Re: [s-b] Further consultations on the Sharpener

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

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> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Craig Daniel <teucer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I submit the following Consultations:
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> Below is Consultation 164. I assign it to Priest Ty-Guy6.
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>> {Question: Are mackerel fungible?
>> Arguments: The answer ought to be yes, though I see nothing in the
>> rules to establish that it is. There's a Consultation precedent
>> supporting yes, though; if they're not fungible we could not have
>> built the Laser Printer, which comex judged that we had.}
>>
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> Below is Consultation 165. I assign it to Priest Murphy.
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>> {Question: Does there exist a square with the color (255,255,255)?
>> Unbeliever: ehird
>> Arguments: This hinges on whether ehird's right that comex couldn't
>> reuse mackerel-spending or not.}
>>
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> Below is Consultation 166. I assign it to Priest 0x44.
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>> {Were any mackerel successfully destroyed by the Pencil Sharpener?
>> Unbeliever: comex
>> Arguments: The arguments in my previous consultation established that
>> if the Laser Printer worked (which it did) then the Pencil Sharpener
>> failed to specify its procedure concretely enough. Given the
>> fungibility of mackerel, "m30000 in the possession of comex" is
>> sufficiently specific, but "all mackerel created by the laser printer
>> is not." (If macks were non-fungible, the latter would be valid but
>> not the former; were this the case the Sharpener couldn't have been
>> built.}
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> Below is Consultation 167. I assign it to Priest 0x44.
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>> {Question: Did the Pencil Sharpener do anything at all?
>> Unbeliever: comex
>> Arguments: If the Sharpener procedure that destroys mackerel doesn't
>> succeed in doing so, it could be taken to mean that the entire
>> procedure failed. More likely, however, each step gets implemented as
>> a game action, and either works or doesn't; in this case, the Pencil
>> Sharpener did everything it was supposed to including plugging the
>> loophole, but comex is still the richest player in the game (followed
>> by me and Warrigal).}
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>
> Oracle Billy Pilgrim
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