Daniel Lepage on 1 Feb 2004 04:03:08 -0000


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[Spoon-business] Reality Corrected


I hereby create a new Society, entitled "Reality". I am the only member of this Society, at the moment. This Society has a charter, which reads as follows:

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__Reality__

1.
The name of this Club is Reality.

The Executor in Chief, or Bob, is an External Influence who consents to be governed by the Statutes, fulfills all requirements for Bobhood specified by the Statutes, and has become the Executor in Chief in a manner specified by the Statutes.

An External Power may be the Executor in Chief if and only if the Statutes state that it is the Executor in Chief.

The person known as Daniel P. Lepage is the Executor in Chief; if at any time e is not Bob, e becomes Bob.

2.
A Club Object is anything which exists within the context of the Club, that is, its existence must be sanctioned by the charter; the term Object shall be an unambiguous synonym for Club Object in all Club documents except where specified otherwise. [[Note that this does not require the object's definition to be in the charter; an object could be defined by reference to an outside Document]]

An External Power is anything which exists independently of the Club.

An External Influence is an External Power which is also an Object. [[ i.e., something that exists outside of the Club but is also acknowledged by the statutes as influencing the state of the Club, and thus exists within the Club as well, such as an Acolyte.]]

A Club Document is a body of text specified as a Club Document by the statutes. Club Documents are Club Objects. [[ which is true by definition, but we might as well be safe and state it.]]

3.
Statutes are Club Documents. Statutes may only be modified as outlined in the Charter.

The Charter is the collection of all extant Statutes.

4.
An Acolyte is an External Influence who consents to be governed by the statutes, fulfills all requirements for Acolytehood specified by the statutes, and has become an Acolyte in a manner specified by the statutes.

An External Force may become an Acolyte by sending a message to the Executor in Chief containing a request to become an Acolyte and a uniquely identifying name that it wishes to be known by. It may do this if and only if it fulfills the following requirements:
	* 	It is capable of passing the Turing Test
	* 	It has a working e-mail address
An Acolyte may cease to be an Acolyte by Forfeiting the Club; this must be done by notifying the Executor in Chief. The Executor in Chief must report the Forfeiture as soon as possible if this happens.

No restrictions may be placed on when an Acolyte may forfeit; any Acolyte may forfeit the Club at any time.

5.
There may exist entities called Nomic Games. Each Nomic Game has any number of other entities associated with it; these entities are called its members. The members of a Nomic Game need not be Acolytes.

Nomic Games may only take actions which the statutes permit them to.

Each Nomic Game may have a Ruleset. A Ruleset consists of a list of rules its members must obey. Nomic Games may change their Rulesets, but only as described within their Rulesets.

6.
There exists a Nomic Game within Reality called B Nomic. Its Ruleset is described in the listing at http://www.nomic.net/~g6/static/statutes.html.

7.
Any Acolyte may suggest a change to the Statutes by notifying Bob of that change; it is up to Bob whether the change occurs or not.
}}


--
Wonko
Does this sentence make you think of Agatha Christie?

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