Rule 84:1	Dan Knapp	VALID		Style +0.5
Rule 84:2	Dan Knapp	UNSUCCESSFUL
Rule 84:3	Andre Engels	OUT OF TIME

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Rule 84:1

> >>>>>>
>   It was a typical day at the office.  Fred was organizing his Rolodex
> Cards, and had just gotten up to the 'Q's.  He was almost done with them,
> until he noticed that there were two cards for 'Qzapple Industries'.
>   All future rules must mention a new trivial problem that Fred
> encounters, and explain how he solved the problem in the last rule.
> <<<<<<

Validity : this is a first Rule. Almost nothing could go wrong, right ?

Style : I'd hoped for something more imaginative. +.5 for being the first
to post a Rule, +.5 for starting off in an office setting appropriate to
the Theme, -.5 for unimaginative round pattern and initial restriction.

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Rule 84:2

> >>>>>>
>   It was a typical day at the office.  Fred was organizing his Rolodex
> Cards, and had just gotten up to the 'Q's.  He was almost done with them,
> until he noticed that there were two cards for 'Qzapple Industries'.
>   All future rules must mention a new trivial problem that Fred
> encounters, and explain how he solved the problem in the last rule.
> <<<<<<

Validity: well, I'd better explain. That post was sent to the Judge's
address, and CC:ed to the list - so I received two "84:1"s. I reviewed
the ROs and nothing in there says where Rules should be sent; ordinarily
that wouldn't matter, but in _this_ round, anything that can conceivably
go wrong... will. ;)

This therefore fails for not obeying 84:01, but we're just beginning,
so I'll be lenient and rule UNSUCCESSFUL, as this was not intended to
be a second Rule. (Eligibility is not affected.)

Style: +.5 for being on theme.

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Rule 84:3

I'm afraid I'm too late already, but if not:

<<<begin rule>>>

Well, thought Fred, that shouldn't be so difficult. We just name them
'Qzapple Industries 1' and 'Qzapple Industries 2'. He tried to add the
number in the name field of the Rolodex cards, but found that there was
no ink left in his pen.

All problems are either problems with or problems caused by the solution
of the last problem, with the exception of the first problem of course.

<<<end rule>>>


(not been judged as it was indeed too late)