[gsc] Does anyone out exchange loom?

R.A. Hettinga rah at shipwright.com
Sun Jun 3 08:09:47 PDT 2007


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 From: Patrick Chkoreff <patrick at fexl.com>
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 Subject: Re: [gsc] Does anyone out exchange loom?


 A slight correction to my previous email is in order.


 Patrick Chkoreff wrote:

 > But now here's where things get even easier.  Let's say Alice wants
 > to make another payment, this time paying 3.25 grams to Carol.
 > Here's the process.
 >
 >
 > 1. Type 3.25 in the Qty field.
 >
 > 2. Click "Carol" in the drop-down location menu.
 >
 > 3. Press Give.
 >
 >
 > Note that this time, Alice didn't even have to select the asset type,
 >  since she had already selected "grams loom gold" before.
 >
 >
 > But wait!, you may ask.  That's too easy, and Alice might make a
 > mistake.  Let's say Alice entered 32.5 instead of 3.25.  No problem.
 > When Alice notices the mistake, she can just quickly press the Take
 > button to take the assets right back.  Then she can fix the number
 > and press Give.
 >
 > (Now if Bob somehow managed to be in his folder RIGHT AFTER Alice
 > made her mistake, and he saw the 32.5 grams sitting there, and he did
 > a Take to grab all those 32.5 grams before Alice had a chance to take
 > them back herself, then there's a problem.  But that's unlikely.  And
 > if it happens, then Alice should (1) chide herself for being so
 > careless and (2) tell Bob to give the money back.)




 Since this particular example involves Alice paying Carol, not Bob, I
 must amend that last paragraph to:



 > (Now if Carol somehow managed to be in her folder RIGHT AFTER Alice
 > made her mistake, and she saw the 32.5 grams sitting there, and she
 > did a Take to grab all those 32.5 grams before Alice had a chance to
 > take them back herself, then there's a problem.  But that's unlikely.
 > And if it happens, then Alice should (1) chide herself for being so
 > careless and (2) tell Carol to give the money back.)




 -- Patrick

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