Re: [s-d] [s-b] Paranoid

[Sgeo <sgeoster@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Jamie Dallaire
<bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Elliott Hird <
> penguinofthegods@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 26 Nov 2008, at 21:08, Ed Murphy wrote:
>>
>> > That obviously wasn't "carefully".  And that alone could be fixed
>> > (which
>> > was what my RP set out to do).
>>
>> Carefulness does not seem to be in the era 4 spirit.
>
>
> About that... Given that carelessness with numbers affected at least 3
> proposals voted on in nweek 151....
>
> I was thinking, proto:
>
> Do away with Rule numbers. Rules may be referred to exclusively by name.
> Advantage: no accidental repeal of important rules. no accidental attempts
> to amend different rules than those intended.
> Disadvantage: constant need to look up rules' exact names. A little bit like
> 0x44's old name, though not as bad ;-)

Are you saying that people have memorized numbers, and have been
relying on the memorization? Or at least tried and obviously failed?
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