Re: [s-d] [s-b] A gamestate clarification request to the Administrator

[James Baxter <jebaxter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This whole debate is pointless and worthy only of a developmentally challenged monkey.

 

The following text is between "[[" and "]]" in ais523's quote:


An online UTC clock is available at http://www.time.gov/.
Thus, if it is currently the middle of nday 2, something happening "in 2 ndays" will occur at the end of nday 4.
Those two sentences have no real impact on the game and to anyone with any common sense it should be obvious that the comments end at the "]]" symbol. What is it with you people and taking the most game breaking interpretation?

 

> From: ais523@xxxxxxxxxx

> To: spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx

> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:43:21 +0000

> Subject: [s-b] A gamestate clarification request to the Administrator

> 

> On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 18:29 +0000, Alex Smith wrote:

> > I advise anyone who has a Panic Button to Hit it. Per discussion on IRC,

> > it's dubious whether the 5th Era probably never started. In fact, we're

> > not even certain if the 3rd Era ever started.

> > 

> > Wooble or 0x44 will probably be along to explain soon, just as soon as

> > they work out exactly what happened.

> 

> I ask the Administrator whether the following statement is true: "B

> Nomic's current Ruleset is that displayed at

> <http://b.nomic.net/index.php?title=Rules&direction=next&oldid=1508>."

> 

> My reasoning (based on an IRC discussion with Wooble and 0x44):

> 

> That version of the ruleset is the first in which the following text

> appears (in rule 1-6/0)

> {{{

> In each Game Document, with the exception of this paragraph, text

> between doubled square brackets (that is, text between "[[" and "]]")

> shall be deemed Comment Text. Comment Text has no direct effect on the

> state of the game, although it can be read.

> }}}

> 

> Rule 2-1/0 says, in part

> {{{

> [[An online UTC clock is available at http://www.time.gov/.]]

> 

> If the nday would be set to a value greater than 12, instead it is set

> to 1, and the nweek is incremented by 1.

> 

> The Clock may be changed from Off to On or from On to Off as a Game

> Action by the Administrator. When the Clock is turned On, the ndelay is

> set to zero.

> 

> 

> Durations 

> A duration to the effect of "X ndays", where X is a number, shall be

> interpreted to mean that the duration ends at the end of the nday after

> X consecutive changes of that value. [[Thus, if it is currently the

> middle of nday 2, something happening "in 2 ndays" will occur at the end

> of nday 4.]]

> }}}

> It is clear that all of the above quote, with the exception of the first

> [[ and last ]], is between a [[ and a ]]. Therefore, it has no effect on

> the state of the game; therefore, I can only conclude that the nweek in

> which that rule first appeared has never ended, and thus the Ruleset is

> still the same.

> 

> I invite people to comment on this even if they are not the

> Administrator; consensus would be nice. Also, I'm afraid that not even

> Panic Buttons will get us out of this one; there seems not to be an

> Emergency rule. Anyone find a way to scam a proposal to fix the bug?

> -- 

> ais523

> 

 

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