From: owner-acka-games@wilma.che.utexas.edu (Ackanomic Games Digest) To: acka-games-digest Subject: Ackanomic Games Digest V2 #105 Reply-To: acka-games@wilma.che.utexas.edu Sender: owner-acka-games@wilma.che.utexas.edu Errors-To: owner-acka-games@wilma.che.utexas.edu Precedence: bulk Ackanomic Games Digest Monday, June 30 1997 Volume 02 : Number 105 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 02:10:01 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: YORL play Vynd wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote: > > He pulled the ring out of a pocket inside his heavy coat, and again > > thought about keeping the ring instead of leaving such a valuable > > treasure behind. > > Err. Wasn't that a big diamond, not a ring? It was a ring with a big diamond. See the YORL archive, http://www.itw.com/~malenkai/ackayorl.htm /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 03:11:00 +0300 (EET DST) From: Uri Bruck Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe On Fri, 27 Jun 1997, Aaron Humphrey wrote: > My move (A,12): (13) > > BB > BcAA > AAccA > AbbA > BBCbAA > cBaCCbCC > ccaabbCa > aa > > That looks like a two-point win for me this round... Yeah. it does. I believe the next round /dev/joe should start. Niccolo Flychuck > > > - -- > - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/) > Song In My Head--10cc:I'm Not In Love > Current Book--Colin MacInnes:Absolute Beginners > If you ever run across an adult in my town, let me know! > > ------------------------------ > > End of Ackanomic Games Digest V2 #103 > ************************************* > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 14:21:50 +0000 From: dijk1310@worldaccess.nl Subject: Acka: Viruses: the referee is back As nobody else wants to the job Im offering to be referee of Virsuses. Send in your moves (privately) within three days after the new Virus grid is published. > Im posting the results now. > Sorry that it took so long. New job and so. > > Guy Fawkes Infect c10 > /dev/joe Infect c9 > **two-star Step I3 to j2 > Thin Man Step k5 to j4 > mr cwm Place L12 > Habeus Corpus Place e7 > Alfvaen Place e13 > > Im forced to resign from the job of Referee. > So a new referee has to assigned. This is the old grid. I will give 10 Ackadollar for the first that send me a correct grid privately. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 17 . . . . . . / . . . . . . . . . 17 16 . . . . . . / / / . . . . . . . 16 15 . . . . . . . . / . . . . . . . 15 14 . . . A . @ / / / . . . . . . . 14 13 . . A . . . . . . W . . . . . . 13 12 . . @ . . A @ . . . W . . . . . 12 11 . . / / A . W . . . . W . . . . 11 10 . . @ . . . . W . . . . . . . . 10 9 . . @ . . @ . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 . . G . . . T T . * . * @ . . . 8 7 . . G . . . . @ . @ . . T . . . 7 6 . . @ . . . * . @ @ @ . . T . . 6 5 . . @ . . * * . @ * T . T . . . 5 4 . . . G . . * * * . @ @ . . . . 4 3 . . . G G @ . . * . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P CarsesraC Referee of Viruses Keeper of the Wari mailingslist. - -- At 1-6 I started at Getronics Network Services. So I will not have a lot of time to answer email. Jeroen (CarsesraC) Jeroen M.W. van Dijk ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 12:43:04 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses: the referee is back The still-vacationing CarsesraC wrote: > As nobody else wants to the job Im offering to be referee of > Virsuses. I doubt this works when you are on vacation. (See rule 255 - "the only thing a player on vacation may legally do is take himself off vacation") Calvin N Hobbes asked me privately about becoming the referee for Viruses, and I suggested that he write or get from somebody else a program to handle the calculations. No offense intended toward either prospective referee, but it is easy to make an error doing this manually, and CarsesraC showed this. I believe Guy Fawkes and Alfvaen had some sort of Viruses programs. I have one written in python; you'll have to install the python interpreter to make use of it. (see http://www.python.org) > This is the old grid. > I will give 10 Ackadollar for the first that send me a correct grid > privately. I believe the grid CarsesraC posted is the current one. /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 12:46:44 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe OK, I'll start with the ever-popular: Move 1 (A): AA A /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 11:54:34 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Humphrey Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Now I'll just have to make sure that I remember I'm lower-case this game... Move 2 (b): > bb > AAb > A - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/) Song In My Head--Depeche Mode:It's No Good Current Book--Colin MacInnes:Absolute Beginners Your brains come tumbling down your snout ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 13:00:38 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 3 (C): bbCC AAbC A ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 11:59:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Humphrey Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses: the referee is back > The still-vacationing CarsesraC wrote: > > As nobody else wants to the job Im offering to be referee of > > Virsuses. > > I doubt this works when you are on vacation. (See rule 255 - "the only thing > a player on vacation may legally do is take himself off vacation") If "Random Walk" passes he'll be able to post public messages soon... > Calvin N Hobbes asked me privately about becoming the referee for Viruses, > and I suggested that he write or get from somebody else a program to handle > the calculations. No offense intended toward either prospective referee, > but it is easy to make an error doing this manually, and CarsesraC showed > this. I believe Guy Fawkes and Alfvaen had some sort of Viruses programs. > I have one written in python; you'll have to install the python interpreter > to make use of it. (see http://www.python.org) Mine is in Perl, which may be more easily accessible than Python. The biggest problem with it is that you have to apply the changes by hand, and then edit the grid to remove the row/column labels and and spaces, and then put them back in by hand. I should do something about that, but I'm lazy, and it works fine for me(I use it to guesstimate which of the moves I'm considering will work the best). - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/) Song In My Head--The Nylons:Combat Zone Current Book--Colin MacInnes:Absolute Beginners Helium, molybdenum, zinc, iodine--braving the elements, the reptiles and I [Shriekback] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 12:04:57 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Humphrey Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 4 (a): bbCCa AAbCaa A - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/) Song In My Head--The Nylons:Combat Zone Current Book--Colin MacInnes:Absolute Beginners We're going to melt them down for pills and soap ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 13:24:24 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 5 (B): bbCCa AAbCaa A BB B /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 12:48:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Humphrey Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 6 (c): bbCCa AAbCaa A BBc Bcc - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/) Current Album--Icehouse:Man of Colours Current Book--Colin MacInnes:Absolute Beginners "Alright, FREEZE!" "Mind if I just go tepid?" ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 13:55:17 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 7 (A): A AA bbCCa AAbCaa A BBc Bcc /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 12:58:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Humphrey Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 8 (b): > Abb > AAb > bbCCa > AAbCaa > A BBc > Bcc - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/) Current Album--Icehouse:Man of Colours Current Book--Colin MacInnes:Absolute Beginners Bowling with a brick. It's a bad idea. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 14:05:49 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 9 (C): Abb CCAAb CbbCCa AAbCaa A BBc Bcc /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 20:58:12 +0000 From: dijk1310@worldaccess.nl Subject: Re: Acka: Viruses: the referee is back Sun, 29 Jun 1997 12:43:04 -0500 (CDT) > The still-vacationing CarsesraC wrote: > > As nobody else wants to the job Im offering to be referee of > > Virsuses. > > I doubt this works when you are on vacation. (See rule 255 - "the only thing > a player on vacation may legally do is take himself off vacation") > > Calvin N Hobbes asked me privately about becoming the referee for Viruses, > and I suggested that he write or get from somebody else a program to handle > the calculations. No offense intended toward either prospective referee, > but it is easy to make an error doing this manually, and CarsesraC showed > this. I believe Guy Fawkes and Alfvaen had some sort of Viruses programs. > I have one written in python; you'll have to install the python interpreter > to make use of it. (see http://www.python.org) If Calvin N Hobbes wants the job he can have it, but don't agree with /dev/joe that you personally have to have a program. I agree that its almost impossible to do it manually. I really want to have a copy of all the three program's and pointers to get them running. > > This is the old grid. > > I will give 10 Ackadollar for the first that send me a correct grid > > privately. > > I believe the grid CarsesraC posted is the current one. That means that I have give myself 10 Ackadollars :) Sorry, about the confusion. CarsesraC - -- At 1-6 I started at Getronics Network Services. So I will not have a lot of time to answer email. Jeroen (CarsesraC) Jeroen M.W. van Dijk ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 20:58:11 +0000 From: dijk1310@worldaccess.nl Subject: Acka: Viruses I forgot that I have to put myself off vacation. Oke, Im putting myself off vacation. Im changing my status from voting to non-voting. Reason I have not the time to read all the ackanomic mail. I read only the mail send to acka-games and what is send to me privatly. Im offering to be the referee of viruses unless some wants to take over the job. There is a small change to the rules. The three day within the next moves has to send in for the next round start when the referee post the moves present round. Its is the job of the players to calculate the new grid. I will make a promise to get on the programs that have been written get working to at I can work with it. But I as long I don't have to possibility of a program I have just the help of player. I believe that this is the most correct Virus grid. Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 17 . . . . . . . / . . . . . . . . . 17 16 . . . . . . . / . / . . . . . . . 16 15 . . . . . . / . . . / . . . . . . 15 14 . . . . A A @ / / / @ . . . . . . 14 13 . . . A . A . . . @ W W . . . . . 13 12 . . @ @ . . . @ . . . W W . . . . 12 11 . . @ / . A . W W . . W W . . . . 11 10 . . @ G . @ @ W . . . . . . . . . 10 9 . . @ / @ . . . @ @ . . . . . . . 9 8 . . @ G . . @ T T . . * * @ . . . 8 7 . . G G . . @ . . . . . . T T . . 7 6 . . G @ . . . * . . . @ T T T . . 6 5 . . . @ G . * . . . . . . T . . . 5 4 . . . G G . . . . . . @ @ . . . . 4 3 . . . . G G @ * * . . . . . . . . 3 2 . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Player Name Symbol Cells Points Guy Fawkes G 11 4 /dev/joe / 10 0 mr cwm W 9 0 ThinMan T 8 1 two-star * 6 0 Alfvaen A 5 0 Voting Gnome H 0 0 - -- At 1-6 I started at Getronics Network Services. So I will not have a lot of time to answer email. Jeroen (CarsesraC) Jeroen M.W. van Dijk ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 17:15:28 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Humphrey Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 10 (a): Abb CCAAb CbbCCa AAbCaa A aBBc aaBcc - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/) Current Album--Julee Cruise:Floating Into The Night Current Book--Colin MacInnes:Absolute Beginners Must it be rigid and so benign? Can't it be free and efficacious? [The Pursuit of Happiness] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 18:24:29 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 11 (B): Abb CCAAb CbbCCa AAbCaa A aBBc BaaBcc BB /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 17:28:15 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Humphrey Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 12 (c): Abb CCAAb CbbCCa AAbCaa A aBBc BaaBcc BBc cc - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/) Current Album--Julee Cruise:Floating Into The Night Current Book--Colin MacInnes:Absolute Beginners This sentence in English is difficult to translate into French. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 18:34:22 -0500 (CDT) From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 13 (A): Abb CCAAb CbbCCa AAbCaa A aBBc BaaBcc BBcAA cc A /dev/joe ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 20:34:53 -0600 (MDT) From: Aaron Humphrey Subject: Re: Acka: Alfvaen vs. /dev/joe Move 14 (b): Abb CCAAb CbbCCa AAbCaa A aBBc BaaBcc BBcAAb cc Abb - -- - --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.terranet.ab.ca/~aaron/) Current Album--Julee Cruise:Floating Into The Night Current Book--Colin MacInnes:Absolute Beginners Gravity is a myth. The Earth sucks. ------------------------------ End of Ackanomic Games Digest V2 #105 *************************************