Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Ramroding the CFI's

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 22 November 2002 05:32 pm, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> From: bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >On Friday 22 November 2002 05:14 pm, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> > > I change my name to David E. Smith.  By rule 25, I am now the
> > > administrator.
> >
> >I attach the following analysis to my previous CFI:
> >{{
> >By rule 2, "Any similarity between the string of characters that
> > constitute the name of a Player and a string of characters in the text of
> > a Proposal, Rule, or Judgment shall have no impact on the implementation
> > of that Proposal, Rule, or Judgment, unless the language of the Proposal,
> > Rule, or Judgment specifically indicates the string of characters is
> > referring to a Player of that name. ".
> >
> >Rule 25 states: "The Administrator is David E. Smith." Rule 25 does not
> >specifically indicate the string of characters, "David E. Smith" is
> >referring
> >to a Player of that name.
> >
> >Therefore "the player formerly known as Orc in a Spacesuit" is not the
> >Administrator, but he is "the player named David E. Smith".
> >}}
> >--
> >bd
> >Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.
> >		-- George Chapman
>
> And I counter with whatever Glotmorf used in eir CFI to actually let
> __Glotmorf Rules!__ work.  They are based on the exact same concept.
>
> Now, either:
> the concept is true, and Glotmorf could've gotten power, and I became admin
> or the concept is not true, and Glotmorf never could've gotten power, and I
> am not admin, and everything's just fine.
>
> Either way Glotmorf has no power now.

That rule 2 problem was a misconception. The Glotmorf rules! rule explicitly 
indicates that it refers to a player. r25 does not.

-- 
bd
It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best
judge of one.
		-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

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