Baron von Skippy on 16 Jul 2003 17:16:01 -0000


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Re: [spoon-discuss] Where do we go from here?


>> >>>such actions. (because otherwise, the action could change the rules to 
>> >>>nullify Dave's veto before Dave got the chance to).
>> >>
>> >>Dave's veto could be assumed to be retroactive.
>> >>
>> >>>But what happens if you get sick, or go on vacation? Does everything 
>> >>>just shut down?
>> >>
>> >>You get a new minister?
>> >
>> >It is far too complicated to just hot potato on the fly like that, Its like wh
>> en teh GridMin vannished
>> >
>> -What ever happens when a Minister goes away? This is a problem with any Minist
>> ry, not just this one. What about a backup Minister? Or something like that? An
>> d don't ask me what happens if the second Minister goes away as well. You might
>>  as well ask "what if SkyNet blows us all to kingdom come?" Well, then the Mini
>> stry won't be updated, will it?-
>> 
> I've completely lost track of this discussion, but in the context of
>the WoT proposal, one could have both the other Ministers (Amyrlin,
>Dragon, Haran) be responsible for each third, which would give a
>certain layer of backup.
>
-(Haran?) I thought of that, but didn't suggest it because that means, in the two-Minister system I've got, that if one goes, the checks on the other's power go as well. We need to keep the number of Ministers constant, if not the identities of those Ministers.-

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