From emurphy42@socal.rr.com Fri Apr 26 22:45:21 2002 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 20:35:23 -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 18 Thursday, April 25, 2002 PLUS, IF YOU ACT NOW... ----------------------- Andre - Stare Decisis www.win.tue.nl/~engels/stare.txt 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 - PokeNomic groups.yahoo.com/group/pokenomic/ t - AWJ Archive www.iki.fi/scurra/agora.html Taral - Web Judiciary cotc.taral.net:8888/ ADOPTED PROPOSALS ----------------- "Cold Storage" by harvel - Proposal 4278 adopted 4/3 A Player may put emself in cold storage, making em a "baridi". The Treasuror becomes eir Limited Executor, with the ability and duty to transfer eir Property to the Bank; the Bank then owes those Properties to em. A Player must wait 90 days to come out of cold storage and become inactive, and an additional week to become active. A baridi may not Vote, Propose, hold Office, or be required by the Rules to do anything (even by a Rule claiming it can do so). A baridi becomes Silent after two years. For the purpose of Quorum, a baridi is considered not to exist at all. Various other Rules pertaining to Activity are adjusted to account for a three-state system. "Fix Dependent Actions" by harvel - Proposal 4279 adopted 4/3 The holder of an Office may perform a Dependent Action that a previous holder of that Office announced eir intent to perform. Objections may be retracted. "Fix 'Oligarchy Upkeep'" by Steve - Proposal 4268 adopted 3/22 If an Oligarch is removed for failure to pay eir Upkeep, then the Upkeep debt is forgiven. "Fix Proposal 4259" by root - Proposal 4267 adopted 3/22 Punctuation correction in Rule 1975. Remove the obsolete concept of Elder Oligarchs from Rules 1955 (The Grand Warden of the Oligarchy) and 2010 (Oligarchy Upkeep). Put the identity of the Speaker and the date of the next quarterly Speaker Transition back into the GWotO's Report. "Fix Raffles" by Steve - Proposal 4265 adopted 3/16 The Riff-Raff is the Auctioneer, rather than defaulting to the Speaker. (The Auctioneer already defaults to the Speaker.) The definition of Final Auction Price for a Raffle is repealed, as it has no effect. "Make Insanity More Interesting" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4277 adopted 4/3 A Player's Votes on an Insane Proposal must be all FOR or all AGAINST. "Massive Economic Reform" by Goethe - Proposal 4281 adopted 4/16 Anyone may bid on Voting Entitlements, Papyri, and Indulgences. A Scribe may Rubberstamp a Proposal (making it Distributable) by paying N Papyri, or with the Support of N other Scribes, where N is the number of Proposals e has previously Rubberstamped that week. An Acolyte may Absolve (expunge) a Blot from any entity by paying N Indulgences, or with the Support of N other Acolytes, where N is the number of Blots e has previously Absolved that week. An Acolyte with the Support of another Acolyte may Exorcise a Dissolute Entity (transferring all its Indulgences to the Bank). An Acolyte with the Support of a Scribe (or vice versa) may Bless an undistributed Proposal (making it Democratic). A Politician with the Support of another Politician may Unbless an undistributed Blessed Proposal. An Untainted Speaker with 2 Supporters may Sanitise a Distributed Proposal in its Voting Period (Aborting it, but leaving it Distributable, and making it Democratic and Sane). "Massive Land Reform" by Goethe - Proposal 4283 adopted 4/16 The Mapkeepor gets an extra month's Salary. Each Player that previously owned Land is Entitled. All Land becomes Aether. Everything with a location becomes located at (0, 0). Latitude and Longitude are contracted from [-25, +25] to [-9, +9]. Land Types are Black and White. Connectedness by Type/Subtype is defined. Movement Units are spent as follows: * 2 - Move from location to non-Aether location of same type. * 5 - Move from location to non-Aether location of different type. * 5 - Set Type of land you own to anything but Aether. * 10 - Set Type of your Land Bureau-owned location to anything but Aether. On the 15th of each month: * Land Units not connected by their own type to a unit of Aether (i.e. surrounded by Land Units of other non-Aether types) become Aether, owned by the Land Bureau, and any entities there become located at (0, 0). * If there are more Land Units of a non-Aether type than of all other non-Aether types combined, then they have Sente. All other Land Units have Gote. * Players whose Location has Sente get double Minimum Income. * The owner of a Location that has Sente gets 3/2/1 Stems, depending on whether the Weather is Plenty/Fair/Foul. (0, 0) is initially Black, and owned by the Bank. All Entitled Players have seven days to name a Land Unit and Type; it becomes that type, the Player becomes located there, and the Land Bureau owes that Land Unit to that Player. "Massive Political Reform" by Goethe - Proposal 4282 adopted 4/16 A Proposal has exactly one Chamber: Ordinary, Democratic, or Parliamentary. On a Parliamentary Proposal: * Players Vote as if it were Ordinary (for Oligarchs) or Democratic (for non-Oligarchs), but these Votes do not count directly. * If it would have been adopted as Ordinary, then the Oligarchy casts one Vote FOR. If it would have been rejected (but met Quorum) as Ordinary, then the Oligarchy casts one Vote AGAINST. * If it would have been adopted as Democratic, then the Democracy casts one Vote FOR. If it would have been rejected (but met Quorum) as Democratic, then the Democracy casts one Vote AGAINST. * The Speaker casts one Vote FOR, unless e is Untainted and Vetoes it, in which case e casts one Vote AGAINST. Quorum on a Parliamentary Proposal is 2. A Politician may change a non-Sane Proposal's Chamber by paying its Chamber Fee. This is initially 0.1 Voting Entitlement, and doubles each time it is paid for a given Proposal. If the Proposal is in its Voting Period, then it is Aborted (but remains Distributable, etc.). "Organizations Can Move, Too!" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4280 adopted 4/3 Organizations may spend up to 5 Movement Units per week. The Mapkeepor shall monitor the location of all entities with a location, not just Players. "Qualified Speaker's Veto" by Steve - Proposal 4276 adopted 3/27 The Speaker may, with the support of one-third of the Oligarchy (rounded down), Veto an Ordinary Proposal in its Voting Period, causing it to fail Quorum automatically (and thus be re-Distributed as a Democratic Proposal). "Simplify TIA" by Murphy - Proposal 4273 adopted 3/22 The definition of "willfully make a false statement of fact" is itemized. "Streamline Blots" by Murphy - Proposal 4272 adopted 3/22 Move the definition of Blots into its own Rule, with more streamlined language - a Player's number of Blots is eir Stain, just as eir number of Points is eir Score. (This would incidentally destroy all Blots, as they would be momentarily undefined.) Move the clause for expunging Blots with Indulgences into its own Rule. "Streamline Succession and Delegation" by Murphy - Proposal 4271 adopted 3/22 Resignation is itemized into two cases: (1) Electee resigns with successor; (2) non-Electee resigns, or Electee resigns without successor. Initiating Delegation is consistently itemized. Other aspects of Delegation are consistently described with simple two- or three-clause paragraphs. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "And Void" by Goethe - Contested Proposal 4269 rejected 3/22 "April Contested Proposal" by Steve - Contested Proposal 4285 rejected 4/18 "Mutually Exclusive Offices" by Murphy - Proposal 4274 rejected 3/22 Responsibility for tracking the identity of the Speaker is given solely to the Assistant Director of Personnel. The Order of Succession is generalized to fill any Office that would not otherwise be validly filled. A Player is ineligible to hold an Office that is Mutually Exclusive with an Office e already holds. If needed, e is removed from the conflicting Office e came to hold most recently. The Speaker is removed from any Office that is Mutually Exclusive with Speaker-Elect. Speaker-Elect, Clerk of the Courts, and Justiciar are Mutually Exclusive. Speaker-Elect and Assistant Director of Personnel are Mutually Exclusive. Promotor and Assessor are Mutually Exclusive. "The Jailor" by Murphy - Proposal 4270 rejected 3/22 The Office of Jailor has a Budget that sets the Class of each Crime and Infraction. The Class of a Crime is from 0 to 15. The Class of an Infraction is from 0 to 5. Dereliction of Duty may be penalized as if it were a Crime. "The Scorekeepor's Budget" by root - Proposal 4275 rejected 3/22 The Scorekeepor's Budget contains: * The Goal, an integer from 30 to 300. * A Point Award or Penalty for each Scoreworthy Event. * Up to five Point Awards or Penalties for non-Scoreworthy Events. * The Contestant's Purse Frequency, an integer from 1 to 6. The Contestant's Purse is paid out at intervals of this many months. * The Contestant's Purse Multiplier, a multiple of 0.1 from 0.5 to 2.0. The Contestant's Purse equals the New Player Award for Indulgences and Papyri combined, multiplied by the Contestant's Purse Multiplier. All Point Awards and Penalties are integers from 0 to 30, with an average no greater than 10. The Budget must contain at least one Point Award. The Contestant's Purse is paid out to the Player who got the most Points from Points Contests from the beginning of the previous Contestant's Purse Month to the beginning of the current Contestant's Purse Month. (In case of ties, no one gets it.) PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "Clarify Final Auction Price" by Murphy In the default procedure for Auctions, the amount billed for winning bids is explicitly the Final Auction Price, not the amount of the bid. "DO YOU WANT INSANITY? (Y/N)" by Sir Toby - probably Contested Proposal 4287 YES MEANS NO NO MEANS YES "Fix Robespierre" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4289 Correct a typo from "it" to "if" in Rule 1923 (Defined Unique Patent Titles). "Fix Sente and Gote" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4290 (0, 0) is immune to becoming Aether. "Groovy" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4284 failed quorum 4/18 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4288 The Patent Title of Groovy may be awarded to any Player who Wins through three different Win Conditions (and at least once since the introduction of this Title). "No Insane Contested Proposals" by OscarMeyr Contested Proposals are not Insane. "Thesis Committee" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4286 A Candidate for a Degree chooses the Chair of eir Thesis Committee. The Player who most often voted opposite the Chair in the last quarter is eir Opposite, and they choose the third member by agreement. The committee has up to seven years to act. Committee decision is by majority. Degree of Associate of Nomic is introduced. Associate of Nomic, Bachelor of Nomic count toward minimum-words requirement of any higher/equal degree. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Add a (Roundabout) Way to Auction Land" by Sir Toby For 10 Movement Units, an entity may set the Land Type of a random adjacent Land Bureau-owned Aether to a non-Aether Type of eir choice. "Auto complacency" by OscarMeyr If the Oligarchy lacks quorum, then all Proposals become Democratic, and the existing Oligarchs need not pay Upkeep. "Judicial Reform, Part 1 of 2" by Murphy Rule 991 (Invoking Judgement) picks up the core of Rule 1563 (Statement of a CFJ), which is then repealed. "Judicial Reform, Part 2 of 2" by Murphy A CFJ may be filed with the Justiciar for any reason, though this is not recommended in the general case. Rules 897 (Barring Players from Judgement), 1562 (Excess CFJs), 1868 (Selecting a Judge), 408 (Late Judgement), 591 (Legal Judgements), 1575 (Standards of Proof) have their language simplified. Rule 698 (Always an Eligible Judge) is reworded to restore eligibility to groups of Players at a time, rather than changing the overall eligibility formula at each step. Rule 1756 (Delinquent Judges) is repealed. Linked CFJs are Judged by a single Judge. Caller must submit evidence when accusing a Player of shirking a duty. DISMISSED is a Judgement. Other Rules are adjusted accordingly. Justices become Appelate Judges, as opposed to Trial Judges. Rule 1447 (Final Judgement upon Appeal) is split into three parts: how soon a Justice must determine, what determinations e may make, and what e is paid for determining on time. Board of Appeals may overturn and remand to original Judge for re-Judgement. Rule 908 (Formal Apologies) picks up the text of Rule 1832 (Failure to Apologize), which is then repealed. "Opening the Oligarchy" by Goethe The GWotO's Budget includes the Base Seating Fee, from 0.1 to 0.5 Voting Entitlements (inclusive). Non-Politicians may bid for positions in the Oligarchy, but must pay the Base Seating Fee in addition to eir winning bid. Politicians need only pay eir winning bid. Monthly Upkeep equals the Base Seating Fee for Politicians, double for non-Politicians, but waived for anyone who paid a Fee in VEs to become an Oligarch within the past 21 days. If the Oligarchy cannot meet Quorum, then the GWotO may make any consenting Player an Oligarch, Without 3 Objections. The Player must pay the Seating Fee if a Politician, twice if not. "Positive Degrees" by OscarMeyr Degree requirements are changed from the negative voice ("cannot be awarded unless X") to the positive voice ("requires X"). "The stack" by Syllepsis The stack is a list of the non-negative integers, maintained by the Office of Processor. Each element of the stack has: * A type, initially undefined. It may be integer, real, string, pointer, Player, etc. * A value, initially undefined. * A read-access (type and value) list, initially all entities. * A write-access (value) list, initially all entities. * A modify-access (type) list, initially all entities. * A list of labels, which are alternate ways to refer to it. CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 1345 "The ratification of the Payroll Clerk's Report of Tue 29 Jan [FALSE] 2002 caused at least one debt of a Judicial Salary to change from outstanding to not outstanding." 3/15 Called by Murphy 3/15 Murphy moves that Payroll Clerk forgive any debts due to payment of Judicial debts on February 25 that became not outstanding due to Ratification 3/15-23 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges FALSE and denies Motion Caller's argument (summary): The Ratified Report claimed that the list of outstanding debts (Stem debts, implicitly) was empty. Judge's refutation (summary): This information was not part of the required content of the Report, and thus was not Ratified. CFJ 1346 "The Bank is deemed to have incurred a debt of 3.0 Voting [TRUE] Entitlements to: Appealed (a) any and every judge who returns a judgment of TRUE on this CFJ, and; (b) any and every member of a Board of Appeals who Overturns a judgment of FALSE on this CFJ or sustains a judgment of TRUE on this CFJ." 4/10 Called by Goethe 4/10-11 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE 4/11-12 Appealed by Steve, Goddess Eris, and OscarMeyr 4/15 Appeal incorrectly assigned to Murphy (Barred), OscarMeyr, and Goddess Eris (see CFJs 1347 and 1348) 4/16 Alleged Justice Murphy moves to overturn and dismiss 4/16 Possible Justice OscarMeyr moves to overturn and dismiss 4/17 Possible Justice Goddess Eris moves to overturn and reverse CFJ 1347 "Murphy is not a Justice in Appeal 1346a." 4/17 Called by root Caller's argument (summary): Murphy was Barred from Judging CFJ 1346 by the Caller. This made em ineligible to be a Justice, since eir ineligibility did not result in less than three eligible Justices. CFJ 1348 "No Justices have been appointed in Appeal 1346a." 4/17 Called by root Caller's argument (summary): Murphy's assignment was invalid (see CFJ 1347), and thus the selection attempt is entirely invalid. CFJ 1349 "The Judgement of CFJ 21 was incorrect." 4/17 Called by Syllepsis CFJ 1350 "Sir Toby's first insane proposal submitted on 18 April 2002 is a null proposal." 4/18 Called by harvel Caller's argument (summary): The Proposal in question has this body: YES MEANS NO NO MEANS YES which does not propose to change Rules or the Gamestate. CFJ 1351 "Proposal 4285 is Insane." 4/18 Called by Sir Toby Caller's argument (summary): The body of Proposal 4285 contains no miniscule letters. Counterargument: It contains miniscule letters in the title. CFJ 1352 "The last paragraph of rule 1969 does not prohibit transferring Bonds that have already been redeemed." 4/21 Called by Sir Toby Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1966 says that Bonds of the same species are fungible, and takes precedence over Rule 1969, so redeemed Bonds cannot be distinguished from unredeemed Bonds of the same species. OFFICES ------- 3/12 Speaker-Elect Election ends with no Nominees. New Election begins. 3/13 Murphy attempts to Nominate for Speaker-Elect, but is unsuccessful because e is Justiciar. 3/14 root delegates Scorekeepor, Mapkeepor, and Assistant Director of Personnel to Steve until March 25 at midnight GMT. Steve consents. 3/20 Speaker-Elect Election ends with no Nominees. 3/26 Election begins for Speaker-Elect. Murphy resigns as Justiciar (making Speaker Steve the Justiciar) and Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 3/27 Election begins for Justiciar. 4/1 OscarMeyr Nominates for Justiciar. 4/3 Murphy is Elected Speaker-Elect. OscarMeyr is Elected Justiciar. Quarterly Speaker Transition occurs. t (who was non-Electee Speaker-Elect on April 1) becomes Tainted Speaker. Registrar Goethe becomes non-Electee Speaker-Elect. Speaker Transition occurs. Speaker-Elect Murphy becomes Speaker. Promotor t becomes non-Electee Speaker-Elect. Election begins for Speaker-Elect. 4/11 Election for Speaker-Elect ends with no Nominees. New Election begins. Goethe Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 4/23 Goethe is Elected Speaker-Elect. OLIGARCHS --------- 3/11 Auction for 1 position ends. OscarMeyr wins with the sole bid of 30 Stems, pays eir bid and becomes an Oligarch. Treasuror Goethe forgive harvel's unpaid Oligarch Upkeep debt of 0.1 VE. 3/31 Goethe resigns from the Oligarchy. 4/1 root and OscarMeyr pay Upkeep. Raffle begins for 1 position. 4/8 Michael is removed from the Oligarchy, and eir Upkeep is forgiven. Raffle for 1 position ends with no Tickets. 4/23 GWotO Steve announces eir intent to increase the Oligarchy Auction Rate from 1 to 2. PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 3/11 Voting Entitlement Auction ends. Goethe wins 0.5, Michael wins 0.2, and root wins 0.2, at 201 Stems per 0.1 VE. 3/14 Vickrey Auctions begin for these units of Land: (- 2, 3) [Water] (- 3, 2) [Water] (- 3, 3) [Water] (- 3, 4) [Water] (- 3, 5) [Water] (- 4, 2) [Water] (- 2, 6) [Wilderness/Mountains] (- 2, 7) [Wilderness/Mountains] (- 3, 6) [Wilderness/Hills] (- 3, 7) [Wilderness/Mountains] 3/15 AgorEx Offshore's informal Papyrus Auctions both end with no bids. 3/19 Looting Auction begins for Blaise. 3/20 Auction begins for 1 Papyrus. 3/21 Land Auctions end, each with either zero or one bids. (- 2, 3) [Water] (no bids) (- 3, 2) [Water] (no bids) (- 3, 3) [Water] (no bids) (- 3, 4) [Water] (no bids) (- 3, 5) [Water] (no bids) (- 4, 2) [Water] (no bids) (- 2, 6) [Wilderness/Mountains] (OscarMeyr bids 0.007 Indulgences) (- 2, 7) [Wilderness/Mountains] (OscarMeyr bids 0.007 Indulgences) (- 3, 6) [Wilderness/Hills] (OscarMeyr bids 0.007 Indulgences) (- 3, 7) [Wilderness/Mountains] (OscarMeyr bids 0.007 Indulgences) 3/31 Looting Auction for Blaise ends with no bids. Notary Murphy transfers Blaise's Property to the Bank. Looting Auction begins for Razl. 4/2 Auction begins for 6 Indulgences. 4/3 Papyrus Auction ends with no bids. 4/12 Looting Auction for Razl ends. Steve wins with the only bid of 1 Indulgence. 4/21 Vickrey Auction begins for 3 Papyri. Auction for 6 Indulgences ---------- 150 Steve 76 Taral 75 Steve - cancelled 50 Steve 36 Taral 35 Steve - cancelled 30 Steve 25 Steve - cancelled 25 Taral 1 Steve Auction for 3 Papyri ---------- 40 root 30 root 20 root 1 root Auction for 9 x 0.1 VEs ---------- 1200 Goethe 1001 Goethe - cancelled 800 Goethe 501 Goethe - cancelled 500 Michael 400 root 329 Goethe - cancelled 287 Goethe 255 Goethe 250 Michael 237 root 201 Goethe 183 root 167 Goethe 166 Michael 150 root 143 Goethe 126 Goethe 125 Michael 120 root 111 Goethe 100 root 100 Michael 93 Goethe 85 root 83 Michael 76 Goethe 75 root 71 Michael 66 root 62 Michael 55 Michael 41 Goethe 41 Goethe 41 Goethe 41 Goethe 41 Goethe 41 Goethe TECTONIC ACTIVITY ----------------- 4/19 Sir Toby uses eir Land Entitlement to make (+5, +5) black. Murphy uses eir Land Entitlement to make (-5, -5) white. 4/20 root uses eir Land Entitlement to make (-5, +5) white. Goddess Eris uses eir Land Entitlement to make (+5, -5) white. 4/22 OscarMeyr uses eir Land Entitlement to make (+2, -1) white. 4/23 Sir Toby spends Movement Units to make (+5, +5) white. IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 3/11 Blaise deregisters. OscarMeyr is awarded Speaker's Patronage for joining the Oligarchy. 3/14 Taral changes eir nickname to Goddess Eris. root grants eir Power of Attorney to Steve until March 25, midnight GMT. Steve consents. 3/20 OscarMeyr is Marvy. Murphy is awarded Speaker's Patronage for Nominating for Speaker-Elect. 3/24 Usuror Sir Toby Ratifies eir Report of March 17. 3/25 pTang becomes Quiet. Razl is deregistered for Silence. 4/3 harvel goes into Cold Storage. OscarMeyr gains 15 Points from Arcadia Exploranda. 4/8 Sir Toby awards a Mentor's Bonus to t. 4/19 Goddess Eris makes Michael Quiet. 4/20 ADoP/Mapkeepor/Scorekeepor root and Assessor/Registrar/Treasuror Goethe are Filthy Bureaucrats. 4/21 Oerjan goes On Hold. Michael becomes Noisy. 4/23 Arcadia Exploranda disbands. 4/24 Craig registers. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AgorEx 01/10/02 Papyri Negotiable harvel 02/08/02 Negotiable Papyri neil 08/21/01 0.2 VEs 2 Papyri per 0.1 VE pTang 08/07/01 Votes for Negotiable 2 months Steve 02/05/01 2 Indulgences 2 Papyri t 02/06/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences t 08/29/01 Bond, 100 Stems Indulgences Taral 08/14/01 1 BIT Negotiable 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."