Quoththe RavenMiami, FL FOR REALRegistered Userregular
edited June 2008
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Sitting in his office, Commander Sam Vimes got the distinct feeling that he was being watched. Given that he was commander of the Watch in Ankh-Morpork, this might have been considered normal; however, as far as he was concerned there was only one person who should be watching the Watchmen, and that was him. He certainly wasn't watching himself, so something must be wrong.
The feeling disappeared just before there was a polite knock at the door. It was the kind of knock that asked to be ignored, soft enough that it might not be heard but loud enough that it could later be honestly insisted that the knocker had tried. Only one of the Watch members knocked like that.
"What is it, Fred?" Vimes called out wearily.
The door opened a crack and Sergeant Colon eased his head into the room. He was red in the face and sweating profusely, which tended to happen whenever he came up the stairs at more than a brisk saunter.
"Trouble at the museum, sir," Colon panted. "Mobs running a muck, maybe two or three of them." He hesitated, his mouth half open as if to say something else.
"And?" Vimes asked.
"We-e-ell," Colon continued. "Some of the lookers-on thought they saw dead bodies, only they didn't quite stay dead."
"What, you mean zombi--er, differently living persons like Constable Shoe?"
"Not so much that, sir, as the bodies up and vanished. Poof, like a wizard did it."
Vimes sighed and leaned back in his chair. He was supposed to meet his wife Sybil for some kind of fancy dinner, which no doubt involved him dressing in fancy clothes and making fancy talk with fancy people. He was fairly certain that his absence would incite all sorts of comments from the lords and ladies in attendance.
"I'll look into this personally, Fred," Vimes said, a beatific smile slowly spreading across his face.
Tick
"What is it now?" snapped Mr White. A hot sensation kept occurring in his face. He wasn't sure what humans called it, but for now he called it Hot Sensation in the Face Due to Things Not Going According to Plan. He had not been corporeal long enough to give it a shorter name.
"The keepers of law and order have arrived," Miss Tangerine said. "They are requesting that everyone go outside with their upper extremities raised."
"If we did that, how could we ensure that the plan succeeded?" Mr White replied.
"But they are law and order," Miss Tangerine said timidly. She was currently experiencing a sensation she called Apprehension Due to Conveying Information That Will Displease Mr White.
"Perhaps we could send each entity out individually," Mr Green suggested. "That will allow us enough time to see that the plan is completed."
"This idea has merit," Mr White acknowledged. Mr Green's face grew red with Pleasant Sensation from Being Considered Useful.
"How shall we decide who to send outside?" Miss Taupe asked.
"We shall vote, of course," Mr White said. "Whoever wins the vote must go outside."
The other Auditors nodded in agreement. This seemed to be a logical solution.
"Who shall we send out first?" asked Mr Indigo Violet. The assembled crowd of Auditors turned to face him in unison, and their mouths turned up at the corners. He was not certain what that meant, but it gave him a strange sensation in his stomach. He decided, upon reflection, that the sensation did not please him.
And then, of course, he didn't have time for further reflection, because he was busy flying through the window and plummeting to the ground below.
Tick
PMS ARE GOING OUT NOW. YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED.
Greetings! Who should we throw out the other window?
I have an equally important query. From which window shall we throw them? Our act of throwing has two variables; both the person and the window. Focusing excessively on the first variable is not logical.
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Quoththe RavenMiami, FL FOR REALRegistered Userregular
edited June 2008
GREETINGS, MORTALS.
ALL ROLE PMS HAVE BEEN SENT. IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE ONE, PLEASE LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
THE OP HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE VILLAGER ROLE PM.
IF YOU SHOULD HAVE A QUESTION, DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK.
The real question is, what color will the humans take? If I may suggest that we all immediately grab colors, there is a chance we could head someone off at the pass when they take a color that is all too similar to one of our own.
The real question is, what color will the humans take? If I may suggest that we all immediately grab colors, there is a chance we could head someone off at the pass when they take a color that is all too similar to one of our own.
MaximusEngineer of the HarbingerEngine RoomRegistered Userregular
edited June 2008
I am filled with a something that does not know, I believe humans in their nature must feel like they need to be impulsive, they might simply pick a color at random.
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El SkidThe frozen white northRegistered Userregular
edited June 2008
One continues to find all this speak of "I" to be extremely illogical. We are who we always have been, assuming we are viewing time as a continuum now, as we seem to be.
All of this continues to be very confusing to this...one.
I am filled with a something that does not know, I believe humans in their nature must feel like they need to be impulsive, they might simply pick a color at random.
Should they choose at random, they will probably be too close or the same as one of our fellows, then it is a 50-50 chance. Not great, but I never said it was a perfect system.
Skid, you seem a bit glum, maybe... colorless.[/COLOR]
One is unable to post in one's colour of choice, and so one has decided therefore to post in colourless fashion, as is only logical.
One is somehow feeling somewhat... indescribable towards the one who is questioning one so. The hair above one's right eye is somehow desiring to raise itself. Interesting.
Skid, you seem a bit glum, maybe... colorless.[/COLOR]
One is unable to post in one's colour of choice, and so one has decided therefore to post in colourless fashion, as is only logical.
One is somehow feeling somewhat... indescribable towards the one who is questioning one so. The hair above one's right eye is somehow desiring to raise itself. Interesting.
It must be a very complex color to not be in the bountiful database here...
Plaid is not a color, it is an abstract concept with no defined wavelength.
The naming code we have adopted does not include patterns. His deviation from conformity is unacceptable.
There is no need to recant your past statement. Also, our naming code hasn't been totally defined. I'm tempted to follow along with you though. I have a feeling that the color system will fail us, or this challenge is too easy.
He said abstract colors, for what color is there that isn't part of the spectrum?
Plaid is not a color, it is an abstract concept with no defined wavelength.
Ahh, truly, abstract colours was said. The contrast of green was poor against the background, thus rendering the text hard to read. Similar to how blue is poorly contrasted.
The nature of these posts is to communicate, not obscure. Despite blue being the assigned colour, blue has been abandoned for the sake of communication and clarity because it is not logical to write in poorly contrasted colours. The green text serves only to lower contrast to unacceptable levels, thus defeating the very purpose of these posts and yet subsequent posts persist in being written in green.
Greetings fellow auditors. I am experiencing a strange physical phenomena: my breathing is slowing and my eyes are slowly closing without my consent. I believe the humans call this being "tired."
It's quite disturbing.
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El SkidThe frozen white northRegistered Userregular
edited June 2008
One will point out at this point that one's colour is within the standard gamut of colours, and when one states that one is unable to post in that colour, one merely means that one's colour is used for other things.
If another one claims one's colour of choice, one will point this out to the rest of the ones that this has occurred.
Edit: If the one whose favorite colour is the other colour in use (one could call it "reserved") would contact me, one would appreciate it, as it would allow one to be able to be more certain that the other one is on one's team, and potentially allow one to find an imposter if they choose to try to fool one.
You're drawn to my eccentric Brawl Code: 4596 9143 4529
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El SkidThe frozen white northRegistered Userregular
edited June 2008
One also would like to point out that one currently has a 25% chance of being fooled by another one who wishes to mislead one by pretending that they have investigated one and found that one is not human, whereas any other ones who have made their favorite colour clear have a 50% chance of being fooled.
Voting for your accuser is an Ad Homiem attack and not a defense.
Ad Homiem is a logical fallacy.
Subsequently, the implication is that those who votes for their accusers are performing "ad hominem", and thus illogical attacks?
Let us assume that the statement is indeed logically correct.
Then, suppose the situation arises where one accuses everyone else. Under no circumstances then, can anyone vote for the accuser without having been seen to commit a logical fallacy. Thus, as illogical acts are shown to be undesirable, this gives the accuser immunity from voting.
This clearly an absurd situation.
It has thus been proven, using reductio ad absurdum, that the implications which arise from the aforementioned statement creates an absurd situation.
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the sweet life
I like the way you think! Be done in a few hours.
Pfft, who needs to work on their thesis anyway?
The fifth elephant.
Oh wait, wrong book >_<
Sitting in his office, Commander Sam Vimes got the distinct feeling that he was being watched. Given that he was commander of the Watch in Ankh-Morpork, this might have been considered normal; however, as far as he was concerned there was only one person who should be watching the Watchmen, and that was him. He certainly wasn't watching himself, so something must be wrong.
The feeling disappeared just before there was a polite knock at the door. It was the kind of knock that asked to be ignored, soft enough that it might not be heard but loud enough that it could later be honestly insisted that the knocker had tried. Only one of the Watch members knocked like that.
"What is it, Fred?" Vimes called out wearily.
The door opened a crack and Sergeant Colon eased his head into the room. He was red in the face and sweating profusely, which tended to happen whenever he came up the stairs at more than a brisk saunter.
"Trouble at the museum, sir," Colon panted. "Mobs running a muck, maybe two or three of them." He hesitated, his mouth half open as if to say something else.
"And?" Vimes asked.
"We-e-ell," Colon continued. "Some of the lookers-on thought they saw dead bodies, only they didn't quite stay dead."
"What, you mean zombi--er, differently living persons like Constable Shoe?"
"Not so much that, sir, as the bodies up and vanished. Poof, like a wizard did it."
Vimes sighed and leaned back in his chair. He was supposed to meet his wife Sybil for some kind of fancy dinner, which no doubt involved him dressing in fancy clothes and making fancy talk with fancy people. He was fairly certain that his absence would incite all sorts of comments from the lords and ladies in attendance.
"I'll look into this personally, Fred," Vimes said, a beatific smile slowly spreading across his face.
Tick
"What is it now?" snapped Mr White. A hot sensation kept occurring in his face. He wasn't sure what humans called it, but for now he called it Hot Sensation in the Face Due to Things Not Going According to Plan. He had not been corporeal long enough to give it a shorter name.
"The keepers of law and order have arrived," Miss Tangerine said. "They are requesting that everyone go outside with their upper extremities raised."
"If we did that, how could we ensure that the plan succeeded?" Mr White replied.
"But they are law and order," Miss Tangerine said timidly. She was currently experiencing a sensation she called Apprehension Due to Conveying Information That Will Displease Mr White.
"Perhaps we could send each entity out individually," Mr Green suggested. "That will allow us enough time to see that the plan is completed."
"This idea has merit," Mr White acknowledged. Mr Green's face grew red with Pleasant Sensation from Being Considered Useful.
"How shall we decide who to send outside?" Miss Taupe asked.
"We shall vote, of course," Mr White said. "Whoever wins the vote must go outside."
The other Auditors nodded in agreement. This seemed to be a logical solution.
"Who shall we send out first?" asked Mr Indigo Violet. The assembled crowd of Auditors turned to face him in unison, and their mouths turned up at the corners. He was not certain what that meant, but it gave him a strange sensation in his stomach. He decided, upon reflection, that the sensation did not please him.
And then, of course, he didn't have time for further reflection, because he was busy flying through the window and plummeting to the ground below.
Tick
PMS ARE GOING OUT NOW. YOUR PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED.
ALL ROLE PMS HAVE BEEN SENT. IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE ONE, PLEASE LODGE A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEITY OF YOUR CHOICE.
THE OP HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE VILLAGER ROLE PM.
IF YOU SHOULD HAVE A QUESTION, DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK.
!vote Cold Salmon and Hatred
All of this continues to be very confusing to this...one.
Should they choose at random, they will probably be too close or the same as one of our fellows, then it is a 50-50 chance. Not great, but I never said it was a perfect system.
Skid, you seem a bit glum, maybe... colorless.
One is unable to post in one's colour of choice, and so one has decided therefore to post in colourless fashion, as is only logical.
One is somehow feeling somewhat... indescribable towards the one who is questioning one so. The hair above one's right eye is somehow desiring to raise itself. Interesting.
It must be a very complex color to not be in the bountiful database here...
That is a problem. Alternating colors in such a way that a wall of text appears plaid may in fact be a good idea.
Carry on then, my idea is doomed.
Intriguing. Abstract concepts are absurd? The argument can be made that it is but a human concept.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnaQXJmpwM4
Humans are illogical. Illogical actions are absurd. This is the very premise of our current activities!
This one is left no logical choice but to assume you are illogical, therefor: !vote eecc.
Plaid is not a color, it is an abstract concept with no defined wavelength.
The naming code we have adopted does not include patterns. His deviation from conformity is unacceptable.
There is no need to recant your past statement. Also, our naming code hasn't been totally defined. I'm tempted to follow along with you though. I have a feeling that the color system will fail us, or this challenge is too easy.
Ahh, truly, abstract colours was said. The contrast of green was poor against the background, thus rendering the text hard to read. Similar to how blue is poorly contrasted.
The nature of these posts is to communicate, not obscure. Despite blue being the assigned colour, blue has been abandoned for the sake of communication and clarity because it is not logical to write in poorly contrasted colours. The green text serves only to lower contrast to unacceptable levels, thus defeating the very purpose of these posts and yet subsequent posts persist in being written in green.
Hence, illogical acts are being performed.
Hence, it is deduced: !vote DevoutlyApathetic
Ad Homiem is a logical fallacy.
It's quite disturbing.
If another one claims one's colour of choice, one will point this out to the rest of the ones that this has occurred.
Edit: If the one whose favorite colour is the other colour in use (one could call it "reserved") would contact me, one would appreciate it, as it would allow one to be able to be more certain that the other one is on one's team, and potentially allow one to find an imposter if they choose to try to fool one.
You're drawn to my eccentric Brawl Code: 4596 9143 4529
One is content with one's decision for now.
Subsequently, the implication is that those who votes for their accusers are performing "ad hominem", and thus illogical attacks?
Let us assume that the statement is indeed logically correct.
Then, suppose the situation arises where one accuses everyone else. Under no circumstances then, can anyone vote for the accuser without having been seen to commit a logical fallacy. Thus, as illogical acts are shown to be undesirable, this gives the accuser immunity from voting.
This clearly an absurd situation.
It has thus been proven, using reductio ad absurdum, that the implications which arise from the aforementioned statement creates an absurd situation.
Hence, the statement is absurd.