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acka-voting-digest     Saturday, December 6 1997     Volume 02 : Number 219

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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:00:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2419 rejected

Results of Proposal 2419

17/19 votes: Quorum achieved
10/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
K 2
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer
Rex Mundi
Red Barn
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
mr cwm              (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
breadbox

    ABSTAINED:
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2419 - Fri 28 Nov 1997 23:08:29
> Quincy, Medical Examiner
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Repeal Rule 1123, "snowgod's Disease."
> 
> {{ Red Barn may, as a public action, declare emself cured of
> snowgod's Disease.  If he does not do so within one week of
> this Proposal's passage, this rule repeals itself. }}

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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:07:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2420 rejected

Results of Proposal 2420

16/19 votes: Quorum achieved
4/16 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Slakko              (SPAM)

    NO:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
breadbox
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
K 2
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2420 - Fri 28 Nov 1997 23:10:54
> Traditional American Method
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Create a new Rule, numbered Rule 414.5, and titled "Quayle", with the
> following GORE delimited text:
> 
> GORE
> The Vice Presidency of Ackanomia is an Office with One Seat.  The player
> who holds that seat is called the Vice President, and may also be
> referred to as either "Quayle" or "Al Bore" while e holds the office.  The
> Vice President's Term of Office is the same as that of the President.
> 
> The Office of Vice President shall be held as follows:
> (a) If there has been no election for President since this rule was
> enacted, the Office shall remain vacant.
> 
> (b) If there is an Election for the Office of President, involving two or
> more candidates, then, when the Presidential election results become
> publically knowable, the Vice Presidency will be held by the player who is
> not President, but would have been elected to a seat in the Presidency if
> the Presidency had two Seats.
> 
> (c) If there is an Election for President, involving only one candidate,
> then (i) if they are not the incumbent President, the incumbent President
> shall become Vice President at the end of the election period,
> (ii) if they are the incumbent President, and the Vice Presidency is not
> vacant, then the Vice President shall remain in office, i.e. they will
> gain another term,
> (iii), if neither of the above holds, then the Vice Presidency will remain
> vacant until the end of the next election for President.
> 
> [Note: This is the same as the old American Presidental system, where the
> person who got the second-largest number of colleges became VP.]
> 
> The Duties of the Vice President are:
> 
> a) To perform all the Duties of the President whenever the President is
> unable to.
> b) Other rules may specify other duties.
> 
> The Privileges of the Vice President are:
> 
> a) The privileges of the President whenever the President is unable to
> perform eir duties.
> b) Other rules may specify other privileges.
> GORE
> 
> Amend Rule 414 by inserting the following BUSH-delimited text immediately
> after the text "(iii)"
> 
> BUSH
> This office may not be filled in an Acting capacity unless both the
> President and the Vice President are unable to perform the duties of
> the President.  
> BUSH

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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:12:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2421 accepted

Results of Proposal 2421

16/19 votes: Quorum achieved
11/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Slakko              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)

    PRESENT:
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2421 - Fri 28 Nov 1997 23:13:15
> What Kind of a Catchphrase is That?
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Repeal Rule 1140, "Unofficial Catchphrases".
> 
> [This rule doesn't add that much to the game, it has yet to be used
> despite being introduced almost three months ago, and therefore appears to
> be excess baggage.]

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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:19:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2423 rejected

Results of Proposal 2423

17/19 votes: Quorum achieved
6/14 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Red Barn
K 2
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Slakko              (SPAM)

    NO:
breadbox
Rex Mundi
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)

    ABSTAINED:
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2423 - Fri 28 Nov 1997 23:17:34
> Old Frinking Buddies
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> [The greatest contributors to Ackanomic are often those still playing.
> Let's recognise them, too.]
> 
> Create a new Rule, numbered 843.0, and entitled "Legends in eir Own
> Lunchtime", with text delimited by GREATS below:
> 
> GREATS
> If a player has played Acka continuously for a period of not less than 18
> months, and has won at least two cycles of Ackanomic, then e is eligible
> to be enshrined in the Hall of Elders.  A current player who satisfies the
> conditions of the previous sentence can only be enshrined in the Hall of
> Elders as the result of a Living Legend Hearing.  The legitimate responses
> to a Living Legend Hearing are "More Famous than Babe Ruth" and "Who the
> Hell is e?"  If the result of the Hearing is "More Famous than Babe Ruth",
> then e shall be enshrined in the Hall of Elders according to provisions 6
> and 7 of Rule 843, "Hall of Elders".  A Living Legend Hearing must state
> which player is to be enshrined, and may only be called once in any
> calendar month about a particular player.  A player may not call a Living
> Legend Hearing about emself.
> 
> A player who has been enshrined in this way is automatically entitled to
> use the title Elder, and shall have the powers and benefits explicitly
> specified by other rules for Elders.

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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:26:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2424 accepted

Results of Proposal 2424

16/19 votes: Quorum achieved
10/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Red Barn
K 2
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Slakko              (SPAM)

    NO:
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
breadbox
two-star            (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2424 - Fri 28 Nov 1997 23:56:57
> Boring Proposals
> Malenkai (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Amend rule 207, "Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported",
> to append the following text at the end of the rule:
> 
> " 
> VIII. Boring Proposals 
> 
> A proposal is Boring if and only if at least half of the votes cast
> on the proposal were Present votes.  The above provisions notwithstanding,
> no points are scored by any player as a result of a Boring proposal being
> accepted. 
> "

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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:40:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2448

Proposal 2448
Repealing the Paranormal
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal

{{[even in the unlikely event that your stars are aligned,
*and* you notice that fact, the likehood of being able to
use these things is nil anyway.  Have they ever been used in
the over a year that they have existed?]}}

- ---

Repeal Rule 1117 "Telepathy, Telekinesis, and Side Effects"

- ---

Amend rule 854, "Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication",
to remove: 

"
Telepathy: Cost -- 350 A$. No player may purchase telepathy unless he already 
owns an Extra head mutation, and at least one Pointy ear mutation. A player
who has (owns) the telepathy mutation gains the ability to use the power 
described as telepathy in Rule 1117, but must follow all restrictions
on and is subject to any side effects of it's use as described in that Rule.
The Telepathy mutation cannot be removed or destroyed by the W-File pair or
their alien sedative, however, this takes precedence over Rule 261. 

Telekinesis -- 500 A$. No player may purchase the Telekinesis mutation 
unless he already owns an Extra head mutation, at least one Pointy ear
mutation, and the Telepathy mutation. A player who has (owns) the
Telekinesis mutation has the ability to use the power described as 
telekinesis in Rule 1117, but must follow all restrictions on and is
subject to any side effects of it's use as described in that Rule. 
The Telekinesis mutation cannot be removed or destroyed by the W-File
pair or their alien sedative, however, this takes precedence over Rule 261. 
"

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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:44:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2449

Proposal 2449
Frob me will ya?
Vynd (John McCoy)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 594.19 by adding the following, as a sperate paragraph, to the
end of the Rule.

The nodes of a Pyraic Frobnotzer may never me attached to any part of this
Rule.  {{Any Pyraic Frobnotzer nodes which are attached to this rule
become unattached.}}

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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 23:47:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2450

Proposal 2450
Nothing In Moderation
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

Amend Rule 1250.17, "Mediocrity", as follows:

Replace the text "maximum: the number of players in the game of Ackanomic
at the inception of a game of Mediocrity" with "maximum: the number of
players in the game of Ackanomic at the inception of a game of Mediocrity,
less one".

Replace the text "Referees: none" with "Referees: one".

Remove the text "Also, the player announcing the beginning of an insance
of Medicrity shall randomly assign each player a different integer
in the range of 1 to n, where n is the number of players in the game
(of Mediocrity)."  {{[ If there are no Moderators, then there is no need
to determine the sequence in which players become Moderators ]}}

Replace the text "Play: play consists of rounds -- each round, one of the
players shall be be Moderator." with "Play: Play consists of rounds.".

Delete the paragraph beginning "Player 1 is the Moderator at the beginning
of the game".  {{[ All describing how Moderatorship is passed from player
to player ]}}

In the paragraph beginning "If a round ends because of the expiration of
the six-day time limit", delete all but the last sentence.  {{[ The rest
is about the Moderator getting tossed if e doesn't post the results in
six days. ]}}

Replace all remaining instances of "Moderator" with "Referee".

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:08:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2451

Proposal 2451
(This Proposal is Really Nameless)
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[ I've noticed a few Proposals going through recently whose titles
are actually invalid as specified by Rule 500.1...but I can't really
see why they should be.  Mostly with parentheses... ]}}

Amend Rule 301, "Proposal and Rule Titles", by appending the following
text(delimited by BROKET):

BROKET

Rule and Proposal titles may include, in addition to those specified
in Rule 500.1, the following characters:

        ( ) : ;
BROKET

{{ Any Rule or Proposal that was initially specified with a title that
was invalid only because of the inclusion of one of the above
characters is retitled as if the original title had never been invalid.}}

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:11:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2452

Proposal 2452
The Meta-Voting Process
Balsamic Dragon (Vivan Norwood)

Amend Rule 419.2 to replace section III. InterNomic Voting with the
following text delimited by VOTING

VOTING
III.  InterNomic Voting

Whenever Ackanomic is permitted to vote upon any matter in InterNomic, the
Liaison shall initiate a binding Hearing to determine how e should cast
Ackanomic's vote in InterNomic by publically posting the proposal or
question to be voted upon.  Responses to the proposal or question shall be
send privately to the Liaison who will tabulate the votes and publically
post the results.  The valid responses in this Hearing shall be the valid
votes the Liaison may cast on the matter in InterNomic.  This Hearing shall
have a voting period of 7 days, and, in the case where the results are
inconclusive, the President shall, as a public action, decide how the
Liaison shall cast Ackanomic's vote.  In the event of a conflict between
this section and any other rule concerning hearings, this rule shall take
precedence.
VOTING

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:13:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2453

Proposal 2453
Burying The Hatchet With A Strong Shovel
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

If it should be the case that Ackanomic's Attitude towards the
Pumpkin Patch is Hostile(in terms of InterNomic), then the Attitude
shall be changed to Neutral.

If at any time Ackanomic's Attitude towards Pumpkin Patch is Neutral,
this Rule shall repeal itself.

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:14:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2454

Proposal 2454
Little Dorrit, Part One: Nobody's Fault
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

Create a new rule, numbered 999, named "Collectibles", with
text as follows(delimited by DICKENS):

DICKENS

There exists a class of entities called Collectibles.  Collectibles
are tradeable entities, which may individually have other attributes
given them, except that no unique Collectible is mimsy.

The Widget of Yendor is a unique Collectible.  The various Keys to
the Vault--Chartreuse, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Purple--are
Collectibles.

This rule defers to any other Rule which may define attributes for
any entity or type of entity which is listed here as a Collectible.

[ Anyone else who can think of a good way to a) have an entity added
automagically to this Rule when its defining Rule is repealed, or b)
have an entity removed automagically from this Rule should it ever be
redefined in another Rule--go ahead and do it.  Otherwise, it is
encouraged that Proposals add and remove their own Collectibles as
necessary. ]

DICKENS

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:15:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2455

Proposal 2455
Grenouilles Morts
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[ It seems to me that Patent Infringement can be committed without
any intent whatsoever, simply by the creation of an inappropriate
Rule.  This is intended to create some distinction between the accidental
and malicious cases. ]}}

Amend Rule 716, "Patent Infringement", as follows:

Replace the first paragraph

{{[
   When a rule change occurs that causes a new named entity or named
   class of entities to exist, and a Player owns an entity with the same
   name as the new entity or class, that Player shall be Guilty of Patent
   Infringement, unless that entity is any type of Frog.
]}}
   
with the following(delimited by KERMIT):

KERMIT
   When a rule change occurs that causes a new named entity or named
   class of entities to exist, and a Player owns an entity with the
   same name as the new entity or class, and said entity was created
   after the rule change was publically declared(i.e. after a Proposal
   was distributed by the Promoter, a CSR was announced by the CSRR,
   a State of Crisis Resolution Document was issued by the President,
   etc.)but before the rule change took effect, that Player shall be
   Guilty of Patent Infringement.
KERMIT

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:17:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2456

Proposal 2456
We're All Entities of Honour Here
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 1215, "Duels", as follows:

Append to the seventh paragraph of section 2.

{{[
   The duel starts upon the Challenged Player's Second posting the
   acceptance of the Duel. [The President, or any other Political
   Officer, may announce the start of the duel, if they wish.]
]}}

the following text(delimited by BUTCH):

BUTCH
If the Game or Contest chosen for the Duel requires a Referee, it
does not require two teams of two players, and no player volunteers
to referee the Game within one week of the Duel's beginning, then
the Challenged Player's Second shall referee the Duel.
BUTCH

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:53:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2427 accepted

Results of Proposal 2427

15/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
The Gingham Wearer
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Red Barn
K 2
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
breadbox
Rex Mundi
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:
mr cwm              (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2427 - Sat 29 Nov 1997 03:46:13
> Don't Let Slakko Make a Fool of Himself Again
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> Amend Rule 344 by replacing "rule or body of text, whichever comes first"
> with "paragraph".

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 17:13:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2428 accepted

Results of Proposal 2428

15/19 votes: Quorum achieved
9/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Slakko              (SPAM)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Tammany                                 [K 2 bribed Tammany A$100]
SPAM Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Malenkai            (Vulcan)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Vynd                (Vulcan)

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Red Barn
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2428 - Sat 29 Nov 1997 05:13:24
> Stick the Vulcans Where They Belong
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> Delete the last paragraph of Rule 1.
> Renumber Rule 1 to Rule 1401.
> Repeal Rule 0.
> 
> [This creates a new section, to do with the History of the Game, in the
> 1400s.]

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 17:19:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2457

Proposal 2457
Party Unity is a Three-Edged Sword
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

{{[Note: Those who wonder why I'm introducing extra PRESENT votes, when
non-player votes don't affect quorum - PRESENT votes now have the
possibility of making a proposal boring and thus denying its proposer
any points. ]}}

Amend Rule 1009 by inserting the following KOSH delimited text between the
sentence ending "it has." and the sentence beginning "Party membership":

KOSH
At the end of a proposal's voting period, but before votes on that
proposal are counted, if every active non-vacationing player member of a
given Political Party voted NO on that proposal, and no member of the
Party is also a member of some other Party, then the Political Party
itself shall cast an additional NO vote on that proposal for every three
active non-vacationing player members it has. 

At the end of a proposal's voting period, but before votes on that
proposal are counted, if every active non-vacationing player member of a
given Political Party voted PRESENT on that proposal, and no member of the
Party is also a member of some other Party, then the Political Party
itself shall cast an additional PRESENT vote on that proposal for every
two active non-vacationing player members it has. 
KOSH

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 17:30:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2458

Proposal 2458
Popular Literature
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

{{[As it is known that modern literature can sometimes be the best insight
into modern social mores, and modern behavioural patterns, so new works
should be recognised for this as literature.]}}

{{Add the following POP-delimited lines to the Literature List.
POP
Work: Babylon 5 ; TV SF show with a consistent 5-year plot arc
Work: The Simpsons ; Animated Television Show
Artist: Neal Stephenson ; Author who has written more than just Snow Crash
POP
}}

{{Delete the following REDUNDANT-delimited line from the Literature List:
REDUNDANT
Work: Snow Crash ; novel by Neal Stephenson
REDUNDANT
}}

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 17:44:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2459

Proposal 2459
The Curse of the Bee Ack
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

{{[For those of you who don't know of the B-Ack, I suggest you point your
browsers at the Literature List.  There it lurks, even now!]}}

Create a New Rule, numbered 961, and entitled "Curse of The B-Ack", and
with text as delimited by GOBACK below:

GOBACK
The B-Ack is a fearsome creature known to inhabit the Wilds of Ackanomia.
It cannot be located by any glance at the map, because of its ability to
camouflage itself into more acceptable surroundings.  It has been sighted,
at times, latching on to the bottom of important rule web pages, and
cursing travellers to those pages with its fearsome cry of "BEE - ACK!"
The B-Ack is an unownable entity.

Ackans who visit the Wilds of Ackanomia must be careful to avoid the Curse
of the B-Ack.  It is therefore best that they keep quiet when in the
Wilds.  Therefore, each day that a player is in the Wilds of Ackanomia and
posts a public message, there is a 40% chance that the B-Ack will hear the
player and chase them on the following day.  The player will be treated as
if e had Gone Postal.  This is because (i) further public messages ruin a
player's attempts to elude the B-Ack, and thus lead to further hiding, and
(ii) the only weakness of the B-Ack is good poetry.

The one exception to the above paragraph is when the B-Ack hears a player
on a day that the player is launching a spaceship.  In this case, there is
a 50% chance (as determined by the Officer in Charge of Random Things)
that the B-Ack will be transported to the destination of the spaceship.
As there is only one B-Ack in the whole of Ackanomia, this rule will then
repeal itself. If the B-Ack is not transported to the spaceship's
destination, then the player instead steams the B-Ack with the spaceship
exhaust, having no effect other than to make the B-Ack angry.

Players who encounter the B-Ack are encouraged to publicly give a
description of its physical characteristics (note that these should be
vague).  This description should only be given once the player is no
longer in the Wilds of Ackanomia, and only one description may be sent by
a player for each time they are chased by the B-Ack.  Posting such a
description earns a player 6 points.

Scientists are permitted to sneer at any such description, claiming such a
creature is "physically impossible", and gain 2 points for doing so,
provided they sneer within 3 days of the public posting of the
description.
GOBACK

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 17:48:05 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2460

Proposal 2460
Home Iff Castle
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Create a new rule, numbered 838, titled "Moocher Free", and containing the
following OTTO-delimited text.

OTTO
All players have a Drawbridge Attribute.  It is either "Drawbridge Up" or
"Drawbridge Down".  Initially all players are "Drawbridge Down".  When a
player is "Drawbridge Up", no player may enter or leave that player's
Home.  When a player is "Drawbridge Down", then players may enter or
leave that player's Home, provided such movement is permitted by other
rules.

It is an old tenet that "thou shalt not let moochers into thy hut" [Homer
Simpson, "The Simpsons"].  Therefore, if a player is in eir Home, e may
change eir policy from "Drawbridge Down" to "Drawbridge Up" or vice versa.
OTTO

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 18:02:53 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2461

Proposal 2461
Social Tammany
Niccolo Flychuck (Uri Bruck)

 A proposal to append the following text to R315 Tammany:
"
If, during any 7 day period,  members of a given Organization,
bribe Tammany collectively with a sum of over a A$300, and it 
is legal for that Organization to have non-human entities as members,
then the Organization can make Tammany a member of that Organization
as a Public Action. When Tammany becomes a member of an Organization, it
leaves all other Organizations it is a member of. While Tammany is a
member of an Organization, half of all the bribes it receives are
transfferred to the Organization of which it is a member, instead of the
to the Treasury. If no one bribes Tammany for a period of 4 weeks, it
becomes upset and leaves all Organizationts of which it is a member."

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 18:15:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2462

Proposal 2462
Never Again
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a grandiose proposal.

Create a rule numbered 108, titled "Change must be possible" which
reads as follows:

No player, entity, proposal or rule may create a rule, modify a rule,
renumber a rule or do anything which would result in a rule being
impossible to modify. Note that rules which are immutable or rules
which claim to take precedence over other rules and state that they
cannot be changed do not necessarily count as being impossible to
modify for the purposes of this rule. If one month after a rule has
been created or changed in such a way as to allegedly make it
impossible to modify a player claims that it is not possible to modify
the rule by posting a public message to this effect, then the following
will happen:

1. If the rule was not created or changed by a player then it is
automatically repealed.

2. If the rule was created or modified in such a way as to allegedly
make its modification impossible, by a player and that player is no
longer active then the rule is automatically repealed.

3. 2. If the rule was created or modified in such a way as to allegedly
make its modification impossible, by a player and that player is still
active then the player has one week to respond. If he fails to respond
in this time then the rule is repealed and the player fined A$50 which
should be paid to the treasury. If e does respond e can admit that he
doesn't know how to modify the rule, in which case the rule will be
repealed and e must pay A$50 to the treasury, or alternatively e can
claim that e knows of a way to modify the rule. 

If a player has publicly announced that e knows how to modify such a
rule then at any time another player may pay the first player A$250 and
tell him to post either publicly or privately the manner in which the
rule can be changed. The first player has no option but to do this and
must do so within one week. If the first player is for any reason
unable to do so then instead of the second player paying the first
A$250 the first player instead plays the second player A$300 and in
addition the first player is publicly covered in tar and then has
feathers pored liberally upon them until they are covered in feathers
for being nasty and spiteful which has two effects. Firstly e becomes
smelly and is not allowed to enter the library or museum for 79 hours.
Secondly if e has wings then the chartreuse goose believes that e is a
potential mate and immediately flies over to the player. The possession
of the chartreuse goose changes from whoever had it to the player who
was tarred and feathered.

This rule takes precedence over all other rules.

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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 18:18:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2463

Proposal 2463
Sploing
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

Modify rule 1209 such that all instances of the term "*ping*" with the
inverted commas ("") being delimiters only are replaced by the term
"*sploing*" with the inverted commas ("") being delimiters only
including the instance of the term in the rule's title.

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