Re: [s-d] [s-b] C Nomic

["Craig Daniel" <teucer@xxxxxxxxx>]

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
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