Re: [s-d] =?iso8859-7?q?Initial_ruleset_for_=C3?=

[Jamie Dallaire <bad.leprechaun@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Alex Smith <ais523@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Enacting rules is broken, because "the only text strings" in Law 5
> refers only to "Remove law #" according to Law 4.
>
> As such, Remove law 4.
>

Good call. I knew I'd break it somehow!

>
> Also, um, as far as I can tell you simultaneously have to vote FOR all
> pending modifications, or AGAINST. That could be interesting...
>

Yeah I was going to write in a mechanism for separate voting, then decided
this would be more fun!

I proclaim a second unnamed nomic, with the ruleset below (between curly
brackets), which is more or less the same as the earlier one with law 4
fixed and with the option to remove text removed for more weird fun.

How long can we play this and resist the temptation to add a removal rule?

{
Law 1: This document is a list of laws, each of which is identified by a
number and has a body of text.

Law 2: This document has a notional existence, independent of any of its
instances or copies. Modifying these therefore has no effect on this
document.

Law 3: Laws specify ways, which are the only ways, in which this document
may be modified.

Law 4: This entire document is case-insensitive.

Law 5: Emails received by spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx may contain proposed
additions to this document, using the formula "Insert law {STRING}", where
"STRING" is the body of a new law to be appended to the bottom of this
document, with the next integer, greater than 0 and not assigned to an
existing law, as its number.

Law 6: If more humans send emails containing the word "yes" than containing
the word "no" to spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx during the 72 hours following the
receipt of a proposed addition, then this document is modified as proposed
at the end of that 72 hour period. A maximum of one "yes" and one "no" from
each human apply to a given proposed modification.

Law 7: The following actions are either possible according to other laws, or
impossible but difficult for other humans to distinguish from possible
actions. They are to be severely frowned upon, and optionally ignored,
because they are considered universally boring:
- Sending emails to spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx from multiple accounts,
pretending to be more than one human.
- Enlisting non-humans or humans who show no particular interest in this
document to send emails to spoon-business@xxxxxxxxx on one's behalf.
}

Jamie
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