SkArcher on 4 Oct 2003 21:19:38 -0000


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RE: [spoon-discuss] Redefinition



> -----Original Message-----
> From: spoon-discuss-bounces@xxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:spoon-discuss-bounces@xxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Daniel Lepage
> Sent: 04 October 2003 19:16
> To: discussion list for B Nomic
> Subject: Re: [spoon-discuss] Redefinition
> 
> 
> 
> On Saturday, October 4, 2003, at 01:52 PM, Rob Speer wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 01:06:25PM -0400, Daniel Lepage wrote:
> >> They'd be allowed to rejoin... if they ceased to be a player, they'd
> >> become a Lost Soul; in order to join, you have to be either a Lost 
> >> Soul
> >> or not a Game Object at all.
> >
> > Then that's extremely ambiguous wording, despite the comma. You should
> > perhaps say "is either a Lost Soul, or not a Game Object".
> 
> How's this:
> An External Force may become a Player by posting a message to a Public 
> Forum containing a request to become a player and a uniquely 
> identifying name that e wishes to be known by. It may do this if and 
> only if it fulfills the following requirements:
> * It is capable of passing the Turing Test
> * Either it is a Lost Soul, or it is not already a Game Object at all.
> * It has a working e-mail address
> 

That's better - I misread the previous version, hence my earlier comments



SkArcher 
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