acka-voting Digest	Sunday, February 07 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 034


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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4064
From: ackabot@ackanomic.org
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 00:57:02 -0500 (EST)

Proposal 4064
Whatsat doin'dare?
K 2
Due: Sun Feb 14 00:57:00 1999


This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[I thought of this some time after I typed the sentence before this
one. Rules claiming to be Modest Proposals - What Will They Think Of
Next?(tm)]}}

**1** Replace the following text from Rule 2 (Proposals):
"
Otherwise, the proposal itself changes from a proposal to a rule. [It is
assigned a title and number as described in Rules 1-6-2 and 2-3.]
"
with:
"
Otherwise, the proposal itself, excluding any furniture, changes from a
proposal to a rule. [It is assigned a title and number as described in
Rules 1-6-2 and 2-3.]
"

{{[I noticed this while I was writing an unrelated proposal]}}

**2** Amend Rule 1-2-8-2 (Yes Virginia) by replacing the phrase "the
Purple Robes of Justice" with "The Really Big Blue Thing That Doesn't Do
Too Much, Really" where ever it appears in section IV.

{{[I noticed this while searching for a replacement for the Purple Robes
of Justice in the previous amendment]}}

**3** Amend Rule 7-2-3 (Steel Flea) by:

i) deleting the final paragraph which reads "Phoebe's matchbox is a
unique entity."

ii) replacing the last two sentences of the first paragraph with:
"
Likewise her matchbox is an unique ownable entity of indescribable
mechanical complexity. Phoebe owns her matchbox.

{{[I noticed this while I was writing that unrelated proposal I
mentioned earlier - both of these are redundant]}}

**4** Delete the final paragraph of Rule 4-4-5 (Honour).

**5** Repeal Rule 4-4-5-4 (Break on Through to the Other Side)

{{[Are you still here? This comment is minding this place for a
friend.]}}

**6** Delete section b of Rule 6-4-15 (Trinket-Harfer).
{{[b) To keep an accurate record of all Magick names, original values,
and descriptions, and to make that record available to any player on
request.]}}

{{[Oh look another one.]}}

**7** Delete the final paragraph of Rule 6-4-16 (Treasure-Harfer).
{{[The Treasure-Harfer is encouraged to bury these for other players to
find; if e does not, and lets them accumulate in eir possession, then
other players are permitted to sneer.]}}

{{[Who wrote these rules anyway? ;-) Not that we have many multiple
owner entities, but it may be useful to make sure an entity doesn't
become completely unowned just because on of its former owners is on
ice....]}}

**8** Replace subsection b in section VII in Rule 4 (Players and Player
States) with:
"
b) E ceases to own all of eir entities. Any non-tradeable entities which
became wholly unowned after the application of the previous sentence are
destroyed.
"

{{[The sole purpose of this comment is to continue the over commenting
trend of this proposal.]}}

**9** Amend Rule 12-9 (Buried Treasure!) by replacing the final
paragraph with:
"
In the event that the verdict is "the accumulation of money is a great
evil and a burden to the soul", then all entities in The Motherland
become unowned. Additionally the map writer shall pay The Standard
Harfer Fee to the Gold Digger.
"
{{[The Motherland by definition contains only tradable entities - all of
these can be owned by the Treasury - the rules governing unownership
will take care the delivery]}}

{{[Should I put a comment here?]}}
**10** Amend  Rule 4 (Players and Player States) by replacing subsection
g of section VI with:
"
g) E ceases to own all of their mimsy entities.
"

{{[Just what the nomic bot was looking for:


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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4065
From: ackabot@ackanomic.org
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 00:57:11 -0500 (EST)

Proposal 4065
Titles are entities too!
K 2
Due: Sun Feb 14 00:57:11 1999


This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[This allows players to retain titles as regulated Entities even after
their removal from the rules.
Unique titles automatically disenfranchise past owners]}}

Create a new rule numbered 7-2-5 with the tittle 'Titled Gentry' and the
text:
"
Thingies (entities and non-entities) that have been defined in the rules
at some time as Titles, and have not have that designation removed,
remain Titles. Titles are entities. Titles defined in the rules as
unique are Unique entities and may have more than one owner.

Where the rules associate a title with a player ['is given', 'is the']
it is awarded to them.
Where the rules disassociate a title from a player ['loses', 'ceases to
be'] they cease to own it.
Unowned titles are destroyed.

When a non-unique title is awarded it is created in the beneficiary's
possession.
When a one, or more players, are awarded a unique title it is
transferred to them from its current owners, or created in their
possession if no such title exists.

Titles may only be created, awarded and destroyed as described in the
rules.
"

Replace the first paragraph of Rule 2-2-6 (Let there be Harf!) with:
"
The Unique Title of Harfmeister exists. If, at any time, no one has the
Title of Harfmeister, the Title is given to the Speaker.
"

Append the following text to the final paragraph of Rule 4-1-2 (Crazy
French-Scotsmen):
"
Crazy Scotsman and Crazy French-Scotsman are both Titles.
"

Make Rule 4-4-5-3 'Honour among Thieves (Take 1)' read in full:
"
If there is one player who has a higher honour score than all other
players, and that honour score is greater than 20, then that player gets
the Unique Title Champion of Honour.

If there is one player who has a lower honour score than all other
players, and that honour score is less than -20, then that player get
the Unique Title Champion of Evil.

The Champion's of Honour and Evil are encouraged to fight, contradict
each other and generally deride everything about the other player.
"

Append the following to the final paragraph of section 3 of Rule 4-5 (A
Degree Proves You're Educated):
"
Degrees are Titles. Players with a degree may place appropriate, yet
cryptic, letters after their name [B(Harf)]. Players with a PhD may use
the prefix Dr and charge exorbitant consultation fees.
"

Append the following text to the end of the final paragraph of Rule 4-6
(Reincarnating Into The Third Cat):
"
The Passive Contemplator and Third Cat are both Unique Titles.
"

Insert the following text as a separate paragraph after the first
paragraph in Rule 4-10 (Awards and Orders):
"
When a player gains a more prestigious title in an Order e loses all
inferior titles in that Order.
"

Amend section vii of Rule 6 (Offices, Commonalities) to read in full:
"
A player may not acquire offices except as specified by the rules.
"


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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4066
From: ackabot@ackanomic.org
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 00:57:22 -0500 (EST)

Proposal 4066
Generalized Debt Prohibited
K 2
Due: Sun Feb 14 00:57:21 1999


This is a Modest Proposal.

Append the following text to the end of Rule 7 (Entities):
"
A Trading Entity may not accept or offer a trade or perform a game
action which would cause the quantity of an entity it owns to be below
zero, unless it would result in em owning more of that entity after the
trade than before, except where the rules explicitly make an exception
for that type of entity.
"

Repeal Rule 7-3-1-1 (Voluntary Debt Prohibited)

{{[This was originally scheduled to perform two proposals earlier but it
missed the q and wait in a boat; At least its still got its luggage.]}}

Repeal Rule 4-4-5-5 (Dateing).

{{[This comment belongs to a different proposal - its lost]}}
Repeal Rule 7-13-3 (What Is a Dorum?)
{{[Harfmeister is a reward in itself. This entity is a marginal pain in
the neck to track as well]}}

{{[The financier doesn't call these often enough; they aren't hard to
track and now that /dev/joe's foreheads are cluttering up the treasury
we need to off load some more junk... I mean priceless pieces of Ackan
Heritage, from the treasury.]}}

Delete the text "and pay A$10 into the Treasury" from Rule 7-3-1-2-1
(Auction Them Entities).



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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4067
From: ackabot@ackanomic.org
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 00:57:32 -0500 (EST)

Proposal 4067
Repealing Rules We've Been Ignoring
K 2
Due: Sun Feb 14 00:57:32 1999


This is a Modest Proposal

Repeal Rule 12-8-4-1 (The Benefits of Swinging)

{{[Who many fortnights have passed without comment?]}}

Repeal Rule 5-1 (What's the Will of the People)

{{[This can be done quite easily and with more flexibility in an
unregulated fashion - after all this rule doesn't enforce any promises
based on the verdict; the hearing harfer can do as e pleases, can't
limit voting players to a subset (chess players), etc...]}}


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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4068
From: ackabot@ackanomic.org
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 19:01:45 -0500 (EST)

Proposal 4068
Numbering The Monkeys
O Olde Alpha
Due: Sun Feb 14 19:01:44 1999

This is a Modest proposal.

{{Paradigm Type: AntiVoting becomes Active.}}


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