Alex Smith on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:35:47 -0700 (MST)


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


On Mon, 2008-12-29 at 23:22 -0500, comex wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:01 PM, 0x44 <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > There's no mechanism in Rule 5e48 that grants abstract entities defined by
> > Laws to alter external game state.
> 
> Yes there is:
> "Laws can define things... and define what Residents on them can or
> cannot do with them."
Way to snip context.
"Laws can define things which a Resident on them shall or shall not
do ..."

shall or shall not here does not imply ability. Something can be
mandatory without being possible (in which case you just broke the
rules).
-- 
ais523

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