ackanomic Digest Sunday, December 20 1998 Volume 03 : Issue 453 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:12:11 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 jtraub@dragoncat.net wrote: > Create a rule numbered 23, named "The Benevolent Society" with the following > DANGER delimited text: > > DANGER > When this rule is created, 4 active players should be randomly chosen by the > speaker. These 4 may change the rules or game state as an organisational > action. > DANGER The four players are (in order of random selection) ThinMan JT Alfvaen else...if > {{Repeal rSiE}} I don't believe this actually has any effect. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3909 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:19:52 -0500 (EST) > The Illuminatus has the Duty co announce a call for Agenda Condition > submissions if, for any reason, there has not been such a call during > the current cycle, and there is neither a call for Agenda Conditions > nor a Nemesis Eggplant bidding period currently underway. Since there is not a call for Agenda Conditions underway, and since I am once more Illuminatus, I hereby issue a call for agenda conditions. I note that only those hats destroyed by P3905 were recreated which means those of series G lost to an end of cycle are in fact gone. Please reply to this mail with your agenda conditions. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:26:04 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, JT wrote: >The four players are (in order of random selection) > ThinMan > JT > Alfvaen > else...if As an organizational action, I suggest that we amend rule 106 (Voting On Proposals) by replacing 'is a majority' with is 'is three-fifths'. I, of course, approve this suggestion. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:52:49 -0500 (EST) >As an organizational action, I suggest that we amend rule 106 (Voting On >Proposals) by replacing 'is a majority' with is 'is three-fifths'. > >I, of course, approve this suggestion. As an organization action, I suggest we (the Benevolent Society created by prop 3912) amend rule 106 (Voting on Proposals) by replacing 'is a majority' or 'is three-fifths' (whichever appears in the rule) with 'is 55%'. -- -Henry Towsner Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it. -Logan Pearsall Smith ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:57:22 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Towsner wrote: >>As an organizational action, I suggest that we amend rule 106 (Voting On >>Proposals) by replacing 'is a majority' with is 'is three-fifths'. >> >>I, of course, approve this suggestion. > As an organization action, I suggest we (the Benevolent Society >created by prop 3912) amend rule 106 (Voting on Proposals) by replacing 'is >a majority' or 'is three-fifths' (whichever appears in the rule) with 'is >55%'. I approve of this suggestion as anything larger than 50% is better. While I prefer my solution, I'd prefer a compromise that works even more. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:05:50 -0500 (EST) >> DANGER >> When this rule is created, 4 active players should be randomly chosen by the >> speaker. These 4 may change the rules or game state as an organisational >> action. >> DANGER > >The four players are (in order of random selection) > ThinMan > JT > Alfvaen > else...if I suggest the we amend rule 23 by adding to the end "These 4 are collectively known as the Benevolent Diktat. Each is known individually as a Diktater." -- -Henry Towsner Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it. -Logan Pearsall Smith ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:20:07 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Towsner wrote: >>The four players are (in order of random selection) >> ThinMan >> JT >> Alfvaen >> else...if > > I suggest the we amend rule 23 by adding to the end "These 4 are >collectively known as the Benevolent Diktat. Each is known individually as >a Diktater." Heck, I approve of this suggestion. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Phoebe (MTM) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:31:01 -0500 (EST) I was sitting there, morosely contemplating anagrams of "Eric," (the best I'd been able to come up with was rIcE), when I felt the unmistakable sensation of a matchbox on my shoulder. Before I even had time to rejoice, I heard a familiar sibilant whisper in my ear: "Sla... Hub... uh, you. Are you going to let me finish my sentences this ti--" "Phoebe!" exclaimed my head Hubert in jubilation -- -- and with a snort like a thousand disgusted asterisks, she was gone. -Hubert You can't straighten a snake by pulling it through a straw. ------------------------------ From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Eric's Punishment and a vacation Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:42:43 -0500 (EST) On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, Tom Walmsley wrote: > First off having vanquihed my evil opponent and his even more vile > second in a duel, and in accordance to the agreement we made before the > duel I ask that MTM now takes on the name "Eric". I believe he must keep > this name for a minimum of two weeks. All right. Fair enough. I change my name to "Eric", including the double quotes as I'm sure my opponent intended. In a fit of pettiness and petulance, I point my Really Big Blue THing That Doesn't Do Much, Really (assuming they haven't been repealed or anything) at Jenny, push the button marked "ENERGIZE," which is located on top of the gear shift lever for some reason, and supply the anagram and universal truth (excluding double quotes) "NY E NJ". And I'm still going to sign my messages -Hubert. You can't straighten a snake by pulling it through a straw. ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Eric's Punishment and a vacation Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:05:46 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Eric Plumb wrote: >On Sat, 12 Dec 1998, Tom Walmsley wrote: > >> First off having vanquihed my evil opponent and his even more vile >> second in a duel, and in accordance to the agreement we made before the >> duel I ask that MTM now takes on the name "Eric". I believe he must keep >> this name for a minimum of two weeks. > >All right. Fair enough. I change my name to "Eric", including the >double quotes as I'm sure my opponent intended. This is not a valid name as the " character is not a legal character for Entity Names and therefore not for Player Names. This name change did not occur. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Phoebe (MTM) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:45:18 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Eric Plumb wrote: >I was sitting there, morosely contemplating anagrams of "Eric," (the best >I'd been able to come up with was rIcE), when I felt the unmistakable >sensation of a matchbox on my shoulder. Before I even had time to >rejoice, I heard a familiar sibilant whisper in my ear: > >"Sla... Hub... uh, you. Are you going to let me finish my sentences this >ti--" > >"Phoebe!" exclaimed my head Hubert in jubilation -- > >-- and with a snort like a thousand disgusted asterisks, she was gone. I challenge this wisdom as it is obviously not clever enough for the nanotech Phoebe. I am the Hearing Harfer and Nanotech Overseer for this hearing. The responses are: Phoebe would not say anything so crass and Phoebe said much the same thing to me once Please reply with your vote. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: "Gavin Logan" Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:46:11 -0500 (EST) >Proposal 3912 > >Yes votes: 8/14: proposal accepted > >*** This was an accepted Harfy proposal *** >*** rSiE is now Harfmeister *** May I be the first to say "Wha-huh?" I got to the library. I play "4 people do good" by Idlewild on the ASS. I go to *that* room. I go to where I was before I posted this message (only annoying the harfers). I give the following FUNKY delimited description for my house: FUNKY Owing to an error by the Tabulator, this house has no description. FUNKY I destroy the Death Star. I create a trinket worth A$23 named "fries with that" with the following STYLISH delimited description: STYLISH Bad Discordian? I subsumed all Acka into a state of totalitarian control while the Paradigm type was Democracy and all I got was the title of harfmeister. STYLISH I give fries with that to Trent. I change my name to "O Olde Alpha" (minus the quotes). I touch the puppethead. I spank the brass monkey. I divide my head into a googolplex of harf lozenges. O Olde Alpha ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Acka: Phoebe (rSiE) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:47:37 -0500 (EST) rSiE has found Phoebe's Matchbox. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: Jonathan David Amery Subject: Re: Acka: Phoebe (MTM) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 19:57:56 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, JT wrote: > Phoebe said much the same thing to me once Howver I didn't think it was important enough to post. -- Jonathan D. Amery, http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html ##### Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing Silly Agenda Hats. o__####### Holding the Silver Key to the Vault. \'####### Standing between the light and the dark, the candle and the flame. ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 20:01:14 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Gavin Logan wrote: >>Proposal 3912 >> >>Yes votes: 8/14: proposal accepted >> >>*** This was an accepted Harfy proposal *** >>*** rSiE is now Harfmeister *** > > >May I be the first to say "Wha-huh?" Yes, you may. :) >I change my name to "O Olde Alpha" (minus the quotes). I ack this name change with just a *mild* bit of trepidation :) --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: dice-admin@pbm.com (Dice server) Subject: Acka: Ackanomicon Determination Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 20:27:02 -0500 (EST) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Dice rolls requested by: JT Rolls also sent to: ackanomic@ackanomic.org # Player: O Olde Alpha # Ackanomicon Determination # based on the following (using a 49 sided die) # 1 - 16 Arcane Trivia # 17 - 21 Vile Prophecies # 22 - 27 Inner Workings # 28 - 33 Arcane Lore # 34 - 36 Terrorizing Pages # 37 - 38 Mutation # 39 - 40 Dark Domain # 41 - 42 Long Lost Treasure # 43 - 43 Forbidden Fruit # 44 - 47 Not so Forbidden Fruit # 48 - 48 Ancient One No. of sides on every die: 48 No. of dice for every roll: 1 No. of dice rolls requested: 1 No. of rolls per line: 1 3 Information on the dice server: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE! 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For instructions on using the dice server, send a message with subject "help" to dice@pbm.com, or see http://www.pbm.com/dice/ The dice server is provided by: Shadow Island Games http://www.pbm.com/ ================================================= ** NewHoo Web Directory ** An army of editors surfing the web for you! http://www.NewHoo.com/ ================================================= Original message follows: > From jtraub@dragoncat.net Sun Dec 20 20:26:39 1998 > Received: (from smtp@localhost) by xkey.com > id UAA01243 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 20:26:39 -0500 > Received: from r136-4-dsl.sea.lightrealm.net(216.122.4.136) by xkey.com via smtp (V1.3) > id sma001239; Sun Dec 20 17:26:38 1998 > Received: from localhost (jtraub@localhost) > by dragoncat.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA09459 > for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:26:51 -0800 > Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 17:26:49 -0800 (PST) > From: JT > To: Dice Server > Subject: Acka: Nomicon > Message-ID: > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > #P ackanomic@ackanomic.org > #S 48 > #D 1 > #R 1 > #L 1 > #T Acka: Ackanomicon Determination > > #C Player: O Olde Alpha > #C Ackanomicon Determination > #C based on the following (using a 49 sided die) > #C > #C 1 - 16 Arcane Trivia > #C 17 - 21 Vile Prophecies > #C 22 - 27 Inner Workings > #C 28 - 33 Arcane Lore > #C 34 - 36 Terrorizing Pages > #C 37 - 38 Mutation > #C 39 - 40 Dark Domain > #C 41 - 42 Long Lost Treasure > #C 43 - 43 Forbidden Fruit > #C 44 - 47 Not so Forbidden Fruit > #C 48 - 48 Ancient One > > > > [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] > [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] > [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] > [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.7 iQCVAwUBNn2j4T8NitsTFjcVAQFDJQP8CagnSLk017kM7cWZHxnLsCE+qlyvns+H 4F634vxDRMDJhRHdKsyMsBtvh+G0GFHaL+3uAXnDvM7FfHVrxoAvYdY6DW7DLfbp IR21mjHRddcELoC3353PdSKshwV8yvxsm6Ld/qt2lfXt5KSXUBfcEEWCMOdGJzC2 ODPj0aM7AWU= =Frw4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Commission D'Arts (JT, Vynd, rSiE, Alfvaen, else...if) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 20:39:51 -0500 (EST) On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, JT wrote: >The following members comprise the commission. > >President: JT >Historian: Vynd >Poet-Laureate: rSiE >Random Player: Alfvaen >Random Player: else...if > >These 5 players must produce a list of 4 nominees within 7 days of the >date of the newest member joining (ie today). I hereby submit the proposed report from the Commission D' Arts. It requires ratification as an organizational action. I suggest that the following SILVER delimited text be approved as the report of the Commission D'Arts. SILVER The four nominees are as follows: /dev/joe's Nose Description rSiE's Rime of the Ancient Nanotech Wild Card's Babylon 5-esque Wisdom Trent's Xazij Treasure Map SILVER --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Commission D'Arts (JT, Vynd, rSiE, Alfvaen, else...if) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 20:41:32 -0500 (EST) On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, JT wrote: >I suggest that the following SILVER delimited text be approved as the >report of the Commission D'Arts. >SILVER >The four nominees are as follows: > /dev/joe's Nose Description > rSiE's Rime of the Ancient Nanotech > Wild Card's Babylon 5-esque Wisdom > Trent's Xazij Treasure Map >SILVER I of course approve of this suggestion. --JT [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ From: Towsner Subject: Re: Acka: Commission D'Arts (JT, Vynd, rSiE, Alfvaen, else...if) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 20:44:16 -0500 (EST) >I suggest that the following SILVER delimited text be approved as the >report of the Commission D'Arts. >SILVER >The four nominees are as follows: > /dev/joe's Nose Description > rSiE's Rime of the Ancient Nanotech > Wild Card's Babylon 5-esque Wisdom > Trent's Xazij Treasure Map >SILVER I support this. -- -Henry Towsner Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it. -Logan Pearsall Smith ------------------------------ From: Jonathan David Amery Subject: Acka: Vacation. Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 21:44:50 -0500 (EST) I name the moon Titan and specify that I am attempting to go there. I play my OC Skeleton Key and go to Titan, which I attempted above. I go on Vacation - expected time of return 7th January 1999, though it could be much earlier. -- Jonathan D. Amery, http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html ##### Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing Silly Agenda Hats. o__####### Holding the Silver Key to the Vault. \'####### Standing between the light and the dark, the candle and the flame. ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted From: alfvaen@connect.ab.ca (Aaron V. Humphrey) Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 22:20:45 -0500 (EST) > > When this rule is created, 4 active players should be randomly chosen by the > > speaker. These 4 may change the rules or game state as an organisational > > action. > The four players are (in order of random selection) > ThinMan > JT > Alfvaen > else...if I am not sure, with the current state of the Rules(large chunks of the Ruleset being whacked off with glee), but at some point it was illegal for Non-Voting players to be chosen randomly for anything. But I can't remember what "Active players" means at this point in time. If I was in fact legally selected, then I approve of the suggestion for "55%", as well as the "Benevolent Diktat" one. Or "Bemused Diktat", which is more appropriate in my case. -- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ ) Current Album--Supper's Ready Current Book--Wild Cards:Marked Cards If Jesus was jewish, why did he have a Mexican name? ------------------------------ From: K 2 Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 22:54:31 -0500 (EST) JT wrote: > As an organizational action, I suggest that we amend rule 106 (Voting On > Proposals) by replacing 'is a majority' with is 'is three-fifths'. > > I, of course, approve this suggestion. > > --JT I boject to this as against the spirt of nomic. K 2 ------------------------------ From: jobollin@iumsc4.chem.indiana.edu (John Bollinger) Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 23:14:15 -0500 (EST) >On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, JT wrote: >>The four players are (in order of random selection) >> ThinMan >> JT >> Alfvaen >> else...if > >As an organizational action, I suggest that we amend rule 106 (Voting On >Proposals) by replacing 'is a majority' with is 'is three-fifths'. > >I, of course, approve this suggestion. I approve this suggestion. ThinMan ------------------------------ From: jobollin@iumsc4.chem.indiana.edu (John Bollinger) Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3912 accepted Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 23:20:29 -0500 (EST) >>The four players are (in order of random selection) >> ThinMan >> JT >> Alfvaen >> else...if > > I suggest the we amend rule 23 by adding to the end "These 4 are >collectively known as the Benevolent Diktat. Each is known individually as >a Diktater." I approve. ThinMan Benign Evil Emperor of Ackanomic (semi-retired) ------------------------------ End of ackanomic Digest V3 #453 *******************************