Re: [s-b] C Nomic

["Craig Daniel" <teucer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Craig Daniel <teucer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Jamie Dallaire
> <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Can Game Objects (specifically, mackerel or socks) be transferred from a
>> Legal Entity residing in B Nomic to a Legal Entity residing in C Nomic, or
>> vice versa? Let us consider this question within the parallel-nomics
>> framework: in this case, Game Objects (including Players and Corporations -
>> both types of Legal Entities) were duplicated from B Nomic into C Nomic upon
>> Rule 4E83's enactment. A Player (or Corporation) in B Nomic and that same
>> Player in C Nomic are, then, clearly distinct Legal Entities. This
>> separateness is a necessary pre-condition for the ability to transfer Game
>> Objects.
>>
>> But is it possible for these distinct identities to perform inter-nomic
>> transfers? Rule 4E33 defines a Currency Owning Objects as a type of Game
>> Object. Indeed, as per Rule 4E2, anything which is in the game (this also
>> includes Potential Sockholders...) is a Game Object. As such, a Legal Entity
>> (which is a COO and a Potential Sockholder) defined as such in one nomic may
>> only transfer mackerel or socks to a separate Legal Entity also recognized
>> as such (and, implicitly, as a Game Object) by the same nomic.
>>
>> However, a careful reading of 4E2 indicates that (contrary to my initial
>> belief), nothing prevents Game Objects from existing outside the game.
>> Everything within the game is a Game Object, and all non-(Game Objects) are
>> without the game. This does not mean that all Game Objects are within the
>> game... Therefore, the notion that COOs or Potential Sockholders may not
>> transfer anything to entities outside the game because, these entities not
>> being Game Objects, it is impossible for them to be defined as COOs or
>> Potential Sockholders, is invalid. [[This part held up my reasoning for a
>> while...]]
>
> Noting that Outsiders are Game Objects whether or not they are
> playing, I hereby cause Epimenides, Inc (of which I am an officer) to
> initiate the following transaction:
>
> {Assertion: comex is not a player.
> Epimenides, Inc. transfers m5 to comex.}
>
>  - teucer
>

And now I do so on the public forum!
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