acka-voting Digest Friday, January 22 1999 Volume 04 : Issue 021 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Acka: Proposal 4027 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 05:30:13 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4027 Also Sprach Discordia Eric. Due: Fri Jan 29 05:30:13 1999 Renumber each currently existing Rule to a random prime number between one and one billion such that each Rule's number is unique. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4028 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 06:50:51 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4028 Cheap Trinkanery Slakko Due: Fri Jan 29 06:50:50 1999 This is a Modest Proposal. [Reducing the Financier's workload somewhat.] Amend rule 7-5 by replacing "There is an Operation on one or more A$ known as Composing." with "There is an Operation on five or more A$ known as Composing." {{All Trinkets of value less than A$5 are Dissolved.}} ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4029 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:30:34 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4029 Fixing Organs K 2 Due: Fri Jan 29 08:30:33 1999 This is a Modest Proposal {{[The main drift of this proposal is to re-invest meaning in the phrase "Organisational Action"]}} I. Amend Rule 1-2-6 (Public Actions) by replacing the following text: " Any active player may attempt any public action available to him or her simply by sending a public message specifying the action to be taken. " with: " Any Intelligent or Trading Entity may attempt any public action available to it simply by sending a public message specifying the action to be taken provided that the rules do not specify an alternate mechanism for the action. " {{[Generalizes the Public Action Rule and permits the clause that follows in that rule to function correctly in the case of non-player entities attempting an action. Although such entities would still need to be able to publicly express their desire to perform the action and actually be permitted to perform it in order to be successful.]}} II. Create a new rule entitled "Group Approval" numbered 1-2-6-1 with the text: " This Rule defers to any rule which defines an alternate system for determining Group Approval. The rules may specify that a particular course of action for an entity is subject to Group Approval by a particular group of intelligent entities. Such an action may only be attempted when: a) all members of the group, who are capable of doing so, approve of the action within seven days, and no member denounces it. or b) after seven days have elapsed and at least two thirds of the group's members approved of the action no member of the group denounced it. " {{[This generalizes the 'Organisational Action' idea so that groups of players may be empowered to perform certain actions without transforming them into an Organisation (III, IV, V) ]}} III. Amend Rule 1-2-2-1 (Spellbooks) " To grant a Shimmering Spellbook to another player, or destroy one, requires an action of the entire set of players with Shimmering Spellbooks. Such an action occurs as if that set were an Organization, and it were an Organizational Action. " with: " A player who owns a Shimmering Spellbook may grant one to another player, or destroy one, as a public action subject to the group approval of all players who own a Shimmering Spellbooks excluding any player who would lose a Shimmering Spellbook as a result of such an action. " IV. Amend Rule 4-9 (The Benevolent Society) by replacing the following text: " These 4 may change the rules or game state as an organisational action. " with: " These 4 are collectively known as the Diktat. Any member of the Diktat may change the rules or game state as a public action, subject to the group approval of the other members of the Diktat. " {{[My next proposal attempts to repeal this :) ]}} V. Replace the following text from Rule 7-6 (Contracts): " For the signers of a Contract to destroy it requires an action of the entire set of signers of the Contract. Such an action occurs as if that set were an Organization and it were an Organizational Action. " with: " An intelligent entity may destroy any contract which it has signed subject to the group approval of the entire set of signers of the Contract. " VI. Replace section (c) of Rule 6-4-14 (Org-Harfer) with: " (c) determining, according to the rules, whether group approval has been achieved and any effects which result. " VII. Amend Rule 8-6-2 (Mercury Poisoning) to read in full: " The Mad Hatters is a Trading Entity. It is permitted to own and trade A$ and Agenda Hats. The Mad Hatters automatically accept any trade in which a Visible Agenda Hat offered to them in exchange for A$1. The Mad Hatters are permitted to call a public auction on any of the Agenda Hats they own and will do so upon request. When the Mad Hatters call an auction, the illuminatus shall initiate it and the minimum bid shall be A$10. If the Mad Hatters have been in possession of a given Visible Agenda Hat for more than 7 days, and a player points this fact out, then that Visible Agenda Hat and its complementary Nemesis Eggplant are destroyed. " {{[The Mad Hatters don't really need to be an organisation.... and More Than Human has no meaning now any way.]}} VIII. Create a new rule titled "Organisations", numbered 15 and with the following text: " Organisations are Named, Intelligent, Trading entities. An Organisation will attempt any Organisational Action suggested by one of its members, subject to the group approval of the rest of its members. " {{[The rules currently define a number of unique organisations, unfortunately such a designation currently has no meaning. This rule makes then into entities again and permits them to act.]}} {{Simultaneously renumber rules 11-2 (Castes), 11-2-1 (Grey Council), 1006 (Church) 1031 (Social Contracts) to 15-1, 15-1-1, 15-2, 15-3 respectively}} ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4030 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:30:45 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4030 Clayton's Diktat K 2 Due: Fri Jan 29 08:30:44 1999 {{[ The Diktat you have when you're not having a Diktat :) ]}} Repeal Rule 4-9 (The Benevolent Society). [Almost] create a new rule numbered 99-6 with the title "Clayton's Diktat" [almost] authored by "The Diktat" and having the following text : " Clayton's Diktat almost ruled Ackanomic. Each player legally able to assume one of the four Ackanomic names ThinMan, JT, Alfvaen, and else...if are Almost a Benevolent Diktater (retired). No other players and no nonplayer are Almost a Benevolent Diktater (retired). The players who are Almost a Benevolent Diktaters (retired) are collectively known as Clayton's Diktat. The Diktaters' Gazebo is [almost] a named, non-tradeable entity collectively owned by the players composing Clayton's Diktat. It is [almost] a common location in The Wilds of Ackanomic. Players who are Almost a Benevolent Diktaters (retired) are [almost] always permitted to go to the Diktaters' Gazebo, notwithstanding any contrary provision of the rules. " {{Simultaneously renumber rules 99-4 "The Evil Overlords of Ackanomic (retired)", 99-5 "Former Emperor of Ackanomic" and 99-6 "Clayton's Diktat" to 13-1, 13-2, 13-3 respectively.}} ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4031 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:30:55 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4031 Somewhere all my troubles seemed so far away K 2 Due: Fri Jan 29 08:30:54 1999 This is a Modest Proposal {{[Recent repeals have left numerous trinkets floating about (amongst other things...) ]}} (A) {{Any trinket which is currently Somewhere Else and which was formerly a part of The Museum's Private Collection (as defined by a previous version of the rules) is transferred to the player who most recently owned it.}} {{[Calvin n Hobbes and Laa Laa's donations.]}} (B) {{All non unique entities which are Somewhere Else are destroyed.}} {{[Mainly effects the entities formerly in the various wings of the Museum - See the compost and org pages for more details.]}} {{[The following amendments try to make sure it doesn't happen again (for awhile? ;-)]}} (C) Replace the third paragraph of Rule 7-1 (Entity Ownership) with the following text: " At any given time, each ownable entity is either owned by one or more named entities or unowned. Unless specified otherwise unowned entities are Somewhere Else. If the Rule(s) defining an ownable entity do not explicitly state that it may have multiple owners, then it can have at most one owner. " (D) Amend Section I of Rule 7-4 (The Treasury) to read: " I. Treasury The Treasury is a Named, Unownable, Intelligent, Trading Entity that serves as a storing house for tradable entities that belong to no other entity, unless specified otherwise for a particular entity. Items owned by the Treasury are said to be "in the Treasury", and they may not be manipulated in any way except as explicitly allowed by the Rules. " (E) {{All ownable non-tradeable entities owned by the Treasury are transferred Somewhere Else.}} {{[There aren't any; but just in case :-)]}} (F) Append the following sentence to the end of Section 1 of Rule 10-1 (Locations): " Ownable Locations are never in the Treasury nor are they ever Somewhere Else. " {{[Currently: The location of an unowned Kaa of land is Somewhere Else (as it is unowned), but the location of a player located at an unowned kaa of land is not. This is true for any other ownable location.... the sort of temporal distortion that the sentence in (F) was intended to prevent :-)]}} (F) Delete the following text from Rule 10-2 (Land): " Kaas are never in the Treasury, even if unowned. " ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4032 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:31:05 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4032 Voting Momentum K 2 Due: Fri Jan 29 08:31:05 1999 This is a Modest Proposal {{[This re-introduces the 60% acceptance level we all can to know and love? Had this ben implemented by the Diktat way back when ]}} I. If Proposal 4023 (Voting Variability) passed, replace the second paragraph of Rule 2-1, "Voting on Proposals", with the following DELIMITERSAREEXCELLENTPLACESTOPUTCLUESFORTREASURES -delimited text: DELIMITERSAREEXCELLENTPLACESTOPUTCLUESFORTREASURES A proposal meets the criteria to be accepted if the sum of the Voting Characteristics of the players who legally voted YES on that proposal is at least twice the sum of the Voting Characteristics of the players who legally voted NO on that proposal. DELIMITERSAREEXCELLENTPLACESTOPUTCLUESFORTREASURES II. Otherwise replace the second paragraph of Rule 2-1, "Voting on Proposals", with the following text: " The required number of YES votes for a proposal to be accepted is two thirds the total number of YES and NO votes legally cast within the prescribed voting period. If that value is 0, however, the required number of YES votes for acceptance is 1. " ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4033 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 11:50:35 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4033 Whose Whine, What Whine? IdiotBoy Due: Fri Jan 29 11:50:32 1999 Amend rule 8-2 by: - eliminating, in subpart e), sections ii) through iv) . [For unambiguity, this section currently reads, in part or in full: ii) All entities with a Total Wealth greater than zero and all players with a Total Wealth of zero or less, shall be placed on The List in decreasing order of Total Wealth. If there is a tie for Total Wealth, the Financier shall make the random determination necessary to order the entities on the list. iiii) A random entity appearing in the first half of The List, shall transfer 5% of eir total wealth to the active player lowest on The List and both entities shall be removed from The List. iv) If there are at least two entities still on The List, one of which is a player and the other of which has postive wealth, the go to step iii.] - Add section ii) to subpart e) containing the following PLATINUM delimited text: PLATINUM The Financier shall then announce: "All of this, just so that Frampton could come alive." PLATINUM ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4009 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 20:40:29 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4009 Yes votes: 2/10: proposal rejected Yes: K 2 Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) No: r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) Laa Laa (The Razor Boomerangs) Danek Blest Lax Monk Pal (Klingon) else...if ThinMan (Vulcan) O Olde Alpha JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: Slakko (SPAM) 404 Not Found Abstain Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Euphrates IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Calvin N Hobbes Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4009 Proposal 4009 Scrooge Takes Over Voting Studge Due: Fri Jan 22 19:56:56 1999 Status: rejected Amend Rule 2-1 Voting on Proposals by replacing the FREE text with PAYMENT text. FREE Players eligible to vote on proposals may change their vote up until the end of the prescribed voting period, but in any case are limited to one vote per proposal. The required number of YES votes for a proposal to be accepted is a majority of the total number of YES and NO votes legally cast within the prescribed voting period. FREE PAYMENT Players eligible to vote on proposals may change their vote up until the end of the prescribed voting period, but in any case are limited to one vote per proposal. If a player abstains or votes YES or NO then e shall automatically pay A$10 to the Treasury. The required number of YES votes for a proposal to be accepted is a majority of the total number of YES and NO votes legally cast within the prescribed voting period. PAYMENT Amend Rule 2-2 Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported by replacing the PENURY text with BONUSCASH text. PENURY III. Scoring on Proposals If a Modest proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives 5 points. If a Grandiose proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives 16 points. If a proposal which is neither Modest nor Grandiose is accepted, the player who proposed it receives 10 points. PENURY BONUSCASH III. Scoring on Proposals If a Modest proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives 5 points. If a Grandiose proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives 16 points. If a proposal which is neither Modest nor Grandiose is accepted, the player who proposed it receives 10 points. If any kind of proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it recieves the SHF*2 from the Treasury. BONUSCASH ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4010 rejected From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 20:40:39 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4010 Yes votes: 3/8: proposal rejected Yes: r-attila the farce (Giant Objectionable Potato) else...if O Olde Alpha No: K 2 Danek Blest Lax Monk Pal (Klingon) ThinMan (Vulcan) JT (The Razor Boomerangs) Baa: Slakko (SPAM) Laa Laa (The Razor Boomerangs) 404 Not Found Abstain Niccolo Flychuck (MetaMorph) Euphrates IdiotBoy (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) Calvin N Hobbes Robin Hood (Anti-Voting Preservationist Party) rufus Vynd (Vulcan) Studge (Giant Objectionable Potato) Eric. (The Razor Boomerangs) Wild Card two-star Pending & did not vote: WoHo Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot /dev/joe (Vulcan) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4010 Proposal 4010 Those Crazy HIPPIES! Studge Due: Fri Jan 22 20:12:21 1999 Status: rejected Amend Rule 1-3 Crisis Resolution by replacing the following FIFTIES delimited text with the SIXTIES delimited text. FIFTIES 2) When, and only when, the game is in a State of Crisis the following officers have the following powers: a) The Speaker may declare the State of Crisis lifted. b) The President may publically issue a State of Crisis Resolution Document detailing a list of changes to be made in the ruleset. These changes will be applied three days after the issuance of that document, or at the end of a failed challenge (whichever is later) unless it has been challenged and defeated. The President may retract a State of Crisis Resolution Document before it is applied, if there is no challenge hearing pending. FIFTIES SIXTIES 2) When, and only when, the game is in a State of Crisis the following players have the following powers: a) The Speaker may declare the State of Crisis lifted. b) The President may publically issue a State of Crisis Resolution Document detailing a list of changes to be made in the ruleset. These changes will be applied three days after the issuance of that document, or at the end of a failed challenge (whichever is later) unless it has been challenged and defeated. The President may retract a State of Crisis Resolution Document before it is applied, if there is no challenge hearing pending. c) Students may post public criticisms of The Man that should reference at least one drug, one head of state in the real world, two abuses of power (real or imagined) by officers of Ackanomic, and one rule that (e feels) demonstrates the brutal insanity of "this crazy world" and be more than 100 words in length. At such time, they shall recieve A$5 and 5 points. If a second such criticism is posted, the student shall be considered "quickly graduated" and may post eir Thesis and cease being a student irrespective of the time e became a student. SIXTIES ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4034 From: jtraub@dragoncat.net Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 20:53:47 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4034 Quick Fix else...if Due: Fri Jan 29 20:53:46 1999 {{All players are removed from the CFJ inelligibility list}} ------------------------------ End of acka-voting Digest V4 #21 ********************************