Jay Campbell on Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:06:11 -0700 (MST)


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Re: [s-b] The Contract of Epimenides


With support and without objection, I cause The Beast to join the 
Contract of Epimenides.


Craig Daniel wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 2:40 AM, Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
>> I submit this Consultation:
>>
>> Question: Is a ZIP file a legal Game Document?
>> Unbeliever: J
>>     
>
> And not me? Score! On the off chance it means hilarity ensuing, I
> become Ordained.
>
>   
>> Reasoning: 4E5 states "Game Documents are Game Objects that consist of
>> text." I submit that not only does the Epimenides attachment fail to
>> qualify as text itself,  the "epimenides.txt" in the encrypted ZIP file
>> purported to create a legal corporation has not been shown to consist of
>> text.
>>     
>
> I hereby create a Contract entitled "Proof of Text" with me as a
> member and the following body:
> {
> Section 1. No player other than teucer may join this contract.
> Section 2. If there exists or may exist a Corporation named
> Epimenides, Inc. and there has not been any resolution reached on any
> consultation about whether or not the the Contract of Epimenides is a
> legal contract, no player may leave this contract.
> Section 3. If a consultation as described in Section 2 is assigned a
> judge, teucer must tell that judge privately what the password is that
> will allow people to read the files contained in the first file named
> contractofepimenides.zip to have been received by the public forum.
> Section 4. If any player joins the Contract of Epimenides, teucer will
> send the password mentioned in Section 3 to that player privately.
> Section 5. All Cretans are liars. This Section should not be construed
> as binding the behavior of any Party to this Contract, even if that
> Party is a Cretan.
> }
>
>  - teucer
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