ackanomic Digest Saturday, February 06 1999 Volume: 04 Issue: 035 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Acka: Bot Update From: Joseph DeVincentis Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 00:11:35 -0500 (EST) I have rewritten the bot code again and done a reasonable amount of testing, to account for the effects of P4053. The bot will be updated in moments to accept numerical votes as now prescribed by the rules. Proposal 4054's voting results do not indicate the new voting rules, but nobody tried to cast any numerical votes between the time 4053 passed and the end of the voting period on 4054, so 4054 passed with an acceptance index of 200 and each player who voted voted 100, -100, or 0, corresponding to the yes, no, and baa categories in the report. When casting votes on the new bot, you may still string together votes on a single command, but be particularly careful to put spaces between all your votes. In addition, you may continue to use Y to represent a vote of 100, N for -100, and B for 0, and the - notation (a hyphen standing alone) to tell the bot you are skipping one proposal in the numeric sequence. #vote 9000 n 120 - -50 would cast a vote of -100 on P9000, 120 on P9001, and -50 on P9003. Below is a sample voting report for a fictitious proposal. The numbers next to each player's name are, in order: the vote he cast the change in his mannna resulting from this vote (blank if no change) after the ==>, his new mannna total. If this proposal resulted in the player going into or coming out of debt, this is announced and if it was going into debt, the penalty is calculated and printed here also. Abstainers among active players will still be listed at the end of the report, but I have eliminated the other categories. Acceptance Index: 264: proposal accepted Votes to accept: /dev/joe 120 -20 ==> 81 ThinMan 75 +13 ==> 133 IdiotBoy 300 -200 ==> -100 ** Went into debt, loses 10 ** Votes to reject: 404 Not Found -60 +20 ==> 18 ** Out of debt ** JT -100 ==> 100 Eric. -71 +15 ==> 115 Abstainers: r-attila the farce Calvin N Hobbes Laa Laa /dev/joe Tabulator ------------------------------ From: Eric Plumb Subject: Acka: I'll Come In Again Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 00:55:12 -0500 (EST) In accordance with Rule 2-2-6 (and you have no *idea* how long it took me to look that up) I am calling an Inquisition on the current Harfmeister. I am the Supreme Inquisitor; votes of "No! He's going to share the Harf!" or "Yes! He's hogging the Harf!" should go to me. Frivolous, silly, and irreverent votes will gain their casters significant fractions of my A$. Bear in mind that I have no idea who *is* Harfmeister, I'm just doing this because I'm bored and because... ...well... Nobody expects it. -Hubert I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian. ------------------------------ From: K 2 Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 4061 Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 02:04:22 -0500 (EST) I retract this proposal K 2 ackabot@ackanomic.org wrote: > Proposal 4061 > Fuzzy Wuzzy > K 2 > Due: Sat Feb 13 01:12:21 1999 > ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Acka: Nomination for the Order of the Steel Flea (Alfvaen) Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 11:48:51 -0500 (EST) Slakko has nominated Alfvaen for the Order of the Steel Flea. For his many years of service, and wise actions on behalf of Acka, I grant Alfvaen the title of Medallist of the Order of the Steel Flea. --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: Acka: Start of Agenda Bidding Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 12:49:52 -0500 (EST) Bids may range between -187 and 93 inclusive. The following conditions were submitted by the following players. The players listed below have 1 week to submit bids on the conditions. ---------------------------------- Eric. ---------------------------------- I1 - The wearer of this hat has donated at least A$187 to the player legally able to assume the name "Hubert" while wearing this hat. I2 - The wearer of this hat has been repealed. ---------------------------------- Slakko ---------------------------------- I3 - There is no rule-defined entity called "The Mad Hatters". ---------------------------------- else...if ---------------------------------- I4 - The player wearing this hat has been reassigned by rule 99. I5 - The player wearing this hat is a member of the Supreme Cortex and is currently judging a CFJ or CFCJ which has never been appealed. I6 - The player wearing this hat is a contract player and being a contract printer is defined in the rules. ---------------------------------- Wild Card ---------------------------------- I7 - The owner of this hat has had 10 proposals in the queue at the same time whilst wearing this hat. ---------------------------------- /dev/joe ---------------------------------- I8 - The current cycle has lasted more than 4 months. I9 - The owner of this hat owns more agenda hats than he has points. ---------------------------------- two-star ---------------------------------- I10 - The total number of words in this hat's owner's hats is 42 I11 - This condition has been judged false in a CFJ, but never true. I12 - This hat is being worn by a horse. ---------------------------------- --JT, Illuminatus [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ] [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ] [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] ------------------------------ End of ackanomic Digest V4 #35 ******************************