Re: [s-d] [s-b] Laser sharpener

[Alex Smith <ais523@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 16:34 -0500, comex wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This fails, for the record.
> 
> No, it doesn't.  The laser sharpener and the Laws of white are neither
> giving me permission to change the Pause (I am, rather, forbidden from
> doing so) nor changing the Pause themselves.  I am the one doing it,
> but without permission.  So the following clause does not apply:
> 
> { Laws however may not modify (or grant permission to modify) any
> gamestate created outside of that set of Laws unless using an already
> defined external and legal mechanism. }
> 
> And exceptio probat regulum.
Nice scam, but I think this is where it falls down. The Laws themselves
have no power to change the gamestate in general; therefore, they aren't
aiding you in doing so. In other words, your attempt to change the Pause
works if and only if you could change the Pause simply by announcing it
(the fact that a colour's Laws mention something apparently pertinent is
irrelevant, as either the Laws are making the change or you are); in
other words, iff my dictatorship worked. On the other hand, my
dictatorship fixed the loophole behind it, so it doesn't work even if my
dictatorship did.

-- 
ais523

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