Glotmorf on 25 Oct 2002 06:34:02 -0000


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Re: [spoon-discuss] INH


On 10/24/02 at 9:17 PM Wonko wrote:

>Quoth Glotmorf,
>
>> On 10/24/02 at 4:17 AM Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
>>
>>> I think we should have some sort of recordkeeping, rather than just the
>>> current state.  I can't remember what Ordinance 4 originally was.
>>
>> I agree.  Requiring people to post official INH business on a mailing
>list
>> somewhere would help; failing that, a chronicle along the lines of the
>Daily
>> Recognizer.  For example, I have no idea where the "Fnord" stuff came
>from.
>> (In the Ordinances, that is.  I recognize the reference.)
>
>The Ordinance that reads 'Fnord Fnord Fnord Fnord' was one of the initial
>ones, which I included because at the time the only way of changing
>Ordinances was to alter existing ones. The original text of Ordinance 4, by
>the way, was also one of those Ordinances - it read, "Pi is the ratio of
>the
>circuference of a circle to its diameter".
>
>Recordskeeping would probably best be implemented by a mailing list; I
>certainly don't have the time, or the skill, to make a database like Dave's
>record system.
>
>But I also don't have a mailing list, and am unsure about how to get one.
>
>BTW, the other reference to 'Fnord' in the ruleset actually is a typo on my
>part - I stupidly forgot that while the first Ordinance change I made took
>effect immediately, the second would be influenced by the first. I should
>have a 'pending changes' site up soon, and the 'Fnord' bit will be part of
>that.

There are some free mailing list sites out there.  I think delphi.com has some.

						Glotmorf


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