Subject: Ackanomic Voting Digest V2 #126
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Ackanomic Voting Digest     Friday, July 25 1997     Volume 02 : Number 126

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 10:52:15 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2259

Proposal 2259
Beldin's Parka's Revenge
two-star

This is a modest proposal

{{I am not submitting this because I have a vendetta against the Museum, 
but because the current interpretation of the rules is at variance 
with the intuitive interpretation.}}

Amend rule 850 (Museum) by replaceing the paragraph:

"Objects may not be removed or stolen from the Museum except as 
described by the rules. Any person caught stealing from the Museum, as 
described in the rules, shall go to Gaol with a sentence of 7 days per 
object pilfered, in addition to any other penalties described in the 
rules."

with the following paragraph:

"Entities may not be removed or stolen from the Museum except as 
described by the rules. Any person caught stealing from the Museum, as 
described in the rules, shall go to Gaol with a sentence of 7 days per 
object pilfered, in addition to any other penalties described in the 
rules. If the Museum loses an entity displayed there, and the rules do 
not describe how that entity is manipulated thereby, that entity is 
transfered to the Treasury, and it ceases to be on display in the 
museum."

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 12:27:44 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2236 accepted (The Sadness of The Tribe)

Proposal 2236
The Sadness of The Tribe
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 18 = 83.333333%
Yes:  11    No:  4     Present:  0   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Chaos
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Robert Sevin
	Techno
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	Karma
	Guy Fawkes
	Vynd
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe

NO votes:
	two-star
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	fnord
	Antimatter

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2236
The Sadness of The Tribe
Alfvaen
Distributed at 01:16:32 on Thursday, 17 July 1997

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 252, "Joining The Game", as follows:

Replace the existing text of Section III.2)

{{[
2) The New player is paid from the Treasury the average A$balance of
all other extant players.
]}}

with the following(delimited by KAIROS):

KAIROS

2) The New player is paid from the Treasury the sum of A$900.

KAIROS

{{ Any player who joined Ackanomic for the first time between the
beginning of July 1997 [a totally arbitrary dividing line, I must
confess] and the time this Proposal passed is hereby given A$300 from
the Treasury. [A nice round number which should be close enough.] }}

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 12:27:43 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2234 accepted (Rule Suite Enhancements)

Proposal 2234
Rule Suite Enhancements
Chaos

Votes cast by active players:  14 / 18 = 77.777778%
Yes:  10    No:  4     Present:  1   ...Proposal accepted.

YES votes:
	Chaos
	two-star
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	ThinMan
	Techno
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

NO votes:
	Guy Fawkes
	breadbox
	Vynd
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Karma

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	fnord
	Antimatter

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 2234
Rule Suite Enhancements
Chaos
Distributed at 18:22:23 on Wednesday, 16 July 1997

[Gist:  allow the Head of a Rule Suite to establish draconion control
over the members of the Rule Suite.  This is almost possible right
now, but there are loopholes this proposal will plug.  The real kicker
is the change to Rule 102.]

[*** This proposal is brought to you by the Cabinet and the letters
     X and Y.  Due to pending discussion our beautiful banner has been
     omitted this time.  ***]

1.  Amend rule 311 ("Rule Suites") by replacing this:

```
b) Its title is of the form "<phrase> Rule Suite" where <phrase> is a
string which contains at least one alphabetic character, and is unique
amongst the <phrase> parts of all extant rule titles which have the
form "<phrase> Rule Suite". [e.g. "Party Chess Rule Suite"]. The quote
marks themselves are not part of the title, they are used here only
for delimiting purposes.
'''

with this:

```
b) Its title consists of a word or phrase followed by the words "Rule
Suite", and no other rule has the same title.  {{[I mean, for crying
out loud.]}}
'''

and by replacing this:

```
2) A Head of a Rule Suite may contain other material which shall be
interpreted normally. 

3) A rule is a member of a Rule Suite if and only if its number is
X.Y, where X is the number of a Head of a Rule Suite, and Y is a
positive integer.
'''

with this:

```
2) A Head of a Rule Suite may contain other material which shall be
interpreted normally.  If, for a particular Head of a Rule Suite,
<phrase> represents the word or phrase described in section 1b, then
that Rule can be referred to as the Head of the <phrase> Rule Suite.

3) A rule is a member of a certain Rule Suite if and only if its
number is X.Y, where X is the number of the Head of that Rule Suite,
and Y is a positive integer.
'''

2.  Amend Rule 102 by replacing this:

```
Two or more rules may conflict with one another. When this occurs, if
the conflicting rules themselves specify a single, coherent,
unambiguous method for resolving the conflict, then that method is
applied to determine which rule or rules take precedence. Otherwise,
the rule with the lowest rule number takes precedence.
'''

with this:

```
Two or more rules may conflict with each other about a point of
Ackanomic law.  In such a situation, if the rules other than this one
specify a single, coherent, unambiguous method for resolving the
conflict then that method is applied to determine which rule or rules
take precedence with regard to that particular point of law.
Otherwise, the rule with the lowest rule number takes precedence.
'''

3.  6 points are transferred from Mohammed to ThinMan.

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 12:27:44 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2235 rejected (No Points for Parades)

Proposal 2235
No Points for Parades
Chaos

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 18 = 83.333333%
Yes:  6    No:  9     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

Malenkai bribed Tammany A$ 5 to vote NO.

YES votes:
	Chaos
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Techno
	ThinMan
	Vynd

NO votes:
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	breadbox
	Karma
	Tammany
	Guy Fawkes
	Malenkai
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

PRESENT votes:
	two-star

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	mr cwm
	CarsesraC
	fnord
	Antimatter

Text of rejected proposal:

! Proposal 2235
! No Points for Parades
! Chaos
! Distributed at 23:42:13 on Wednesday, 16 July 1997
! 
! 
! This is a modest proposal.  [Its title is *not* meant to imply that
! Parades are pointless.]
! 
! [  Gist:  removes all scorekeeping from the Parade rule.
! 
! I received this note from Doktor Welch of the Institute last Friday:
! 
! > Sadly, the Institute can no longer sponsor the Ackanomic Parades.
! > Due to some messy legal and plumbing problems (unrelated), we must
! > divert all our available funds to genetic research and malpractice
! > insurance.
! 
! Curious.  *shrug*  I guess that means it's back to cardboard cutouts
! on wheels.]
! 
! Amend Rule 913 (Parades) by replacing this:
! 
! ```
! All players will take part in the Parade, and will receive one point
! for so doing.
! 
! The player in possession of the Great Trombone of Ackanomia, if such
! an entity exists, will lead the Parade and receive not one but ten
! points.
! 
! Any player on Vacation will be represented by an identical replica of
! themselves, provided for the occasion by the Ackanomic Institute of
! Genetic Replication, if such exists. Otherwise they will be
! represented by a cardboard cutout on wheels, which will lower the
! whole tone of the occasion, so any points they would have received as
! a result of the Parade will be withheld.
! '''
! 
! with this:
! 
! ```
! If a player owns the Great Trombone of Ackanomia, that player leads
! the Parade and is obligated to post his repertoire for the occasion.
! 
! Any Player on Vacation or not on the surface of Ackanomic will be
! represented by a cardboard cutout on wheels.
! '''
! 

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 22:20:52 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2260

Proposal 2260
Squidging the tax loophole
two-star

{{[This doesn't fix the tax loophole, but it will require players to 
cooperate in order to best take advantage of it. Also note that "banks" 
can try to make up their costs by charging for banking services, (well, 
assuming any other loopholes are fixed, (working on it,)) and for 
organizational powers beyond the non-bank wealth cutoff.]}}

Create a rule numbered 1114, entitled Banking Licenses, with the 
following text:

A Banking License is an organizational power. An organization may buy a 
Banking License for 200 A$.

If any organization without a Banking License at any time owns more than 
250 A$, the difference between the number of A$ owned by the 
organization, and 250 A$, divided by the number of members of the 
organization, then rounded up, is immediately transfered to each member 
of the organization.

The preceding paragraph shall have no effect until 7 days after this 
rule was created. At that time this paragraph shall delete itself. [This 
is to allow organizations time to buy Banking Licenses if they wish.]

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 23:22:41 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2261

Proposal 2261
And So The Ring Was Lost For An Age
Alfvaen

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 511, "Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die", as follows:

Append to the third paragraph the sentence "Majiks are tradeable
entities."  {{[ It seems logical enough that Majiks shouldn't be
gift entities anymore... ]}}

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 23:23:32 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P2237 rejected (Easier To Destroy Than To Build)

Proposal 2237
Easier To Destroy Than To Build
Alfvaen

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 19 = 78.947368%
Yes:  7    No:  9     Present:  0   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	two-star
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Techno
	Alfvaen
	Rex Mundi
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	Chaos
	mr cwm
	breadbox
	ThinMan
	Karma
	Guy Fawkes
	Vynd
	Mr. Lunatic Fringe
	Robert Sevin

PRESENT votes:

Active players who did not vote:
	You can call me Al
	CarsesraC
	fnord
	Antimatter

Text of rejected proposal:

! Proposal 2237
! Easier To Destroy Than To Build
! Alfvaen
! Distributed at 23:04:58 on Thursday, 17 July 1997
! 
! 
! This is a Modest proposal.
! 
! Amend Rule 854, "Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication", as follows:
! 
! In the sentence "If he later wishes to have the mutation removed, he
! must pay a fee equal to that for receiving the mutation, and he shall
! cease to have both the mutation and any special attributes associated
! with it.", change "equal to that" to "equal to half that"
! 

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 23:23:32 -0500
From: Acrobot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2262

Proposal 2262
Breaking The Protection Racket
Alfvaen

Amend Rule 595, "Gadgets", as follows:

Replace the existing text of clause (vi)

{{[

(vi) A Gadget may create, destroy, or manipulate a Protected entity
if its Blueprint so specifies. [So, Gadgets can affect other
Gadgets, create points, and so on, as long as this behaviour does
not conflict with the Rules.]

]}}

with the following(delimited by PREFAB):

PREFAB

(vi) A Gadget may create, destroy, or manipulate an entity if its
Blueprint so specifies, as long as this behaviour does not conflict
with the Rules.

PREFAB

Renumber clause (vii) as clause (viii).

Insert as clause (vii) the following text(delimited by ALBUQUERQUE):

ALBUQUERQUE

(vii) A Gadget may become Broken as specified by its Blueprint, or by other
means, unless its Blueprint specifies that it is indestructible.  A Gadget
that is Broken will not perform any of the functions specified in its
Blueprint, unless its Blueprint specifies otherwise.

ALBUQUERQUE

{{ Amend the Blueprint for the Butler as follows:

Append the sentence "A Butler is a mechanical Gadget." to the first
paragraph.  In the third paragraph, replace the first occurrence of the
word "entities" with "tradeable entities".  Before the last sentence of
that paragraph, insert the sentence "Any entities on the list are still
considered to be owned by the Butler's owner until they are traded."

[Hopefully this will fix any problems with the Butler.]
}}

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