From emurphy42@socal.rr.com Tue Jun 11 11:34:45 2002 Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 00:15:50 -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 19 Monday, June 10, 2002 IN SPACE, NO ONE CAN FRY AN EGG ------------------------------- 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 ----------------- "" by root - Contested Proposal 4301 adopted 5/17 "Add a (Roundabout) Way to Auction Land" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4293 adopted 5/10 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. "A MODEST PROPOSAL" by root - Proposal 4296 failed quorum 5/10 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4317 adopted 5/27 The Judgement of CFJ 1346 is granted the ability to create debts. The Bank owes 3 VEs to each Player who Voted FOR this Proposal, except for creditors of debts created by the Judgement of CFJ 1346. The Bank owes 3 VEs to each Judge who Judged the CFJ "AIR ON G'S STRING" TRUE, and each Justice who sustained a Judgement of TRUE or overturned a Judgement of FALSE, except for creditors of debts created by the Judgement of CFJ 1346. "Chao Chao" by Goethe [Town Fountain Scam, part 2 of 3] - Proposal 4328 adopted 6/8 Proposals proposed by a member of the Cabal get Power equal to 4. All other Proposals get Power equal to 1. "Dismantling" by Goethe [Town Fountain Scam, part 1 of 3] - Proposal 4327 adopted 6/8 The Cabal is Steve, Goethe, Murphy, OscarMeyr, and root. Proposals proposed by a member of the Cabal get Power equal to their Voting Index. [Note: 6/8 Goddess Eris attempts to Abort it by changing its Chamber to Democratic, but the attempt fails because e was not a Politician.] "EPIMENIDES" by Craig - Proposal 4292 failed quorum 5/10 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4314 adopted 5/27, then changes itself to rejected The Gamestate is altered so that this Proposal failed. "Fix Bonus for Repeal" by harvel - Proposal 4305 adopted 5/27 Bonus for Repeal is keyed on provisions for repeal, rather than direct effect of repeal. "Fix Parliament" by Murphy - Proposal 4302 adopted 5/17 Voting Index equal to Adoption Index suffices to adopt a Proposal. "Fix Robespierre" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4289 aborted - Proposal 4291 failed quorum 5/10 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4313 adopted 5/27 Correct a typo from "it" to "if" in Rule 1923 (Defined Unique Patent Titles). "Fix Sente and Gote" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4290 adopted 5/5 (0, 0) is immune to becoming Aether. "Fix Single-Bid Auctions" by Steve - Proposal 4321 adopted 5/31 Debts incurred in a Single-Bid Auction equal the Nth highest winning Initial Bid (or the Starting Bid), rather than each winner's own Initial Bid. "Fix Speaker's Veto" by root - Proposal 4311 adopted 5/27 Restore the clause in Rule 879 (Quorum) that makes the Speaker's Veto effective. This clause was accidentally removed by Proposal 4278. "Fix the Bank" by t - Proposal 4322 adopted 5/31 Rule 1470 (The Bank) has its Power increased to 2. The Bank may transfer its Property only to satisfy its debts. "Groovy" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4284 failed quorum 4/18 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4288 adopted 5/5 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). "I hate stupid mistakes." by Sir Toby - Proposal 4308 adopted 5/27 (0, 0) is immune to becoming Aether. If it is Aether, then it becomes Black. If it is not owned by the Bank, then its owner owes it to the Bank. "INSANE STEM DISTRIBUTION" by Craig - Proposal 4323 adopted 5/31 The Bank shall transfer 20 Stems to anyone who Voted against this Proposal. "Legalize Arbitrary Transfers" by root - Proposal 4312 adopted 5/27 Players and Organizations are explicitly permitted to transfer their own Property, unless the Rules specify otherwise. "MASSIVE CURRENCY UPHEAVAL" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4318 adopted 5/27 All Players are billed for their non-Stem Bank Currency holdings. All non-Stem Bank Currencies owned by non-Players are destroyed. The Payroll Clerk is Ordered to levy a 50% Stem tax. "Massive Judicial Reform" by Murphy - Proposal 4298 adopted 5/17 Rule 991 (Invoking Judgement) picks up the core of Rule 1563 (Statement of a CFJ), which is then repealed. 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. Ineligibility by request or recusal lasts at most one month. 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 Steve (originally by Goethe) - Proposal 4307 adopted 5/27 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 do either of the following: * Conduct an Auction for enough positions to meet Quorum. * Make any consenting Player an Oligarch, Without 3 Objections. The Player must pay the Seating Fee if a Politician, twice if not. "Remantling" by Goethe [Town Fountain Scam, part 3 of 3] - Proposal 4329 adopted 6/8 The Cabal gives itself a Power=4 Town Fountain. Rule 594 (Proposals and Rule Changes) has its Power increased to 3, is renamed to "Power and Proposals", and is restored to its pre-Scam state. A Proposal may only be Sanitised once. All Bank Currency Auctions are cancelled. All Auction Debts are satisfied. All VEs, Papyri, and Indulgences are destroyed. All Bank Currency debts to/from the Bank are satisfied. All potential debts due to past transfers cease to exist. The Bank gets 5 VEs, 50 Papyri, and 50 Indulgences. Each Player gets the New Player Award in VEs, Papyri, and Indulgences. Only a Democratic Proposal with Adoption Index at least 2 may change the ownership of Property, or create a debt, without changing the Rules. "Repeal Bonds" by t - Proposal 4319 adopted 5/27 All Bonds are destroyed. All Rules pertaining to Bonds are repealed. "Repeal Insanity" by t - Proposal 4320 adopted 5/27 All Rules/clauses pertaining to Insane Proposals are repealed/removed. "SpLittable boni" by Craig - Proposal 4295 failed quorum 5/10 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4316 adopted 5/27 A Mentor's Bonus may be split among any number of Players. "Thesis Committee" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4286 failed quorum 5/5 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4303 adopted 5/17 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. REJECTED PROPOSALS ------------------ "DO YOU WANT INSANITY? (Y/N)" by Sir Toby - Contested Proposal 4287 failed quorum 5/5 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4304 rejected 5/17 YES MEANS NO NO MEANS YES "INSANE STEM DISTRIBUTION" by Craig - Proposal 4300 rejected 5/17 The Bank shall transfer 20 Stems to anyone who Voted against this Proposal. "More Bitta Poli Chao" by Goethe - Proposal 4297 rejected 5/10 Properties of Power are Property. Their Recordkeepor is the Assessor. If destroyed or deemed not to exist, they are instantly (re)created in the Bank's possession. The following are PoPs: * The Ruling Ring. * The Hot Potato. PoPs may only be transferred: * As part of a Rules-mandated Power Shift. * By an Active Player, at least seven days after the last transfer, and not in the middle of a Power Shift. The Total Group Vote (TGV) is the total Voting Power on Democratic Proposals of non-Group entities. A Group's Voting Power on Democratic Proposals is: * 0, if it has less than three members. * 0, if any member has the Hot Potato. * TGV/3 (rounded down), if any member has the Ruling Ring. * TGV/3 (rounded down), if the Group (not its members) has the most Land Units with Sente of any Group. * TGV/3 (rounded down), if the Group (not its members) has the most VEs of any Group. * 0, if none of the above apply. During a Power Shift, the Assessor is Limited Executor of a PoP, and shall transfer it to a random Active Player other than its current owner. A Power Shift occurs if a PoP is owned by anything other than an Active Player. The owner of the Ruling Ring is charged monthly upkeep, starting at 1 VE and increasing by 1 VE each month. If not paid ASAP, a Power Shift occurs, the Assessor shall forgive the debt, and upkeep resets to 1 VE the next month. "No Insane Contested Proposals" by OscarMeyr - Proposal 4306 rejected 5/27 Contested Proposals are never Insane. "PROPOSING WANTS TO BE FREE!" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4299 rejected 5/17 A Player may make a Proposal Distributable for free at any time. "REALLY BAD WEATHER" by Sir Toby - Proposal 4294 failed quorum 5/10 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4315 rejected 5/27 3000 of the Bank's Stems are destroyed. PENDING PROPOSALS ----------------- "CFJ Reform" by Craig A Player may withdraw a CFJ e submitted that has not been assigned a Judge. "DATING" by Craig - Proposal 4310 failed quorum 5/27 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4325 The year is 567889. "June Contested Proposal" by OscarMeyr "READ THE RULESET WEEK MARK II" by Goethe All Players are fungible. (The creation of this Rule will fail, because the Proposal's Adoption Index is too low.) "Refer to Committee" by OscarMeyr An Interested Distributable Proposal may be Referred to Committee (making it Undistributable and Parliamentary) by a Politician with the support of N Politicians, where N is the number of Proposals e has Referred to Committee that Nomic Week. "Returning the Family Silver" by Craig - Proposal 4326 Debts created by "MASSIVE CURRENCY UPHEAVAL" are cancelled. The Bank owes the return of each Player's non-Stem Bank Currency holdings, and half eir Stems, at the time "MASSIVE CURRENCY UPHEAVAL" was adopted. A statue is erected at (0, 0). "Sole Executors are Prime" by Murphy (Mute, thus ceci ce n'est pas une Proposition) If an entity has only one Executor, than e is its Prime Executor. Property may only be transferred to entities with an Executor. "The Importance of Being Craig" by, you guessed it, Craig - Proposal 4309 failed quorum 5/27 - complacent Oligarchy - Proposal 4324 Create and repeal a Rule with empty text. Fail to create a Rule giving Craig a Win. "The Notary is tired of frivolous Property transfers" by Murphy (Mute, thus ceci ce n'est pas une Proposition) Property may only be transferred to entities with a Prime Executor. "Will Bonds Ever Work?" by Syllepsis Bonds are redeemed by destroying them. PROTO-PROPOSALS --------------- "Accusation and Sentencing Reform" by harvel Sentencing Orders are a separate class of Order. All offenses (Crimes and Infractions) are reported via Notice of Accusation. Rule 1814 (Timing of Penalties for Crimes and Infractions) is merged into Rule 1503 (Crimes and Infractions). Sentencing Orders shall be restricted to what is necessary (as well as sufficient) to impose the penalty. A Notice of Accusation for a Crime is presumptively invalid, and must be proven true via CFJ. All other Notices of Accusation are presumptively valid. Rules 1812 (Notices of Infraction) and 1816 (No Double Jeopardy for Crimes) are merged into Rule 1504 (Sentencing Orders, renamed "Notices of Accusation"). "Allow Auctioning of Aether" by OscarMeyr The Land Bureau may Auction Aether. When the winner pays eir bill, e must also declare a valid Land Type; the Aether becomes this Type. "BAAL" by Goethe The Base Agoran Activity Level (BAAL) is the number of Proposals distributed plus the number of CFJs distributed. All Officer Salaries are multiplied by (previous month's BAAL) / 10. "Bonds Again" by Craig Debts may be paid with mature non-fraudulent Bonds of equal face value. "Bye bye voting anomalies" by Goddess Eris The Oligarchy is repealed. All Proposals are (the equivalent of) Democratic. The Grand Warden of the Oligarchy's incidental duties are given to the Assistant Director of Personnel. Ability to Sanitise a Proposal is given to any Player with less than five Blots, with Support from 3 such Players. "debts the Bank owes to Players" by Goethe Calculations involving a Player's Bank Currency holdings shall include debts owed by the Bank to that Player. "Fix Fungibility of Bonds" by Murphy Unredeemed and redeemed Bonds of the same species are no longer fungible. All language pertaining to specific Bonds is replaced with equivalent language pertaining to quantities of Bonds. "Fix Fungibility of Bonds, with Explosive Redemption" by Murphy Unredeemed and redeemed Bonds of the same species are no longer fungible. All language pertaining to specific Bonds is replaced with equivalent language pertaining to quantities of Bonds. Bonds are redeemed by destroying them. "Invisibilitating" by harvel Proposing an adopted Proposal (besides this one) that proposes changes to parts of the Gamestate not subject to publication in Official Reports (besides the Proposal's publication by the Promotor and the Assessor) is the Class 0 Infraction of Invisibilitating. (Ceci ce n'est pas une Règle.) Each Player may report Invisibilitating. (Ceci c'est une Règle.) "Moments of Reckoning" by Goethe On Agora's Birthday, a Moment of Reckoning occurs: * All Bank Currency Auctions are cancelled. * All Bank Currency actual/potential debts to/from the Bank are satisfied. * All non-Bank VEs, Papyri, and Indulgences are destroyed, and re-created in the Bank's possession. * Each Player gets the New Player Award in VEs, Papyri, and Indulgences; this is doubled for the Player(s) with the most Points. "No Frozen Roles" by Goethe For the purpose of all Rules except Rule 1960 (Roles), non-Active Players are deemed to have no Role. "no taxation without representation" by Goethe Proposals may not directly alter Property holdings or debts of Players who were unable to Vote on them, except via Rule change. "Repeal Wealth" by t All Rules/clauses pertaining to Property are repealed/removed. All Blots are rounded down to the nearest whole number. Entities at a location with Sente have a Sente Extra Vote. Bonus for Repeal is 13 Points. Bonus for Grace Period Proposal adoption is 7 Points. Bonus for Contested Proposal winners is 10 Points. Once a month, a non-Sinner may (with Support) make a Proposal Distributable. Proposals are one of: * Ordinary - Only Demagogues may Vote. * Cabinet - Only Cabinet members may Vote. * Democratic - Players and Political entities (defined by Power>=2 Rules) may Vote. * Senatorial - Only Senators may Vote; no Extra Votes. Maximum four Extra Votes per Proposal. Speaker may make Proposals Senatorial, similar to making a non-Proposal Issue a Senate Vote. Groups have one Membership Extra Vote per member. Groups with at least three members are Political. Roles are Demagogue, Propagandist, Sinner. A Player may become a Sinner at any time, and may cease being one after 30 days. A Player may change Roles at any time with Support from one Player of all three Roles. Non-Sinners with at least five Blots automatically become Sinners. Sinners cannot use Extra Votes. Once a week, a Propagandist may make a Proposal Distributable, or (with Support of 2 Propagandists) make a Proposal Undistributable. Once a week, a Propagandist may (with Support of 2 Propagandists) make a Proposal Distributable, or (with Support of 5 Propagandists) make a Proposal Undistributable. This is in addition to the above. Once per week, a Demagogue may (with Support of 3 Demagogues) change an Ordinary Proposal to Democratic or Cabinet. Each Demagogue has a Demagogue Extra Vote. Once per week, a Sinner may expunge one of eir Blots. Once per week, a Sinner may (with Support of a Sinner) may expunge one of another Player's Blots. Each Officer has an Extra Vote. "Withdrawing CFJs" by harvel The submitter of a CFJ may withdraw it if it has not been assigned a Judge. The Clerk of the Courts earns a 25-Stem Restocking Commission per withdrawn CFJ, and a 50-Stem Red Tape Commission per CFJ e dismisses (while not acting as its Judge or Justice). CALLS FOR JUDGEMENT ------------------- CFJ 21 "The voting result on Proposal 367 as published by the [TRUE] Mighty Speaker (5 For, 5 Against) in the message quoted in the nomic log with header: From: wesc@ichips.intel.com Subject: Results for 365-372 Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 11:14:54 -0800 (PDT) X-Sequence: 863 is incorrect and has to be changed to 6 For, 5 Against; hence Proposal 367 passes." 8/30/93 Called by Ronald Kunne 8/30/93 Judged TRUE by Alexx Commentary: See CFJ 1349. CFJ 1346 "The Bank is deemed to have incurred a debt of 3.0 Voting [FALSE] Entitlements to: (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 5/20 Appeal assigned to OscarMeyr, Goddess Eris, and Crito 5/23 OscarMeyr moves to OVERTURN and REVERSE 5/24 Crito moves to OVERTURN and REVERSE 5/28 Goddess Eris moves to OVERTURN and REVERSE CFJ 1347 "Murphy is not a Justice in Appeal 1346a." [TRUE] 4/17 Called by root 4/25-26 Assigned to t, who Judges TRUE 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." [TRUE] 4/17 Called by root 4/25-5/4 Assigned to Murphy, who defaults 5/8-13 Assigned to Sir Toby, who Judges TRUE 5/13-14 Appealed by Steve and Crito 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 4/25-5/2 Assigned to Goddess Eris, who dismisses it Judge's commentary (summary): The Ruleset in effect at the time of CFJ 21 is unavailable, so CFJ 21's correctness cannot be determined. CFJ 1350 "Sir Toby's first insane proposal submitted on 18 April 2002 is a null [TRUE] proposal." 4/18 Called by harvel 4/25-26 Assigned to Sir Toby, who Judges TRUE 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." [FALSE] 4/18 Called by Sir Toby 4/25-5/2 Assigned to Syllepsis, who Judges FALSE 5/2-3 Appealed by harvel and Sir Toby Caller's argument (summary): The body of Proposal 4285 contains no miniscule letters. Judge's refutation (summary): By Game Custom, the ###-delimited text is the body of the Proposal. This includes the title, which contains miniscule letters. Sir Toby's counterargument (summary): The Proposal Pool does not follow this Game Custom. For instance, it omits the text "PROPOSAL" from the body of Proposal 02-051 (REALLY BAD WEATHER). CFJ 1352 "The last paragraph of rule 1969 does not prohibit transferring Bonds [TRUE] that have already been redeemed." 4/21 Called by Sir Toby 4/29 Incorrectly assigned to Goddess Eris 4/29-5/2 Assigned to Steve, who Judges TRUE 5/12 Appealed by harvel 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. CFJ 1353 "Craig has more than 200 Stems." [FALSE] 4/25 Called by Murphy 5/2-4 Assigned to t, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Both Payroll Clerk Murphy (mistakenly identifying emself as Treasuror) and Treasuror Goethe attempted to transfer a New Player Award from the Bank to Craig. If both Stem transfers succeeded, then Craig has 240 Stems; if only one succeeded, then Craig has 120 Stems. Judge's refutation (summary): Murphy attempted to transfer the entire New Player Award in a single Notice of Transfer, but e lacked authority to transfer the non-Stem parts. Rule 1598 (Property Transfers), clause (b)(2), requires the transferor to have authority to transfer all parts, so the entire Notice of Transfer (including the Stems) is invalid. CFJ 1354 "Insane proposals, if adopted, have no effect." [FALSE] 4/26 Called by Craig 5/4-5 Assigned to root, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): All Insane Proposals intend to coerce Players into Voting FOR them (to prevent the author from Winning), so Rule 1003 (No Coercive Proposals) makes them ineffective. Judge's refutation (summary): CFJ 756 sets precedent that Rule 1003 is invoked only by a penalty great enough to be coercive. A Win (currently worth 25 Stems per month, for up to 4 months, plus a Patent Title) is not great enough to be coercive. CFJ 1355 "Calls for Judgement (CFJs) can have titles." [TRUE] 4/28 Called by harvel, with the alleged title "AIR ON G'S STRING" 5/5-13 Assigned to Syllepsis, who defaults 5/13 Assigned to Crito, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Unregulated, thus permitted by Rule 101 (Obey the Rules). Commentary: CFJ 1224 was called by Kelly, with the alleged title "Case of the Wayward Payment Order". CFJ 1356 "The proposal titled 'A MODEST PROPOSAL' has no obvious and direct [TRUE] attempt to coerce a Player into voting against eir conscience." 4/28 Called by root, with the alleged title "AIR ON G'S STRING" 5/5-9 Assigned to Crito, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1357 "If rule 1467 were repealed, currencies would still be properties." [TRUE] 4/28 Called by harvel 5/5-6 Assigned to Sir Toby, who Judges TRUE 5/6-7 Appealed by root, harvel, and Sir Toby 5/8 Appeal assigned to t, Syllepsis, and Crito 5/13 Crito moves to SUSTAIN 5/13-14 Mistakenly Appealed by Steve and Crito, who both meant to Appeal CFJ 1348 5/15 t moves to OVERTURN and REASSIGN 5/16 Syllepsis recused, replaced by OscarMeyr, who moves to SUSTAIN Caller's argument (summary): Currencies are implicitly ownable, and thus Property, as noted by Proposal 4018 (which defined Property as a generalization of Currency). Counterarguments: Something is not necessarily true just because the Rules imply or assume it. Does Proposal 4018's statement "Currency is Property", apart from its Rule changes, have any ongoing effect? t's commentary (summary): If Rule 1467 were repealed, then "currency" would cease to be explicitly defined by the Rules, and would revert to its common definition. One may own and owe common currencies even without the Rules' permission (the definition of Property). CFJ 1358 "Proposal 4253 was not adopted." [FALSE] 4/28 Called by root 5/5-9 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Proposal 4245 was Ordinary and failed Quorum. Proposal 4253 was a copy of it, with the same title. Rule 1586 (Definition and Continuity of Entities) prohibits two entities from having the same name or nickname. Judge's refutation (summary): Proposals do not have Rule-defined names. Game Custom is that a Proposal's name includes its Number. CFJ 1359 "The proposal submitted in the message with Message ID: [TRUE] <200205010219.g412Jw062775@ke.earlham.edu> is insane." 5/3 Called by Sir Toby 5/8-11 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): The body and title of the Proposal are completely empty, and thus contain no miniscule letters. CFJ 1360 "Murphy should not be penalized for eir recent failure to judge CFJ [TRUE] 1348." 5/5 Called by Craig 5/8-15 Assigned to t, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Murphy's assignment to CFJ 1348 had the incorrect subject "OFF: CFJ 1348 assigned to root". Due to an e-mail bug, Murphy did not see the body of the message. Judge's commentary (summary): Trivially true because Murphy had already been penalized before this CFJ was Called. CFJ 1361 "ALL of the following are True: [FALSE] (1) On or about May 7 2002, Goethe transferred 0.010 VEs to root. (2) On or about May 7 2002, Goethe transferred 0.010 VEs to Beverly. (3) The Registrar is required to track the nickname Beverly for the Player also known as root." 5/7 Called by Goethe 5/8-12 Assigned to Steve, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Goethe claimed to give root the nickname Beverly, and then attempted to transfer the VEs. Judge's refutation (summary): (1) and (2) are true, but (3) is false because Goethe's nickname applies only to eir message. CFJ 1362 "In the context of the rules, fungible means indistinguishable by any [FALSE] value other than ownership" 5/8 Called by Syllepsis 5/9-14 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): This definition is implied by the last paragraph of Rule 1467 (Definition of a Currency). Judge's refutation (summary): The Rules never explicitly define "fungible", so it begins with its common definition - which is not "indistinguishable", but rather "interchangeable in terms of satisfying debts/obligations". Rule 1467 not only says that units of Currency are fungible, but also exempts their Rulekeepor from distinguishing them; this makes them indistinguishable. Rule 1966 (Bonds) exempts the Usuror from distinguishing Bonds by redemption status, but Rule 1942 (Property) then declares the Treasuror to be the Recordkeepor of Bonds by redemption status. CFJ 1363 "Rule 1969 does not prohibit redeeming Bonds that have already been [FALSE] redeemed." 5/8 Called by Sir Toby 5/9-16 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1966 (Bonds) states that Bonds are fungible, and takes precedence over Rule 1969. Judge's refutation (summary): Fungible Bonds are not necessarily indistinguishable. Rule 1969 states that only unredeemed Bonds may be redeemed, and fungibility does not contradict this. CFJ 1364 "Once any Bond of a given species becomes redeemed, all Bonds of that [FALSE] species become redeemed." 5/8 Called by Syllepsis 5/9 Assigned to Murphy, who Judges FALSE 5/9 Appealed by Steve, harvel, and root 5/16 Appeal assigned to OscarMeyr, Goddess Eris, and t 5/23 t moves to OVERTURN and REASSIGN 5/23 OscarMeyr mistakenly moves to OVERTURN and REVERSE, intending to do so for CFJ 1346; this is later declared as not affecting CFJ 1364 5/23 Goddess Eris moves to OVERTURN and REASSIGN 5/27 Mistakenly assigned to Goethe 5/28 OscarMeyr (by eir Attorney, Goethe) moves to OVERTURN and REASSIGN 5/28-31 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Rule 1966 (Bonds) states that Bonds are fungible, and takes precedence over Rule 1969. Judge Murphy's refutation (summary): Fungibility does not confuse Bonds owned by different entities. Judge Goethe's proto-refutation (summary): This is refuted by the physical-entity model, as is (for instance) the destruction of a negative quantity of a Currency. CFJ 1365 "root's transfer of one Vote 'Sir Toby' for Speaker-Elect Pamphlet to [TRUE] Rule 1467 was valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/13-14 Assigned to Crito, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1366 "Syllepsis' transfer of one Vote 'Sir Toby' for Speaker-Elect Pamphlet [TRUE] to a Vote 'Sir Toby' for Speaker-Elect Pamphlet was valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/13 Assigned to Steve, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1367 "Craig's transfer of one Vote 'Sir Toby' for Speaker-Elect Pamphlet to [TRUE] eir own insane proposal was valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/13 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE Judge's commentary (summary): Craig's use of a nickname for eir Pamphlet was successful (see CFJ 1361). CFJ 1368 "OscarMeyr's transfer of one Vote 'Sir Toby' for Speaker-Elect [TRUE] Pamphlet to a piece of land was valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/14 Assigned to Goethe, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1369 "Craig's transfer of two HereYouGoKezomi to the Coca-Cola corporation [TRUE] was valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/14 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges TRUE CFJ ---- "Craig's transfer of one HereYouGoKezom to Michael's Pot-Plant was Dismiss valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/8 Dismissed as an Excess CFJ Commentary: Re-submitted as CFJ 1371. CFJ ---- "Craig's transfer of three HereYouGoKezomi to a bond was valid." Dismiss 5/8 Called by Craig 5/8 Dismissed as an Excess CFJ Commentary: Re-submitted as CFJ 1372. CFJ ---- "Michael's Pot-Plants' transfer of one HereYouGoKezom to the Short Dismiss Logical Ruleset was valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/8 Dismissed as an Excess CFJ Commentary: Re-submitted as CFJ 1373. CFJ ---- "root's creation of a nameless currency was valid." Dismiss 5/8 Called by Craig 5/8 Dismissed as an Excess CFJ Commentary: Re-submitted as CFJ 1374. CFJ ---- "root's transfer of an instance of a nameless currency to France was Dismiss valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/8 Dismissed as an Excess CFJ Commentary: Re-submitted as CFJ 1375. CFJ ---- "root's transfer of an instance of a nameless currency to nothing was Dismiss valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/8 Dismissed as an Excess CFJ Commentary: Re-submitted as CFJ 1382. CFJ ---- "Craig's transfer of an instance of a nameless currency to the name Dismiss 'Beverly' was valid." 5/8 Called by Craig 5/8 Dismissed as an Excess CFJ Commentary: Re-submitted as CFJ 1383. CFJ 1370 "The message <3CD83F68.3070804@syllepsis.org> contains two valid, [FALSE] successful Notices of Transfer." 5/10 Called by Murphy 5/15-22 Assigned to Goddess Eris, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Syllepsis attempted to number eir Stems, then transfer one to a second, and a third to a fourth. Judge's refutation (summary): Players may only transfer Stems to the Bank. CFJ 1371 "Craig's transfer of one HereYouGoKezom to Michael's Pot-Plant was Dismiss valid." 5/13 Called by Craig 5/15 Assigned to t, who dismisses it Judge's commentary (summary): There was an attempted transfer to "Michael's pot-plants", but not to "Michael's Pot-Plant". This CFJ refers to a nonexistent transfer, and thus lacks standing. CFJ 1372 "Craig's transfer of three HereYouGoKezomi to a bond was valid." [TRUE] 5/13 Called by Craig 5/15-16 Assigned to Sir Toby, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1373 "Michael's Pot-Plants' transfer of one HereYouGoKezom to the Short [FALSE] Logical Ruleset was valid." 5/13 Called by Craig 5/21-23 Assigned to Sir Toby, who Judges FALSE 5/24 Appealed by Craig Judge's refutation (summary): The message containing the transfer was forged. Craig's counterargument (summary): Craig sent the message, and claims e was known as "Michael's Pot-Plants" in that message. CFJ 1374 "root's creation of a nameless currency was valid." [TRUE] 5/13 Called by Craig 5/21 Assigned to Crito, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1375 "root's transfer of an instance of a nameless currency to France was [TRUE] valid." 5/13 Called by Craig 5/21-28 Assigned to t, who makes emself ineligible 5/28-30 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE CFJ 1376 "The Rules do not explicitly permit Players to transfer their own [FALSE] Property." 5/14 Called by Steve 5/21-28 Assigned to OscarMeyr, who Judges FALSE Judge's refutation (summary): Rule 1598 (Property Transfers) allows a Player's Executor to transfer that Player's Property, and Rule 1478 (Executors and Limited Executors) makes a Player eir own Executor. CFJ 1377 "The passage of Proposal 4318 created at least one legal VE debt." [TRUE] 5/27 Called by Goethe - Linked to CFJ 1381 5/28-6/3 Assigned to root, who Judges TRUE 6/3 Appealed by Goddess Eris Caller's argument (summary): A Legislative Order takes effect, and thus does what it says it does, upon the adoption of the Proposal containing it. Judge's commentary (summary): The relevant text within Proposal 4318 is not a Legislative Order, but simply creates debts directly. The Rules do not define "billing" without a Player doing it, so the common definition of "billing" - that debts are incurred - applies. CFJ 1378 "The player root won the game on or around May 10, 2002." [TRUE] 5/16 Called by root 5/28-30 Assigned to Steve, who Judges TRUE Caller's argument (summary): Insane Proposal 4296 received no FOR Votes. Rule 1729 (Insane Proposals) states that root Wins. It does not explicitly state that e satisfies a Win Condition, but it doesn't need to; the Rules do not say that Win Conditions are the only way to Win. CFJ 1379 "root committed the Crime of Misrepresentation when e sent a message with the subject 'Transfers' to Crito and t on Mon, 27 May 2002 22:36:41 -0400." 5/28 Called by t 6/5 Assigned to OscarMeyr Caller's argument (summary): root claimed to satisfy a debt that e knew did not exist. CFJ 1380 "The player Goethe has committed four counts of the Class Four Crime of Misrepresentation." 5/30 Called by Craig 6/8 Assigned to Steve Caller's argument (summary): Goethe claimed to satisfy debts that did not exist, but may soon, when e knew they would not soon exist. CFJ 1381 "A Stem Tax Assessed or to be Assessed by the Payroll Clerk within the [FALSE] next 24 hours, was/will be legal." 5/27 Called by Goethe - Linked to CFJ 1377 5/28-6/3 Assigned to root, who Judges FALSE Caller's argument (summary): Proposal 4318 itself constituted the notice of intent required by Rule 1917 (General Currency Taxation). Judge's refutation (summary): The levy was claimed to be authorized by Rule 1891 (Legislative Orders), but Legislative Orders only require action; they do not necessarily permit it. Proposal 4318 was published only by its author (OscarMeyr) and the Promotor (t), so it cannot be a notice of intent for Payroll Clerk Murphy or eir Attorney Steve. CFJ 1382 "Steve has committed Misrepresentation." 5/30 Called by Craig 6/8 Assigned to Sir Toby Caller's argument (summary): Steve claimed to satisfy debts that did not exist, but may soon, when e knew they would not soon exist. CFJ 1383 "root's transfer of an instance of a nameless currency to nothing was valid." 5/30 Called by Craig 6/8 Assigned to root CFJ 1384 "Craig's transfer of an instance of a nameless currency to the name 'Beverly' was valid." 5/30 Called by Craig 6/8 Assigned to Goethe CFJ 1385 "Proposal 4323 contains an Invalid Legislative Order." 5/31 Called by Goethe 6/8 Assigned to OscarMeyr Caller's argument (summary): This does not create a debt, but merely Orders a transfer. The transfer is prohibited by Rule 1561 (Illegality of Bonus Clauses), and by clause (a) of Rule 1470 (The Bank). OFFICES ------- 5/2 Goethe resigns as Speaker-Elect, and declines Succession. Promotor t is non-Electee Speaker-Elect. Nominations begin for Speaker-Elect. 5/3 Sir Toby Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 5/5 Steve Nominates for Speaker-Elect. 5/15 Voting begins for Speaker-Elect. Candidates are Sir Toby and Steve. Nominations begin for Assessor, Clerk of the Courts, Herald, Mapkeepor, Notary, Payroll Clerk, Registrar, Rulekeepor, Scorekeepor, and Treasuror. Goddess Eris Nominates for Clerk of the Courts. 5/16 Michael Nominates for Rulekeepor. Goethe Nominates for Assessor, Registrar, and Treasuror. E later submits (privately) a Proto-Budget setting the VEs per Player to 1.0. 5/19 t Nominates for Assessor, with a Proto-Budget setting the VEs per Player to 1.5. root Nominates for Herald and Payroll Clerk. 5/23 Nominations begin for Assistant Director of Personnel. root Nominates for Assistant Director of Personnel. 5/28 t resigns as Promotor. Speaker Murphy is non-Electee Promotor. Nominations begin for Promotor. Steve is Elected Speaker-Elect. Voting begins for Assessor. Candidates are Goethe and t. Goddess Eris is Elected Clerk of the Courts. root is Elected Herald. root is Elected Payroll Clerk. Goethe is Elected Registrar. Michael is Elected Rulekeepor. Goethe is Elected Treasuror. E submitted two proto-Budgets; both are identical to the current Budget, and to each other, except that the first one includes (and is invalidated by) the Winner's Stipend from before root's Win on May 10. Elections for Mapkeepor, Notary, and Scorekeepor end with no Nominees. Nominations begin for new Elections. 5/29 Murphy delegates Promotor to Steve (who consents) for three weeks. 6/5 Election for Assessor fails Quorum. Nominations begin for new Election. Elections for Mapkeepor, Notary, and Scorekeepor end with no Nominees. Nominations begin for new Elections. Steve is Elected Promotor. This Election was previously announced, incorrectly, as having no Nominees. Goddess Eris Nominates for Assessor, and attempts to Nominate for Promotor. OscarMeyr Nominates for Mapkeepor, Notary, and Scorekeepor. Sir Toby Nominates for Mapkeepor, Notary, and Scorekeepor. Craig Nominates for Mapkeepor, Notary, and Scorekeepor. Murphy Nominates for Assessor. 6/6 root is Elected Assistant Director of Personnel. 6/7 Sir Toby attempts to Nominate for Promotor. OLIGARCHS --------- 4/28 GWotO Steve sets the Oligarchy Auction Rate to 2. 5/1 Single-Bid Auction begins for 2 positions. Bid Inflation Factor is 0.5. 5/5 Auction ends for 2 positions. Michael owes 50 Stems and Goethe owes 80. 5/19 GWotO Steve announces eir intent to set the Oligarchy Auction Rate to 1. 5/23 GWotO Steve sets the Oligarchy Auction Rate to 1. 6/8 Auction begins for 2 positions. Auction for 2 positions beginning 6/8 ---------- 1 Craig Auction for 2 positions beginning 5/1 ---------- 80 Goethe - eligible (resigned Speaker-Elect first) 75 Goethe - ineligible (Speaker-Elect) 50 Michael PROPERTY AUCTIONS ----------------- 5/2 Auction ends for 3 Papyri. OscarMeyr, Sir Toby, and root each win one, at 35 Stems each. 5/6 Auction begins for 1 Indulgence. 5/10 Auction ends for 1 Indulgence. Syllepsis wins with a bid of 70 Stems. 5/14 Auctions begins for Looting pTang. 5/17 Auction begins for 1 Papyrus. Vickrey Auctions begin for these units of Land: (+4, -5) [White] (+5, +6) [Black] (+2, 0) [White] ( 0, -1) [White] ( 0, +1) [White] (-4, +5) [Black] (-5, +4) [Black] 5/24 Auction ends for Looting pTang. Steve wins with a bid of 5.656 Indulgences. 5/26 Auction ends for 1 Papyrus. root wins with a bid of 1 Stem. 5/28 Land Auctions end, each with (at least) two bids. (+4, -5) [White] (Goddess Eris 0.05, OscarMeyr 0.005) (+5, +6) [Black] (Goddess Eris 0.02, OscarMeyr 0.005) (+2, 0) [White] (Goddess Eris 0.05, OscarMeyr 0.005) ( 0, -1) [White] (Goethe 0.2, Steve 0.106) ( 0, +1) [White] (Goethe 0.2, Steve 0.15) (-4, +5) [Black] (Goddess Eris 0.02, OscarMeyr 0.005) (-5, +4) [Black] (Goddess Eris 0.02, OscarMeyr 0.005) 6/5 Auction begins for 16 Indulgences. Auction for 1 Papyrus ---------- 20 Sir Toby - Auction already ended 15 OscarMeyr - Auction already ended 10 root - Auction already ended 5 OscarMeyr - Auction already ended 1 root Auction for Looting pTang ---------- 5.856 Steve - retracted 5.656 Steve 5.5 Goddess Eris 5 Goddess Eris - retracted 4.5 Steve 4 Goddess Eris - retracted 3 Steve Auction for 1 Indulgence ---------- 70 Syllepsis 60 Goddess Eris 50 Goethe 10 Goddess Eris Auction for 3 Papyri ---------- 42 OscarMeyr 41 Sir Toby 40 root 35 Sir Toby 30 root 30 OscarMeyr 30 OscarMeyr 25 Sir Toby 20 root 15 Sir Toby 5 Sir Toby 1 root TECTONIC ACTIVITY ----------------- Movement: 5/20 Steve - ( 0, -1) 5/22 root - (-5, 4) 5/22 Goethe - ( 0, 1) 5/30 AgoraEx - ( 0, 1) Changing the Land Type of a random adjacent unit of Land: 5/10 root - Black Goethe - White Goddess Eris - White 5/12 Sir Toby - Black Steve - White root - Black 5/28 Goddess Eris - White Steve - White 5/30 Goethe - Black 6/4 OscarMeyr - White 6/7 root - Black 6/8 Goddess Eris - White IN OTHER NEWS ------------- 4/26 Craig becomes a Scribe. 4/29 Oerjan becomes Frozen. 5/3 Assessor Goethe (with harvel's Support) changes the Mode of Voting on Proposals to Unlimited. 5/5 Weather is Fair. No net change in the Bank's Stem holdings. Champion's Contest Tabla Rasa awards the Patent Title of SemiGenius to OscarMeyr. OscarMeyr Wins and becomes Current Champion. Goethe ceases to be Current Champion, and becomes Champion. Winner's Stipend is set to 0.3 times the Basic Officer Salary. harvel destroys the Currencies of Cumulocerberus Cloud, Nimbustyx, and Trivia. 5/6 Sir Toby creates the Contest "Life". Sir Toby creates the Currency "Vote 'Sir Toby' for Speaker Elect Pamphlets". 5/7 Goethe creates three Bonds for 0.05 VEs each, attempts (unsuccessfully) to Redeem two of them by transferring them to emself, then transfers them to Goddess Eris, root, and Crito. This fails to establish whether fungibility of Bonds breaks the intent that redeemed and unredeemed Bonds should be distinguished. Craig creates the Currency "HereYouGoKezomi". root creates a nameless Currency. Assistant Director of Personnel root (with harvel's Support) changes the Mode of Voting on Elections to Unrestricted. 5/8 Syllepsis destroys the Currency "Blubbery Icky Things". Craig creates the Contest "Craig's Contest Scam". root destroyes eir nameless Currency. 5/9 Sir Toby destroys the Currency "Vote 'Sir Toby' for Speaker Elect Pamphlets". Treasuror Goethe announces eir intent to increase the Clerk of the Courts' Salary from 1.0 to 1.2 times the Basic Officer Salary. Sir Toby Supports this. Craig destroys the Currency "HereYouGoKezomi". OscarMeyr makes emself eligible to Judge CFJs. Goddess Eris alleges that pTang has Abandoned the Game. Murphy destroys the Currency "Little Fluffy Clouds". Murphy makes emself eligible to Judge CFJs. 5/10 Goethe destroys the Currency "Cents of Decency". Insane Proposal 4296 gets no FOR Votes. root Wins, and becomes Current Champion and Maniac. OscarMeyr ceases to be Current Champion, and becomes Champion. Winner's Stipend is set to 0.5 times the Basic Officer Salary. 5/12 Registrar Goethe confirms pTang's abandonment. pTang is deregistered. The Contest "The Arena" and the Currency "Bribe Tokens" cease to exist. 5/13 Goddess Eris creates the Currency "Zorkmids". harvel becomes an Acolyte. 5/15 Goddess Eris makes Syllepsis Quiet. 5/16 Assistant Director of Personnel Goethe increases the Clerk of the Courts' Salary from 1.0 to 1.2 times the Basic Officer Salary. 5/23 Murphy gives eir Power of Attorney to Steve (who accepts) for four days, beginning on May 24. 5/24 OscarMeyr gives eir Power of Attorney to Goethe (who accepts) through May 28. 5/27 Insane Proposal 4310 gets no FOR Votes. Craig Wins, and becomes Current Champion and Maniac. root ceases to be Current Champion, and becomes Champion. 5/28 t makes emself ineligible to Judge CFJs. 5/29 Crito deregisters. 5/30 Steve becomes Vizier of the Anemocrats. Steve becomes Contestmaster of AgoraEx. 5/31 root becomes a Politician. 6/5 Goethe gives eir Power of Attorney to Steve (who accepts) from June 9 through 17. 6/6 Craig gives eir Power of Attorney to Sir Toby (who accepts) from June 9 through 13. TRADE OFFERS ------------ Player Date Will sell In return for ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AgoraEx 01/10/02 Papyri Negotiable harvel 02/08/02 Negotiable Papyri neil 08/21/01 0.2 VEs 2 Papyri per 0.1 VE Steve 02/05/01 2 Indulgences 2 Papyri t 02/06/01 1 Papyrus 2 Indulgences -- Ed Murphy "I'm not sure I can go through http://members.fortunecity.com/emurphy/ with it. Leave, I mean."