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acka-voting-digest       Sunday, April 12 1998       Volume 03 : Number 043

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 06:32:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2825 accepted

Results of Proposal 2825

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
9/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
Attila the Pun
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Illusion
Guy Fawkes

    PRESENT:
breadbox
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
IdiotBoy
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2825 - Fri 03 Apr 1998 14:03 EST
> Next Station Camden Town
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> {{[The title is a reference to Mornington Crescent - the inspiration behind
> Abstract Crescent. Basically, I found a few ways to tweak and otherwise
> improve the game, including the elimination of a couple of problem spots
> such as the possibility of player leaving and rejoining scams, and lone
> player submissions.]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 1250.21, "Abstract Crescent", as follows:
> 
> (a) replace the following SLOW-delimited text:
> 
> SLOW
> 2. The playing section of the Round is complete after either three days
> have passed since the Round was announced, or all players have emailed
> their plays to the Referee, whichever comes first.
> SLOW
> 
> with the following FASTER delimited text:
> 
> FASTER
> 2. The playing section of the Round is complete after either three days
> have passed since the Round was announced, or sufficient players have
> emailed their plays to the Referee to determine the result of the Round,
> whichever comes first.
> FASTER
> 
> {{[Twice now rufus has failed to submit turns which would have had no
> effect whatsoever on the result. When this was the case, I have had to wait
> two days for no benefit. I'd rather see games played quickly - it keeps
> them more interesting.]}}
> 
> (b) replace the text "3. Scoring" with "4. Scoring" wherever it occurs.
> 
> (c) insert the following FENCEPOST-delimited text immediately after the
> text "by any other player that Round.":
> 
> FENCEPOST
> If only one player should submit a number in any given round, then that
> player shall win the Round and gain 2*n points, where n is the current
> number of players.
> FENCEPOST
> 
> {{[Currently as the rules stand the unfortunate lone submitter would get an
> undefined number of points.]}}
> 
> (d) append the following NOSNEAKS-delimited text:
> 
> NOSNEAKS
> 5. Leaving and Re-joining
> When a player leaves a game of Abstract Crescent, any positive points they
> had earned in that game are lost. Should they rejoin that game at a later
> date, their score upon rejoining will be the lower of the score they had
> when they last left the game and 0.
> If a player fails to submit a number in 3 consecutive rounds, then the
> Referee may declare them to have left at the end of the third such round.
> Such a declaration is equivalent to the player consenting to leave the
> game.
> 
> {{Any game of Abstract Crescent in progress when this proposal is passed
> now runs according to the updated rules.}}
> NOSNEAKS
> 
> {{[You stay - you play. Otherwise it just puts a hole in the number
> sequences, which can have a significant impact on scoring.]}}

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 06:42:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2826 accepted

Results of Proposal 2826

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
11/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
Attila the Pun
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Koxvolio
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Guy Fawkes

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Illusion

    PRESENT:
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
IdiotBoy
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2826 - Fri 03 Apr 1998 14:05 EST
> Helping the Harfers
> Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> In Rule 534 [The Ackan Reserve] replace "a functional office" with "an
> optional functional office."
> 
> To the end of Rule 530 [The Stock Market] add this paragraph:
> 
> If the Chair of the Ackan Reserve is filled in a non-acting capacity, the
> Stock Market is not Frozen. If the Chair of the Ackan Reserve is not filled
> in any capacity, the Stock Market is Frozen. If the Chair of the Ackan
> Reserve is filled in an acting capacity only, the acting Chair is empowered
> to Freeze or un-Freeze the Stock Market, provided e has not changed the
> Stock Market's state in the last three days. While the Stock market is
> Frozen, neither the activity value nor the positivity value will change,
> the remainder of this Rule notwithstanding.

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 06:48:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2828 accepted

Results of Proposal 2828

16/21 votes: Quorum achieved
10/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
else...if            (Klingon)
Illusion
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Guy Fawkes

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
breadbox
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Tammany                                 [breadbox bribed Tammany A$31]

    PRESENT:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Koxvolio
IdiotBoy
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2828 - Sat 04 Apr 1998 17:45 EST
> It pays to advertise (2nd times the charm)
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Warning Contains: Sponsor
> 
> Amend Rule 252 Section II as follows
> Replace the following OLD delimited text
> 
> OLD
> A person wishing to join the game, and who cannot do so as a Returning
> player, should notify the Registrar, providing a valid email address, their
> real name, and the legal Ackanomic name they wish to play under. Upon them
> providing this information, should the requested name indeed be a legal
> Ackanomic name, the Registrar shall post a public message announcing the
> new player and providing their Ackanomic name, real name, and email
> address, and if the prospective player provided it, how they discovered the
> game. Upon the posting of such an announcement, the person becomes
> registered as a player.
> OLD
> 
> with the following NEW delimited text
> 
> NEW
> A person wishing to join the game, and who cannot do so as a Returning
> player, should notify the Registrar, providing a valid email address, their
> real name, the legal Ackanomic name they wish to play under, and optionally
> the Ackanomic name of the current active player who convinced them to join
> the game or where they heard about the game. Upon them providing this
> information, should the requested name indeed be a legal Ackanomic name,
> the Registrar shall post a public message announcing the new player and
> providing their Ackanomic name, real name, and email address, and if the
> prospective player provided it, the optional information. Upon the posting
> of such an announcement, the person becomes registered as a player. If the
> active player named by the new player informs the Registrar within a
> 'small' period of time (preferably before the new player actually sends
> email) then that current active player shall be known as the Sponsor of the
> new player. The Sponsor is valid if and only if they notify the Registrar
> and the new player mentions them as their sponsor.
> NEW
> 
> Amend Rule 252 Section III as follows
> Replace the following OLD delimited text
> 
> OLD
> 3) The Registrar shall select a Mentor for the new player. If the Mentor
> was chosen from the volunteer pool, e receives A$25 from the Treasury
> immediately; otherwise, e receives A$25 if and when e accepts the
> mentorship.
> OLD
> 
> with the following NEW delimited text
> 
> NEW
> 3) The Registrar shall select a Mentor for the new player. If the player
> provided a valid Sponsor, that Sponsor shall be the first choice of Mentor
> for the new player if e is eligible as a Mentor. If the Mentor was chosen
> from the volunteer pool, e receives A$25 from the Treasury immediately;
> otherwise, e receives A$25 if and when e accepts the mentorship.
> 
> 4) If the player provided a valid Sponsor the new player recieves a Trinket
> named 'Sponsored by <name>' where <name> is the name of the Sponsor. This
> Trinket has a value of A$10 and a description of 'I joined the madness on
> <date> at the urging of <name>' where <date> is the date the new player
> joined and <name> is the name of the Sponsor. The Sponsor shall likewise
> recieve a Trinket named '<name> is all my fault' with a value of $A10 and a
> description of 'On <date>, I encouraged <name> to join.' where <date> is as
> above and <name> is the name of the new player.
> NEW

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 06:52:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2829 accepted

Results of Proposal 2829

17/21 votes: Quorum achieved
12/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio
Illusion
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
breadbox
else...if            (Klingon)
Guy Fawkes

    PRESENT:
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)

    ABSTAINED:
IdiotBoy
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2829 - Sat 04 Apr 1998 17:48 EST
> Harfmeister as Style Guru
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> {{[Proposals can be harfy, but so can other stuff - why not let the
> Harfmeister judge the style of that as well?]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 1112, "Let there be Harf!", by inserting the following
> GURU-delimited text immediately before the text "The Harfmeister may use
> his or her discretion":
> 
> GURU
> The Harfmeister should also be on the lookout for particularly harfy
> courses of action, things which might later be considered for a Silver
> Moon, or at least are worth a good laugh at the time. The Harfmeister has
> the privilege of designating a player other than emself to be "Funky and
> Stylish".
> At most one player is "Funky and Stylish" at any one time; a designation of
> a player as "Funky and Stylish" removes the designation of "Funky and
> Stylish" from any other player possessing it. When a player is designated
> "Funky and Stylish", they gain 5 points. Only one player may be designated
> "Funky and Stylish" per calendar week.
> 
> This privilege of the Harfmeister should be used regularly, when it is
> justified. Failure to do so on a regular basis, without justification, may
> lead to accusations that the Harfmeister is hogging the harf, as described
> below.
> GURU

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 06:55:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2832 accepted

Results of Proposal 2832

16/21 votes: Quorum achieved
11/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
The Gingham Wearer   (Klingon)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Hubert               (Boomerangs)
else...if            (Klingon)
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Klingon Unity Vote

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)
breadbox
Illusion
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Guy Fawkes

    PRESENT:

    ABSTAINED:
Koxvolio
IdiotBoy
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
rufus                (SPAM)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PENDING:
two-star

> Proposal 2832 - Sat 04 Apr 1998 20:38 EST
> Literature modification
> The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> {{[Remember my ill-fated and hideously flawed (I'm good at that sort of
> thing, aren't I?) proposal from a bit ago? Well it's b-ack and it's better
> than ever.]}}
> 
> Modify rule 210 (Literature) by replacing the NOW delimited text below with
> the CHANGE delimited text, and the following ONE delimited text with the
> following TWO delimited text below:
> 
> NOW
> A) The proposal must contain in it's body [as opposed to title] one or more
> quotations from sources listed on the Literature list. This quotation must
> be an exact copy of words found in, written, uttered or otherwise
> communicated by the source, enclosed in quotation marks. It must be either
> a complete sentence of 7 words or more, or a contiguous phrase of at least
> 14 words in length. [This last bit is to try and stop people from trying to
> pass off "to be" as a quote from Hamlet, and the like.]
> NOW
> 
> CHANGE
> A) The proposal must contain in its body [as opposed to title] one or more
> quotations from sources listed on the Literature list. This quotation must
> be an exact copy of words found in, written, uttered or otherwise
> communicated by the source, enclosed in quotation marks. It must contain
> one of the following:
> 
> (i) a complete sentence or series of consecutive sentences totalling 7
> words or more [i.e. if a player has two sentences of six words in length it
> is a phrase of consecutive sentences totaling seven or more words].
> 
> (ii) a continuous phrase of at least 14 words in length
> 
> (iii) a phrase that is not found in any other piece of literature.
> 
> [The reasoning for these limitations is to try and stop people from trying
> to pass off "to be" as a quote from Hamlet, and the like. There are however
> some short snippets that are very unique to individual pieces and this
> takes that into account.]
> 
> It is up to the player who submitted the proposal to find proof that his
> quote is indeed literature, and up to any player to find another piece of
> literature that also contains the quote. All such proofs are adjudicated by
> the scorekeeper, unless the scorekeeper submitted the proposal, in which
> case it should be adjudicated by the President. If the scorekeeper and
> president are the same person then it will be adjudicated by any other
> random active player (as selected by the OiCoRT).
> CHANGE
> 
> ONE
> II. Whenever a proposal that is literature passes, it's author gains X
> points. X is either the number of sentences quoted according to section I
> of this rule, or the number the total number of words quoted according to
> section I divided by 14, whichever is smaller.
> ONE
> 
> TWO
> II. Whenever a proposal that is literature passes, its author gains X
> points. X is either, the number of sentences, or series of sentences,
> quoted according to section I of this rule, or the total number of words
> quoted according to section I divided by 14, whichever is smaller. [That
> is, for each sentence or phrase which is eligible to be literature the
> author scores one point, taking the lower total if there are more than two
> ways in which such a phrase is eligible, i.e. two complete sentences making
> a total of fourteen words would only score one point.]
> TWO
> 
> {{[The change here means that if, for example, there is a proposal
> containing two consecutive sentences of six words each, it can now be
> counted as literature. It's only a small change, I know, but one I feel is
> necessary. Previously, scoring from literature was not fully described, but
> it is now. IMHO, of course :-). And since the last version I've also put
> the emphasis on the player submitting the proposal to prove that it is
> literature.]}}

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 07:13:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2868

Proposal 2868
Fictionary Dictionary Fixtionary
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Aims: To allow words not in the Official Word Dictionaries to be used in
Fictionary, provided they appear in Fictionary's Official Definition
Dictionaries.  Also, to include the latest version of Webster's, available
at www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm as an Official Definition Dictionary.  We
already have the 1913 edition of Websters accessible - let's update while
we're at it.]

Amend Rule 1250.3, "General Equipment", by replacing the OLDDICT-delimited
text below:

OLDDICT
IV. Definition Lookup Dictionaries 
a) URL: http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/webster 
b) URL: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html 
OLDDICT

with the NEWDICT-delimited text below:

NEWDICT
IV. Definition Lookup Dictionaries 
a) URL: http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/webster 
b) URL: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/webster.form.html 
c) URL: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
NEWDICT

Amend Rule 1250.10, "Fictionary", by replacing the RESTRICT-delimited 
text below:

RESTRICT
1) The Brainiac shall choose a word (known as the "Ing Word" for that
round) from the Official Dictionary, whose definition is available in one
of the Definition Lookup Dictionaries (Dictionaries), and publically post
the word. 
RESTRICT

with the FREE-delimited text below:

FREE
1) The Brainiac shall choose a word whose definition is available in one
of the Definition Lookup Dictionaries (Dictionaries), and publically post
the word. 
FREE

Append the following quote-delimited text to Rule 1250.10:

"{{Any games of Fictionary running at the time the Proposal adding this
text to this rule was adopted now run according to the updated version of
the rules and General Equipment.}}"

[I see no reason to wait until Game 4 of Fictionary to be able to use the
changes introduced here.]

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 07:15:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2869

Proposal 2869
By The Power Of The Golden Frog
Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)

{{ This is a modest proposal.

The Markovian Dream is renamed to the Reincarnated Markovian Dream. Calvin N
Hobbes will become its founder }}

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 07:17:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2870

Proposal 2870
Alfvaen's Suggestion Noted
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

[This proposal introduces a way to deal with frivolous Cycle Wins.]

Create a Rule, numbered 621, entitled "The Looking Glass Cake", with the
following JOEJ-delimited text:

JOEJ
There exists a unique non-tradeable entity called the Looking Glass Cake.
{{The Looking Glass Cake is Somewhere Else.}}
Despite being called a Cake, it is not
edible, firstly because its molecules are the wrong handedness to be
digested (being a looking glass cake), and secondly because it contains
monosodium glutamate in toxic concentration.

If a player possesses the Looking Glass Cake, e may not submit a Cycle-Win
CFJ.  This paragraph takes precedence over all rules which specify when
CFJs may be submitted where there is a conflict.

{{[Just to differentiate it from the Chartreuse Goose, a player who owns
the Looking Glass Cake may still win by Paradox, but not by any other
method.]}}

When it ceases to be legal to appeal a particular Cycle-Win CFJ, and the
final verdict of that CFJ is FALSE, then the author of that CFJ shall
receive the Looking Glass Cake from wherever it currently is.  If they
were already in possession of the Looking Glass Cake, they shall be placed
in Contempt {{[for fraudulently trying to win a cycle two times
running]}}.

{{["And now for something completely different.  It's." - John Cleese and
Michael Palin, Monty Python's Flying Circus]}}

There exists a unique tradeable entity called the Perfect Monomolecular
Knife.  {{The Perfect Monomolecular Knife is Somewhere Else.}}  
If a player is in possession of both the Looking Glass Cake and
the Perfect Monomolecular Knife, then they may, as a public action, slice
the cake to ribbons, transferring both the Looking Glass Cake and the
Perfect Monomolecular Knife Somewhere Else.

Whenever the Perfect Monomolecular Knife is Somewhere Else, a player may
pay A$200 to the Treasury to receive the Perfect Monomolecular Knife as a
Public Action.

A player who owns the Looking Glass Cake may pay A$400 to hold a party,
provided they also possess Right Handed Grapefruit Juice.  Holding a party
is a public action which automatically leads to the player frinking the
Juice.  The only game effect of the party is to send the Looking Glass
Cake Somewhere Else.

{{Slakko loses 3 points, Joe Java gains 3 points.}}
{{[I am indebted to Joe Java for providing the idea of looking glass cakes
on the Internomic mailing list.]}}
JOEJ

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 07:20:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2871

Proposal 2871
Rule Suite CSR Custodians
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[My Blatant Grab for Power proposal from a while back gave me as
Chess-Umpire the ability to CSR the Party Chess Rule Suite.  Let's extend
that privilege to other officers and appropriate Suites.]

Amend Rule 311, "Rule Suites", by appending the following VOTE-delimited
text:

VOTE
5) Each Rule Suite (being the collection of all rules X.Y for some fixed
integer X which satisfy the above conditions) may have exactly one Office
as its Custodian.  It is a privilege of an Office to issue a CSR which
only modifies rules in the Rule Suite or Rule Suites of which that Office
is Custodian.
VOTE

Append the following FOR-delimited text to Rule 594:
FOR
The Custodian of the Blueprint Rule Suite (the 594.Y rules) is the
Inventor.
FOR

Append the following SLAKKO-delimited text to Rule 960: 
SLAKKO
VII. Custodianship
The DeeJay is Custodian of the Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite (the
950.Y rules).
SLAKKO

Append the following PRESIDENT-delimited text to Rule 1060:
PRESIDENT
6) Custodianship
The Ambassador is Custodian of the Transnomical Trade Pacts Rule Suite
(the 1060.Y rules).
PRESIDENT

Append the following EIGHT-delimited text to Rule 1230:
EIGHT
The ChessUmpire is the Custodian of the Party Chess Rule Suite (the
1230.Y rules).
EIGHT

Append the following MORE-delimited text to Rule 1240:
MORE
The RuneMaker is the Custodian of the Otzma Card Rule Suite (the 1240.Y
rules).
MORE

Amend Rule 1230.2 by deleting all instances of the following
WEEKS-delimited text:
WEEKS
D. It is a Privilege of the Chess-Umpire to issue CSRs which only affect
rules in the Party Chess Rule Suite. 
WEEKS

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 07:21:34 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2872

Proposal 2872
Happy birthday to me
JT (JT Traub)

Every player of Ackanomic has a date which is considered to be their
birthday.  This date is the month and day of their joining Ackanomic
or if that cannot be determined, then it shall be considered to be
January 1.  A player whos birthday is February 29 is considered to
have their birthday on March 1 on the years that do not contain a
February 29.  Every year on their birthday, if the player is Active
(and not Pending) at the time of their birthday, the player shall
recieve A$50 from the Treasury.  It is also good form for other
players to give the player having the birthday small Trinkets as
gifts, but is by no means required.  If a player leaves Ackanomic
and later rejoins, their birthday is still considered to be the date
of their initial entry into the game of Ackanomic.

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 07:23:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2873

Proposal 2873
More bribery
JT (JT Traub)

This is a Grandiose proposal.

{{[ This comes from the fact that I submitted an illegal bribe last week
    (trying to bribe people NOT to vote on something) and it certainly
    seems reasonable to allow bribes for other than YES votes.  In practice
    bribes for other votes will not get used often, but I can see humorous
    uses for them, so I'm suggesting them. ]}}

Amend Rule 313 as follows.

Replace Section IV with the following REAL_BRIBERY delimited text

REAL_BRIBERY
   A. Bribes which violates any of the rules regarding Bribes are invalid.

   B. A proposal may include a Bribe section, which must be in a separate
   paragraph in preface to the main text of the proposal in a proposal,
   beginning with the word "Bribe", a colon, the vote being bribed for,
   a comma, and the bribe. [as in "Bribe: YES, A$1"].

   C. Each proposal may contain one and only one bribe section and the
   text of the bribe must be formatted as described above.

   D. Bribes may only cause the transfer of tradeable entities from the
   author of the proposal to players who voted the way the Bribe
   specified on the proposal; a Bribe need not specify that the entities
   come from the author of the proposal, since it is assumed.

   C. If a proposal does not specify a condition for receiving its Bribe,
   then every player who voted the appropriate way on the proposal is
   eligible to receive the Bribe. A Bribe may specify further conditions,
   and may offer different amounts to different players, or based on
   different conditions [I.e., extra bribes can be given to players whose
   parties generate unity votes], but any conditions in the Bribe must be
   determinable when the voting results are posted.
REAL_BRIBERY

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 18:07:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2874

Proposal 2874
But how do you say it?
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

{{The Rule Harfer may as a public action renumber this rule to whatever e
likes [It's only a temporary rule but if breadbox doesn't want to maintain a
separate page of rules by hundreds then I don't see why e should]}}

As soon as possible after this rule is created the Count Tabula should call a
hearing with valid response of:

"I know my Greek! And it's a short 'O'!"

or

"If Peter said it then it must be right!"

After the results of this hearing have been reported rule 101 shall be
amended such that after the first word "Ackanomic" is inserted the text "
(pronounced with a XXX O)" where XXX is replaced by "short" if the result of
the hearing was "I know my Greek! And it's a short 'O'!" and replaced by
"long" if the result of the hearing was "If Peter said it then it must be
right!"

After rule 101 has been thus modified this rule shall repeal itself.

{{[There was some discussion on the nomic bulletin board recently about how
to pronounce "nomic". Apparently its roots are from the Greek word nomos
meaning (IIRC) law which is pronounced with a short "O". Peter Suber (the
inventor of nomic), however claims that he pronounces it with a long "O". I
thought we may as well codify it in Acka, at least.]}}

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 18:09:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2875

Proposal 2875
Try Again
The Gingham Wearer (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal rule 206 (Keep 'em in the Game).

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 18:10:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2876

Proposal 2876
Feeling Saucy
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[ I missed this when I created Rule 600...as it stands, if someone submits
a CWCFJ, then anyone can still prevent them from winning by transferring
the Goose to em _after_ the Winning Condition has been achieved but before
the CWCFJ verdict returns TRUE. ]}}

Amend Rule 600, "Winning Conditions", as follows:

Append to the first paragraph the sentence "A player cannot achieve a
Winning Condition while e holds the Chartreuse Goose."

Append to the last paragraph the sentence "This is true even if that
player holds the Chartreuse Goose, as long as e did not do so when the
Winning Condition was achieved."

Amend Rule 620, "Chartreuse Goose", as follows:

Replace the second paragraph
   
{{[
   A player who possesses the Chartreuse Goose may not win the Cycle.
   This clause takes precedence over any other rule which establishes
   winning conditions.
]}}

with the following text(delimited by ADDER):

ADDER
   A player who possesses the Chartreuse Goose may not win the Cycle
   except as specified under Rule 600.  This clause takes precedence
   over any other rule which establishes winning conditions.
ADDER

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Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 18:11:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 2877

Proposal 2877
Even A Flea Can Shake Hands
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 900, "Steel Flea" by appending to the second paragraph the
sentence "The player who last posted Phoebe's wisdom shall never be
selected to find her matchbox."

{{[ I think any one of us who've found Phoebe twice in a row found the
whole thing a bit silly... ]}}

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