From emurphy42@socal.rr.com Wed Oct 31 15:28:46 2001 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:43:57 -0800 From: Ed Murphy Reply-To: agora-discussion@agoranomic.org To: Agora Business Subject: BUS: Agoran Weekly Journal THE AGORAN WEEKLY JOURNAL VOLUME 48, ISSUE 13 Tuesday, October 30, 2001 #117: YOU CAN'T FREE A FISH FROM WATER --------------------------------------- Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt Elysion - Field of Dreams www.msu.edu/~boehmejo/agora.html Goethe - Land of Arcadia faculty.washington.edu/kerim/agora/map harvel - THE END IS NI tarski.2y.net/~harvel/ 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:8888/ ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Bank Errs Begone" by Goethe - Proposal 4223 adopted 10/16 All Bank VE debts that existed on October 1, 2001, and still exist upon adoption of this Proposal, are forgiven. "Perhaps it is Somewhat More Civilized" by Syllepsis - Proposal 4220 failed quorum 10/9 (complacent Oligarchy); Proposal 4225 adopted 10/25 All current Dissolutes become subject to Looting Auctions. "The Neo-Oligarchy, Again" by Steve - Proposal 4221 adopted 10/9 All Oligarchs have 1 Vote per Ordinary Proposal, and at most 2 Votes per Democratic Proposal. Each month, 1 to 4 Oligarchy seats are Auctioned. The value is part of the GWotO's Budget, which e may change Without 2 Oligarch Objections. Oligarch upkeep is 0.1 VE per month. Current Oligarchs are exempt for three months. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "Don't Talk About Zombies" by harvel - Proposal 4222 rejected 10/16 Remove dangling Zombie references from Rules 1963 and 1936. "Fix Multiple Mintors Proposal" by Syllepsis - Proposal 4219 failed quorum 10/4 (complacent Oligarchy); Proposal 4224 rejected 10/16 Amend Rule 1579 as intended by Proposal 4216 (Multiple Mintors), which incorrectly specified Rule 1597 (which does not exist). PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Keep the Mapkeepor Unignorant" by root Imposing or removing a Toll must be done by public announcement. "Liquefying VE's" by Syllepsis VEs are activated by transferring them to the Bank, and provide increased Voting Power for the rest of the month. VE Auctions are adjusted to match. VE holdings are multiplied by six. VE debts are multiplied by five, except those due to Rule 1946 prior to July 2001 which are forgiven. "Manifesting Destiny" by Goethe When Aether is assigned a new type due to Exploration, instead of: * 0.10 probability it becomes Farmland, no subtype; * 0.30 probability it becomes Water, no subtype. it has: * 0.15 probability it becomes the same type and subtype as the land at the location of the exploring Player; * 0.05 probability it becomes Farmland, no subtype; * 0.20 probability it becomes Water, no subtype. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "No Speak Assistant" by Goethe The Assistant Director of Personnel may not Nominate for Speaker-Elect. The Speaker may not Nominate for Assistant Director of Personnel. "Rig Looting Auctions" by harvel If a Dissolute becomes a Player before the Notary initiates a Looting Auction, then the Notary shall not initiate a Looting Auction. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1320 "There do not exist any Bonds issued by Steve's Bond Scam Contest." [FALSE] 9/12 Called by neil 9/12-17 Assigned to Crito, who Judges FALSE 10/1 Appealed by Murphy and neil Caller's argument (summary): Steve's Bond Scam Contest (if it exists at all) is neither a Player nor an entity with an Executor, so Bonds issued by it no longer satisfy Rule 1966 (a). Judge's refutation (summary): Rule 1966 (a) need only hold when the Bond is issued. CFJ 1323 "If each of two entities owes the other some amount of the same [FALSE] fungible property, then by agreement of the Prime Executors for the two entities and without either entity forgiving the other's debt: (a) if the debts are of equal amounts, both may be satisfied; and (b) if the amount of one debt is less than that of the other, then the amount of the latter debt may be reduced by that of the former, and the former debt may be satisfied." 9/29 Called by harvel 9/29 harvel moves for annotation of Rule 1596 9/29-10/10 Assigned to Murphy, who defaults 10/10-16 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges FALSE and denies Motion Caller's argument (summary): The entities may mutually deem that appropriate transfers have occurred, without actually making any transfers. Judge's refutation (summary): Transfers and debts are regulated, and thus cannot be arbitrarily deemed nor combined. Any amount of the property may be repeatedly transferred to accomplish satisfaction, but the statement is false when neither entity possesses any amount of the property. The Recordkeepor would still be required to record any deemed transfers. Mutual agreement of satisfaction fits the definition of forgiveness, even if the entities don't call it that. OFFICES ------- 9/29 Michael is Elected Rulekeepor. 10/12 Voting for Assistant Director of Personnel, Grand Warden of the Oligarchy, and Registrar ended on September 30. Results were not announced till today, so the Elections have no winner [Rule 1445, "Nonperformance by Vote Collector" clause]. 10/18 Speaker Syllepsis attempts to call for Elections for Payroll Clerk and Notary, but e lost this privilege on October 1 due to quarterly Speaker transition [Rule 402, clause (i)]. 10/19 GWotO Taral announces Speaker Transition. Speaker-Elect solublefish becomes Speaker. Promotor neil becomes temporary Speaker-Elect. 10/26 Nominations open for Assistant Director of Personnel. neil Nominates for Assistant Director of Personnel. OLIGARCHS --------- PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 10/2 Auction begins for 2 Indulgences. 10/13 Vickrey Auction begins for each of the following units of Land: ( 22, 20) [Farmland] ( 22, 21) [Farmland] ( 22, 22) [Farmland] ( 2, 2) [Farmland] ( 1, 0) [Urbana/Road] ( 1, 1) [Urbana/Road] ( 2, 0) [Urbana/Road] ( 2, - 1) [Wilderness/Hills] (- 1, - 2) [Wilderness/Forest] (- 1, 3) [Wilderness/Forest] 10/14 Looting Auctions begin for Peekee, Ian, and Hooloovoo. 10/16 Auction begins for 4 Papyri. 10/21 Land Auctions end. No Auction had more than one bid. ( 22, 20) [Farmland] no bids ( 22, 21) [Farmland] no bids ( 22, 22) [Farmland] no bids ( 2, 2) [Farmland] 0.001 Taral ( 1, 0) [Urbana/Road] 0.001 Taral ( 1, 1) [Urbana/Road] 0.001 Taral ( 2, 0) [Urbana/Road] 0.001 Taral ( 2, - 1) [Wilderness/Hills] 0.001 root (- 1, - 2) [Wilderness/Forest] 0.001 root (- 1, 3) [Wilderness/Forest] 0.001 root 10/23 Papyrus Auction ends with no bids. Looting Auction for Peekee ---------- 1.5 Steve 1.3 solublefish 1.1 Steve 1.001 harvel - cancelled 1 Steve Looting Auction for Ian ---------- 2.1 Steve 2.0 solublefish 1.5 Steve 1.3 solublefish 1.1 Steve 1.03 Michael 1.001 harvel 1 Steve Looting Auction for Hooloovoo ---------- 1 Steve - cancelled Auction for 2 Indulgences ---------- 111 Steve 110 Taral - cancelled 110 Taral - cancelled 101 Steve - cancelled 100 Taral - cancelled 100 Taral - cancelled 76 Steve - cancelled 75 Taral - cancelled 75 Taral - cancelled 51 Steve - cancelled 51 Taral 50 neil 50 Taral 40 neil 20 Taral - cancelled 10 Taral - cancelled 1 Steve - cancelled IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 9/29 Taral becomes Abiding. 10/1 root creates the Contest "Arcadia Exploranda". Goethe makes Evantine Quiet. 10/2 Taral joins X Group. Oerjan goes On Hold. 10/3 neil becomes an Acolyte. pTang becomes a Novice Rouge. 10/8 Ian and Hooloovoo are deregistered. 10/13 Hooloovoo registers. 10/15 root makes Lindrum Quiet. 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 (Novice Rouge) * 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 Goethe are Blue Yeeks. -- Ed Murphy "I'm not sure I can go through http://members.fortunecity.com/emurphy/ with it. Leave, I mean."