Antonio Dolcetta on Fri, 3 Aug 2007 06:15:27 -0700 (MST)


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Re: [s-d] consultation 30 (assigned to Peter)


Peter Cooper Jr. wrote:
> Antonio Dolcetta wrote:
>> I'm not convinced I actually *need* the paper to "consent" to pull
>> the one man agreement off. The sheet of paper thing was just waving
>> of hands. The exploit is based off the weak definition of "External
>> force" as "An External Force is anything which exists independently
>> of the game."
>>
>> consider the following: i have an imaginary friend called "Oinotna".
>>
>> Oinotna is an external force
>>
>> I create an agreement between me and oinotna...
> 
> Oh, a sheet of paper is certainly an External Force. It's quite possible
> that your imaginary friend is, too.
> 
> However, the definition of Agreement says that the parties must have
> explicitly consented to being part of the Agreement. So, your sheet of
> paper (and probably your imaginary friend) can't be a party to a B Nomic
> Agreement.
> 

ok for the sheet of paper, but of course my imaginary fiend gives 
consent, explicitly (and vocally) too, the fact that I'm the only person 
that can hear him is not relevant.

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