Re: [s-d] [s-b] Dice Master

["Aaron Coquet" <farfromunique@xxxxxxxxx>]

my reasoning is that nothing happens / everything is delayed until
after the Pause ends, so the first one will auto-trigger on time. The
second will take some time, but it doesn't matter, it can trigger at
the same time.

On Nov 30, 2007 4:04 PM, Jamie Dallaire <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hmmmm.... I'm not sure you guys can actually do that. I have a proposal
> pending right now that would allow such delayed game actions, but as far as
> I know you can't do it yet. Submit again when the emergency is over/when the
> first consultation is pondered?
>
> Billy Pilgrim
>
>
> On Nov 30, 2007 2:23 PM, Aaron Coquet <farfromunique@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > to lead into a second consultation.
> >
> > Once the previously submitted consultation is answered, I submit the
> > following consultation:
> > Is any email coming from the specified email address considered to be
> > from the player to whom that email address is registered?
> > --
> > Aaron C, who thinks remailers are interesting
> >
> > On Nov 30, 2007 10:26 AM, Geoffrey Spear <geoffspear@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I believe that regardless of whether the Dice Master is a Player it
> > > is, in fact, a PEP, since who the Players are is unclear or ambiguous,
> > > and it can be argued that the Dice Master could pass a Membership Test
> > > comprised solely of being able to send and receive email messages (the
> > > "any or all" problem in Rule 1-17), which was accepted as the basis
> > > for the AFO's status as a Player in a Consultation (not yet Pondered,
> > > but I think this still establishes the ambiguity), and it can further
> > > be argued that the Registrar's refusal to allow the Dice Master to
> > > become a Player is of ambiguous legality since the rules as written
> > > seem to indicate that becoming a Player happens instantly when a
> > > message requesting to do so is received in the Public Forum, making
> > > the refusal by the Registrar in violation of the Temporal Prime
> > > Directive.  The quantum interpretation of the relevant Consultation
> > > (also not Pondered) on that point is probably itself ambiguous or
> > > unclear.
> > >
> > > I submit as further evidence the existence of Refresh Proposals that
> > > would deregister the Dice Master if it's a Player.  Why make such a
> > > proposal if its status is not entirely unclear?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Nov 30, 2007 1:08 PM, Aaron Coquet <farfromunique@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > When the Pause ends, I submit the following consultation:
> > > > Is it true that Dice Master is a player?
> > > >
> > > > Unbeliever: Aaron C
> > > > Reasoning: according to text at the bottom of every message posted by
> > > > Dice Master, there is a website with instructions on how to control
> > > > the actions of Dice Master. This website also states that Dice Master
> > > > is a computer program, which is a clone of another computer program.
> > > > In the event that computer programs are allowed to be players, Dice
> > > > Master is not a unique being, but rather a clone.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Aaron C
> > > > "H. P. Lovecraft is Rock and Roll" -- Neil Gaiman
> > > > Don't Panic!
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