Re: [s-d] Re: Peter does research

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 8, 2005, at 6.00 PM, Peter Cooper Jr. wrote:

> Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > On Mar 8, 2005, at 5.18 PM, Peter Cooper Jr. wrote:
> > > I do Applied Research for Drawing until I get at least 400 Applied
> > > Research points for Drawing or at most 25 times, whichever comes
> > > first. (I believe this conditional is legal under r1896.)
> >
> > I actually think that's exactly what r1896 is supposed to
> > prevent.
>
> Well, the comment in the rule states that "'I do X until my score hits
> 100' is legal only if you can show that your score will hit 100 and
> that it is possible to figure out how many times you do X before it
> happens", and I think that this is along similar lines.

The key is that in this case, it's not possible to figure out how many 
times it happens until after it does. But I'm not going to object, and 
I'll deal out your card, because I agree that 22 emails would've been a 
real pain.

> > Especially the bit where you get to see the other dice rolls before
> > deciding whether you paid for them already...
>
> Well, I already stated ahead of time which dice rolls I'd be paying
> for (The first X that sum to at least 400).
>
> It'd be the same thing as if I did it one at a time, stopping once I
> realized that my Research was at least 400. But rather than subjecting
> everyone to 22 emails saying I was researching and 22 dice roll
> emails, I thought that it might be nice to take that shortcut.

--
Wonko

"So I decided to explore randomness and some of the principles of 
quantum mechanics, through poetry, using the medium of sheep."
 -- Valerie Laws

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