The way I explain it is this: You should be able to remove all the marking stones from the koans, tell a third party the rule and have them correctly mark each koan based on what they see. This demonstrates the invalidity of temporal rules, hidden information, etc. -----Original Message----- From: icehouse-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:icehouse-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elliott C. Evans Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 1:23 PM To: Icehouse Discussion List Subject: Re: [Icehouse] Fifth Pyramid Color? Christopher H. wrote: > > Sorry to throw the rulebook at you, but it's only logical that > > Spock would ask the master a question. > > The Spock Rule assumes Spock *is* the master. Spock should be able > to correctly mark the koan, just looking at it, knowing no details > of its construction and using only what he can see. Ah! Good catch. Now I see what you were getting at. Another good name for this rule would be the Fair Witness rule. That would avoid referencing possibly trademarked characters. =^> -- Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans eeyore@xxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Icehouse mailing list Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse