Re: [spoon-discuss] hard drive failures...

[Bill Adlam <sagitta_elegans@xxxxxxxxx>]

bd wrote:

> The Cop's job could be handled by the individual ministers - they
> know their 
> own domain best after all. And the Animator can also (in most cases)
> be 
> handled by other ministers. There's also a script to fill Randy's
> position, 
> it was used in thermodynomic IIRC.

There are plenty of actions that don't fit easily into the remit of any
minister (e.g. transferring the scarf).  And there are plenty that
concern more than one minister (e.g. voting).  It's no good if one
minster validates an action and another invalidates it.  It's also a
bad thing if a later action gets confirmed before an earlier one.

This could be viable if we add more ministers, regulating cards,
beverages, societies, eclairs, etc., but I think it's safer to have one
minister validating all actions.  That at least keeps events in order,
and makes the responsibilities clear even when the rules change.

> The need for a Sage could be eliminated by not stopping the clock,
> and saving 
> the time as a delta from UTC. However, this would mean eliminating
> fixed 
> deadlines for the most part - how about a minister must recognize an
> action 
> within 3 ndays, and proposals enter voting x ndays after being
> proposed, 
> independent of other proposals?

Let's not try that until we've completed the handover of power and got
things functioning at a slower pace.
 
[snip]

> Also, a seperate mailing list for ministers wouldn't be a bad idea,
> and 
> perhaps another for the automatic dice roller (the ministers would
> need to 
> restate the information in their reports - the roller's CC to the
> list would 
> be used for validation)

A working roller would be a fine addition to the game, especially if
provided with suitably quirky sources of entropy.  I don't think we
need any extra mailing lists though.

Sagitta

> Signs of crime: screaming or cries for help.

Yes, both very suspicious activities.


	
	
		
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