219:1 VALID, +1.3 style

From: Ed Murphy (emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com)
Date: Tue Nov 25 2003 - 12:51:53 PST


On 2003.11.23 05:47 Matthew Cooper wrote:

> 1+ Each sentence immediately preceded by a number and a plus sign is
> considered to be a single restriction.
> 2+ Bob is a nanobot.
> 3+ Each nanobot is capable of performing a single action in each rule.
> 4+ One definition of an action is the addition of a new restriction.
> 5+ One definition of an action is the modification of an existing
> restriction.
> 6+ A tag is text contained within square brackets, consisting of a
> property-value pair separated by a colon.
> 7+ Tags may be added and removed without requiring the action of a nanobot.
> 8+ The nanobot responsible for performing an action must be identified in a
> tag (with the property name 'R') at the end of that action, for the duration
> of the rule in which that action took place.
> 9+ All rules must conform to the restrictions specified in the previous
> valid rule, as well as to those it puts in force itself.
> 10+ Charlotte is a nanobot. [R:Bob]

I'm going to be nice and interpret 219:1 as satisfying the first part
of 219:1.9 vacuously, since there is no previous valid rule.  VALID.

+1.0  Follows theme
+0.5  Newbie bonus
-0.1  219:1.9 is redundant (Regular Ordinances already require rules to
         obey all previous valid rules)
-0.1  219:1.9 attempts to refer to a nonexistent previous valid rule

+1.3  Total


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