[BNomic-Public] Re: [Bnomic-private] Cont: Immutable rule

[Wonko dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Quoth Baron von Skippy,

>>>>>> {{
>>>>>> __Mutations BAD! Krunk smash!__
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Amend rule 33 to read as follows:
>>>>>> {{
>>>>>> Each Rule has an attribute called Chutzpah, which is a positive
>>>> integer. In
>>>>>> the event of a conflict between two or more rules, if this rule is
>> one,
>>>> it
>>>>>> takes precedence. Otherwise, the rule with the highest Chutzpah takes
>>>>>> precedence.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If two or more rules have equal Chutzpah, the rule with the lowest
>>>>>> identification number takes precedence.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If at least one of the rules in conflict explicity says of itself
>> that
>>>> it
>>>>>> defers to another rule (or type of rule), then such provisions shall
>>>>>> supersede the Chutzpah method for determining precedence.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If two or more rules claim to take precedence over each other or to
>>>> defer
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> one another, then the Chutzpah method again governs.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Whenever one section of a rule conflicts with another section of the
>>>> same
>>>>>> rule, the section which appears later in the rule takes precedence
>> over
>>>> the
>>>>>> earlier section.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> This rule may not be repealed or amended.
>>>>>> }}
>>>>>> Create the following CFI:
>>>>>> {{
>>>>>> Statement: Rule 33 may not be repealed, renumbered, or amended, EVER,
>>>> and
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> CFI cannot be overruled by other CFIs or by any other method.
>>>>>> }}
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Rule the preceding CFI TRUE.
>>>>>> Appeal the preceding CFI.
>>>>>> Rule the preceding CFI TRUE.
>>>>>> }}
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> bd
>>>>>> The above == my from field. Duh.
>>>>>> 
>>>>> -Didn't I already deal with this?
>>>>> 
>>>>> {{
>>>>> __Bite me, Krunk__
>>>>> 
>>>>> Change Rule 33's Serial Number to 100.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Repeal Rule 100.
>>>>> }}
>>>>> -
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> No, bd added 'renumbered' to the CFI.
>>>> 
>>>> Ya do it like this, using XXXX as the above CFI's number:
>>>> {{
>>>> __Think again__
>>>> 
>>>> Change the gamestate to what it would have been had CFI XXXX been ruled
>>>> FALSE.
>>>> }}
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Wonko
>>>> 
>>> -Whups, must have missed that.-
>>> 
>>> {{
>>> __How abouts this'n?__
>>> 
>>> Change Rule 1's serial number to 33.
>>> }}
>> 
>> Violation of whichever rule says that each object has a unique serial
>> number.
>> 
>> Also, hell on the Database.
>> 
>> --
>> Wonko
>> 
> -Well, begging Dave's pardon, I'm looking for loopholes, not ease in
> implementation. That said, no it isn't. I'm trying to give two rules the
> same serial number. So they can't both have it. So one has to lose it. So it
> seems reasonable that the two are in conflict, yes? Well, in the event of a
> conflict, the lower-numbered gets precedence for the slot, so Rule 1 wins
> out over Rule 33.-

No, either it's legal for both of them to have serial 33, or it's illegal
for a proposal to make it happen,

-- 
Wonko