Jonathan David Amery on 12 Jul 2002 03:12:06 -0000


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Re: [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?
> 
 The former, as specified in the third paragraph.

 WC.
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