From: owner-acka-research@wilma.che.utexas.edu (Ackanomic Research Digest) To: acka-research-digest Subject: Ackanomic Research Digest V2 #110 Reply-To: acka-research@wilma.che.utexas.edu Sender: owner-acka-research@wilma.che.utexas.edu Errors-To: owner-acka-research@wilma.che.utexas.edu Precedence: bulk Ackanomic Research Digest Sunday, July 13 1997 Volume 02 : Number 110 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 15:59:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Raiter Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 2224 > "There exists the concept of Labordollars (L$). These can be > accumulated and spent by a player at will, as with A$. They are > non-entities. Hm. I have to admit that this sentence makes me more than a little nervous. Currently, everything in Ackanomic is an entity. Not just the obvious things (Gadgets, Trinkets, Blueprints, etc), but also things like players, points, rules, rule numbers, and so on. The term is used by the rules as a general catch-all. By excepting this "object", saying it exists but is not an entity, is causing the objects to be exempt from way too many rules - far more than I believe was the intent. As an obvious example, the Financier will not be required to track ownership and exchange of Labordollars, since the Financier is "only" required to track all entities. (Nor will anybody else, for that matter.) breadbox ------------------------------ End of Ackanomic Research Digest V2 #110 ****************************************