From ford@jps.net Wed Feb 14 22:13:43 2001 Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 04:56:53 -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 20 February 14, 2001 "THE END IS NI" -harvel ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Clarify R1447" by Steve - Proposal 4109 adopted 2/11 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 adopted 2/11 In the Rules, "possess" and "own" refer only to Property. Patent Titles and Win Conditions are "borne", not "possessed". REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Banking Developments" by t Bank Currency Recordkeepors may create and destroy that Currency in the Bank's holdings. Debts owed by the Bank must be announced before the Bank is obligated to pay them. "Clarify Rule 459" by Elysion The Nomic Week begins at the beginning of Monday. "Oligarchy Reform" (was "Undo Proposal 4104") by Elysion - Proposal 4111 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. "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 non-Bank entity for the VE Upkeep for each VE it owns. If such a debt remains outstanding for a week, the Assessor may forgive that debt and bill the entity for a VE instead. (This clock stops running while the debt is disputed or the Player is On Hold.) PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Clarity of Communication" by Goethe A Communication is a single declaration with a specific effect. A Communication has effect only if it has exactly one reasonable interpretation. A message is a (possibly empty) set of Collections to be sent to a Public Forum. A message's Communications have effect only if they have an unambiguous order. "Group Voting" by Blob Players may transfer Stems to eir Group. A Group at least three months old may have a Role. A Group may bid according to eir Role (except in Oligarch Auctions). "The Oligarch-on-Deck" by Murphy The Oligarch-on-Deck is a separately Auctioned position, whose holder automatically fills one vacancy in the Oligarchy as soon as it arises. "The Oligarcqueue" by t The Oligarcqueue is an ordered list of Players, possibly including duplicate entries. New entries are appended to the end. Non-Players, Zombies, and the Speaker are removed. The Oligarchy is the first six names in the Oligarcqueue. The first name is the High Oligarch, the next two are Middle Oligarchs, and the next three are Low Oligarchs. At least one place in the Oligarcqueue is Auctioned monthly. If there are less than six Oligarchs, then enough places must be Auctioned to fill it. A successful Rebellion removes all Oligarchs from the Oligarcqueue. Players in the Oligarcqueue but not the Oligarchy are billed the Oligarcqueue Rate (normally half the Minimum Income), or may give up eir Oligarcqueue position(s) to have this debt forgiven. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- 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 2/10 Appealed by Razl 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 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 2/6-10 Motion assigned to harvel, who grants it 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 1265 "The Justiciar is required by the Rules to act in some way in Dismissed 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). Judge's argument (summary): The statement of this CFJ may appear in different messages, so 'this email' does not have a fixed meaning. Counterargument: It did have a fixed meaning at the time this CFJ was called, which is the only time relevant to Judgement. CFJ 1266 "1. That of the following two messages, Dismissed http://www.escribe.com/games/agora-business/m2253.html Appealed 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 2/9 Appeal assigned to Chuck, Steve, and Wes 2/12 Steve moves to sustain 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 2/10 Appeal assigned to Chuck, Steve, and Wes Caller's argument (summary): Peekee published a Dissenting Position, then changed it to Consenting and got some signatures, then mistakenly sen the Dissenting copy. CFJ 1269 CFJ 1270 "There is no ordering to the statements 'I become a scribe.' and [FALSE] 'I become a politician.' in first message in which Syllepsis so stated them." 2/6 Called by Syllepsis 2/10 Assigned to Ziggy, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): The two statements started and ended with the same characters, and neither one is consistently to one side of the other. Judge Ziggy's refutation (summary): There are multiple (albeit mutually inconsistent) orderings. CFJ 1271 CFJ 1272 "All Players always have at least one inherent right, regardless of any rule (for purposes of this statement, inherent right means a right that players have even when or if the rules do not explicitly grant them that right)." 2/11 Called by Evantine 2/11 Assigned to Chuck Caller's argument (summary): A Player can quit, even if the Rules forbid it. Counterargument: The Zombies have "quit", but the Rules still regard them as Players. CFJ 1273 "An Appeal has been initiated with regards to CFJ 1266." [TRUE] 2/12 Called by Wes 2/12-13 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1564 does not explicitly permit the Appeal of a Dismissal, hence this should be false. Counterargument: Dismissing a CFJ rather than Judging it may be a "duty of a Judicial nature which e was required to perform". Judge's refutation (summary): Dismissing a CFJ rather than Judging it is a "duty of a Judicial nature which e was required to perform". OFFICES/OLIGARCHS ----------------- 2/7 Peekee loses eir Oligarch position due to Blots. 2/9 lee is Elected Speaker-Elect. 2/14 Speaker Transition occurs. Speaker-Elect lee becomes Speaker. Promotor Elysion becomes Speaker-Elect. OTHER ----- 2/9 Evantine registers. Lindrum registers. Auction begins for 4 VEs. Bidding for 4 VEs ---------- 400 harvel 372 Taral 320 Wes 310 Taral 305 Wes 301 Taral 300 harvel 270 Wes 247 Taral 246 Novalis 246 Taral 200 harvel 141 Anthony 126 Taral 124 Taral 123 Novalis 100 harvel 93 Taral 82 Novalis 61 Novalis TRADE OFFERS ------------ Ongoing offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Blob 6/19/00 Votes as Oligarch Highest bidder; minimum 10 Stems 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 harvel 2/9/01 Negotiable 3 Papyri 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 ------ -- 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."