ackanomic Digest Monday, February 15 1999 Volume: 04 Issue: 044 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: K 2 Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 4075 Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 04:52:29 -0500 (EST) JT wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 1999, K 2 wrote: > >Ooops that was supposed to 10 not 4 :-) > > > >It used to be the case that a win could be bought for 5000, I had intended to > >use this as the conversion rate. > > It used to be the case that *1* win ever could be bought for A$5000. Now > multiple wins could be. I think a rate higher than 10 (given the > repeatability) is in order. And how often did players get sufficent funds together to do this? To set the rate any higher is to make the conversion worthless; it should be done away with instead... K 2 > > > --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: K 2 Subject: Acka: CFCJs Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 05:17:40 -0500 (EST) Having no idea if else...if is still around or not I'm going for a public submission. This message contains two CFCJs. The text '*****' marks the start of each CFCJ. Customary headings have been used as delimiters only. ***** Statement: /dev/joe has committed the Crime of Being Annoying. Reasoning: /dev/joe has submitted 5 _identical_ proposals to the public forum, the sole purpose of the multiple copies is to prevent interested players from presenting a united front. This is SPAM in rhymes with SCAM and it is ANNOYING! Suggested Penalty One week in gaol [Although it is unlikely to prevent em from voting on the proposals, the more appropriate punishment of a Mannna deduction is not possible]. ***** Statement: JT has committed the Crime of Being Annoying. Reasoning: JT has submitted 6 _identical_ proposals to the public forum, the sole purpose of the multiple copies is to prevent interested players from presenting a united front. This is SPAM in rhymes with SCAM and it is ANNOYING! Suggested Penalty One week in gaol [Although it is unlikely to prevent em from voting on the proposals, the more appropriate punishment of a Mannna deduction is not possible]. ------------------------------ From: K 2 Subject: Re: Acka: CFCJs Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 05:22:06 -0500 (EST) I destroy My Boon (trinket) for cash (A$75). I submit the following CFCJs again if I did not have sufficient A$ the first time I did so. K 2 K 2 wrote: > Having no idea if else...if is still around or not I'm going for a > public submission. > > This message contains two CFCJs. The text '*****' marks the start of > each CFCJ. Customary headings have been used as delimiters only. > > ***** > Statement: > /dev/joe has committed the Crime of Being Annoying. > > Reasoning: > /dev/joe has submitted 5 _identical_ proposals to the public forum, the > sole purpose of the multiple copies is to prevent interested players > from presenting a united front. This is SPAM in rhymes with SCAM and it > is ANNOYING! > > Suggested Penalty > One week in gaol [Although it is unlikely to prevent em from voting on > the proposals, the more appropriate punishment of a Mannna deduction is > not possible]. > > ***** > Statement: > JT has committed the Crime of Being Annoying. > > Reasoning: > JT has submitted 6 _identical_ proposals to the public forum, the sole > purpose of the multiple copies is to prevent interested players from > presenting a united front. This is SPAM in rhymes with SCAM and it is > ANNOYING! > > Suggested Penalty > One week in gaol [Although it is unlikely to prevent em from voting on > the proposals, the more appropriate punishment of a Mannna deduction is > not possible]. ------------------------------ From: K 2 Subject: Acka: Rebel With out a Cause Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 05:32:53 -0500 (EST) I change my Rebelliousness to OFF K 2 ------------------------------ From: Eric Plumb Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 4090 Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:38:32 -0500 (EST) #retract 4090 #end On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, K 2 wrote: > > i) all of the similar Proposals but the lowest-numbered shall be > > automatically retracted, retroactively to the time their similarity was > > first pointed out if necessary [ i.e. if they are resolved before a CFJ ] > > This rule won't have the precedence necessary to perform anything even > remotely retroactive. A better wording would be: "A proposal which is > substantially similar to any proposal still under consideration with a > lower > number is Invalid and removed from consideration." Shows you what happens when I try to come up with a Proposal that actually affects the game *con*structively. I should stick to what I do best. I retract Proposal 4090. K2 [or anyone else], please feel free to resubmit a workable version if you think it's necessary. > #submit proposal > [{{ > #end proposal > > ]}} > #end proposal Well, not that this has anything to do with the above, but I declare Proposal 4092 Harfy. -Hubert If you choke a smurf, what color does it turn? ------------------------------ End of ackanomic Digest V4 #44 ******************************