acka-voting Digest Friday, January 29 1999 Volume 04 : Issue 027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Acka: Proposal 4046 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:18:52 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4046 The Sky Is Falling! The Sky Is Falling! Eric. Due: Fri Feb 5 00:18:52 1999 In the Rule entitled "If we don't need Gravity, we'd better have Pressure," replace "two average cat-heights" with "one average cat-height". ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4047 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:19:03 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4047 The X Phobes Eric. Due: Fri Feb 5 00:19:02 1999 Repeal each rule which contains the letters 'x' or 'X'. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4048 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:19:13 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4048 Tomfoolery II Eric. Due: Fri Feb 5 00:19:13 1999 This Rule describes the known Elements. There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium, And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium, And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium, And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium, Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium, And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium, And gold and protactinium and indium and gallium... And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium! There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium, And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium, And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium, And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium and barium. There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium, And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium, And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium, Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium, And lead, praseodymium and platinum, plutonium, Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium, And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium... And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium! There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium, And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium, And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc and rhodium, And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin and sodium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Ha'vard -- And there may be many others but they haven't been disca'vard! {{ Add "Artist: Tom Lehrer" to the Literature List. Renumber this Rule as the Rule-Harfer chooses. Retitle it to "My Dear Watson". Change its authorship credit to "Tom Lehrer". [ For those of you unfortunate enough to never have heard Tom Lehrer, this is sung to the tune of "I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General" from The Pirates of Penzance. ] }} ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4049 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:26:02 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4049 A few small fixes JT Due: Fri Feb 5 00:26:02 1999 This is a modest proposal. {{[This fixes up a few typos in recent props]}} In rule 2 (Proposals), insert the following REINSTATE delimited text after paragraph 2. REINSTATE All proposals shall be voted on, unless they are retracted or deemed invalid in accordance with the Rules. In these cases, they are removed from consideration, and are considered to be neither accepted or rejected. REINSTATE In rule 2 (Proposals), remove paragraph 5 (after the above insertion) which currently reads as delmited by DUPE DUPE As soon as possible after a proposal's prescribed voting period ends, the votes on that proposal shall be posted publicly. The proposal is then accepted if the required number of YES votes were cast on the proposal. DUPE Amend rule 7-5-1 (The Treasury) by removing section IV which reads as delimited by FIXING_SHF FIXING_SHF IV. Harfer Fee The standard Harfer Fee is A$25. Whenever the rules direct a Harfer Fee to be paid, it is paid to the Treasury. FIXING_SHF {{[It's now covered by R6-20-1]}} Make Rules 7-5-1 (The Treasury), 6-20-1 (SHF), and 4-4-7 (Voting Characteristic) Unassailable. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4050 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 04:38:51 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4050 A few small fixes (take 2) JT Due: Fri Feb 5 04:38:51 1999 This is a modest proposal. {{[ This fixes up a few typos in recent props, and makes some of the rule 1 descendants which are currently unassailable and do not need to be (such as paradigms which are not critical to game play) assailable. I believe we should keep the majority of rules assailable and only protect those which are necessary for functioning of the game. It also gives the rule-harfer the ability to fix references to a rule when that rule is renumbered. (Not when a rule is repealed since that could cause the entire reference to be removed (ie one or more sentences) and thus should be done via proposal. ]}} Amend rule 7-5-1 (The Treasury) by removing section IV which reads as delimited by FIXING_SHF FIXING_SHF IV. Harfer Fee The standard Harfer Fee is A$25. Whenever the rules direct a Harfer Fee to be paid, it is paid to the Treasury. FIXING_SHF {{[It's now covered by R6-20-1]}} Amend rule 9-1 (Gaol) by replacing the text '7-4 (Treasury and AckaDollars)' with '7-5-1 (The Treasury)'. Amend rule 6-4-4 (Rule-Harfer) by inserting the following text as delimited by NEW_PRIV at the end of the list of priveleges. NEW_PRIV e) To alter references to existing rules when the rule the reference is renamed or renumbered so as to maintain consistant references throughout the rules document. Abusing this privelege is the Crime of Number-Crunching. NEW_PRIV Amend rule 1-7-4 (Paradigm Type: Inflationary) to remove item i) from the list as it doesn't work with the new Official Decrees ability. Renumber the list appropriately. Make Rules 7-5-1 (The Treasury), 6-20-1 (SHF), and 4-4-7 (Voting Characteristic) Unassailable. Remove the Unassailable denotation from rules 1-2-8-1 (Remembrance Day), 1-2-8-2 (Yes Virginia), 1-2-8-3 (I'm a Teapot), 1-2-9 (Colours), 1-6-1-2 (Sanctity of Harf), 1-7 (Paradigms Rule Suite) and all of the descendants of 1-7. ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4051 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 04:39:02 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4051 Minimum Punishments JT Due: Fri Feb 5 04:39:01 1999 Amend rule 3-6 (Criminal Justice) insert the following text as delimited by MINIMUMS between sections 5 and 6. Renumber the current sections 6 through 10 appropriately. MINIMUMS 6) A Crime may, when defined by a rule, contain a Minimum Penalty. When a Crime contains a Minimum Penalty, a verdict of TRUE on the CFCJ must include at least that Minimum Penalty as party of the actual penalty. MINIMUMS If Proposal 4050 passed, Amend rule 6-4-4 (Rule-Harfer) by inserting the following text as delimited by PUNISHMENT at the end of section e). PUNISHMENT The Minimum Penalty for commiting the Crime of Number-Crunching is Impeachment from the office of Rule-Harfer. PUNISHMENT ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4027 rejected From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 07:44:25 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4027 Yes/No vote characteristic totals: 8-18: proposal rejected Yes: K 2 (2) Robin Hood (2) O Olde Alpha (2) Eric. (2) No: Niccolo Flychuck (2) IdiotBoy (2) /dev/joe (2) Danek (2) Blest Lax Monk Pal (2) else...if (2) Studge (2) ThinMan (2) JT (2) Abstain r-attila the farce (2) Euphrates (2) Slakko (2) Calvin N Hobbes (2) Laa Laa (2) 404 Not Found (2) rufus (2) Vynd (2) Wild Card (2) two-star (2) Pending & did not vote: WoHo (2) Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (2) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4027 Proposal 4027 Also Sprach Discordia Eric. Due: Fri Jan 29 05:30:13 1999 Status: rejected 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 accepted From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 07:44:35 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4028 Yes/No vote characteristic totals: 12-10: proposal accepted Yes: K 2 (2) /dev/joe (2) else...if (2) Robin Hood (2) ThinMan (2) JT (2) No: Danek (2) Blest Lax Monk Pal (2) Studge (2) O Olde Alpha (2) Eric. (2) Baa: Niccolo Flychuck (2) Abstain r-attila the farce (2) Euphrates (2) IdiotBoy (2) Slakko (2) Calvin N Hobbes (2) Laa Laa (2) 404 Not Found (2) rufus (2) Vynd (2) Wild Card (2) two-star (2) Pending & did not vote: WoHo (2) Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (2) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4028 Proposal 4028 Cheap Trinkanery Slakko Due: Fri Jan 29 06:50:50 1999 Status: accepted 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 accepted From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:09:35 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4029 Yes/No vote characteristic totals: 14-2: proposal accepted Yes: K 2 (2) /dev/joe (2) else...if (2) Robin Hood (2) Studge (2) ThinMan (2) JT (2) No: Danek (2) Baa: Niccolo Flychuck (2) O Olde Alpha (2) Eric. (2) Abstain r-attila the farce (2) Euphrates (2) IdiotBoy (2) Slakko (2) Calvin N Hobbes (2) Laa Laa (2) Blest Lax Monk Pal (2) 404 Not Found (2) rufus (2) Vynd (2) Wild Card (2) two-star (2) Pending & did not vote: WoHo (2) Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (2) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4029 Proposal 4029 Fixing Organs K 2 Due: Fri Jan 29 08:30:33 1999 Status: accepted 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 accepted From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:09:45 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4030 Yes/No vote characteristic totals: 12-8: proposal accepted Yes: K 2 (2) Robin Hood (2) Studge (2) O Olde Alpha (2) JT (2) Eric. (2) No: /dev/joe (2) Danek (2) Blest Lax Monk Pal (2) else...if (2) Baa: Niccolo Flychuck (2) ThinMan (2) Abstain r-attila the farce (2) Euphrates (2) IdiotBoy (2) Slakko (2) Calvin N Hobbes (2) Laa Laa (2) 404 Not Found (2) rufus (2) Vynd (2) Wild Card (2) two-star (2) Pending & did not vote: WoHo (2) Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (2) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4030 Proposal 4030 Clayton's Diktat K 2 Due: Fri Jan 29 08:30:44 1999 Status: accepted {{[ 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 accepted From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:09:55 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4031 Yes/No vote characteristic totals: 12-6: proposal accepted Yes: K 2 (2) /dev/joe (2) else...if (2) Studge (2) JT (2) Eric. (2) No: Danek (2) Blest Lax Monk Pal (2) Robin Hood (2) Baa: Niccolo Flychuck (2) ThinMan (2) O Olde Alpha (2) Abstain r-attila the farce (2) Euphrates (2) IdiotBoy (2) Slakko (2) Calvin N Hobbes (2) Laa Laa (2) 404 Not Found (2) rufus (2) Vynd (2) Wild Card (2) two-star (2) Pending & did not vote: WoHo (2) Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (2) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4031 Proposal 4031 Somewhere all my troubles seemed so far away K 2 Due: Fri Jan 29 08:30:54 1999 Status: accepted 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 4033 rejected From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:10:05 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4033 Yes/No vote characteristic totals: 8-14: proposal rejected Yes: IdiotBoy (2) else...if (2) ThinMan (2) O Olde Alpha (2) No: K 2 (2) /dev/joe (2) Danek (2) Blest Lax Monk Pal (2) Robin Hood (2) Studge (2) Eric. (2) Baa: Niccolo Flychuck (2) JT (2) Abstain r-attila the farce (2) Euphrates (2) Slakko (2) Calvin N Hobbes (2) Laa Laa (2) 404 Not Found (2) rufus (2) Vynd (2) Wild Card (2) two-star (2) Pending & did not vote: WoHo (2) Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (2) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4033 Proposal 4033 Whose Whine, What Whine? IdiotBoy Due: Fri Jan 29 11:50:32 1999 Status: rejected 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 4052 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:10:16 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4052 Generic Proposal Title #4052 K 2 Due: Fri Feb 5 13:10:15 1999 This is a grandiose proposal. {{Immediately upon distribution this proposal shall be retracted and its author shall spend one day in gaol.}} ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4053 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 14:35:12 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4053 Warm & Fuzzy K 2 Due: Fri Feb 5 14:35:11 1999 This is Not a Modest Proposal. {{Transfer 2 points each to else...if, /dev/joe and JT from K 2}} {{[ A Fuzzy voting System ]}} {{[I have incorporated the changes made by 4024 by permitting players to place a vote with an absolute value less than or equal to 100 times their Voting Characteristic. The default value of the Voting Characteristic is also changed to 3 (permitting votes between +/- 300 for 'the average player' as per the original RFC)]}} {{[The following modifications were inspired by P2996, authored by saaremaa]}} I. Amend rule 2, "Proposals", to replace the third paragraph with this: " As soon as possible after a proposal's prescribed voting period ends, the votes on that proposal shall be posted publicly. The proposal is then accepted if the proposal's Acceptance Index exceeds its Acceptance Threshold. " II. Amend rule 2-1, "Voting on Proposals", to read: " Voting Players may vote an integer with an absolute value less than or equal to 100 times their Voting Characteristic on each proposal, by sending their vote to the Tabulator. Players who vote less than a proposal's Acceptance Threshold are said to have voted to reject it, while players who vote greater are said to have voted to accept it. Votes must be unambiguous and unconditional. A Voting Player may also choose not to vote on a proposal, which is called abstaining. Voting Players who do not vote within the prescribed voting period shall be deemed to have abstained. Voting Players may change their vote up until the end of the prescribed voting period, but in any case are limited to one vote per proposal. A proposal's Acceptance Index is the sum of all votes legally cast within its prescribed voting period. A proposal's Acceptance Threshold is 0, unless changed as described in the rules. The prescribed voting period on a proposal is seven days, starting from the moment that the proposal is publicly distributed as specified by the rules. Entities may vote only as specified by the rules. Non-entities may not vote. " III. Replace the text "It has a Default Value of 2." in Amend Rule 4-4-7 (Voting Characteristic) with "It has a Default Value of 3". {{The Voting Characteristic of all players is increased to a value one greater that it was just prior to the acceptance of this proposal.}} IV. Create a new rule numbered 2-1-2 entitled "Mannna from Heaven" with the text: " Mannna is an ownable entity. A Trading entity may own a negative amount of Mannna. When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported, but prior to any effects generated by it (including any scoring changes), the following Mannna changes shall be applied to all players who did not abstain on the proposal: a) Players who cast a vote with an absolute value greater than 100 loose 100 less than the absolute value of their vote in Mannna. b) Players who cast a vote with an absolute value between 60 and 100 gain 50 less half the absolute value of their vote in Mannna. c) Players who cast a vote with an absolute value less than 60 gain 20 Mannna. >From the time it is publicly pointed out that a player possesses a negative amount of Mannna, until it is pointed out that they are out of debt, that player may only cast votes between 100 and -100. Additionally, at the time a player's Mannna debt it publicly pointed out, the player shall by fined either 10% of the absolute value of their debt in Mannna or 10 Mannna, whichever is greater. This paragraph takes precedence over all rules governing how a player can vote. " V. Amend sub-section 2 of section II of Rule 4-1 (Joining the Game) to read: " 2) The new player is paid from the Treasury the sum of A$900 and receives 100 Mannna. " {{All players have 100 Mannna.}} {{[Don't even think of Patent Infringement]}} {{[Fix the rest of the rules]}} VI. Amend Rule 2-2 (Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported) making section VI. to read in full: " A proposal is Boring if and only if its Acceptance Index is between -60 and 60 inclusive. The above provisions notwithstanding, no points are scored by any player as a result of a Boring proposal being accepted or rejected. " VII. Amend Rule 1-7-3 (Paradigm Type: AntiVoting) by replacing the phrase: " Anti-Voting is defined as voting NO on an accepted proposal or voting YES on a rejected proposal (determined at the end of the prescribed voting period). " with: " Anti-Voting is defined as voting to reject an accepted proposal or voting to accept a rejected proposal (determined at the end of the prescribed voting period). " VIII. Amend Rule 1-7-5 (Paradigm Type: Flow Voting) by replacing the phrase: " Flow-Voting is defined as voting YES on an accepted proposal or voting NO on a rejected proposal (determined at the end of the prescribed voting period). " with: " Flow-Voting is defined as voting to accept an accepted proposal or voting to reject a rejected proposal (determined at the end of the prescribed voting period). " IX. Amend Rule 2-2-3 (Ackanomic Unity) by replacing the first sentence with: " Should it ever occur that every player eligible to do so should vote to accept the same proposal then the following shall happen: " X. Amend the paragraph which commences "If exactly one of the verdicts of a Serious Hearing" in Rule 5 (Hearings) to read in full: " If exactly one of the verdicts of a Serious Hearing would lead to a modification of the ruleset, that verdict must receive sufficient votes such that if it were a proposal it would be accepted, treating votes for that verdict as votes of 100 and all other votes in the hearing as votes of -100. In this case, if this particular response would fail to be accepted, the response that received the second most responses is the verdict of the Hearing. " {{[Potential for a fuzzy hearing system ;-)]}} XI. Amend Section i under the heading 'Effect:' in Rule 7-16-4 (ASS Song: Ode to Joy) to read: " i) Every player that voted to accept the proposal that triggered the song gains one point. " XII. Replace the text "All players who voted against a Great Work that was accepted will lose 7 points" where it appears in section III, [subsection c] in Rule 2-2-2 (Literature) with the text "All players who voted to reject a Great Work that was accepted will lose 7 points" XIII. Make Rule 6-4-6 (Scorekeeper) read in full: " The Office of the Scorekeeper is a Functional Office. The Duties of the Scorekeeper are: (a) maintaining a record of the players' current scores and their Mannna. (b) recording each score and Mannna change (c) detecting and announcing as soon as possible the event of a player achieving a Winning Condition by points. (d) announcing when a player has a negative amount of Mannna and when that has ceased to be the case. (d) performing any random determinations involved in a process solely involving Points or Mannna. " {{[Make the votes on proposals made under the other rules work]}} XIV. Create a new rule with number 2-1-3, title "ZZimsy Proposals", and text: " This rule has precedence over all other rules affecting proposal votes. All proposals distributed after the proposal that created this rule, yet distributed before this rule was created are ZZimsy Proposals. No other proposals are ZZimsy. All YES votes cast on ZZimsy Proposals are converted to votes of 100. All NO votes cast on ZZimsy Proposals are converted to votes of -100. All BAA votes cast on ZZimsy Proposals are converted to votes of 0. Upon it being true that there exist no ZZimsy Proposals whose voting results have not been reported, this rule repeals itself. " ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4054 From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:31:18 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4054 Minimum Punishments JT Due: Fri Feb 5 15:31:17 1999 Amend rule 3-6 (Criminal Justice) insert the following text as delimited by MINIMUMS between sections 5 and 6. Renumber the current sections 6 through 10 appropriately. MINIMUMS 6) A Crime may, when defined by a rule, contain a Minimum Penalty. When a Crime contains a Minimum Penalty, a verdict of TRUE on the CFCJ must include at least that Minimum Penalty as party of the actual penalty. MINIMUMS {{[After the above renumbering is completed, what used to be 8a is now 9a]}} Amend rule 3-6 (Criminal Justice) by amending section 9a) to read as delimited by ENFORCE_MINIMUM ENFORCE_MINIMUM 8a) Upon a verdict of TRUE, the judge may retain or alter the recommended penalty. The result will become the actual penalty. This will be imposed following a 3 day "grace period". If the Crime for which the CFCJ is submitted specifies a Minimum Penalty, and the actual penalty does not include at least the Minimum Penalty, then the actual penalty is changed to include the Minimum Penalty. Failure to include the Minimum Penalty in the actual penalty is the Crime of Excessive Leniency on the part of the judge. ENFORCE_MINIMUM If Proposal 4050 passed, Amend rule 6-4-4 (Rule-Harfer) by inserting the following text as delimited by PUNISHMENT at the end of section e). PUNISHMENT The Minimum Penalty for commiting the Crime of Number-Crunching is Impeachment from the office of Rule-Harfer. PUNISHMENT ------------------------------ Subject: Acka: Proposal 4034 rejected From: ackabot@ackanomic.org Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 21:14:15 -0500 (EST) Proposal 4034 Yes/No vote characteristic totals: 11-13: proposal rejected Yes: Slakko (2) else...if (2) Robin Hood (2) O Olde Alpha (2) JT (3) No: K 2 (2) /dev/joe (2) Danek (2) Blest Lax Monk Pal (3) Eric. (2) two-star (2) Baa: Niccolo Flychuck (2) ThinMan (3) Abstain r-attila the farce (2) Euphrates (2) IdiotBoy (1) Calvin N Hobbes (2) Laa Laa (2) 404 Not Found (2) rufus (2) Vynd (2) Studge (2) Wild Card (2) Pending & did not vote: WoHo (2) Vacationing & did not vote: Aunt Froot (2) Subject: Acka: Proposal 4034 Proposal 4034 Quick Fix else...if Due: Fri Jan 29 20:53:46 1999 Status: rejected {{All players are removed from the CFJ inelligibility list}} ------------------------------ End of acka-voting Digest V4 #27 ********************************