From ford@jps.net Fri Sep 7 19:43:02 2001 Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:30:18 -0700 From: Ed Murphy Reply-To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 48, ISSUE 11 Thursday, September 6, 2001 #8: SMALL PRINT LEADS TO LARGE RISK ------------------------------------ Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt harvel - THE END IS NI tarski.2y.net/~harvel/ Elysion - Field of Dreams www.msu.edu/~boehmejo/agora.html Goethe - Land of Arcadia faculty.washington.edu/kerim/agora/map Lindrum - The AgorEx www.panix.com/~lindrum/agorex/ Michael - First Speaker www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/mn200/games/nomic/yoyo/ Murphy - Garden Nomic II groups.yahoo.com/group/garden-nomic/ pTang - Bribe Tokens marknau.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$44 t - AWJ Archive www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html Taral - Web Judiciary cotc.taral.net/ Wes - Web Judiciary www.netgecko.com/cotc/ ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Bond Fraud and Moratoria" by neil - Proposal 4206 adopted 9/4 A Player who knowingly sells the Bank a bad Bond commits the Class 5 Crime of Bond Fraud. If the issuer's Executor is a different Player and knew this would happen, e commits the Class 4 Crime of Conspiracy to Commit Bond Fraud. The Treasuror may place or remove a moratorium on Bond purchases in each Bank Currency separately. "Decrease MUQs and fix currency auctions" by neil - Proposal 4203 adopted 8/27 The MUQ of Papyri is reduced from 0.1 to 0.001. The MUQ of VEs is reduced from 0.1 to 0.001. The MUQ of Indulgences is reduced from 0.1 to 0.001. Credit Limits and Currency Auctions are adjusted to match. "Filthy Bureaucrat" by Syllepsis - Ordinary Proposal 4198 failed Quorum 8/14; Democratic Proposal 4204 adopted 8/27 The Patent Title of Filthy Bureaucrat is given to a Player who simultaneously holds three or more Offices as Electee. "Fix Monkhood" by neil - Proposal 4202 adopted 8/27 A Player is not disqualified from Monkhood for controlling a Property owner unless the owner is an entity other than emself. "Moving in Arcadia" by neil - Proposal 4207 adopted 9/4 A player has 10 Movement Units per week to move to an adjacent location, with cost based on destination: 10 Wilderness/Mountains 5 Wilderness/Hills 3 Wilderness/Forest or Desert 2 Wilderness/none 2 Farmland 1 Urbana A player may spend 10 Movement Units to Explore, assigning a type (as of the beginning of the next week) to all Aether within a Penguin Distance of 2: 10% Wilderness/Mountains 20% Wilderness/Hills 20% Wilderness/Forest 10% Wilderness/Desert 10% Farmland 30% Water REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Bond Use and Rushes" by neil - Proposal 4208 (opposite of Proposal 4206) rejected 9/4 A Player who knowingly sells the Bank a good Bond commits the Class 5 Crime of Bond Use. If the issuer's Executor is a different Player and knew this would happen, e commits the Class 4 Crime of Conspiracy to Commit Bond Use. The Treasuror may place or remove a rush on Bond purchases in each Bank Currency separately. A rush temporary increases the purchase rate to 100%. "Increase MUQs and break currency auctions" by neil - Proposal 4205 (opposite of Proposal 4203) rejected 8/27 The MUQ of Papyri is increased from 0.1 to 1. The MUQ of VEs is increased from 0.1 to 1. The MUQ of Indulgences is reduced from 0.1 to 1. Credit Limits are adjusted to match. Currency Auctions pay out 10 Papyri/VEs/Indulgences per winning bid. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "A Clean Fix?" by Syllepsis Rule 1478 is amended to clarify that Zombies are not eir own Executors. Temporarily suspend Rule 108's clause preventing retroactive effect. Retroactively create the following Rule as of December 8, 1997: "A Zombie may vote in elections and and on Democratic Proposals, be a Player, hold property, transfer property, have a Role if Roles are defined in the Rules, and participate in auctions when the auction requires no specific Role or eir Role matches the Role required to participate in the auction." "Better Proposal" by Syllepsis Rule 1478 is amended to clarify that Zombies are not eir own Executors. Temporarily suspend Rule 108's clause preventing retroactive effect. Temporarily suspend Rule 376's clause specifying the time that adopted Proposals take effect. Temporarily amend Rule 459 to allow events to occur at a different time than the datestamp of their message. Temporarily retroactively amend Rule 1349 as of December 7, 1997, to allow the Rulekeepor to number Rules as e sees fit. Retroactively create a Zombie-empowering Rule as of December 8, 1997. "Breaking the Law" by neil - Proposal 4206 A Player is doubly penalized for violating the Rule corresponding to eir Location in Arcadia, or committing a Crime or Infraction defined by that Rule. "Land Auctions and Tolls" by neil - Proposal 4210 While less than half the Land in Arcadia is Player-owned, the Mapkeepor shall Auction 10 units of non-Aether Land each month (or all of them, if there are less than 10). This is a Vickrey Auction, with Bids in Indulgences. A Player may pay 0.2 Indulgences to add a Toll to a unit of eir Land. The amount of the Toll is specified by the Player; it is in exactly one of (VEs, Indulgences, Papyri) and is at most 200 times the MUQ. Any other Player who moves there owes this Toll to the owner. The Mapkeepor commits the Class 3 Crime of Conspiracy to Commit Highway Robbery if e incorrectly confirms a Toll, or the Class 3 Crime of Not Feeding the Toll Under the Bridge if e incorrectly denies a Toll. A Player may remove a Toll from a unit of eir Land, and eir Toll is automatically removed if e ceases to own the Land. The Location (0,0) shall be transferred to the Bank. "Make The CotC's Life Easier" by Taral Ineligiblity to be a Justice is based on ineligibility to be a Judge at the time the Board of Appeal is formed, not the time the CFJ was called. "The Neo-Oligarchy, again" by Steve All Oligarchs have the Voting Power that a Low Oligarch currently has. Oligarch upkeep is 0.1 Indulgence per month. Current Oligarchs are exempt for three months. The GWotO may amend eir Budget without 2 Oligarch Objections. Eir Budget contains the Oligarch Auction Rate (1 to 4 inclusive, initially 2) which is the number of Oligarch positions auctioned per month. A successful Rebellion only removes Abiding Oligarchs from the Oligarchy. "None Of You Zombies..." by harvel Zombies are repealed. Silence causes deregistration. Zombie Auctions are replaced by Auctioning the right to Loot the Corpse of the Dissolute. The winner (if any) has one week to do so (and may loot Stems); any remaining Property shall be transferred to the Bank. "Upholding the Law" by neil - Proposal 4209 (opposite of Proposal 4206) A Player is half penalized for violating the Rule corresponding to eir Location in Arcadia, or committing a Crime or Infraction defined by that Rule. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1316 "Zombies may not be Players." [TRUE] 8/16 Called by neil Appealed 8/16 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE 8/22-23 Appealed by Murphy, Steve, root, and Crito 8/26 Appeal assigned to Taral, Peekee, and Murphy Caller's argument (summary): Players have duties (obeying the Rules, from Rule 101) and so Rule 1755 prevents a Zombie from being one. While Rule 1042 states that Silent Players become Zombies, it does not state that they remain Players afterward. Zombies are Property, Players are individuals, international law prohibits slavery, and it is in the best interest of the game not to violate international law. Counterargument: Rules 1976, 1885, 1886, 1755 itself, 1992, 1555, 1963, 1936, and 559 all clearly intend that Zombies remain Players, and cease being Zombies if they cease being Players. Rule 1042 explicitly contains the clause "the Zombie is a Player", though it is embedded within another clause. "Property" does not have its natural language meaning in Agora, and Zombies may escape their Property-ness at any time by becoming Noisy, so anti-slavery law does not apply. OFFICES ------- 8/28 Crito is Elected Herald. Steve is Elected Justiciar. Murphy is Elected Assessor. No Nominees for Speaker-Elect. Nominations open in a new Election. Nominations open for Promotor. neil Nominates for Promotor. 8/29 Syllepsis attempts to Nominate for Speaker-Elect, but e would be unable to hold it (Rule 1647) and thus cannot Nominate for it (Rule 1558). OLIGARCHS --------- PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 8/30 Auction begins for the Zombie Schneidster. 9/4 Auction begins for 4 Indulgences. 9/6 Lindrum wins the Zombie Schneidster with a bid of 1 Indulgence, which e pays. Auction for 4 Indulgences ---------- 50 David 50 David 50 David 50 David 1 David 1 David 1 David 1 David Auction for the Zombie Schneidster ---------- 1.0 Lindrum IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 8/25 Assessor Murphy ratifies the Assessor's VE Report of August 17. Treasuror Murphy lifts the Bank's moratorium on Bond purchases. Usuror neil announces eir intent to amend eir Budget as follows: * Bond Issuance Fee = 0.2 * BOS (currently 10 Stems) * Purchase rate for less than 20 times the MUQ of a Currency is 0%. * Purchase rate for mature Stem Bonds is 95%. * Purchase rate for: Stems VEs Indulgences Papyri Biweekly interest: 10% 18% 10% 10% Max days to mature: 126 42 56 56 * Player Credit Limits: Stems: 4*BOS = 200 Stems VEs: 500*MUQ = 0.5 VEs Papyri: 2000*MUQ = 2 Papyri Indulgences: 1500*MUQ = 1.5 Indulgences * Non-Player Credit Limits: Stems: 4*BOS = 200 Stems VEs: 0*MUQ = 0 VEs Papyri: 1000*MUQ = 1 Papyrus Indulgences: 1000*MUQ = 1 Indulgence 8/26 Treasuror Murphy imposes a Bank moratorium on Bond purchases. 8/30 Lindrum causes the Zombie Blob to transfer the Zombie Schneidster to the Bank. Buddha Buck requests to be listed as a Watcher. 9/1 root names Murphy as eir successor to be Vizier of Regroup. 9/2 Murphy accepts the above succession. Usuror neil amends eir Budget as noted above. 9/4 Herald Crito ratifies the Herald's Report of August 29. 9/5 turtledawn requests to be listed as a Watcher. Wes attempts to cause Anthony to deregister, but no longer has Power of Attorney over Anthony. adannada requests to be listed as a Watcher. 9/6 Taral and Elysion are penalized for Inciting to Riot. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Ongoing offers: Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AgorEx 3/28/01 1 VE mP; see web page AgorEx 3/28/01 1 Papyrus mVE; see web page neil 7/2/01 1 Corruption Token 0.2 VE, 0.5 Papyrus, 1 Indulgence, or mature Bond for 54 Stems neil 7/2/01 Proposal Vote 1 Corruption Token neil 7/2/01 Referendum Vote 2 Corruption Tokens Peekee 5/3/01 Votes on Proposals Negotiable and Elections Razl 4/17/01 1 Circle 2*pi Slices 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Hooloovoo 3/2/01 1 Papyri 1 VE Lindrum 5/18/01 Negotiable Indulgences neil 8/21/01 0.2 VEs 2 Papyri per 0.1 VE pTang 8/7/01 Votes for Negotiable 2 months Razl 8/12/01 1 BIT 50 mVEs, 900 mP, or 437 mIN solublefish 4/19/01 $5 1 VE solublefish 7/31/01 0.1 VE 1 Indulgence solublefish 7/31/01 0.5 VE 4.7 Indulgences Steve 2/5/01 2 Indulgences 2 Papyri t 2/6/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences t 8/29/01 Bond, 100 Stems Indulgences Taral 8/14/01 1 BIT Negotiable Wes 9/2/01 Various $ A Blue Yeek is a Player who generally intends to Vote on Democratic Proposals based on Blubbery Icky Thing holdings, as follows: * AGAINST, if the proposer has transferred a BIT to a non-Player or destroyed a BIT * FOR, if the proposer has four BITs * AGAINST, if the proposer has one to three BITs * At will, if the proposer has no BITs and to return any BITs transferred to em. Syllepsis and David are Blue Yeeks. ERRATA ------ Proposal numbers 4199 through 4201 were skipped due to a software glitch. -- Ed Murphy http://members.fortunecity.com/emurphy/ "Most of the time, it seemed sublimely unaware of its limbs, though it was beginning to suspect it had hands."