New Rishonnomic Proposal Archive, P401-450


Proposal 401
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Dan, Michal
votes cast against:
abstained:
Result: adopted Tue, 2 Jun 1998 17:05:36 +0200

The following things, and only the following things, are Nomics, for the purposes of New Rishonnomic:

-- New Rishonnomic
-- InterNomic
-- All Nomics which InterNomic treats as members of itself.

The following things, and only the following things, are entities, for the purposes of New Rishonnomic:

-- All players and officers of New Rishonnomic
-- The mailing lists, if any, of all Nomics
-- The rules of New Rishonnomic (collectively called the ruleset)
-- Proposals of New Rishonnomic
-- Proposals of InterNomic
-- Anything described as being an entity by the New Rishonnomic rules.


Proposal 402
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for:
votes cast against:
abstained: everyone
Result: rejected Thu, 4 Jun 1998 15:06:54 +0200

Whitespace consists of any consecutive non-null sequence composed of any or all of the ASCII characters tabs, spaces, linefeeds, formfeeds, carriage returns, and vertical tabs (which are "whitespace characters"). Any given whitespace in a rule is not part of a rule and may be changed without changing the rule (ie, for display purposes).

However and additionally, the breakdown of a rule into English paragraphs, sentences, and words IS part of the rule, and whitespace in a rule may not be changed in such a way as to alter said breakdown, without a rule change (ie, proposal). All of these units (words, sentences, and paragraphs) exist as per their normal English definitions, though this rule does not require rules to be in English.


Proposal 403 (cosmetic)
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for:
votes cast against:
abstained: everyone
Result: rejected Thu, 4 Jun 1998 15:06:54 +0200

--Create a rule with the text:
When RC401 exists, replace in it the text "All Nomics which InterNomic treats as members of itself." with the text "All things which InterNomic treats as member Nomics.", with the period.

Proposal 404 (cosmetic)
Proposed by Kolja
votes cast for: Kolja
votes cast against:
abstained: everyone except Kolja
Result: adopted Thu, 4 Jun 1998 15:06:54 +0200

Amend RC326 by replacing the string "a vote, a proposal or a judgement" with "a vote, a proposal, a point of order, a statement for judgement or a judgement".

Proposal 405
Proposed by Kolja
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:46:03 +0200 (DFT)

Amend RC360C by appending as a new paragraph the following text:

When a judge fails to deliver judgement within the time limit set by other rules, e loses |25|.


Proposal 406 (cosmetic)
Proposed by Kolja
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:46:03 +0200 (DFT)

Amend RC398 by removing the string "Each player is an entity. Internomic is an entity. Other rules may define other entities."

[This brings RC398 in line with the new RC401.]


Proposal 407 (cosmetic)
Proposed by Kolja
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:46:03 +0200 (DFT)

Amend RC360B by replacing the string "When a proposal is adopted" with "When a non-cosmetic proposal is adopted".

Proposal 408
Proposed by Frank
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Fri, 12 Jun 1998 20:46:30 +0200 (DFT)

New Rishonnomic has a map. It is the Cartographer's duty to keep this map accurate. E must do so at least once a week.

The map consists of squares. A square's placement on the map depends on its x and y coordinates, which can only be integer numbers between -7 and +7, inclusive. The placement of a square can be given as (x,y).

Squares are
equal if both have the same (x,y) placement.
directly adjacent if one has the placement (x,y) while the other has one of the following placements: (x-1,y), (x+1,y), (x,y-1) or (x,y+1).
diagonally adjacent if one has the placement (x,y) while the other has one of the following placements: (x-1,y-1), (x-1,y+1), (x+1,y-1), (x+1,y+1).
adjacent if they are either directly or diagonally adjacent.

The squares A and B are connected if they are either directly adjacent or both connected to a square C. (This is recursive, of course).

The current Cartographer is Frank Schmidt.


Proposal 409
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja, Michal
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:49:26 +0200 (DFT)

Whitespace consists of any consecutive non-null sequence composed of any or all of the ASCII characters tabs, spaces, linefeeds, formfeeds, carriage returns, and vertical tabs (which are "whitespace characters"). Any given whitespace in a rule is not part of a rule and may be changed without changing the rule (ie, for display purposes).

However and additionally, the breakdown of a rule into English paragraphs, sentences, and words IS part of the rule, and whitespace in a rule may not be changed in such a way as to alter said breakdown, without a rule change (ie, proposal). All of these units (words, sentences, and paragraphs) exist as per their normal English definitions, though this rule does not require rules to be in English.


Proposal 410
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Dan, Frank,
votes cast against: Kolja,
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:49:26 +0200 (DFT)

--Create a rule with the text:

When RC401 exists, replace in it the text "All Nomics which InterNomic treats as members of itself." with the text "All things which InterNomic treats as member Nomics.", with the period.


Proposal 411
Proposed by Kolja
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja, Michal
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:49:26 +0200 (DFT)

Amend RC325 to read:

The winner is the first player to achieve 231 (positive) points. If more than one player achieves this condition simultaneously, all such players win.

After such a win has occurred, the following things happen:
-All players' scores are divided by two (fractions rounded down).
-All winners' scores are divided by two, again (fractions rounded down).
-All winners receive |500|.
-All winners who have not previously won the game for a period of at least four weeks gain five bonus votes.
-The game continues. All rules and proposed rule changes retain the status they had when the win occured.

Give the rule the title "Winning by scoring".

[Comments: It may or may not be nice to be able to exchange the speaker; but a speaker change should not be coupled to an unrelated "random" event like a win.

I would also like non-winners to retain some of their scores after a win has occurred. Note that not resetting the winners' scores to 0 can be dangerous if other automatic score changes are introduced (see the crash of .Nomic), but that shouldn't be a problem for NRn at the moment.

I also think it is appropriate to give winners a reward in addition to the honor of winning; extra votes are a mechanism which is defined in the rules, but not used yet.

I have removed the concept of "end of game", because I don't think it has any constructive purpose.]


Proposal 412
Proposed by Kolja
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja, Michal
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:49:26 +0200 (DFT)

--Create a new rule with the text:

Players can buy squares on New Rishonnomic's map.

They can only buy squares that are not already owned by other players, and not more than two squares per week.

When this rule is created, the price of squares is set to |250|. The cartographer can change this price. E may not do so more than once per week, and e may not change the price by more than ten percent at a time. A square price change takes effect one week after it was publically announced by the Cartographer.

To buy a square the buyer sends a message to all players that states which square e wants to buy. The square enters the buyer's ownership as soon as the Cartographer has publically announced that the square was still available for sale, and the Treasurer has publically confirmed the ability of the buyer to pay for the square, and transferred the price for the square from the player to the NRn bank.

--Amend RC408 by deleting the strings "It is the Cartographer's duty to keep this map accurate. E must do so at least once a week." and "The current Cartographer is Frank Schmidt.".

--Give RC408 the title "The Map".

--Create a new rule with the title "The Cartographer" and the text:

The Cartographer is an officer of New Rishonnomic.

The Cartographer is responsible for keeping the NRn map up to date.

E sends a map survey to all players at least once a fortnight. Instead of mailing it, e may also make the map survey accessible to all players by other means. The map survey contains
- the current square price,
- information about future price changes (as available)
- all information necessary to reconstruct the complete NRn map, in a form considered appropriate by the Cartographer
- the ownership of the squares on the map
- and all map related changes that occured since the last map survey was published.

The Cartographer of New Rishonnomic is Frank Schmidt.

--Create a new rule with the title "The Cartographer's salary" and the text:

On the first day of each month, the Cartographer of New Rishonnomic receives a salary of three points.


Proposal 413
Proposed by Frank
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja, Michal
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:26:59 +0200 (DFT)

This is a modest proposal.

--Amend RC408 by appending a paragraph with the YES- delimited text to its end.

YES
The expression "squares (a,b) through (p,q)", with a and p replaced by legal x and b and q replaced by legal y coordinates, means all squares with an x coordinate between a and p, inclusive, and an y coordinate between b and q, inclusive.
YES


Proposal 414
Proposed by Frank
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:26:59 +0200 (DFT)

--Amend RC412A by replacing the string "owned by other players" with "owned by other entities" in its second paragraph.

--Create a rule with the title "Non-player landowners" and the WOODS-delimited text.

WOODS
There is an entity known as "The Center". It owns the squares (-1,-1) through (+1,+1), which are known as "The Arcades". The Arcades serve as a general meeting location.

There is an entity known as "The Woods". When this rule is created, it owns the squares (-7,-7) through (+7,+7) except for the squares (-4,-4) through (+4,+4).

If, when this rule comes into effect, a player owns a square which is given to "The Center" or to "The Woods" by this rule, the player's ownership of this square is replaced by the ownership of a random square which is not yet owned by any entity. This task is to be done by the Cartographer within a week, in any order e decides, and this paragraph repeals itself when the task is completed.
WOODS


Proposal 415
Proposed by Michal
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja, Michal
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:26:59 +0200 (DFT)

Create a rule with the title "Taxes" stating:

All players pay taxes to New Rishonnomic Bank first day of each month, at noon GMT. Tax of given player is 20% of all his R$ or 20R$, whichever is higher.

[This comment is not a part of the proposal. I make this proposal to encourage players (including myself :-) to be more active. Adopting 6 of your proposals monthly will negate the effect of the tax.]


Proposal 416
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Frank
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)
(note: this fails to do anything, as RC107 is immutable)

--Amend RC107 as follows:

Between the first and second sentences, insert the sentence "The proposed rule change, in this written-down form, is a proposal."


Proposal 417
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Frank
votes cast against: Kolja
abstained: all others
Result: rejected Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)

--Amend RC337 as follows:

Between the text "When a proposal causes a new rule to be created," and the text "the rule will be given a reference code equal to the number", insert the text "and the proposal did not specify a reference code for it,".

After the second paragraph, add as a third paragraph the text "If a proposal, in creating a rule, specifies the reference code it is to have (which it may do), the rule is given that reference code.


Proposal 418
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Frank
votes cast against: Kolja
abstained: all others
Result: rejected Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)

--Create a rule with the following BELLMAN-delimited text:

BELLMAN
Anything describeable or referrable to and not a property of something else is a 'thing' (yes, this terminology bootstraps itself).

Entities are part of the game state.

Things which are not part of the game state cannot affect the game state directly (although they may have some real-life influence on things which are, such as players), except in the single case of people who are joining the game as per RC313.

Things or properties cannot become entities merely by being referred to in rules but not named as such. Their entityhood must be explicitly declared.

Properties of entities can also be part of the game state (relationships between entities are considered properties); in this case, and only in this case, the properties are considered 'significant'. The ownership of one thing by another is a significant property. The location of something is a significant property. The past state of a property is never significant, only its state at the moment.

The rules may define things which are part of the game state, but nothing is part of the game state unless the rules explicitly state that it is.

SQUONK
The word which is delimiting this paragraph has no game effect other than its presence. It is there so that a rule in another proposal can recognize this one.
SQUONK
BELLMAN


Proposal 419
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Frank
votes cast against: Kolja
abstained: all others
Result: rejected Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)

--Create a rule with the following SNARK-delimited text:

SNARK
Not every square on the map necessarily exists. Each player should have a home square, and the rules may specify methods for squares to be created, or squares which exist (referring to a square as existing counts as specifying that it exists).

However, no rule may permit a square to be created with the same coordinates as another square which already exists, and no rule may change the coordinates of a square to coincide with those of another square.

If any player does not have a home square, e may create one at any valid location at which a square does not already exist by publically anouncing the fact along with the square's name and color. At this time, the player's location is set to that of eir home square. Initially, players do not have home squares.

The color which a player specifies per the preceding paragraph must be a color which no other square is, at the time that e picks it.
SNARK

--Create another rule, with the following BOOJUM-delimited text:

BOOJUM
Squares on the map have colors. Player-created squares are created in the color of their home squares unless otherwise specified (which players cannot do unless so permitted by some other rule). Other rules may specify a color for other squares; squares which exist with otherwise-unspecified colors are white.
BOOJUM

--Amend RC414 by adding the text "Squares owned by The Woods are forest-green. Squares in The Arcade are sky blue." as a new paragraph, at the end.

--Create another rule, with the following QBERT-delimited text:

QBERT
Players have locations. If any player does not have a location, eir location is set to that of eir home square if it exists, or to (0,0,0) if it does not.

Player locations are of the same type as the locations of map squares except that players also have z-coordinates, which are integers from -7 to 7, inclusive. Player locations can be given in the form (x,y), in which case the z-coordinate thus specified is 0, and they can also be given in the form (x,y,z).

If a player's location is (x,y), e is said to be 'on' or 'in' any square which is located at (x,y). A player at (x,y,z), where z > 0, is 'above' or 'over' any square at (x,y), and a player at (x,y,z) with z < 0 is 'below' or 'under' it.

The terms of 'direct adjacency' and 'diagonal adjacency' apply between any objects with integral x and y coordinates and z coordinates of zero.

Players at any location (x,y,0) may jump from one square to any directly-adjacent square which exists, or jump in place on their current square. When a player jumps, if eir location is (x,y,z) it becomes (x,y,z+1) until e lands (which e may do as an action, or implicitly by jumping again, or which happens automatically at the end of eir current email message), when it becomes the location of his destination square, or (x,y,z) again if e jumped in place.
QBERT

--Create another rule, with the title "The GPS" and the following COILY-delimited text:

COILY
The GPS is an officer of New Rishonnomic and is responsible for keeping track of the locations of all players.

E sends a master directory to all players at least once a fortnight. Instead of mailing it, e may also make the master directory accessible to all players by other means. The master directory contains sufficient information to determine the current locations of all players.

The GPS of New Rishonnomic is Dan Knapp.
COILY

--Create another rule, with the title "The GPS's Salary" and the following LEFTY-delimited text:

LEFTY
On the first day of each month, the GPS of New Rishonnomic receives a salary of four points.
LEFTY

--Create yet another rule, with the following RIGHTY-delimited text:

RIGHTY
At any given time, the current locations of things are part of the game state, but their past locations are not.

If there are any rules which contain two instances of the word 'SQUONK', delete those instances and all the text between them, and repeal this rule (all simultaneously).
RIGHTY


Proposal 420
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Frank
votes cast against: Kolja
abstained: all others
Result: rejected Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)

--Create a rule with the following SMURF-delimited text:

SMURF
A proposal may place conditions on the actions it performs. For example, a player may write a proposal which states that it creates a rule IFF a previous proposal passed, and otherwise does nothing.
SMURF

[Suggested placement: right after RC107.]


Proposal 421
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Frank, Michal
votes cast against: Kolja (twice)
abstained: all others
Result: rejected Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)

When submitting a proposal to the speaker, a player may specify that it is a 'rush' proposal. Rush proposals have prescribed voting periods of three days rather than one week; this takes precedence over RC205.

Proposal 422
Proposed by Michal
votes cast for: Frank, Kolja, Michal
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)

Transmute RC104 into mutable rule.

Proposal 423
Proposed by Michal
votes cast for: Frank, Kolja, Michal
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)

--Add the title "The Speaker of New Rishonnomic" to this rule.

--Change the rule to sound:

"The Speaker is an officer of New Rishonnomic.
The Speaker is Klaus Herrmann.

Every 1st October and 2nd April, the term of a Speaker ends. When the term ends, the Speaker is obliged to start election of a new Speaker within 10 days.

The term also ends when at least one of the following events happens:
- the Speaker resigns,
- the Speaker is considered a missing player.

If the Speaker is considered a missing player, the election is organized by the Internomic liaison. If the Internomic liaison fails to do this, one of the following officers is chosen to organize the election, in that order:
- the Treasurer,
- the Pointer,
- the Cartographer,
- any other officer.

Until the election is completed the former Speaker is still responsible for Speaker's duties and has all Speaker's privileges.

To become a candidate for the Speaker's office, one must:
- be a member of New Rishonnomic for at least 6 months,
- not be a missing player for at least 6 months,
- submit his willingness to the Speaker before the start of the election. The Speaker election is voting described below:
- a legal voter for this voting is a person, who has been a member of New Rishonnomic for at least 3 months,
- each legal voter may cast not more than one vote,
- all legal voters may vote only for a person being a candidate for the Speaker's office,
- the former Speaker cannot consent.

This rule takes precedence over all referring to voting.

When the voting is finished, this rule is changed by replacing former Speaker's name with the name of the new one.

[This comment is not a part of the proposal. I make this proposal to regulate the possibility of changing the Speaker of our Nomic, which would not be possible after adopting P411.

If you feel that 6-month term is too short, I am willing too issue a proper amendment quickly.

I intend to make immutable again as soon as this is adopted.]


Proposal 424
Proposed by Michal
votes cast for: Michal
votes cast against: Kolja
abstained: all others
Result: rejected Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)

Amend RC352 by replacing:

"If the player accepts the PO as correct, then the voter who submitted the PO gains 2 points. If the player rejects the PO, the voter who submitted it loses 1 point."

with:

"If the officer accepts the PO as correct, then he must pay 20 Rishonnes to the player, who submitted the PO, as quickly as he has enough Rishonnes. If the officer rejects the PO, the player who submitted it must pay 10 Rishonnes to the officer, as quickly as he has enough Rishonnes."

[This comment is not a part of the proposal.
I think that:
1) Rishonnes are more valuable reward, when P411 is adopted.
2) The one, who errs, should pay, not the NRn bank.]


Proposal 425(cosmetic)
Proposed by Michal
votes cast for: Michal, Kolja
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:07:50 +0200 (DFT)

Amend RC214 by adding to the end:

"If the judgement is to decide correctness of a PO, the officer who is responsible for the errors presented in the PO, must not be chosen to judge this PO."


Proposal 426
Proposed by Kolja
votes cast for: Kolja, Michal
votes cast against: Dan, Frank
abstained: all others
Result: rejected Wed, 24 Jun 1998 20:46:44 +0200 (DFT)

Amend RC325 by replacing "231" with "100".

Proposal 427
Proposed by Frank
votes cast for: Dan, Frank
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Wed, 24 Jun 1998 20:46:44 +0200 (DFT)

In case no player currently has more than 50 points, apply the following changes:
Andrew Stefanski gains 68 points.
Klaus Herrmanns gains 60.5 points, |500| and 5 bonus votes.
Dan Knapp gains 42.5 points.
Michal Kaczmarek gains 22.5 points.
Frank Schmidt gains 22.5 points.
Lance Brown gains 1 point.

Proposal 428
Proposed by Dan
votes cast for: Dan, Frank, Kolja, Michal
votes cast against:
abstained: all others
Result: adopted Wed, 24 Jun 1998 20:46:44 +0200 (DFT)

--Repeal RC410.

[Sigh...]