If a student gets so frustrated with a master that he uses a pyramid to inflict bodily harm on said master namely sticking it where the virtual sun (beamed or otherwise) don't shine which Spock rule is that ? Sent from my iPhone , that's why there are typo's. Smart phone but not smart thumbs. On Aug 4, 2011, at 3:59 PM, "shadowfirebird@gmail" <shadowfirebird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Then the rules that are too hard should ideally be disallowed, and the ones that aren't shouldn't be. > > BTW your second example fails the spock rule... > > ----- Original message ----- >> Shadowfirebird <shadowfirebird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> If we're agreed that it is a poor rule, then rather than trying to >>> decide >>> whether it is valid according to the One True Rules (which is at best >>> academic), maybe we should be trying to find an interpretation of the >>> rules >>> that makes it invalid. Or, the problem with the rules as written which >>> means it is valid when it should not be. >> >> Here's the thing--I don't think it should be invalid. It's a reductio >> example of of a too hard rule, but there are plenty of other rules in >> that spectrum that are, and should be valid rules. >> >> Depending on what direction you"re going, rules in that spectrum which >> aren't necessarily too hard are: >> >> Bn iff consists of a single stack, and that stack is in alphabetical >> order by color. (Violet = violet, clear = clear) >> >> Bn iff the koan contains a color that was present on the shirt I was >> wearing when the game started. >> >> Bn iff it exactly matches the starting koan. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Icehouse mailing list >> Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse > > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse