ackanomic Digest Wednesday, March 31 1999 Volume: 04 Issue: 087 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: K 2 Subject: Acka: Web Pages Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:08:36 -0500 (EST) I've temporarily moved the pe, ei, log, score and pointlogpages from were ever they were to: http://www.ackanomic.org/~k2/pe.html http://www.ackanomic.org/~k2/ei.html http://www.ackanomic.org/~k2/log.html http://www.ackanomic.org/~k2/scores.html http://www.ackanomic.org/~k2/pointlog.html The silver moon, and treasure pages have not moved The pointlog and score pages should automatically update when ever a proposal passes.... fingers crossed. K 2 ------------------------------ From: Bill Palmer Subject: Acka: I wanna vote? Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:42:37 -0500 (EST) I am no longer on vacation (but must have done something confusing with my prior public message and as a result wasn't pulled out of the stasis box. I take myself Off vacation and return to active status. Danek (but my e-mail is really still mailbill@uswest.net) p.s. anyone know if I can mung together a substitute crossover patch for 10base-T with a two port jack? (if I can find one at...gasp...radio-shack) and if so, which pair gets crossed? I have some wiring charts, but haven't searched the web, nor fiddled with existing cable... if you know, coo... if not, I'll have to find the VOM. ------------------------------ From: Towsner Subject: Acka: President Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:49:47 -0500 (EST) And the results for the silliest presidential election in Acka's history: JT(4): /dev/joe R-Attila the Farce else...if IdiotBoy IdiotBoy(4): JT O Olde Alpha Niccolo Flychuck ThinMan Slakko(0): LaaLaa(3): Slakko LaaLaa K2 O Olde Alpha(1): BLMP K2:(0) -- -Henry Towsner Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it. -Logan Pearsall Smith ------------------------------ From: dice-admin@pbm.com (Dice server) Subject: Acka: Presidential Result Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:50:14 -0500 (EST) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Dice rolls requested by: Towsner Rolls also sent to: ackanomic@ackanomic.org # JT: 1 # IdiotBoy: 2 No. of sides on every die: 2 No. of dice for every roll: 1 No. of dice rolls requested: 1 No. of rolls per line: 1 2 Information on the dice server: DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE! Replies to dice-admin@pbm.com vanish into a seldom-read mailbox. 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 tows@earthlink.net Wed Mar 31 13:49:50 1999 > Received: (from smtp@localhost) by xkey.com > id NAA10521 for ; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:49:50 -0800 > Received: from scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net(207.217.120.49) by xkey.com via smtp (V1.3) > id sma010517; Wed Mar 31 13:49:44 1999 > Received: from [168.191.54.165] (sdn-ar-001mabostP255.dialsprint.net [168.191.54.145]) > by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA04184 > for ; Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:49:38 -0800 (PST) > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > Message-Id: > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:56:05 -0500 > To: dice@pbm.com > From: Towsner > Subject: Acka: Presidential Tie > > #P ackanomic@ackanomic.org > #T Acka: Presidential Result > #S 2 > #D 1 > #R 1 > #C JT: 1 > #C IdiotBoy: 2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.7 iQCVAwUBNwKYkT8NitsTFjcVAQFSvAP/WGOeWe7e9pU6hE4n8ieV0B5kefLT/j0T 2wse2GCo4A8at/nE3Vg0KQ2F8sfjhIEZtdZO1f1lROGGY8+FkW6FOvG5JPzi6bzU 8nkqNeAJEIC02/2SlVjg08bqabJNNHEmsigSPMwtolLUOJQP69anTneJXnYmUO4M PJ2MW4WKSB0= =d5lh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------ From: Tom Walmsley Subject: Re: Acka: Presidential Result Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:54:14 -0500 (EST) > # JT: 1 > # IdiotBoy: 2 > > No. of sides on every die: 2 > No. of dice for every roll: 1 > No. of dice rolls requested: 1 > No. of rolls per line: 1 > > 2 Congratulations president IdiotBoy! You've now got your first duty to perform. I announce my intent to resign as Chess Umpire once again. This time someone else has expressed an interest in doing the job so I probably won't be getting it backthis time (what do y'all mean, "thank god!"?). (Whoopee! Dig that string of punctuation.) Laa Laa. -- Tom "Garbed in Gingham" Walmsley. AIM: TGW666 ICQ: 2925739 http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html "One of the advantages of horses that people often point out is that they very seldom explode." Jingo - Terry Pratchett. ------------------------------ From: Towsner Subject: Acka: Limerick Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:58:10 -0500 (EST) else...if's(5): else...if rufus IdiotBoy LaaLaa K2 JT's(6): JT 404 not found /dev/joe Niccolo Flychuck ThinMan O Olde Alpha Congratulations JT (I don't mind, I was vindicated at the polls:) -- -Henry Towsner Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it. -Logan Pearsall Smith ------------------------------ From: Matt Miller Subject: Acka: Chess Umpire Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:35:00 -0500 (EST) In my first Official Act as President of Ackanomic, I say: Woof, woof, bring on the Nominations if you want to be Chess Umpire. IB inhaled ------------------------------ From: Tom Walmsley Subject: Acka: Blue Thing Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:38:37 -0500 (EST) (Appologies if this comes through twice but I sent it a while ago and it hasn't showed up yet) It has been more than a week since the RBBT, currently in the possesion of danke has recharged, as I am now pointing out. This causes the blue thing to be transfered to me. I point it at JT and provide the double quote delimited anagram "T... . .. ... .J". I then press the ENERGIZE button. Laa Laa, sadist. -- Tom "Garbed in Gingham" Walmsley. AIM: TGW666 ICQ: 2925739 http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html "One of the advantages of horses that people often point out is that they very seldom explode." Jingo - Terry Pratchett. ------------------------------ From: Matt Miller Subject: Acka: The Recent Elections. Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 17:49:53 -0500 (EST) Thank you to the Good Citizens of Ackanomic who made my election to the Office of President possible. Fie on the Evil Citizens of Ackanomic who attempted to once again bring us under the terrorist reign of K2. IB read my lips ------------------------------ From: Tom Walmsley Subject: Acka Blue Thing Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:09:10 -0500 (EST) It has been more than a week since the RBBT, currently in the possesion of danke has recharged, as I am now pointing out. This causes the blue thing to be transfered to me. I point it at JT and provide the double quote delimited anagram "T... . .. ... .J". I then press the ENERGIZE button. Laa Laa, sadist. -- Tom "Garbed in Gingham" Walmsley. AIM: TGW666 ICQ: 2925739 http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html "One of the advantages of horses that people often point out is that they very seldom explode." Jingo - Terry Pratchett. ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Presidential Result Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:28:30 -0500 (EST) On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Dice server wrote: > # JT: 1 > # IdiotBoy: 2 > > No. of sides on every die: 2 > No. of dice for every roll: 1 > No. of dice rolls requested: 1 > No. of rolls per line: 1 > > 2 I congratulate IdiotBoy on his election, and now that there is a president, I announce my intention to resign as speaker. I change my name to "Dragon Mage", and ask the new president to approve the name change. --JT, cutting himself down to only fun offices like Herald :) -- [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ 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: Limerick Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:32:05 -0500 (EST) On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Towsner wrote: > JT's(6): > > Congratulations JT (I don't mind, I was vindicated at the polls:) I congratulate else...if on a very well fought duel. As Herald, I announce the end of the duel. else...if loses 1 honour. JT (soon to be Dragon Mage) gains 1 Honour. else...if loses 6 points. JT (soon to be Dragon Mage) gains 6 points. /dev/joe gains 3 points. IdiotBoy loses 3 points. JT gains a Brie for winning a duel. else...if loses a Brie if he has one. By rule 4-4-5-3, I claim the Unique Title Champion of Honour since with this duel I have 21 Honour. --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: Presidential Result Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:35:11 -0500 (EST) On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, JT wrote: > I congratulate IdiotBoy on his election, and now that there is a > president, I announce my intention to resign as speaker. > If anyone would like to Nominate emself for the most thankless job of all, Ackanomic's Speaker, please let me know. > I change my name to "Dragon Mage", and ask the new president to approve > the name change. > I would, but I think the Registrar guy has to do that, since JT is not he anymore. Roooooofus? > --JT, cutting himself down to only fun offices like Herald :) IB I'm a lumberjack ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Presidential Result Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 18:48:57 -0500 (EST) On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Matt Miller wrote: > If anyone would like to Nominate emself for the most thankless job of all, > Ackanomic's Speaker, please let me know. > > > I change my name to "Dragon Mage", and ask the new president to approve > > the name change. > > > > I would, but I think the Registrar guy has to do that, since JT is not he > anymore. Roooooofus? D'oh and right you are :) --JT, obviously way too zoned to by typing today. -- [-------------------------------------------------------------------------] [ 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: Re: Acka: Presidential Result Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:36:56 -0500 (EST) Matt Miller wrote: > If anyone would like to Nominate emself for the most thankless job of all, > Ackanomic's Speaker, please let me know. Is'nt speaker a political office - filled by election - or did I miss something? K 2 ------------------------------ From: K 2 Subject: Acka: Resignations Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 21:43:11 -0500 (EST) JT wrote: > I congratulate IdiotBoy on his election, and now that there is a > president, I announce my intention to resign as speaker. I announce my intent to reign as Treasure Harfer & org harfer. K 2 ------------------------------ From: JT Subject: Re: Acka: Presidential Result Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:02:52 -0500 (EST) On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, K 2 wrote: > Matt Miller wrote: > > > If anyone would like to Nominate emself for the most thankless job of all, > > Ackanomic's Speaker, please let me know. > > Is'nt speaker a political office - filled by election - or did I miss > something? Right you are, right you are.. :) --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: Presidential Result Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:06:56 -0500 (EST) >Is'nt speaker a political office - filled by election - or did I miss >something? Um, yes. I suppose you should reply to me for Nominations. -- -Henry Towsner Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and enjoy it. -Logan Pearsall Smith ------------------------------ End of ackanomic Digest V4 #87 ******************************