Re: [s-b] Consultation

["Jamie Dallaire" <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is Consultation Number 41 and I assign to it Priest 0x4461736864617368.

Billy Pilgrim

On Nov 22, 2007 9:09 PM, Justin Ahmann <quesmarktion@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Question: Is the MediaWiki software an Outsider?
>
> Reasoning: The MediaWiki software is used as part of the b.nomic.net wiki.
>  As an Object is defined as, "anything that exists in the game," and the
> b.nomic.net wiki is used in the game (i.e. Public Displays), the software
> would appear to be an Object.  However, the MediaWiki software would exist
> without B Nomic, and does not exist merely due to B Nomic.  An External
> Force "is anything which exists independently of the game. That is, it would
> still exist if the game stopped existing, and would still exist if the game
> had never started existing."  The MediaWiki software also fits this
> definition.  Thus, since an Outsider is an Object that is also an External
> Force, the software would appear to be an Outsider.
>
> Codae
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