ackanomic Digest Friday, February 26 1999 Volume: 04 Issue: 055 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: K 2 Subject: Acka: Re: Rule 6-20-1 Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:21:05 -0500 (EST) It seems that I get to toy with the SHF.... any suggestions ( and appropriate donations) will be given due consideration... K 2 ------------------------------ From: K 2 Subject: Acka: Proposal 4076's Parade Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:21:09 -0500 (EST) Boring it may be, but it was still a parade - and what a parade. Never in the history of Ackanomic (1) has such a boring event been held. Although it may well have been indescribably boring, I shall none the less make an attempt.... The weather was perhaps the most interesting part (2) - Predominately a thick grey fog, which went a long way towards dampening sound, colour and the spectators in general. Thus, totally deprived of all sensory stimulation, players were forced to endure the speech without any interesting distraction to liven things up. The speech? Long and sonorous; Its obligatory, you should'nt've needed to ask. In fact the malfunctioning PA system (3) contrived to turn it into a long sonorous silence - from there things got _really_ dull. Many players wheeled in their freshly acquired cardboard cut outs for the second half, those that didn't were asleep (4) that is. Anyway, after it was over (i.e. after an infinitesimal period of time) everyone appeared at whatever-their-last-known-location-was with a dull head ache and a strong desire to watch grass grow. You can WAKE-UP now :) (1) Last Tuesday at about 12:37 came pretty close tho. (2) The shear fact that I've mentioned the weather at all should be a reasonable indication of just how boring it was. Having weather in a piece of text is a sure sign you should stop reading it and have a nap instead. (3) more likely it was absent; PA systems do have better things to you know. And now that they are unionized there are some events that are beyond the pale. (4) Unconscious is more like it - many players were earlier seen to be smacking their head(s) against the town hall.. K 2 Unless its part of a winnable bag I choose a green ttriangle to combat the effect of JTs red square. ackabot@ackanomic.org wrote: > Proposal 4076 > ** This proposal was boring! ** 8 boring votes out of 11 total. > Proposal 4076 > Public Dorum > K 2 The parade scoring for this proposal is for attendance at the parade rather than for the acceptance of the proposal so I've scored it accordingly - if anyone wishes to argue that since the parade occurs due to the acceptance of the proposal, players should not score as a result of parade either; feel free to do so - you may even convince me :-) K 2 ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Acka: Non Players and elderhood Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:28:17 -0500 (EST) On February 21, AJ became a Non Player. On February 22, Alfvaen officially earned the right to the title Elder. On February 19, Aunt Froot became a Non Player. On February 18, Blarney became a Non Player. On February 17, J. M. Bear became a Non Player. On February 14, Rig R. Mortis became a Non Player. If K 2 could inform me of any trinkets destroyed by this, I'd appreciate it. --JT, Registrar -- [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ 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: Acka: Conversions Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 06:01:57 -0500 (EST) I convert 5 A$ into 100 Mannna. ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 4094 accepted Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 10:27:15 -0500 (EST) On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 ackabot@ackanomic.org wrote: > Proposal 4094 > Substantially Similar Proposals > rice > Due: Thu Feb 25 03:10:15 1999 > Status: accepted > > > If two proposals currently in the proposal queue would have identical > effects on the game state if passed, or are substantially similar in the > opinion of a judge, then the later of the two to be submitted shall be > deemed invalid and removed from voting consideration. This created rule 99-1. I renumber this rule according to rule 99 to be rule 2-1-3. --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: Matt Miller Subject: Acka: We're on the Eve of Destruction [Financier] Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:12:05 -0500 (EST) I'm doing my part to help clean up the PE page: I have chosen a green lozenge as my Puzzle Piece from my Ackanomicon reading. (I believe this is the "Undetermined" which shows in my entry.) I destroy Sausage in a Bun [1,47] (That's 1 through 47 inclusive.) for cash. This nets me A$235. I create a trinket called "the SausageMobile" worth A$235, described as "A rolling Sausage on a Bun. Unfortunately, it is green." I destroy the folowoing trinkets for cash: "scount is all my fault" "IdiotBoy with apologies to all the harfers" "Discordianismness" This nets me A$20. IB ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: We're on the Eve of Destruction [Financier] Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:22:16 -0500 (EST) On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Matt Miller wrote: >I'm doing my part to help clean up the PE page: > >I have chosen a green lozenge as my Puzzle Piece from my Ackanomicon >reading. (I believe this is the "Undetermined" which shows in my entry.) You did not post within 3 days of the reading of that page the 'story' of how you got it. I believe that means you do not get it. --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: Matt Miller Subject: Re: Acka: We're on the Eve of Destruction [Financier] Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:58:31 -0500 (EST) On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, JT wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Matt Miller wrote: > >I'm doing my part to help clean up the PE page: > > > >I have chosen a green lozenge as my Puzzle Piece from my Ackanomicon > >reading. (I believe this is the "Undetermined" which shows in my entry.) > > You did not post within 3 days of the reading of that page the 'story' of > how you got it. I believe that means you do not get it. > Ok, well, can I get the "Undetermined" off my permanent record, Mr. K2, sir? IB ------------------------------ From: Duncan Richer Subject: Re: Acka: *ping* Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 17:20:15 -0500 (EST) On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, JT wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Gavin Logan wrote: > >Today is Wednesday, the 22th day of February, and the Machine That Goes > >*ping* Has Gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has > >gone *ping* 3 times. > > > >O Olde Alpha > > This ping was in error and I request that O Olde Alpha post the correct > ping information. > > Did the ping occur on Wed Feb 24? or did it occur on Mon, Feb 22? I point out that the Truth is in error. The Machine must go *ping* at least once in every seven consecutive days. Regardless of whether it went *ping* on Monday or Wednesday, it was still more than a week since the previous *ping*, on Saturday Feb 13. I believe this teleports the Machine to a random other player's home. -- Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/ Ackanomic | U. of Cambridge Web-Harfer, Clerk of the Court, Map-Harfer, Justice | 2nd Year PhD(PMa) ------------------------------ From: "Gavin Logan" Subject: Acka: *ping* Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 18:10:43 -0500 (EST) >On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Gavin Logan wrote: >>Today is Wednesday, the 22th day of February, and the Machine That Goes >>*ping* Has Gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has >>gone *ping* 3 times. >> >>O Olde Alpha > >This ping was in error and I request that O Olde Alpha post the correct >ping information. > >Did the ping occur on Wed Feb 24? or did it occur on Mon, Feb 22? Wed Feb 24. The day it was posted. Just sloppy tyoing. O Olde Alpha ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: *ping* Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 18:14:27 -0500 (EST) On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Duncan Richer wrote: >> This ping was in error and I request that O Olde Alpha post the correct >> ping information. >> >> Did the ping occur on Wed Feb 24? or did it occur on Mon, Feb 22? > >I point out that the Truth is in error. >The Machine must go *ping* at least once in every seven consecutive days. >Regardless of whether it went *ping* on Monday or Wednesday, it was still >more than a week since the previous *ping*, on Saturday Feb 13. > >I believe this teleports the Machine to a random other player's home. It does indeed. I will do the determination of random player tonight. If O Olde Alpha would be so kind as to post the undisguised truth, it would be appreciated. --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: Acka: *ping* Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 18:26:36 -0500 (EST) The truth was: IF AND ONLY IF today the scholar posts a message to a public forum, THEN the Machine That Goes *ping* shall go *ping*. I'm not proud of it, ok? O Olde Alpha ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Acka: Machine that Goes *ping* (Danek) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:21:43 -0500 (EST) Danek has recieved a visitation from the Machine that Goes *ping* --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: We're on the Eve of Destruction [Financier] Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:32:06 -0500 (EST) On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Matt Miller wrote: >I destroy the folowoing trinkets for cash: >"scount is all my fault" >"IdiotBoy with apologies to all the harfers" I had these two credited as being destroyed previously. >"Discordianismness" > >This nets me A$20. > >IB > > > -- [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ 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: Blue Cross Stripes Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:37:27 -0500 (EST) It is with great pleasure that I remove K 2's 2 silver stripes, and award him his Third Gold Stripe. It is also with great pleasure that I remove my 3 Silver stripes and award myself my Second Gold Stripe. Neither K 2 nor my title as Officer of the Blue Cross changes due to this. --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: We're on the Eve of Destruction [Financier] Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:39:26 -0500 (EST) On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, JT wrote: >I had these two credited as being destroyed previously. Which means that I'd been in error previously since I went and checked the archives and couldn't find out where I thought they got destroyed. :/ Sorry for the false alarm. --JT -- [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ 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 #55 ******************************