Re: [s-d] Re: Winding the Coil

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 23, 2005, at 6.02 PM, Peter Cooper Jr. wrote:

> Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > r1898 defines the bonus as "the goodies that the first player to Wind
> > the Coil receives."
> >
> > That means I get the goodies when I Wind it, and apparently 10 points
> > extra, which I hadn't noticed earlier.
>
> Well, I was just trying to put together a persuasive argument that
> since they're both trying to define what you get for completing the
> coil, r33 says that the one appearing later in the rule is the one
> that gets followed. But now I'm realizing that r33 is only if two
> parts can't both be followed, and in this case it's abundantly clear
> that they can in fact both be followed.
>
> I guess the best argument I could make would be that the Bonus's
> description is just a description, and not an instruction to actually
> give out the Bonus upon the Winding of the Coil, but that seems like a
> rather weak argument, too.
>
> And since I still don't want to get on Wonko's bad side :), and am
> coming up with less and less reasons to refuse the points, I'll
> recognize the extra 50 points. Roster updated //R//.

Thanks :) Nice to know that an army of bunnies is good for something :)

> > I don't find it particularly shady - I requested a program back when I
> > didn't have time to write it, and nobody wrote it in the time between
> > then and now; now I've spent a fair bit of time writing it and am
> > collecting the fee.
>
> In this case, I agree that it's a reasonable payment for a job
> presumably well done. But in general, I don't like the fact that
> people can give themselves points that way. It just seems way too open
> to abuse.
>
> And since the description of the Weaver includes that "E must provide
> some way for the Ministers ... to automate their tasks if they so
> choose", one could claim that making the occasional program like that
> is why the Weaver is getting paid a salary of 20 points an nweek all
> along. (Otherwise... why do we have the position?)

The Weaver actually does more than is currently apparent. There are a 
few things that the Cards scripts just can't do, so a couple times in 
the past few nweeks I've had to do it directly through MySQL; in these 
cases the Minister of Cards would have to ask the Weaver to take of 
these things. Since I'm both, these exchanges haven't been very 
obvious, but they've been happening. The new scripts should obviate 
future problems.

--
Wonko
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
    - Elvis Presley

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