ELEMENTS D 1 D 2 POWER POINT SLIDES






























- Slides: 30

ELEMENTS D 1 & D 2 POWER POINT SLIDES Class #33 Monday, November 20, 2017 National Absurdity Day

Music to Accompany Closing Lecture Into the Wood. S Broadway Cast Album (1986) Last DF Today 2007 Q 2 (1 st Possession Analogy & Unihabited Islands) Midterms Not Complete I’ll E-Mail You When Ready with Instructions for Pick-Up and Review

2014 EXAM Q 1 C (VIRTUAL PLANETS UNDER ESCAPING ACs) RADIUM for Nick (OO) OXYGEN for Stephanie (F)

2014 Question I: Overview Online Virtual Reality Space Exploration Game • Players Colonize Planets through Virtual Agriculture, Trade, Military Action, etc. • Time Passes in Game Even if You are Offline; Can Continue to Play thru “Default Settings” • Under Game Rules, If You get Control of 100% of Planet Surface, You Own It BUT • • • Custom provides alternate mechanism thru Voting Under Game Rules, If O’s Share Falls Below 75%, Lose Ownership Court applying ACs could alter Game Rules

2014 Question IC (Escape): Overview of Events (1) Planet ZAC-3 B in middle of Ice Age; especially difficult to colonize. (2) N becomes expert in ice colonizing; falls in love w planet; spends 30 years acquiring 100% of planet; becomes owner. (3) After celebrating in real life, substantial head injuries in car accident. Drs forbade him from playing game for 3 yrs. (4) N worried about cost of hiring people to play for him; chooses to rely on default settings

2014 Question IC (Escape): Overview of Events (5) S is trader frequently on ZAC-3 B. • • • Other colonists complain to S that N inattentive S & local soldiers take over city with no interference. Game still says N = Owner S in real world finds out N’s situation (6) After massive earthquake on planet, S provides supplies in return for pledges for later help • 3 mos; S helps; gets > 25% control; Game says N not O • 3 yrs: N returns but S has 85%, eventually 100%

2014 Question IC (Escape): Radium for N(OO) Oxygen for S(F) • • Abandonment/Pursuit Time Return to NL Labor-Related Qs: • OO’s Labor Generally (Taming; Industry) • F’s Labor (Must Explain Legal Relevance)

2014 Question IC (Escape): Radium for N(OO) Oxygen for S(F) • • Abandonment/Pursuit Time Return to NL Labor-Related Qs: • • OO’s Labor Generally (Taming; Industry) F’s Labor (Must Explain Legal Relevance) QUESTIONS? Good-Bye to Radium & Oxygen

2014 EXAM Q 1 A (VIRTUAL PLANETS: CUSTOM) KRYPTONIC CIVIL WAR

2014 Exam Q 1 A (KRYPTON) D 1: Treat Custom as Law; D 2: Don’t Planetary Democracy Custom • Purpose to Speed Up Ownership When • • One person has nearly all & little opposition; unnecessary to force player to get every foot Two players both have substantial shares; avoid long expensive wasteful fight for ownership

2014 Exam Q 1 A (KRYPTON) D 1: Treat Custom as Law; D 2: Don’t Planetary Democracy Custom • • Purpose to Speed Up Ownership When (i) O neatly inevitable; or (ii) 2 players each have big share Interested players (IPs): players who have one or more characters residing or working on planet in question • • Any IP can invoke custom & call election IPs get 1 vote each Anyone who wants to be O can lobby through persuasion, circulating info, cutting deals If anyone gets 60% of vote O (other players commit to help get to 100% so game recognizes

2014 Exam Q 1 A (KRYPTON) Should Custom be Treated as Law: Assume 1 st 3 Swift Factors Easily Met • No Surprise to Outsiders • Used by Whole Industry for Long Time • Easier to Use than Existing Legal Rules (Certainty) Is the Custom Reasonable? • including Necessary for Industry under Ghen • Don’t include arguments addressed by the first thee Swift factors

2014 Exam Q 1 A (KRYPTON) D 1: Treat Custom as Law; D 2: Don’t Planetary Democracy Custom • • Purpose to Speed Up Ownership When (i) O neatly inevitable; or (ii) 2 players each have big share Interested players (IPs): players who have one or more characters residing or working on planet in question • • • Any IP can invoke custom & call election; IPs get 1 vote each Can lobby through persuasion, circulating info, cutting deals If anyone gets 60% of vote O Arguments re Reasonableness?

2014 Exam Q 1 A (KRYPTON) D 1: Treat Custom as Law; D 2: Don’t Planetary Democracy Custom • • Purpose to Speed Up Ownership When (i) O neatly inevitable; or (ii) 2 players each have big share Interested players (IPs): players who have one or more characters residing or working on planet in question • • • Any IP can invoke custom & call election; IPs get 1 vote each Can lobby through persuasion, circulating info, cutting deals If anyone gets 60% of vote O Questions? Good-Bye to Krypton

2014 Exam Q 1 A (KRYPTON) D 1: Treat Custom as Law; D 2: Don’t Description of Custom Is the Custom Reasonable? • include Necessary for Industry under Ghen • Don’t include arguments addressed by the first thee Swift factors)

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle APPLES ORANGES

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle CHARACTERISTICS GROW ON TREES? ORANGES

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle CHARACTERISTICS GROW ON TREES? TYPE OF FRUIT? ORANGES YES

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle CHARACTERISTICS ORANGES GROW ON TREES? YES TYPE OF FRUIT? YES MAKE JUICE FROM?

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle CHARACTERISTICS ORANGES GROW ON TREES? YES TYPE OF FRUIT? YES MAKE JUICE FROM? YES SEPARATABLE PEEL?

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle CHARACTERISTICS ORANGES GROW ON TREES? YES TYPE OF FRUIT? YES MAKE JUICE FROM? YES SEPARATABLE PEEL? YES CROSS-SECTION IS ROUND?

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle CHARACTERISTICS ORANGES GROW ON TREES? YES TYPE OF FRUIT? YES MAKE JUICE FROM? YES SEPARATABLE PEEL? YES CROSS-SECTION IS ROUND? YES MAJOR U. S. CASH CROP?

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle CHARACTERISTICS ORANGES GROW ON TREES? YES TYPE OF FRUIT? YES MAKE JUICE FROM? YES SEPARATABLE PEEL? YES CROSS-SECTION IS ROUND? YES MAJOR U. S. CASH CROP? YES SOURCE OF VITAMIN C?

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle CHARACTERISTICS ORANGES GROW ON TREES? YES TYPE OF FRUIT? YES MAKE JUICE FROM? YES SEPARATABLE PEEL? YES CROSS-SECTION IS ROUND? YES MAJOR U. S. CASH CROP? YES SOURCE OF VITAMIN C? YES

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle APPLES ORANGES EXACTLY THE SAME? ? !!

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle APPLES ORANGES Additional Similarities: Can Eat Raw; Don’t Need Refrigeration

Elements Insight: A New View of an Ancient Battle APPLES ORANGES Differences Include: Interior: Firm v. Flexible/Springy Peel: Thin v. Thick … So? ? ?

Into the Woods (1986) Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine • Compilation of Several Fairy Tales • Woods = metaphor for conquering childhood fears • Characters discover recurring pattern in life • No real “happily ever after” • Must go into the woods to confront fears again & again • This is 30 th year I have ended 1 L courses with • Jack and the Beanstalk in the Spring • Red Riding Hood in the Fall (Killing Off One More Wolf Before We’re Done)

I Know Things Now (p. 107)

Thoughts on Emerging from the Dark Slimy Path