[Nomic] Money Money Money

[Stuart Moore]

Mike Cripps wrote:

> Stuart Moore wrote:
> 
>> Adam Biltcliffe wrote:
>>
>>> On Sep 24 2004, Stuart Moore wrote:
>>>
>>>> Proposal the creation of the rule "Screw you, Anti Capitalists"
>>>> Proposal for the creation of the rule "A job? What's that then?"
>>>> Proposal for the creation of the rule "Bureaucrats (Inc)"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Reserving judgement for now. I approve of the idea of currency or 
>>> some sort of resource to carry out game transactions with, but this 
>>> looks like a bookkeeping nightmare. How were you thinking it ought to 
>>> be tracked?
>>>
>>
>> Personally I'd add it into the autonomic system - that could certainly 
>> do the update each night at midnight automatically, and there could be 
>> a button for "multiply by 1.2" together with someone authorised to 
>> push it...
>>
>>
> I worry about making the AutoNomic too specific - you're going to have 
> to examine rules _very_ carefully to determine allowable actions. I 
> suggest just using the AutoNomic to keep track of Proposals and the ilk.
> 
> At least, that's what the system I'm thinking of shall do ;)
> 
> Mike - the real Minister of Truth

It doesn't attempt to check an action is allowable. But it does record 
who did what, so if someone plays silly buggers we can find out who and 
reset it to the correct state.

For something like a bank balance, something like that is ideal for 
keeping records, especially if there is a simple regular time based income.