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

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

And now, the REAL assignments. Please feel free to plagiarize each other's
reasonings:

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Jamie Dallaire <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Craig Daniel <teucer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I submit the following Consultations:
>>
>>
>>  Below is Consultation 164. I assign it to Priest Charles..

> {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.}
>>>
>>
Below is Consultation 165. I assign it to Priest Ty-Guy6.

> {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.}
>>>
>>
>>
>  Below is Consultation 166. I assign it to Priest Murphy.

> {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.}
>>
>>
Below is Consultation 167. I assign it to Priest Charles.

> {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).}
>>
>>
>> Oracle Billy Pilgrim
>>
>
>
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