Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] SkArchers extremely clever Insurance

[SkArcher <SkArcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 21:28:19 -0500, Glotmorf <dwhytock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> On 9 Dec 2003 at 23:29, Bill Adlam wrote:
>
> > SkArcher wrote *buzz*:
> >
> > > That was the intention. As soon as a move can lead to a Win, all my
> > > points
> > > go to the insurance society. I just don't fancy losing 179 points
> > > because
> > > you old fogeys have been playing for 2 years.
> >
> > Me, an old fogey? *crackle*  However, I must admit that your action is
> > emarkably cunning, and therefore I propose that you be duly hono(u)red:
> >
> > _Declaration_Of_Extreme_Cleverness_
> > {{
> > Whereas Rule 1659 empowers B Nomic to reward clever and irritating
> > play, and
> > Whereas SkArcher has garnered a goodly hoard of points and other
> > dimensions through his skillful and diligent pursuit of B Nomic, and
> > Whereas it is believed that a player won the game this nweek, and
> > Wherelse it is not improbable that a player may win the game suddenly,
> > and
> > Whereupon the post-win reset comes into operation, and
> > Whereby all players must lose their dimensions, even unto the points
> > duly allotted them, excepting respect only, and
> > Whereat a lesser Player would be disheartened, and
> > Wherefore SkArcher has created the Society named SkArchers Insurance,
> > and
> > Wherein e purposes to automatically vest eir points while the
> > aforementioned reset takes effect, and
> > Wherefrom e hopes to automatically retrieve them later, and
> > Wherewith e as caused irritation to those who did not think of this
> > trick, and
> > Wherever that may get eim, it is undoubtedly an act of great wisdom,
> > sagacity, and smartness, and
> > Whereto we hereby award eim the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme
> > Cleverness.
> > }}
>
> I disagree.  It's clever, but not extremely so.  After all, I
> created a society a few nweeks ago to hold my points in
> anticipation of someone else's win, so that's not new.  As for
> the charter itself, it's perilously close to a pseudocode
> action: For all possible actions X, if X could cause a win, do
> Y.  Which should earn SkArcher a Kick in the Ass, not an
> Extreme Cleverness prize.

It is hardly psuedocode - it is setting down the terms of the restrictions 
which apply to members of the society, as all societies must have 
restrictions.

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