[blml] A player's view [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Richard Hills:

>>Thirdly, I argue that (in some circumstances) non-objective
>>or subjective Alert regulations are highly desirable, to
>>prevent sea-lawyers wriggling through loopholes.

Nigel (John McEnroe) Guthrie:

>You cannot be serious!
>.....
>A subjective regulation makes it easier for each individual
>to impose his own idiosyncratic interpretation and judgement

Richard Hills:

Many moons ago I played the first edition of the classic
computer game SimCity.  The principle of the game is to build
and improve a simulated city for the benefit of its simulated
inhabitants.  But "improve" and "benefit" are subjective goals
which a Guthrie would spurn.

One of the learning scenarios included in the package was a
prefabricated city which had an inefficient transport network.
For that learning scenario there was the single objective and
details-based rule to reduce traffic congestion.

No problem.  I dived through the loophole created by the
objective and details-based rule.  I hit the simulated city
with several simulated earthquakes.  After all the simulated
people were dead, traffic congestion dropped to zero.  And
sure enough, a victory screen appeared on my computer to
tell me that I had won the scenario in record time.

:-)


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch, DIAC
02 6225 6285

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