Re: [spoon-discuss] Fwd: RE: [Thermo] Proposals File

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Friday 18 April 2003 08:50 pm, Baron von Skippy wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > -Yay, someone else is picking up on my idea! Maybe it stands a chance
> > > of doing something now. Especially since I don't think Nomicron will be
> >
> >very
> >
> > > willing to adopt any change. *pause* And they won't want to adopt any
> > > changes which link us to them. They're very conservative, very
> > > backwards-thinking, and I seem to have slightly angered several of
> > > their players (read: I'm glad they don't have my address).-
> >
> >Hm? Do tell...
>
> -Go to www.nomicron.org, find a link to join, and ask the admin if you can
> just watch. Or join. I could use an ally... here, I'll forward something in
> a minute.-
>
> > > >The other possibility is to establish a grid in Thermo. Then, we could
> > > >convince Thermo, B Nomic, and maybe Agora (which, when I was a player
> >
> >at
> >
> > > >least, had the Land of Arcadia through which players move and play a
> > > >strange
> > > >go-like game) to put in portals connecting them to one another. If a
> > > > player changes which Nomic e is geographically in, then e brings all
> >
> >of
> >
> > > > eir things into the target Nomic and begins to be governed by the
> > > > movement rules of that Nomic. This, of course, allows for
> >
> >transportation
> >
> > > > of Things.
> > >
> > > -So we can load Speeders to the limit with stuff and fly them through
> >
> >into
> >
> > > another Nomic? I like the idea. Hell, we could even have it so that you
> >
> >can
> >
> > > steal things from the cargo speeders, so you need to protect them and
> > > stuff. I'm seeing competing firms in the transport business. It could
> > > be
> >
> >a
> >
> > > whole subgame in and of itself.-
> >
> >Interesting...
> >
> >Actually, since Thermo has entropy (sort of), we could export Monoliths :)
>
> -Or entropy / energy.-
>
> > > >Also, now that there is Josh - yes, that is relevant - I plan to
> > > > submit
> >
> >a
> >
> > > >proposal to Thermo that may lay the groundwork for an economy. The
> > > > currency would be Coins, so maybe get those into B Nomic if we go
> > > > with the "Free Trade" idea.
> > >
> > > -Well, a universal currency is fine, just arrange an exchange rate
> >
> >between
> >
> > > it and BNS or it and points.-
> >
> >Perhaps use a ratio? 1 coin : x BNS == all coins in circulation : all BNS
> >in
> >circulation
>
> -I like that, it's simple. Now figure out their exchange rate, and we're in
> business, so to speak.-

They don't have anything to excahgne it with :) All they have are generic 
Things, which need to be destroyed if you want to make other things (like, 
say, rules). And you have to destroy and create at the same time; no 
destroying and then creating in two props.
- -- 
bd
Se você é capaz de sorrir quando tudo deu errado, é porque já
descobriu em quem pôr a culpa.
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