was to be perceived by most Players as Voting 3xAGAINST. If this counts as presenting that information as correct, then the Statement is TRUE; if the listener is solely responsible for incorrect interpretation based on incomplete information, then the Statement is FALSE. CFJ 1261 "Proposal 4104 passed." [FALSE] 1/23 Called by Elysion 1/23-29 Assigned to harvel, who Judges FALSE 2/1 Appealed by t 2/5 Ziggy Moves to revoke Elysion's 4 Points for the adoption 2/6 Motion assigned to harvel Commentary: Elysion and Assessor t established a private code equating AGAINT with FOR. Elysion then claimed to Vote 3xAGAINT Proposal 4104. If AGAINT is an obvious synonym of FOR, then the Statement is TRUE; otherwise, whether Elysion Voted 3xAGAINST or did not Vote at all, the Statement is FALSE. Judge's refutation (summary): AGAINT is ambiguous - it could have coded for FOR, or been a misspelling of AGAINST - hence the Assessor was not informed of Votes, hence no Votes were cast. Counterargument: The Assessor must always interpret Votes received. CFJ 1262 "Chuck was a Justice for CFJ 1254 on Jan 24 at the time that e posted [TRUE] eir decision to OVERTURN and Dismiss." 1/29 Called by Wes 2/1-5 Assigned to Peekee, who Judges TRUE Commentary: The belief that Chuck acted late was due to an error in the CFJ history. CFJ 1263 "Goethe is not a Player." [FALSE] 2/4 Called by Blob 2/4-8 Assigned to Steve, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Goethe requested registration in a-d, declared eir registration in the PF, but did not explicitly request registration in the PF till shortly after this CFJ. Judge's refutation (summary): A person registers by sending a message to the PF, so time of sending matters. Goethe's first message was to a-d, eir second did not mention registration, and eir fourth was too late to affect this CFJ; but eir third was effective, as the requirement to "request registration" is figurative. CFJ 1264 "Clerk of the Courts Wes has failed to perform eir duty to distribute [FALSE] CFJ 1263 in a timely manner." 2/4 Called by Wes 2/4 Assigned to loh, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): This CFJ will be trivially FALSE, but was filed with the Justiciar to serve as the subject of CFJ 1265. CFJ 1265 "The Justiciar is required by the Rules to act in some way in response to the Call for Judgement earlier in this email." 2/4 Called by Wes 2/4 Assigned to Kelly Caller's argument (summary): Rule 991 (requiring the Clerk of the Courts to act upon a submitted CFJ) takes precedence over Rule 1831 (requiring the Justiciar to perform the duties of the Clerk of the Courts for CFJs filed with em). CFJ 1266 "1. That of the following two messages, Dismissed http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-business/m2253.html and http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-business/m2255.html exactly ONE legally registered Goethe as a player in the game of Agora. The other one is either incorrect or superfluous. 2. That at a time 1 minute immediately BEFORE the SEND date listed in Goethe's e-mail header for m2253, normalized to GMT as Feb 5 0:22:49 (anecdotal evidence available on request), Goethe unambiguously was NOT a player. 3. That at a time 1 minute immediately AFTER the latest distribution date of m2255 listed in e-scribe, normalized to GMT as Feb 5 as 1:19:24, Goethe unambiguously WAS a player. 4. That, from these time indications, rounding to the minute, Goethe's Window of Ambiguity of Status as Player (GWASP) extends ABSOLUTELY NO LONGER than between GMT 0:21:00 and GMT 1:21:00 on Feb 5, 2001. 5. That Goethe's instant of becoming a player lies unambiguously within es GWASP. 5. While judgements on timestamps or the legality of the first message (c.f. http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-official/m967.html) may narrow the extent of this GWASP, no judgement may extend it. 6. Therefore, irrespective of the EXACT moment of Goethe's registration, and independent of any decisions further refining the exact moment, any game events, payments or adjustments, mandated by the rules to occur to Goethe's status, which must happen WITHIN a time period following registration, must use a registration date for Goethe NO LATER THAN 1:21:00 Feb. 5, 2001 in determining time of occurrence. 7. Likewise, any game events, payments, or adjustments mandated by the rules to occur a certain time AFTER Goethe's registration must use a registration date for Goethe NO EARLIER THAN 0:21:00 Feb. 5, 2001 in determining its time of occurrence." 2/6 Called by Goethe 2/7 Assigned to Crito, who dismisses it 2/7-8 Appealed by Kelly, Ziggy, lee, and harvel CFJ 1267 "Syllepsis is a Scribe." [TRUE] 2/6 Called by Grech 2/7-8 Assigned to Blob, who Judges TRUE 2/8 Appealed by Goethe Caller's argument (summary): If parsed from left to right / top to bottom, "I become a Scribe" is complete before "I become a Politician'. CFJ 1268 "Peekee has committed the Crime of Application Fraud as described in [TRUE] Rule 1626 by claiming that eir Application (included in Evidence Appealed below) was signed by Players who did not actually sign that Application." 2/7 Called by Wes 2/7 Assigned to lee, who Judges TRUE 2/8 Appealed by Peekee Caller's argument (summary): Peekee published a Dissenting Position, then changed it to Consenting and got some signatures, then mistakenly sen the Dissenting copy. OFFICES/OLIGARCHS ----------------- 1/24 High Oligarch Elysion selects Blob and Steve to become Middle Oligarchs. 1/29 Elysion loses eir Oligarch position due to Blots. OTHER ----- 2/3 Goethe attempts to register in a-d. Then e "declares emself Active" in the Public Forum. 2/5 Grech and Syllepsis register. Treasuror Blob announces eir intent to amend eir Budget to include the Notary (which is an Office again due to Proposal 01-002) with a salary of 0.5 times the Basic Officer Salary. 2/7 Razl registers. 2/8 Anthony wins the Voting Entitlement Auction with a bid of 360 Stems. Oerjan comes Off Hold. Bids for 1 VE beginning 1/23 ---------- 360 Anthony 350 Taral 340 Anthony 310 Taral 300 Anthony 280 Taral 271 harvel 270 Taral 260 Anthony 220 Taral 210 Taral 200 Novalis 150 Anthony 21 harvel 20 Taral 11 harvel 10 Taral 1 Taral 1 harvel TRADE OFFERS ------------ Ongoing offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blob 6/19/00 Votes as Oligarch Highest bidder; minimum 10 Stems Carnival 9/16/99 1 Stem 100 Denaria Carnival 9/16/99 10 Denaria On a Player's birthday, sing "Happy Birthday" to em in a key with at least four sharps Elysion 7/23/00 Herald's Privilege Negotiable Elysion 9/7/00 Proposal Votes Denaria; during first four days of Voting Period; unaccepted bribes returned within five days Murphy 2/4/01 Ad in AWJ 1 VE, Papyrus, or Indulgence OotEE 9/13/99 1 Iris 1 VT; non-members subject to 9% Tariff Wes 4/5/00 1 Twig Commenting on and changing a proto Wes 4/5/00 ad space 1 Twig per 30 days Recent one-time offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blob 1/23/01 1 Indulgence 1 Papyrus Blob 2/5/01 2 Indulgences Most interesting bug/loophole this week Chuck 2/6/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences Kelly 7/1/00 1 VE Negotiable Kelly 10/4/00 9 BTs Negotiable Kelly 1/24/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences Steve 2/5/01 2 Indulgences 2 Papyri t 2/6/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences Taral 10/4/00 5 Stems 1 BT Wes 10/19/00 16 Stems 1 Indulgence ERRATA ------ Proposal 4095 was rejected due to initial mis-counting of Oligarch Votes. -- Ed Murphy http://rivendell.fortunecity.com/meridian/309/ "Most of the time, it seemed sublimely unaware of its limbs, though it was beginning to suspect it had hands."