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acka-voting-digest     Saturday, December 13 1997     Volume 02 : Number 226

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 13:40:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2497

Proposal 2497
Alright Already! Ain't No Double Negatives Now
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.
In Rule 1230.2, section 1, create a new subsection, immediately after the
end of subsection C, labelled D, as delimited by PUTSCH below:
PUTSCH
D. It is a Privilege of the Chess-Umpire to issue CSRs which only affect
rules in the Party Chess Rule Suite.
PUTSCH
{{[This gives people a chance to complain if the Chess-Umpire does
something sneaky, just as with any other Common Sense report.  It seems to
be Common Sense that the Chess-Umpire should be able to fix bugs in the
Party Chess Rules without having to submit a proposal every time.]}}

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 13:51:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2498

Proposal 2498
Otherwise I Might Give Someone Septuplets
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Append to Rule 253, "Mentors", the sentence "A player who is currently
serving as mentor to a new player is not considered to be in the mentor
pool while so serving."

{{[  I think that the Registrars do this anyway, but I'd rather make
it explicit.  ]}}

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 13:53:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2499

Proposal 2499
Unified Duration Theorem
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

{{[ There are three different durations that need to be tracked
for new players.  Frankly, it's a pain. ]}}

This is a Modest proposal.

In Rule 253, "Mentors", replace "two weeks" with "three weeks".
{{[ Same duration as Rule 207's 'New player bonus' ]}}

Amend Rule 1129, "Crazy French-Scotsmen", by replacing "31 days"
with "three weeks".

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 13:55:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2500

Proposal 2500
Under The Table
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 1250.18, "Ye Olde Rusty Lantern", as follows:

In the first paragraph under "Passing"(which begins "A Bard
may pass explicitly."), replace "Tavern Owner" with "Barkeep".
{{[ Probably doesn't matter, but let's have consistency ]}}

After that paragraph, insert the following paragraph(delimited by ZZZZZZ):

ZZZZZZ
If a Bard is asleep(i.e. passes by default)for three of eir turns in
a row(or more), then the Barkeep may announce, at the same time as
announcing that e is aleep, that that Bard has gone Under The Table.
At this point the Bard is removed from the game, and eir bench is
considered empty.  If that Bard later wishes to rejoin the game, then
e need not pay ante to do so.
ZZZZZZ

{{[ This may speed up the YORL game a little bit, if players who do not
wish to play may be removed... ]}}

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 13:57:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2501

Proposal 2501
Tyrannical Ruling Elitists
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

Create a new Rule, numbered 750, entitled "Thought Police", with the
following ORWELL-delimited text:

ORWELL
A Thought Police CFJ is a CFJ on a statement of the form
"The statement 'X' cannot be legally stated by the player Y, even though
the player is allowed to post at least one public message, and the
statement is both true and publicly knowable", where X is replaced by a
statement, and Y is replaced by the name of an active player.

Upon a verdict of TRUE being issued on a Thought Police CFJ, all
players with the title of "Tyrannical Ruler" will lose that title, and the
player who submitted the CFJ  and the player listed as Y shall be given
the title of "Tyrannical Ruler".

Upon a verdict of FALSE being issued on a Thought Police CFJ, the player
who submitted the CFJ and the player whose name is the same as the name
replacing Y in the statement judged shall receive a Gaol sentence of 2
days, as they are incarcerated by the Thought Police.  This Gaol sentence
will be carried out at the instant that the CFJ ceases to be appealable.
If the players listed in this paragraph hold the title "Tyrannical Ruler"
when they are put in Gaol, they lose that title.

The Thought Police are an unownable entity with the right to cast zero,
one or two votes on each and every proposal.

An insant before proxy votes are determined on a proposal, or an instant
before a proposal's voting period ends if no players have Proxies, the
Thought Police will cast one vote of the same type as that cast by a
player who holds the title of "Tyrannical Ruler".  They shall do this for
each player who holds the titled of "Tyrannical Ruler".

For example, suppose Timmy and Tommy are the only players who hold the
title of "Tyrannical Ruler".  If Timmy votes YES on a proposal, and Tommy
votes PRESENT on that same proposal, and both do so at least two instants
prior to the end of the voting period on that proposal, then The Thought
Police will case one YES vote and one PRESENT vote on that proposal.
ORWELL

{{[I just like the idea that players who can't speak out suddenly get put
in a position of slightly greater power.  It sounds like a great
evener.]}}

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 14:00:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2502

Proposal 2502
This Ain't Backgammon
Uri Bruck (Niccolo Flychuck)

This is a Modest proposal.
Append to section 6 of R1230.2 "Swingers like to play around - let's play"
the following text:

"It is impermissible for a Swinger to Move the same piece more than once
during a single turn.
"

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 14:02:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2503

Proposal 2503
Lest Royalty Abandon Us
Uri Bruck (Niccolo Flychuck)

This is a Modest proposal.
Amend section e of R1230.23 "Winning a Hand" by replacing the string
" pieces will be chosen at random"
"pieces, none of which is a King, will be chosen at random"

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 14:10:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2448 accepted

Results of Proposal 2448

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
11/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Malenkai            (?)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
rufus
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
else...if           (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
K 2
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
Tammany                                 [else...if bribed Tammany A$100]

    PRESENT:
breadbox

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2448 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 02:40:03
> 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: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 14:17:03 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2449 rejected

Results of Proposal 2449

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
7/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Malenkai            (?)
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Fortunato           (SPAM)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
rufus

    PRESENT:

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2449 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 02:44:48
> 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: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 14:21:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2450 accepted

Results of Proposal 2450

16/21 votes: Quorum achieved
9/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
rufus

    NO:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
K 2

    PRESENT:
breadbox
Malenkai            (?)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
mr cwm              (SPAM)

    ABSTAINED:
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Red Barn
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Michael Wren
Calvin N Hobbes     (Harf)

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2450 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 02:47:17
> 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, 13 Dec 1997 14:27:41 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2451 accepted

Results of Proposal 2451

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
16/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
breadbox
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
else...if           (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
rufus
Vulcan Unity Vote

    NO:
Slakko              (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (?)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2451 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 03:08:47
> (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, 13 Dec 1997 14:31:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2452 accepted

Results of Proposal 2452

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
13/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Malenkai            (?)
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
else...if           (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
rufus
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
mr cwm              (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2452 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 03:11:24
> 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, 13 Dec 1997 14:36:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2454 rejected

Results of Proposal 2454

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
8/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
else...if           (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
K 2
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
rufus

    NO:
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
Crackfoo            (Harf)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Malenkai            (?)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2454 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 03:14:20
> 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, 13 Dec 1997 14:41:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2455 accepted

Results of Proposal 2455

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
13/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
Slakko              (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Fortunato           (SPAM)
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Malenkai            (?)
else...if           (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
rufus

    PRESENT:
breadbox

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2455 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 03:15:48
> 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, 13 Dec 1997 14:46:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2456 accepted

Results of Proposal 2456

18/21 votes: Quorum achieved
12/19 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen             (MetaMorph)
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer  (SPAM)
Rex Mundi
Balsamic Dragon     (SPAM)
K 2
Crackfoo            (Harf)
Vynd                (Vulcan)
two-star            (MetaMorph)
Niccolo Flychuck    (MetaMorph)
rufus
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Malenkai            (?)
else...if           (SPAM)
/dev/joe            (Vulcan)
Fortunato           (SPAM)
ThinMan             (Vulcan)
mr cwm              (SPAM)
Slakko              (SPAM)

    PRESENT:

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

    VACATIONING:
norpan
Archie Leach

> Proposal 2456 - Sat 6 Dec 1997 03:17:43
> 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, 13 Dec 1997 14:50:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2504

Proposal 2504
Copy-cats
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

Create a new rule numbered 310 entitled "Plagiarism sucks" containing
the following text

"
If a player makes a request for comment (labeled as such or otherwise)
no other player may take action to perform the material discussed
therein within the next eight days, unless the first player either
leaves the game or publicly posts that they don't mind this being done.
If a player attempts to submit a proposal that does so then the
proposal is invalid. Any other actions which are attempted that do so
simply do not happen. [As well as the obvious, this also allows enough
time for a loop-hole to be shut by making a request for comment on
whether to exploit the loophole and then submitting a proposal to close
the loophole.]
"

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 14:53:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2505

Proposal 2505
Fixing Up Publicly Knowable Judges
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.
Amend Rule 212 by replacing all instances of the phrase "by posting to the
applicable officer" with "as a public action".

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 15:03:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2506

Proposal 2506
Fixing Labs
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)

Amend Rule 1013, "Secret Laboratories", to read in full:

A Secret Laboratory is an Organizational Power. An Organization
may buy a Secret Laboratory for A$ 1000. 

An Organization may, as an action, use any Secret Laboratory it owns
to build a Gadget from any existing Qualified Blueprint. This new
Gadget is created in the Organization's possession three days after
this action is announced.  Each Secret Laboratory may be used to
build a gadget at most once each calendar month.

[Secret Laboratories are said to be buried deep underground.] 

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 15:05:28 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2507

Proposal 2507
New Ackan Logic
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)

Amend Rule 340, "Conventions", by adding the following section to the
end of the rule:

"
VIII. There are three truth values a statement can have: true, false,
and mu.  Any statement which, due to its self-referential nature or
otherwise, cannot be either true or false, is mu, even if its being mu
would make it appear otherwise.  The terms "not true" and "untrue" are
equivalent to "false or mu"; the terms "not false" and "unfalse" are
equivalent to "true or mu".
"

Amend Rule 211, "Invoking Judgement", by inserting the following sentence
immediately after the first sentence of the third paragraph:

"CFJ's with mu statements shall be judged Invalid."

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 15:08:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2508

Proposal 2508
Should cut down on scams
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

Modify rule 101 such that the paragraph reading:

"
The rules and the game state may only be changed as described in the
rules. Actions described in the rules may only be performed, and shall
only have those effects, as specified by the rules. Whatever is not
explicitly prohibited or regulated by the rules, however, is permitted
and unregulated. Game custom, spirit of the game, and linguistic
interpretation are external concepts and are not regulated or part of
the game state.
"

is changed to

"
The rules and the game state may only be changed as described in the
rules. Actions described in the rules may only be performed, and shall
only have those effects, as specified by the rules. Whatever is not
explicitly prohibited or regulated by the rules, however, is permitted
and unregulated. If one or more methods of changing a specific element
of the rules or game state is specified in the rules then all other
methods of accomplishing the same change are forbidden. Game custom,
spirit of the game, and linguistic interpretation are external concepts
and are not regulated or part of the game state.
"

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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 15:10:18 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2509

Proposal 2509
Multicolour Cross
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

Create a new Rule, numbered 906, entitled "Double Cross", and with the
following MORE-delimited text:

MORE
1. Each player has a Black Cross Rank and a Crystal Cross Rank.
At all times, a player's Black Cross Rank is equal to the number of CFCJs
they have submitted whose last verdict was TRUE.
At all times, a player's Crystal Cross Rank is equal to the number of
CSRs they have issued which have been performed.  CFCJs and CSRs made
under a player's previous registrations count for the purposes of
determine the above Ranks.
2. Black Crosses, Crystal Crosses, Onyx Stripes and Perspex Stripes are
nameless, nontradeable, entities, and are also Medals.
3. A player with a Black Cross Rank of at least 20 qualifies for a Black
Cross.  A player with a Crystal Cross Rank of at least 20 qualifies for a
Crystal Cross.
4. For each 10 points of Black Cross Rank above that required for a Black
Cross, a player qualifies for an Onyx Stripe.  For each 10 points of
Crystal Cross Rank above that required for a Crystal Cross, a player
qualifies for a Perspex Stripe.
5. Any time a player has too few of these medals, the President,
Proconsul, or Senator may award medals of the appropriate types to that
player until he has enough of each type. The Frobozz Magic Medal Company,
Ackanomic Division, performs the creation of these medals as medals are to
be awarded.
6. Any player who possesses a Black Cross or a Crystal Cross, but not
both, shall have the title of "Order of the Lesser Crosses".  Any player
who possesses a Black Cross and a Crystal Cross shall have the title of
"Knight Commander of the Order of the Lesser Crosses".  The two titles in
this paragraph may be abbreviated to OLC and KCLC respectively.
MORE

Insert the following ABBA-delimited text into Rule 906 immediately after
the text "Commander of the Blue Cross".:
ABBA
The two titles in this paragraph may be abbreviated to OBC and CBC
respectively.
ABBA

{{[Current tallies of players' Crystal Cross Rank:
mr cwm 7
Vynd 5
Mr Lunatic Fringe 2
Malenkai 2
All other players 0
]}}

{{[Current tallies for players' (past and present) Black Cross Rank:
Malenkai 4
Mr. Lunatic Fringe 3
/dev/joe 2
ThinMan 2
Mohammed 2
Strider 2
Alfvaen 2
The Governor 1
this is not a name 1
fnord 1
Red Barn 1
Attila the Pun 1
Robert Sevin 1
Guy Fawkes 1
Slakko 1
All other players 0
]}}

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