From: Steve Gardner (gardner_at_sng.its.monash.edu.au)
Date: Wed Mar 19 2003 - 16:52:44 PST
On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Jeff Weston (Sir Toby) wrote: > On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Steve Gardner wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Karl Low wrote: > > > > > Not to horn in on the judge on eir first time or anything, but this > > > rule seems to me to be inconsistent with the R.O's > > > > Why, Karl? > > > > The Judge will now hear arguments. > > Well, not being Karl, I don't know his exact reason why. However, being > the rule's author, I have a vested interest in figuring out Karl's > objection, and submitting my own arguments. I imagine the culprit here is > RO #6: > > 6. Judge. The Judge is responsible for interpreting the ordinances and > determining the validity of fantasy rules. If a fantasy rule is > inconsistent with itself, previously posted valid fantasy rules, or > the regular ordinances, then the Judge shall declare that rule invalid > or unsuccesful, otherwise e shall declare it valid. > > I guess there could be a potential conflict with how my 205:1 tries to > regulate how inconsistencies between fantasy rules are handled. In > particular, I specify that under certain circumstances, certain > inconsistencies within the fantasy rules can be ignored. Basically, my > rule can be thought of as introducing a refined definition for > inconsistencies. Specifically, I introduce a mechanism where some > inconsistencies are not treated as inconsistencies for the purpose of RO # > 6. > > Nowhere in my rule do I attempt to change the judging process as specified > by RO #6. I do provide a more refined version, or interpretation, of > inconsistent, but the ROs don't provide a definition for inconsistent > themselves. The interpretation of inconsistent has generally been left up > to the Judge. I feel that there is also room for fantasy rules themselves > to specify how inconsistent can be interpreted. I agree. I'll wait to hear from Karl before making an official judgement. However, at the moment my intention is to Judge the Rule VALID. -- Steve Gardner | School of Computer Science | I've only just realized and Software Engineering | how self-conscious I am. gardner_at_sng.its.monash.edu.au | -- Rule Date: 2003-03-20 00:53:03 GMT
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