Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #93
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Ackanomic Voting Digest     Friday, June 20 1997     Volume 02 : Number 093

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:54:05 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2127

Proposal 2127
No FALSE Houses
/dev/joe

This is a modest proposal.

Amend Rule 348, " ", by changing the first paragraph from:

  No two named entities may have names that match.  The names of Rules
  and Proposals are exempted from this restriction.

to:

  No two named entities may have names that match.  No named entity may have
  a name that matches any named non-entity defined in the rules.  The names of
  Rules and Proposals are exempted from these restrictions.

{{[ The CSRR should fix the names which currently violate this -- at the time
I wrote this, just Vynd's and Red Barn's homes. ]}}

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:56:29 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2069 accepted (CPPIA)

Proposal 2069
CPPIA
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  18 / 19 = 94.736842%
Yes:  19    No:  1     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2069, June 19

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	Robert Sevin
	You can call me Al
	Calvin N Hobbes
	two-star
	Alfvaen
	mr cwm
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Karma
	Malenkai
	Techno
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	(None Yet) Unity vote
	Harf Unity vote

NO votes:
	Guy Fawkes

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	breadbox
	Antimatter was here
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2069
CPPIA
Malenkai
Distributed at 22:06:51 on Wednesday, 11 June 1997

{{[or giving Ad-Hoc committees something to do]}}

This is a Modest proposal.

Create a new rule numbered 1141, entitled "Committee for the Protection, 
Preservation, and Integrity of the Arts", with the following text:

"
If a player feels another player has created a lame, inane, or otherwise
useless Trinket of negligible artistic merit within the past 3 days,
they may make public complaint to that effect by naming the offending
player and offensive Trinket (or Trinkets), provided no such complaint
has been previously logded naming the allegedly offensive Trinket(s).

An Ad Hoc Committee is then called on the matter of whether the allegedly
offensive Trinket(s) are in fact lame, inane, or otherwise useless or
of negligible artistic merit.  This committee is called the Committee
for the Protection, Preservation, and Integrity of the Arts (CPPIA).

The CPPIA shall then decide whether the Trinket(s) is(are) "the most
inane thing since the 'whatever it is we're auctioning today'", or
"the hottest thing since the 'Hubert Feathers'".  The CPPIA may use
any criteria they choose, but it should consider the artistic merit
and usefulness of the Trinket(s) when making its decision.  Only one
decision will be made for each CPPIA session; it shall apply to all
Trinkets under review before the committee.

If the CPPIA makes the latter ('hottest') decision, the player who
originally made the complaint shall post a limerick praising/
admiring the vindicated Trinket(s) (within 3 days of the decision),
forfeit A$30 for some sorely needed art appreciation classes, and be
immediately transported to the Museum for an education.

If the CPPIA makes the former ('inane') decision, the player who
created the Trinkets forfeits A$25 for the cost of new murals to decorate
the walls of the Gaol (which they should describe), and, if the total
value of the Trinkets in question is A$25 or less, the Trinket(s) are
donated to the Treasury.

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Amend Rule 505, "Treasury and Ackadollars", to replace:

"
If the entity is a Trinket, it is transformed into its value in A$ upon
donation.
"

with:

"
When a Trinket is donated (or otherwise transferred to the Treasury), it
is transformed into its value in A$ upon donation.

{{all trinkets in the treasury are hereby transformed to their
value in A$ [this would handle the case of the inky blotter decoys]}}
"

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------

{{[the payment for the members of the Ad Hoc would unbalance the new
rule.  I was thinking of adding a deferral clause in Ad Hoc to allow
other rules to specify alternate payment schemes (and in this case
specifiying 0, after all, this is for the good of the Arts (and the
sanity of the *-harfers) :), but decided the A$25 Ad Hoc payment is
a hassle for someone (whoever has to write those bot commands, so lets
just nuke it for simplicity]}}

Amend rule 1080, "Ad Hoc Committees", to remove:

"
Each member of the committee receives A$25 from the Treasury, as
compensation for eir trouble, unless they indicate a favorite charity, in
which case the money is transferred to that charity instead.
"

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:56:29 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2069 accepted (CPPIA)

Proposal 2069
CPPIA
Malenkai

Votes cast by active players:  18 / 19 = 94.736842%
Yes:  19    No:  1     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

#award Malenkai: 2 A$ : elec. potato P2069, June 19

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	Robert Sevin
	You can call me Al
	Calvin N Hobbes
	two-star
	Alfvaen
	mr cwm
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Karma
	Malenkai
	Techno
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	(None Yet) Unity vote
	Harf Unity vote

NO votes:
	Guy Fawkes

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	breadbox
	Antimatter was here
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2069
CPPIA
Malenkai
Distributed at 22:06:51 on Wednesday, 11 June 1997

{{[or giving Ad-Hoc committees something to do]}}

This is a Modest proposal.

Create a new rule numbered 1141, entitled "Committee for the Protection, 
Preservation, and Integrity of the Arts", with the following text:

"
If a player feels another player has created a lame, inane, or otherwise
useless Trinket of negligible artistic merit within the past 3 days,
they may make public complaint to that effect by naming the offending
player and offensive Trinket (or Trinkets), provided no such complaint
has been previously logded naming the allegedly offensive Trinket(s).

An Ad Hoc Committee is then called on the matter of whether the allegedly
offensive Trinket(s) are in fact lame, inane, or otherwise useless or
of negligible artistic merit.  This committee is called the Committee
for the Protection, Preservation, and Integrity of the Arts (CPPIA).

The CPPIA shall then decide whether the Trinket(s) is(are) "the most
inane thing since the 'whatever it is we're auctioning today'", or
"the hottest thing since the 'Hubert Feathers'".  The CPPIA may use
any criteria they choose, but it should consider the artistic merit
and usefulness of the Trinket(s) when making its decision.  Only one
decision will be made for each CPPIA session; it shall apply to all
Trinkets under review before the committee.

If the CPPIA makes the latter ('hottest') decision, the player who
originally made the complaint shall post a limerick praising/
admiring the vindicated Trinket(s) (within 3 days of the decision),
forfeit A$30 for some sorely needed art appreciation classes, and be
immediately transported to the Museum for an education.

If the CPPIA makes the former ('inane') decision, the player who
created the Trinkets forfeits A$25 for the cost of new murals to decorate
the walls of the Gaol (which they should describe), and, if the total
value of the Trinkets in question is A$25 or less, the Trinket(s) are
donated to the Treasury.

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Amend Rule 505, "Treasury and Ackadollars", to replace:

"
If the entity is a Trinket, it is transformed into its value in A$ upon
donation.
"

with:

"
When a Trinket is donated (or otherwise transferred to the Treasury), it
is transformed into its value in A$ upon donation.

{{all trinkets in the treasury are hereby transformed to their
value in A$ [this would handle the case of the inky blotter decoys]}}
"

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------

{{[the payment for the members of the Ad Hoc would unbalance the new
rule.  I was thinking of adding a deferral clause in Ad Hoc to allow
other rules to specify alternate payment schemes (and in this case
specifiying 0, after all, this is for the good of the Arts (and the
sanity of the *-harfers) :), but decided the A$25 Ad Hoc payment is
a hassle for someone (whoever has to write those bot commands, so lets
just nuke it for simplicity]}}

Amend rule 1080, "Ad Hoc Committees", to remove:

"
Each member of the committee receives A$25 from the Treasury, as
compensation for eir trouble, unless they indicate a favorite charity, in
which case the money is transferred to that charity instead.
"

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:56:42 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2070 accepted (Zombie Master)

Proposal 2070
Zombie Master
Calvin N Hobbes

Votes cast by active players:  20 / 19 = 105.263158%
Yes:  17    No:  4     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

Alfvaen bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote YES.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	Tammany
	Robert Sevin
	You can call me Al
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	two-star
	Techno
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Guy Fawkes
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	(None Yet) Unity vote
	Harf Unity vote

NO votes:
	fnord
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Karma

Active players who did not vote:
	Antimatter was here
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2070
Zombie Master
Calvin N Hobbes
Distributed at 22:49:08 on Wednesday, 11 June 1997

{{This is a Modest proposal

[Just a bit of non-related cleaning up first]

(1) Replace the last sentence in R1117 by:
"This paragraph takes precedence over the Rule called 'Dealing with the
Paranormal'."

[The following is based on cross referenced reports by doctors, residents of
Haiti etc, who claim to have seen Voodoo masters do their deeds. I have
taken a few artistic liberties since we have neither horses nor tombs]

(2) Create a new rule, number 261 to read:

"Should a player follow all the directions below, in order, with all steps
made publicly on the same day (none earlier than 2am Acka time, none later
than 3am) then the player is said to control the Undead (who is also a Zombie).

1. Using his wings to fly backwards to where an Undead is located.
2. To destroy a trinket [to please Baron Samedi]
3. To say the incantation 'Mortoo Tomboo Miyi' preceded by the Undead's
name. [this means 'mine the undead in the tomb']
4. To give 10% of their Ackadollars to the poorest player.

If the incantation is said but the ritual fails for some reason (including
not being completed), then the player loses 10 points.

The player controlling a Zombie may bid it by a public message to do one the
following actions:
(i) To destroy a certain Frankenstein Monster.
        The named monster is destroyed.
(ii) To act as patsy for a CFCJ before judgement is returned.
        If there is a penalty for a Crime it is applied to the Zombie, 
        the player is kept innocent (Takes precedence over the 
        rule "Criminal Justice"). The Zombie is then busy for as 
        long as any sentence would keep it busy or otherwise 
        occupied (eg: goal sentence) and cannot do its master's
        bidding until it is no longer busy. 
(iii) To go arm wrestle another Zombie.
        Both zombies are busy for 7 days and cannot do their
        masters' bidding during those seven days.
(iv) To protect a player's donkey in a Grab-A-Donkey game.
        The donkey cannot be grabbed for the coming turn.

Bidding an Undead to do one of the above counts as a Paranormal Power use by
a player entity (the controlling player).

A Undead will stay under the control of another player until it is no longer
an Undead, the controlling player himself becomes Undead, or someone kisses
that Undead."

(3) Subtract 4 points from Calvin N Hobbes, give 3 points to /dev/joe, give
1 point to Mohammed.

[thanks to /dev/joe for inspiring this proposal a few months back]}}

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:56:55 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2071 accepted (Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die)

Proposal 2071
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die
Calvin N Hobbes

Votes cast by active players:  20 / 19 = 105.263158%
Yes:  18    No:  3     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

ThinMan bribed Tammany A$ 25 to vote YES.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	Tammany
	Robert Sevin
	You can call me Al
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	two-star
	ThinMan
	Karma
	Techno
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	(None Yet) Unity vote
	Harf Unity vote

NO votes:
	fnord
	Malenkai
	Guy Fawkes

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Antimatter was here
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2071
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die
Calvin N Hobbes
Distributed at 22:49:09 on Wednesday, 11 June 1997

{{This is a modest proposal. Renumber to 511.

[This allows us to have "immortal" or "indestructible" trinkets. That's a
misnomer since there are still ways to destroy them. However, it does mean
that special artifacts can be a lot more "weather proof" or "player proof",
let's say. If nothing else it gives more tmbg references]}}

A trinket worth more than $99, whose description has "This trinket is Majik.
It is sapphire bullet of pure love number <number>" as its first and second
sentences becomes a Majik as soon as creation of the trinket is complete
(where <number> is an integer greater than 199).

An trinket existing trinket can be made into a Majik by the Archaeologist. A
player who owns a trinket worth more than A$99 can ask in a public message
if that trinket is special (and providing an integer greater than 199). If
the Archaeologist replies publicly "This trinket is Majik. It is sapphire
bullet of pure love number <number>" (<number> being the number given by
owner) then the two sentences above from the Archeologist get added to the
start of the description and the trinket becomes a Majik.

Majiks are no longer trinkets but keep the value, name and description (or
amended description) they had when trinkets.

If Aliens have failed to capture a rule for three weeks in a row, then the
sapphire bullet numbers are looked at. The most recent, still existing Majik
that has the same number as that of a rule which exists is considered. The
rule with that number is abducted. The effects of the rule abduction will
then follow from the rule called "The Sinister Alien Abduction Act".

A Majik becomes a simple trinket again (with the same value name and
description as that of the Majik) if any of following three events take place:
1. The player who created (and still owns) a Majik publicly says "<Majik's
name> looks like a snake to me."
2. The Aliens abduct a rule with number identical to that of a Majik's
sapphire bullet number.
3. The player who created a Majik becomes an Undead.

Once a Majik becomes a trinket again, it is automatically destroyed,
following the rules for trinkets.

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:57:05 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2072 rejected (Rasputin the Mad Monk is my Cat!)

Proposal 2072
Rasputin the Mad Monk is my Cat!
Robert Sevin

Votes cast by active players:  19 / 19 = 100.000000%
Yes:  10    No:  9     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	Robert Sevin
	You can call me Al
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Karma
	Techno
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	fnord
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	two-star
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Malenkai
	Guy Fawkes

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Antimatter was here
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:57:16 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2073 accepted (The Crazy Doctor Frankenstein is also my Cat!)

Proposal 2073
The Crazy Doctor Frankenstein is also my Cat!
Robert Sevin

Votes cast by active players:  19 / 19 = 100.000000%
Yes:  16    No:  4     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	Robert Sevin
	You can call me Al
	Calvin N Hobbes
	mr cwm
	Alfvaen
	ThinMan
	Malenkai
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed
	Vynd
	Techno
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	(None Yet) Unity vote
	Harf Unity vote

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	fnord
	two-star
	breadbox

PRESENT votes:
	Karma

Active players who did not vote:
	Antimatter was here
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2073
The Crazy Doctor Frankenstein is also my Cat!
Robert Sevin
Distributed at 00:01:41 on Thursday, 12 June 1997

Amend the following to the end of Rule 210 (delimited by BAZOOKA):

BAZOOKA
Artist: Kurt Vonnegut
Artist: Homer, author of the Iliad
Artist: Mark Twain
Artist: H.P. Lovecraft
Artist: Edgar Allen Poe
BAZOOKA

{ 'I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!' [William
Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene 1, Lines 93-94] }

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:57:26 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2074 accepted (Voting Laziness)

Proposal 2074
Voting Laziness
Robert Sevin

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  12    No:  5     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	Robert Sevin
	You can call me Al
	fnord
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Guy Fawkes
	Techno
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Harf Unity vote

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	ThinMan
	Malenkai
	Mohammed
	Vynd

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Antimatter was here
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2074
Voting Laziness
Robert Sevin
Distributed at 00:37:48 on Thursday, 12 June 1997

Append the following immediately after the first paragraph of Rule 106
(delimited by AVOCADO):

AVOCADO

A Voting Player (hereafter referred to as Player A) may authorize another
Voting Player (hereafter referred to as their Proxy) to vote in their stead,
provided that Player A has no default vote specified. To do this, Player A
must send a message to the Tabulator stating who will be their Proxy. A
Voting Player may cease to authorize another Voting Player from voting in
their stead. To do this, a Voting Player must send a message to the
Tabulator stating that they no longer want a Proxy.

A Voting Player may specify a default vote, provided that they have no
Proxy. To do this, a Voting Player must send a message to the Tabulator
stating what their default vote will be. Their options are YES, NO, and
PRESENT. A Voting Player may cease to have a default vote by sending a
message to the Tabulator stating that they no longer want a default vote.

At the instant before the end of the voting period of a proposal (hereafter
referred to as Proposal A), if any Voting Player has specified a default
vote, or if any Voting Player has a Proxy, then the following sequence of
events takes place in the instant prior to the end of the voting period of
Proposal A(delimited by ~):

~
1. All Voting Players that have specified default votes, AND have not
already cast a vote on Proposal A, will cast a vote on Proposal A
corresponding to the default vote they have specified. (ie if a player's
default vote is PRESENT, and they haven't already voted on the proposal,
they will cast a present vote on it)
2. All Voting Players that have not cast a vote on Proposal A, and have a
Proxy, will cast a vote identical to the vote cast by their Proxy (if their
Proxy cast a vote) on Proposal A. If a player's Proxy has abstained, than
that player will cast a PRESENT vote on Proposal A.
~
AVOCADO

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:24:59 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2128

Proposal 2128
Officializing Somewhere Else
breadbox

{{[I really like the term "Somewhere Else", and I don't want to see
this bit of whimsy get turned into a chink in the armor. Thus this
proposal.]}}

Make the following changes to Rule 835 ("Locations").

I. Renumber section (7) to be section (8).

II. Insert the following immediately after section (6b):

7) Somewhere Else

7a) Somewhere Else is an unownable and unmappable Location. Entities
may not be transferred to and/or from Somewhere Else except whereas
such transfers are explicity permitted by the Rules. No player may
ever be Somewhere Else.

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:26:45 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2075 rejected (The Crying Towel)

Proposal 2075
The Crying Towel
Techno

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  8    No:  8     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	You can call me Al
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Techno
	Vynd
	Malenkai
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe

NO votes:
	Bascule
	/dev/joe
	breadbox
	mr cwm
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Guy Fawkes
	Mohammed

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	Antimatter was here
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 12:26:52 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2076 rejected (Is the flea always right?)

Proposal 2076
Is the flea always right?
Techno

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  8    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	You can call me Al
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	Techno
	Guy Fawkes
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe

NO votes:
	/dev/joe
	breadbox
	mr cwm
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	Vynd

Active players who did not vote:
	Antimatter was here
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 13:03:18 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2129

Proposal 2129
False Modesty
Alfvaen

Amend Rule 209, "Modesty and Pride", by adding the following
text(delineated by OSSIFRAGE):

OSSIFRAGE

A Modest proposal has a modesty rating of "Modest".  A Grandiose proposal
has a modesty rating of "Grandiose".  All other proposals have modesty
ratings of "Normal".

If a player disagrees about the modesty rating of a Proposal, e may call
for a Hearing at any time the Proposal is in the queue, specifying what
modesty rating e thinks the Proposal should have(which must be different 
from the Proposal's current modesty rating).  The valid responses to the
Hearing are the Proposal's current modesty rating and the modesty
rating suggested by the player who called the Hearing.

If the result of the Hearing is the modesty rating suggested by the player
who called the Hearing, then the modesty rating of the Proposal is changed.
If the scoring for the Proposal has already been calculated, then it is
recalculated as if it had always had the modesty rating specified by the
results of the Hearing.

Only one such Hearing may be called on any given Proposal.

OSSIFRAGE

{{ Increase the player Calvin N Hobbes' score by 5 points.  [At least one
of P2070 and P2071 was not, IMHO, modest, and I am shocked that CnH would
have undervalued his proposals so.  That is what this Proposal is in
response to.  Perhaps I should have put more restrictions on it, but we'll
see if it is abused or not.] }}

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 14:48:38 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2130

Proposal 2130
Sapphire Ballistics
ThinMan

This is a modest proposal.

Amend rule 2071 in the following ways:

Delete the first instance of the word "trinket" in the third
paragraph.

[This is a simple language fix.]

Change the sentence "The most recent, still existing Majik that has
the same number as that of a rule which exists is considered" to "A
random Majik is selected for consideration from among those existing
Majiks which have sapphire bullet numbers that match rule numbers of
existing rules."

[This avoids a possible Hubert situation, and makes it harder for
players to cause any particular selection to be made.]

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:06:35 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2131

Proposal 2131
Too Much Generosity Can Be A Bad Thing
Robert Sevin

Amend Rule 207.2 by replacing the string delimited by * with the string
delimited by $

*Anyone whose score is below -60 automatically has it reset back to 0.*
$Anyone whose score is below -60 and above -1000000 [negative 1 million]
automatically has it reset back to 0.$

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 15:43:11 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2132

Proposal 2132
Abduction Virus
Alfvaen

Amend Rule 1131, "The Sinister Alien Abduction Act", as follows:

Replace the text(delimited by GROOVE):

GROOVE

If the Alien Target Designation Number is not the number of a Rule, then a
new Alien Target Designation Number is selected as above, unless three such
Alien Target Designation Number(none of which is the number of a Rule)have
already been selected that week.

GROOVE

with the following text(delimited by DEEELITE):

DEEELITE

If the Alien Target Designation Number is the number of a Rule Suite,
then one of the Rules in that Suite, determined at random, shall be
abducted.  If the Alien Target Designation Number is not the number of
a Rule or a Rule Suite, then a new Alien Target Designation Number is
selected as above, unless three such Alien Target Designation
Numbers(none of which is the number of a Rule)have already been
selected that week.

DEEELITE

{{[ I mean, otherwise, what would happen if 1250 came up one of these
times? ]}}

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 18:08:13 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2077 accepted (The Other Extreme)

Proposal 2077
The Other Extreme
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  16 / 19 = 84.210526%
Yes:  12    No:  5     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	You can call me Al
	Robert Sevin
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Malenkai
	Techno
	Mohammed
	Harf Unity vote

NO votes:
	fnord
	breadbox
	Vynd
	Guy Fawkes
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	Antimatter was here
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2077
The Other Extreme
Alfvaen
Distributed at 16:01:54 on Thursday, 12 June 1997

{{[ Just to do a complete turnabout from my previous stand, I've now come
to feel that the people who've won cycles are actually less likely to want
to win the Cycle by points, so why handicap them? ]}}

{{The scores of all players with Victory Eggplants are increased by the
negative of their Eggplant Weight.  Then all Victory Eggplants are
destroyed.}}

Amend Rule 207.2, "Keep 'Em In The Game", by deleting the sentences
"These score changes do not apply to the owner of a Victory Eggplant.
A Victory Eggplant is destroyed if its owner has a non-negative score."

Amend Rule 252, "Joining the Game", by deleting the sentences
"Otherwise, his score is -15N, where N is the number of cycles he has
won.  If this causes his score to be negative, he is given a Victory
Eggplant, and his Eggplant Weight is set to -15N, where N is defined as
above." from section V.3)

Amend Rule 620, "Chartreuse Goose", by deleting from clause 4) the sentence
"For the purposes of this section, a player's adjusted score is their score
minus their Eggplant Weight.", and, in that same clause, replacing the
words "adjusted score" with the word "score".

Amend Rule 666, "End of Cycle", as follows:

Change clause b) to read "b) All Chartreuse Goose Eggs and Right-Handed
Grapefruit are destroyed."

Change clause f) to read "f) Each Player is awarded A$ equal to his point
total."

Change clause h) to read "h) Each player's score is set to zero."

Change clause i) to read "i) Bond payments are reinstituted, as if all
players' scores were zero at the end of the previous bond cycle."

Amend Rule 904, "The Anti-Gumball", by replacing the sequence of words "In
addition, e receives a Victory Eggplant and suffers a -10 point penalty"
with "In addition, e suffers a -10 point penalty".

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:47:41 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2133

Proposal 2133
Repent And Mend Thy Ways
Calvin N Hobbes

{{This is a Modest proposal. Renumber to 1323

[Something that's been in a box a long time, perhaps it has become stale]}}

If there has not been a single flood in the past 6 months big enough to
detach the suction cups of at least 5 buildings, then Acka is said to be
experiencing a drought. A flood that detaches the suction cups of at least 5
buildings removes the drought status.

On the first day of the months following the month when the drought begun,
and on the first of every month after that while the drought is still in
effect, there shall be a plague of locusts. Locusts are annoying little
creatures that think only of eating. 

When there is a plague of locusts, 4 randomly selected buildings will have
their tethers eaten away (destroyed) by these locusts. Tethers can be
repaired at the cost of A$10 to the treasury, provided the thing the tether
was holding hasn't floated away.

After each plague of locusts, it is good form for priests to make a public
speech promising that the Acka will mend its evil ways and become virtuous
again. Heretics may giggle.

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:47:45 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2134

Proposal 2134
Looking For Insurance
Calvin N Hobbes

{{This is a Modest proposal. Renumber to 1325}}

The Frobozz Magic Medal Company, Ackanomic Division, also sells insurance
policies. There are various policies. A player is said to be a policy holder
for that month if, for a particular policy, he publicly paid the fee of the
policy to the treasury during the last week of the previous month. A player
may not buy more than one policy for any given month.

A flood policy costs A$30. In the event of a policy holder, or his house,
losing their suction cup(s), the treasury will pay him A$150. It is a crime
for a priest to be a holder of this policy.

A locust plague policy costs A$2. In the event of a plague of locusts
damaging the tether of a policy holder's house, the treasury will pay A$20
to that policy holder.

A tornado policy costs A$40. In the event of a policy holder's house being
swept off, the treasury will pay A$200 to the policy holder. It is a crime
for a priest to be a holder of this policy.

If there is not enough money in the treasury to pay for all policies on a
given month, then no policies will be paid that month.

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:58:17 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2135

Proposal 2135
Abduction Go
Alfvaen

Amend Rule 1131, "The Sinister Alien Abduction Act", as follows:

Replace the text(delimited by GROOVE):

GROOVE

If the Alien Target Designation Number is not the number of a Rule, then a
new Alien Target Designation Number is selected as above, unless three such
Alien Target Designation Number(none of which is the number of a Rule)have
already been selected that week.

GROOVE

with the following text(delimited by DEEELITE):

DEEELITE

If the Alien Target Designation Number is the number of a Rule
Suite(that is, there exists a Rule Suite the base number of whose rules
is the Alien Target Designation Number), then one of the Rules in that
Suite(including, possibly, the Head of that Suite, if it exists),
determined at random, shall be abducted instead.  If the Alien Target
Designation Number is does not correspond to the number of a Rule or a
Rule Suite, then a new Alien Target Designation Number is selected as
above, unless three such Alien Target Designation Numbers(none of which
is the number of a Rule)have already been selected that week.

DEEELITE

{{[ I mean, otherwise, what would happen if 1250 came up one of these
times? ]}}

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:59:29 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2079 accepted (Hmmm, Sounds Finnish to Me)

Proposal 2079
Hmmm, Sounds Finnish to Me
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  17 / 19 = 89.473684%
Yes:  12    No:  2     Present:  4   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Atilla the Pun
	Bascule
	You can call me Al
	Robert Sevin
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Alfvaen
	fnord
	/dev/joe
	ThinMan
	Techno
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Harf Unity vote

NO votes:
	Mohammed
	Guy Fawkes

PRESENT votes:
	breadbox
	Rex Mundi
	Malenkai
	Vynd

Active players who did not vote:
	Antimatter was here
	two-star
	CarsesraC
	Red Barn

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2079
Hmmm, Sounds Finnish to Me
Alfvaen
Distributed at 21:14:28 on Thursday, 12 June 1997

{{ First, take all Runestone of Jukkasjarvi Fragments that are not owned by
currently active players, and disperse them randomly amongst the currently
active non-vacationing players.

Second, create a Jukkasjarvi Mind Control Laser, and assign that randomly
to a currently active non-vacationing player who did not receive a
Runestone of Jukkasjarvi according to the first part of this rule.  }}

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:20:37 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2136

Proposal 2136
Amending R1317 (AP)
Calvin N Hobbes

{{This is a Modest proposal.

[Now that I am no longer AP, I have some changes I'd like to make. I believe
it will give the job more incentive while at the same time improving it's
consistency]

In R1317 insert "The AckaPhysicist is a scientist but not a member of the
Ackanomic Research Guild." after the sentence "The optional office of
AckaPhysicist exists." At the end of that same paragraph, add "The
AckaPhysicist must publish at least one translation per month, but no more
than three. For each translation, the AckaPhysicist will receive A$10."}}

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 23:48:33 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2137

Proposal 2137
Black Power
Vynd

Create a new Rule 1340, The Color Black, with the following text:

Black is a color.  Contradiction of this fact is Black Heresy.  Witchhunts
may be called against those who have publicly questioned this fact, using
the same methods and results as described in Rule 1307, except that the
alledged Heretic need not have claimed the Earth is Round in this case.

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