Re: 219:2 VALID, +2.3 style

From: Gray Goo (graygoo_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Nov 26 2003 - 11:02:33 PST


Lol - my entry went totally awry.  219:2.7 was
intended to replace only the corresponding
restriction, and not the entire rule!  Fortunately
219:2.1 was mis-worded such that restrictions made by
nano-bots (as well as all currently existing
restrictions) can not trigger a total rule
replacement.

I feel like I'm playing Robo Rally and I just
programmed a move-forward-2 instead of a turn-left.

Jae

--- Ed Murphy <emurphy42_at_socal.rr.com> wrote:
> On 2003.11.25 11:30 jcm3_at_cec.wustl.edu wrote:
> 
> > 1+ Each sentence immediately preceded by a number
> and a minus sign is
> > considered to be a "modification," as specified in
> 219:1.1, of all
> > restrictions in all rules with the same number
> preceded by a plus sign.
> > 7+ A "modification" as specified in 219:2.1
> *replaces* the modified rules.
> > 2+ At some point, the world will be consumed by
> nanobots.
> > 31+ I, Jae at jcm3_at_cec.wustl.edu, am not a
> nanobot. [R:Charlotte]
> > 2- When this round started there was just 1
> nanobot, but the number
> > doubles (and has been doubling) every time the
> word nanobot is used in a
> > rule.
> > 11+ This restriction contains the word "nanobot."
> 
> Note the exact wording at the end of 1+.  2- does
> not modify 2+.  It would
> modify +2, if there were a +2.
> 
> Note the exact wording at the end of 7+.  If a
> 219:2.1 style modification
> modifies any part of a rule, then it replaces *that
> entire rule*.  However,
> since 2- has no +2 to modify, it does not modify any
> part of 219:2 (and so
> it does not replace 219:2).
> 
> 2- is still effective as an ordinary English
> sentence, and implies that
> there were 32 nanobots after 219:1 was posted, and
> 512 nanobots after
> 219:2 was posted.  (The word "nanobots" does not
> trigger 2-.)
> 
> VALID.
> 
> +1.0  Follows theme
> +0.5  Builds on previous rule
> +0.5  Newbie bonus
> +0.1  Abandoning uniform-increasing restriction
> numbers
> +0.1  Abandoning strict-increasing restriction
> numbers
> -0.1  Glitch in 219:1.1 makes this rule's would-be
> modification less powerful
> +0.2  Glitch in 219:1.2 makes future modifications
> more powerful
> 
> +2.3  Total
> 


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[Gray Goo Will Consume the World]


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