Wonko on 12 Jul 2002 00:47:06 -0000


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[spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Proposal


Quoth Jonathan David Amery,

> {{
> Create a rule:
> {{
> __What makes the world go around?__
> 
> There exist 5,000,000 indistinguishable B Nomic Shilling notes.  A
> number of B Nomic Shilling notes may be referred to as <number>s or
> BNS<number>.  [[ For example, 123 B Nomic Shilling notes may be
> referred to as 123s or BNS123. ]]
> 
> B Nomic Shillings may only be manipulated as specified in the rules.
> 
> There exists an entity known as The Bank.  Where the rules dictate
> that an entity gains or is given some shillings without specifying
> where from then these shillings come from The Bank.  If The Bank has
> less shillings than the transaction requires then The Bank gives all
> of its remaining shillings to that entity instead.  Where the rules
> dictate that an entity loses or has shillings taken from them without
> specifying where they go to then these shillings go to The Bank.
> 
> An entity may turn 1 point into 9 shillings, or 11 shillings into 1
> point by announcing that they are doing so in a public forum, provided
> that if there is a positive integer number of points that is part of a
> victory condition then no more than 1/10th of that number of points
> may be gained by this method each nweek, and if there is a positive
> integer number of shillings that is part of a victory condition then
> no more than 1/10th of that number of shillings may be gained by this
> method each nweek.
> }}
> 
> }}

When you say, 'turn 1 point into 9 shillings', do you mean, 'pay one point
to recieve 9 shillings from the Bank', or are you actually molding a point
into 9 new shillings that are unaffiliated with the Bank?

-- 
Wonko

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