From: owner-acka-finance-digest@muppetlabs.com (acka-finance-digest) To: acka-finance-digest@muppetlabs.com Subject: acka-finance-digest V3 #74 Reply-To: acka-finance@muppetlabs.com Sender: owner-acka-finance-digest@muppetlabs.com Errors-To: owner-acka-finance-digest@muppetlabs.com Precedence: bulk acka-finance-digest Monday, May 4 1998 Volume 03 : Number 074 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 04:11:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Acka: Suggested Trade The current stock price must now be about 131.0 (thanks to two activity drops), so the purchase price is 138, the sale price is 124. I offer to trade 2 shares, each to be traded as a single item, in return for A$131 per share. This is not a stunt, this is a fair trade. Only the first two acceptances (which may or may not be made by the same person) will result in trades. Yours, Slakko saving you commission - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc Acka - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 05:06:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Campaign Promises On Sun, 3 May 1998, Ian K. wrote: > OK, Hubert- I might as well have one... > > Although I think I might be about to annoy the Arts community again... For A$2? You must be really desperate. I gift the trinket known as "A Hundred A$" to Koxvolio. Have fun. - -Hubert God is love. Love is blind. Therefore, Ray Charles is God. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 05:57:10 -0400 (EDT) From: K2 Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer The Good Ballot Stuffer is complete. I am starting an auction on it. Minimum bid A$ 0. K2 wrote: > As Archaeologist I am going to start building a Good Ballot Stuffer . It > will be complete in 3 days. > > K 2 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 05:58:55 -0400 (EDT) From: dice-admin@pbm.com (Dice server) Subject: Expedition - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Dice rolls requested by: K2 Rolls also sent to: acka-finance@muppetlabs.com kii@internex.net.au # 1 T117: Jammer: Model of what might have been Jmmer's Butler # 2 T128: fnord: Elves (value A$23) # 3 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead # 4 T133: Ackers: Tube Top of Kyle Bannor (value A$50) # 5 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) # Joe Java # JT # Slakko # K 2 # The first four unique numbers are found by the players listed above # One each in order. # 1 T117: Jammer: Model of what might have been Jmmer's Butler # 2 T128: fnord: Elves (value A$23) # 3 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead # 4 T133: Ackers: Tube Top of Kyle Bannor (value A$50) # 5 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) # Joe Java # JT # Slakko # K 2 # The first four unique numbers are found by the players listed above # One each in order. No. of sides on every die: 5 No. of dice for every roll: 1 No. of dice rolls requested: 12 No. of rolls per line: 6 4 2 4 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 Information on the dice server: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE! Replies to dice-admin@pbm.com vanish into a seldom-read mailbox. For instructions on using the dice server, send a message with subject "help" to dice@pbm.com, or see http://www.pbm.com/dice/ The dice server is provided by: Shadow Island Games http://www.pbm.com/ds.html Original message follows: > From kii@internex.net.au Mon May 4 02:57:19 1998 > Received: (from smtp@localhost) by xkey.com > id CAA16730 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 02:57:19 -0700 > Received: from power.connexus.net.au(203.12.22.20) by xkey.com via smtp (V1.3) > id sma016694; Mon May 4 02:56:51 1998 > Received: from internex.net.au (dialin-a1-54.Melbourne.interNex.net.au [203.34.169.54]) by power.connexus.net.au (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA01847 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 19:56:39 +1000 (EST) > Message-ID: <354D91B9.606160FB@internex.net.au> > Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:00:25 +1000 > From: K2 > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: The Dice > Subject: [Fwd: Blah] > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------7902185C24CCB387DB8D464E" > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------7902185C24CCB387DB8D464E > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > #P acka-finance@muppetlabs.com > #S 5 > #D 1 > #R 12 > #L 6 > #C 1 T117: Jammer: Model of what might have been Jmmer's Butler > #C 2 T128: fnord: Elves (value A$23) > #C 3 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead > #C 4 T133: Ackers: Tube Top of Kyle Bannor (value A$50) > #C 5 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) > #C > #C Joe Java > #C JT > #C Slakko > #C K 2 > #C > #C The first four unique numbers are found by the players listed above > #C One each in order. > #T Expedition > > > > --------------7902185C24CCB387DB8D464E > Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="nsmail1T.TMP" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Disposition: inline; filename="nsmail1T.TMP" > > Message-ID: <354D6ED6.79F077F7@internex.net.au> > Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 17:31:34 +1000 > From: K2 > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: The Dice > Subject: Blah > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > #P kii@internex.net.au > #S 5 > #D 1 > #R 12 > #L 6 > #C 1 T117: Jammer: Model of what might have been Jmmer's Butler > #C 2 T128: fnord: Elves (value A$23) > #C 3 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead > #C 4 T133: Ackers: Tube Top of Kyle Bannor (value A$50) > #C 5 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) > #C > #C Joe Java > #C JT > #C Slakko > #C K 2 > #C > #C The first four unique numbers are found by the players listed above > #C One each in order. > #T Expedition > > > > > --------------7902185C24CCB387DB8D464E-- > - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.7 iQCVAwUBNU2RDz8NitsTFjcVAQHL+wQAiAVGV7t4Qi3KuyvWwznnRhnXIRqqUD6E zosYE32NH0SpywN6xNGBOPt7W+YEwv9SElSIFaGiJBb7QulRYqmG71VT9yqGr7X0 frc6RCpjJESFy5UesChEkTJJhtLWWxwLxYae6AN04zGnsJsSwrbE6l1ViCIFFqBT jaMedX4NAGU= =ZvHi - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 06:04:19 -0400 (EDT) From: K2 Subject: Re: Expedition > # 1 T117: Jammer: Model of what might have been Jmmer's Butler > # 2 T128: fnord: Elves (value A$23) > # 3 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead > # 4 T133: Ackers: Tube Top of Kyle Bannor (value A$50) > # 5 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) > # Joe Java > # JT > # Slakko > # K 2 > # The first four unique numbers are found by the players listed above > # One each in order. > # 1 T117: Jammer: Model of what might have been Jmmer's Butler > # 2 T128: fnord: Elves (value A$23) > # 3 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead > # 4 T133: Ackers: Tube Top of Kyle Bannor (value A$50) > # 5 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) > # Joe Java > # JT > # Slakko > # K 2 > # The first four unique numbers are found by the players listed above > # One each in order. > > 4 2 4 2 2 4 > 1 2 1 1 1 2 > Wouldn't you know it?? K 2 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 06:07:20 -0400 (EDT) From: dice-admin@pbm.com (Dice server) Subject: Expedition - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Dice rolls requested by: K2 Rolls also sent to: acka-finance@muppetlabs.com # 1 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead # 2 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) # K 2 # The first four unique numbers are found by the players listed above # One each in order. No. of sides on every die: 2 No. of dice for every roll: 1 No. of dice rolls requested: 12 No. of rolls per line: 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 Information on the dice server: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE! Replies to dice-admin@pbm.com vanish into a seldom-read mailbox. For instructions on using the dice server, send a message with subject "help" to dice@pbm.com, or see http://www.pbm.com/dice/ The dice server is provided by: Shadow Island Games http://www.pbm.com/ds.html Original message follows: > From kii@internex.net.au Mon May 4 03:05:41 1998 > Received: (from smtp@localhost) by xkey.com > id DAA16937 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 03:05:41 -0700 > Received: from power.connexus.net.au(203.12.22.20) by xkey.com via smtp (V1.3) > id sma016928; Mon May 4 03:05:32 1998 > Received: from internex.net.au (dialin-a1-54.Melbourne.interNex.net.au [203.34.169.54]) by power.connexus.net.au (8.8.7/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA02412 for ; Mon, 4 May 1998 20:05:21 +1000 (EST) > Message-ID: <354D93C6.BE023524@internex.net.au> > Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:09:10 +1000 > From: K2 > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: The Dice > Subject: (no subject) > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > #P acka-finance@muppetlabs.com > #S 2 > #D 1 > #R 12 > #L 6 > #C 1 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead > #C 2 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) > #C > #C K 2 > #C > #C The first four unique numbers are found by the players listed above > #C One each in order. > #T Expedition > - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.7 iQCVAwUBNU2TCT8NitsTFjcVAQHuJAP/ReELtzyY+zObP6gqVgq+l9iJYHfUetfd ZJ3315k61roqxt5BR67q/LzdUvKFpkRjS1Fdevb6EaOy9dPTgPAqRi23FpqijEeY kAj6RmHUBLKM1zEbytsepw4uE+ZbhMw4Jkm+gNi4Y9ot29zSjUdhLN1vPt45yW6D acflTYMpqi4= =TDVr - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 06:11:10 -0400 (EDT) From: K2 Subject: Acka: Expedition The Expedition has ended with the following results: According to rule 1217 each of the participant aside from myself (the archaeologist) pay A$40 to the treasury and in return trip over the following cunningly hidden treasures: Joe Java found T133 JT found T128 Slakko found T117 K 2 found T129 # 1 T117: Jammer: Model of what might have been Jmmer's Butler # 2 T128: fnord: Elves (value A$23) # 3 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead # 4 T133: Ackers: Tube Top of Kyle Bannor (value A$50) # 5 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) # Joe Java # JT # Slakko # K 2 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 06:34:47 -0400 (EDT) From: "Ian K." Subject: Re: Acka: Campaign Promises > > Although I think I might be about to annoy the Arts community again... > > For A$2? You must be really desperate. I gift the trinket known as "A > Hundred A$" to Koxvolio. Have fun. It's not that I'm desperate. It's just that I feel merciful towards the Entities-Harfer... Koxvolio ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 07:13:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Schmidt Subject: Acka: Suggested Trade 2 > The current stock price must now be about 131.0 (thanks to two activity > drops), so the purchase price is 138, the sale price is 124. > > I offer to trade 2 shares, each to be traded as a single item, in return > for A$131 per share. This is not a stunt, this is a fair trade. Only the > first two acceptances (which may or may not be made by the same person) > will result in trades. > > Yours, > Slakko > saving you commission I offer to trade 6 shares, each to be traded as a single item, in return for A$131 per share. Only the first six acceptances (which may or may not be made by the same person(s)) will result in trades. J. M. Bear copycat... ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 07:13:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Tom Walmsley" Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer > The Good Ballot Stuffer is complete. I am starting an auction on it. Minimum > bid A$ 0. I bid A$25. TGW. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 07:51:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: Expedition (now Treasure Also) On Mon, 4 May 1998, K2 wrote: > The Expedition has ended with the following results: > > According to rule 1217 each of the participant aside from myself (the > archaeologist) pay A$40 to the treasury and in return trip over the > following cunningly hidden treasures: > > Joe Java found T133 > JT found T128 > Slakko found T117 > K 2 found T129 > > # 1 T117: Jammer: Model of what might have been Jmmer's Butler > # 2 T128: fnord: Elves (value A$23) > # 3 T129: Jammer: Great Treasure Finder prosthetic forehead > # 4 T133: Ackers: Tube Top of Kyle Bannor (value A$50) > # 5 T147: Habeous Corpus: the Wouf Houng (value A$1) > # Joe Java > # JT > # Slakko > # K 2 K 2 has found Treasure 198. The Treasure Map was: This treasure will be found when the results of the first Expedition are publicly knowable. It will be found by the player in the Expedition (excluding Slakko) who finds a Treasure containing the least value in terms of A$ and Trinkets. E found a Prosthetic Forehead - everyone else found trinkets valued at A$10 or more. Interesting that the Wouf Houng should remain so stubbornly hidden :-) - -- Duncan C. "" Richer aka Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc Acka - President, Web-Harfer, RuneMaker, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 09:57:53 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Expedition On Mon, 4 May 1998, K2 wrote: >The Expedition has ended with the following results: > >According to rule 1217 each of the participant aside from myself (the >archaeologist) pay A$40 to the treasury and in return trip over the >following cunningly hidden treasures: > >Joe Java found T133 >JT found T128 >Slakko found T117 >K 2 found T129 Who found T147? - --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to sieze the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 10:13:20 -0400 (EDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer > I bid A$25. I bid A$29. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Song In My Head--Neil Young:Harvest Moon Current Book--Dick Francis:Hot Money "You want to be buried or cremated?" "Surprise me." ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 11:12:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Scroll of Crumble Auction. > I am beginning the building of a new Scroll of Crumble, since there is > apparently still interest. It will be completed in 3 days. This is finished, and I actually remembered to start auctioning it quickly this time. :-) It goes up for auction starting at A$1. /dev/joe Inventor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 11:44:11 -0400 (EDT) From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Scroll of Crumble Auction. On Mon, 4 May 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote: >It goes up for auction starting at A$1. I bid A$ 10 - --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to sieze the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 12:40:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Jonathan David Amery Subject: Re: Acka: Scroll of Crumble Auction. On Mon, 4 May 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote: > > I am beginning the building of a new Scroll of Crumble, since there is > > apparently still interest. It will be completed in 3 days. > > This is finished, and I actually remembered to start auctioning it quickly > this time. :-) > > It goes up for auction starting at A$1. > Did anyone decide whether I had bought the previous one or not? H*bert. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:14:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Campaign Promises On Mon, 4 May 1998, Towsner wrote: > >Especially since I know you're all just waiting for me to slip up and type > >one of these without the "trinket known as" clause and accidentally end up > >giving away all my hard-earned money. > Oh yeah, me too. You can give me the one for my EBS too. I'll > take good care of it. All righty then. I gift to else...if the trinket known as "100 Ackadollars." I'll give your EBS one as soon as it has a More than Human. - -Hubert Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:18:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Campaign Promises >All righty then. I gift to else...if the trinket known as "100 >Ackadollars." I'll give your EBS one as soon as it has a More than Human. Your choice. I should warn you though that the EBS told me it wanted to borrow the enemy stamp. I don't know what for, but I can guess... - -- - -Henry Towsner Success is the child of audacity. -Benjamin Disraeli ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:25:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Acka: Spell Book created The Spell Book of Chorg that the Order of the Razor Boomerang began building on April 29 (IIRC) was completed on Saturday in my possession. Since we're now in May, I am open to suggestions (hopefully private) from the rest of the Boomerangs as to what our next creation shall be. And -- Ayla, JT -- don't even think about trying for an EBS or the wrath of the Holy Boomerang (*and* the Holy GBS) shall descend upon you. I read the first page of the Spell Book of Chorg I possess. It is consumed in a puff of flame that is indescribably green. I give my Spell Book of Chorg to the Order of the Razor Boomerang. I suggest that the Order of the Razor Boomerang transfer its Spell Book of Chorg to Joe Java. Since I am the Founder, this happens. I suggest that Joe Java, after e's finished reading it, pass it on to the next Boomerang alphabetically and so on, with JT passing to Ayla. (And JJ, that was a suggestion, not a decree. :-) - -Hubert, already Pedantic Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:41:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gavin M. Doig" Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer >The Good Ballot Stuffer is complete. I am starting an auction on it. Minimum >bid A$ 0. > I bid 50 A$. Rex Mundi. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:42:07 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gavin M. Doig" Subject: Re: Acka: Scroll of Crumble Auction. >It goes up for auction starting at A$1. > I bid 50 A$. Rex Mundi. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:45:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Miller Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer On Mon, 4 May 1998, Gavin M. Doig wrote: > >The Good Ballot Stuffer is complete. I am starting an auction on it. Minimum > >bid A$ 0. > > > I bid 50 A$. I bid 65 A$. IB ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:49:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer On Mon, 4 May 1998, Gavin M. Doig wrote: > >The Good Ballot Stuffer is complete. I am starting an auction on it. Minimum > >bid A$ 0. > > > I bid 50 A$. Heretic! Only true members of the Church may own this. I bid A$55, which I believe is still above the other bids that Rex missed. - -Hubert Charlie was a Chemist, but Charlie is no more. What Charlie thought was H20 was H2SO4. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:50:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer On Mon, 4 May 1998, Matt Miller wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 1998, Gavin M. Doig wrote: > > > >The Good Ballot Stuffer is complete. I am starting an auction on it. Minimum > > >bid A$ 0. > > > > > I bid 50 A$. > > I bid 65 A$. Huberted! I bid A$75. - -Hubert Charlie was a Chemist, but Charlie is no more. What Charlie thought was H20 was H2SO4. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 18:57:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer >> I bid 65 A$. > >Huberted! I bid A$75. A$85 - -- - -Henry Towsner Success is the child of audacity. -Benjamin Disraeli ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 19:09:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer On Mon, 4 May 1998, Towsner wrote: > >> I bid 65 A$. > > > >Huberted! I bid A$75. > A$85 A$101. C'mon, other GBSers! Help me out! - -Hubert Charlie was a Chemist, but Charlie is no more. What Charlie thought was H20 was H2SO4. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 20:13:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gavin M. Doig" Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer >A$101. C'mon, other GBSers! Help me out! > I bid 200 A$. Rex Mundi. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 21:30:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Towsner Subject: Acka: Ackan Reserve Financial Report Daily News: Today saw the market rise still further, a total of more than six points. Says Ackan Reserve Chair else, "One more day, one more day." else's political position against if was aided today when a reform bill rapidly demonstrated positive effects, although if's R&D division had nothing to do with it. Stock Market Information: Assuming no futher announcements today, the following information will take affect tomorrow: Current Value: 137.4 Positivity Value:108.4 Activity Value: 29.0 Change Today +6.2 Change in Positivity: +5.3 Change in Activity: +0.9 Activities Today: 15 - -- The Ackan Reserve Financial Report Published by the board of the Ackan Reserve Coming daily since 1998 else...if ELSE...IF Chair, Ackan Reserve ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 22:10:22 -0400 (EDT) From: alfvaen@telusplanet.net (Aaron V. Humphrey) Subject: Re: Acka: Good Ballot Stuffer > >A$101. C'mon, other GBSers! Help me out! > I bid 200 A$. I bid A$222. - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ ) Current Album--They Might Be Giants:Then Current Book--Barb Galler-Smith & Josh Langton:Druids He's a model employee. Just not a working model. ------------------------------ End of acka-finance-digest V3 #74 *********************************