Re: 200:4 UNSUCCESSFUL +1.25

From: Jeff Weston (Sir Toby) (jjweston_at_kenny.sir-toby.com)
Date: Mon Jan 13 2003 - 19:29:54 PST


On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Karl Low wrote:

> To be honest, the numbering was just my mistake. I was aware of 200:3. So 
> if not VALID, this is INVALID.
> 
> I was also of the opinion that 200:3 is valid through one interpretation of 
> 200:2, while 200:4 would be valid through another interpretation, both of 
> which could be maintained at the same time as 200:2 does not specify any 
> interpretation over another - nor for that matter does 200:4 specify that 
> its interpretation supercedes that taken by 200:3.  That is, you could have 
> a rule exactly 200 characters long, have a rule that contains the phrase 
> Leonard specifies, and if 200:4 was judged VALID you could also have a rule 
> that contained an official FRC celebratory balloon; and any of these would 
> be valid.
> 
> (And should anybody manage to do all three at once, give'em a super-style 
> bonus :-)  )
> 
> Karl

I see... Well, I can see your point of view after thinking about it a bit 
further. You actually add two new methods of satisfying 200:2 without 
forcing one to take precedence, as I had originally interpreted. I'll 
revise my decision to valid.

-- 
Jeff Weston (Sir Toby)

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Rule Date: 2003-01-14 03:30:10 GMT


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