From: Steve Gardner (gardner_at_sng.its.monash.edu.au)
Date: Tue Nov 26 2002 - 16:14:42 PST
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Richard S. Holmes wrote: > "Leonhard, Christian" <Christian_Leonhard_at_ADP.com> writes: > > > Where I see 197:7 as tripping up is in not satisfying 196:1's requirement > > that "each Rule in this round describe a gift or gifts that its author gives > > to FRC." > > .... > > > Of course, the judge is within his rights to decide that going out and > > purchasing gifts with money which was itself a gift from someone else is > > sufficient to qualify as giving a gift in its own right. > > Or simply that "gives" in 197:1 can be interpreted as "delivers", > without connoting that the gift is the author's. I think the gift is the author's in both senses - the act of selection in accordance with my own aesthetic sense makes the gift "from me" in an important sense, regardless of who paid for it. -- Steve Gardner | Each writer creates their own School of Computer Science | precursors. and Software Engineering | gardner_at_sng.its.monash.edu.au | -- Jorge Luis Borges -- Rule Date: 2002-11-27 00:15:08 GMT
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