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acka-voting-digest        Monday, July 6 1998        Volume 03 : Number 103

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:12:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3232 accepted

Results of Proposal 3232

11/22 votes: Quorum achieved
9/11 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    PRESENT:

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3232 - Thu 18 Jun 1998 19:18 EDT
> Here is How *I* Would Like to See the BAA! Vote Used
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [ I ]
> 
> Amend Rule 207 ("Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported") as
> follows:
> 
> First, remove the two paragraphs in section III which currently read:
> 
> A player who votes BAA! on a proposal shall receive (n+2-p) points, where n
> is the number of points that could be earned by anti-voting on that
> proposal, and p is the total number of players who voted BAA! on that
> proposal.
> 
> However, if exactly one player votes PRESENT on a proposal, all points
> (positive or negative) which would have been given to players who voted
> BAA! as a result of the preceding paragraph are instead given to the player
> who voted PRESENT, who is then known as the Shepherd. The players who voted
> BAA! do not have their score changed as a result of their votes in such a
> case.
> 
> Second, amend the sentence in section VII which currently reads:
> 
> A proposal is Boring if and only if at least half of the votes cast on the
> proposal were Present or Baa! votes.
> 
> by removing the two words "Present or".
> 
> [ II ]
> 
> Amend Rule 106 ("Voting on Proposals") as follows:
> 
> First, replace the sentence which reads:
> 
> Voting Players may vote either YES, NO, BAA! or PRESENT on each proposal,
> by sending their vote to the Tabulator.
> 
> with the following sentence:
> 
> Voting Players may vote either YES, NO or BAA! on each proposal, by sending
> their vote to the Tabulator.
> 
> Second, append the following paragraph to the end of the rule:
> 
> If a Voting Player has voted PRESENT in accordance with the rules (at the
> time the vote was cast), such a vote is considered to be equivalent to a
> BAA! vote. This paragraph will be deleted exactly seven days after it was
> added to this rule.

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:22:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3233 rejected (failed to meet quorum)

Results of Proposal 3233

10/22 votes: Failed to meet quorum

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3233 - Thu 18 Jun 1998 19:20 EDT
> Hacker Crackdown
> saaremaa (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[gist: expand the scope of the chartreuse goose from PWCFJs to all
> winning CFJs]}}
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 600, "Winning Conditions", to add this text as a new paragraph
> at end of the rule:
> 
> "
> Only Cycle-Win CFJs and Paradox Win CFJs are Winning Condition CFJs.
> "
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 620, "Chartreuse Goose" to replace all instances of "Paradox Win
> CFJ" with "Winning Condition CFJ".

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:23:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3234 rejected (failed to meet quorum)

Results of Proposal 3234

10/22 votes: Failed to meet quorum

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
saaremaa
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    NO:
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3234 - Thu 18 Jun 1998 19:21 EDT
> History Never Repeats
> saaremaa (Randy Hall)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[The Vulcan Coup demonstrated what a minority who had the power to change
> the rules could do. Lets provide a general solution for the same problem
> that exists in rule 777. No fair loophole surfing a loophole discovered by
> someone else ;-)]}}
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 360, "Hearings", to add the following texts as two new
> paragraphs directly before the second to last paragraph:
> 
> "
> A Hearing is Serious if and only if there exists one or more verdicts for
> that particular Hearing that would lead to a modification of the ruleset.
> Attempts by entities other than voting players to respond in Serious
> Hearings automatically fail, and if such attempting entity is a mechanical
> Gadget, it breaks.
> 
> If exactly one of the verdicts of a Serious Hearing would lead to a
> modification of the ruleset, that verdict requires at least the same
> percentage of responses cast in its favor as the percentage of YES votes
> needed to accept a proposal as defined in rule 106. In this case, if this
> particular response received less than that percentage, but received the
> most responses, the response that received the second most responses is the
> verdict of the Hearing.
> "
> 
> -----
> 
> Amend rule 362, "Crisis Resolution" to remove the final paragraph.
> 
> [This is the one about the 60% business, taken care of by the above]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:24:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3235 rejected (failed to meet quorum)

Results of Proposal 3235

10/22 votes: Failed to meet quorum

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    NO:
saaremaa

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3235 - Thu 18 Jun 1998 19:22 EDT
> The Year I Went To Camp
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 1250.18, "Ye Olde Rusty Lantern", as follows:
> 
> In the third paragraph of the section entitled "Plays", replace the text
> "or a card was specified" with "the play was attempted more than three days
> after the beginning of the Bard's turn; or a card was specified".
> 
> {{[ This will allow the Barkeep to reject late plays. ]}}
> 
> {{ Reduce Alfvaen's score by 2 points, and increase Koxvolio's score by 2
> points. }}

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:24:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3236 rejected (failed to meet quorum)

Results of Proposal 3236

10/22 votes: Failed to meet quorum

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
saaremaa
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3236 - Thu 18 Jun 1998 19:23 EDT
> Honour Characteristic
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> {{[This basically brings Honour into line as a characteristic, which it
> seems like it should be, and cleans up the wording since characteristics
> already had some of the properties I was assigning to Honour]}}
> Amend rule 550 to read as follows delimited by CHARACTER
> CHARACTER
> [Honour System Rule Suite]
> Each player and undead have an Honour Characteristic with a Default Value
> of 0 and a range of -infinity to +infinity.
> 
> The Honour Characteristic of a player or undead may be referred to as their
> Honour.
> 
> The Honour Characteristic is always an integer.
> 
> The rules in this rules suite take precedence over any other rules which
> deal with when Honour is gained or lost.
> 
> It is a duty of the Herald to track the Honour of each player or undead,
> and make that information publically available to any player upon request.
> 
> The Herald is the Custodian of the Honour System Rule Suite.
> CHARACTER
> 
> If proposals 3216 and 3217 passed, amend rule 550, "Honour System Rule
> Suite" to remove the strings "and undead" and "or undead's" and "or undead"
> and "or Undead" where they appear. {{[This brings it back in line with
> Saaremaa's changes]}}

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:25:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3237 rejected (failed to meet quorum)

Results of Proposal 3237

10/22 votes: Failed to meet quorum

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)

    BAA!:
saaremaa
IdiotBoy

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3237 - Thu 18 Jun 1998 19:24 EDT
> more (dis)honourable acts
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Amend rule 550.1 (Honourable Acts) to add the following ACT delimited text
> to the list of repeatably honourable acts.
> ACT
> 1 honour : Winning a Cycle
> ACT
> 
> Amend rule 550.2 (Dishonourable Acts) to add the following ACT delimited
> text to the list of repeatably dishonourable acts
> ACT
> 1 honour : Commiting a Sin
> 1 honour : Bribing players (not Tammany) on a proposal.
> ACT

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:25:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3238 rejected (failed to meet quorum)

Results of Proposal 3238

10/22 votes: Failed to meet quorum

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3238 - Thu 18 Jun 1998 19:25 EDT
> Removing useless wordage
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> Amend rule 854 (Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication) to remove the
> following extraneous text which is delimited by EXTRAEXTRA.
> EXTRAEXTRA
> Other mutations may be developed in the future, and if they are, they
> should be added to this rule.
> EXTRAEXTRA

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:26:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3239 rejected (failed to meet quorum)

Results of Proposal 3239

10/22 votes: Failed to meet quorum

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Slakko               (SPAM)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)

    NO:
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy
K 2                  (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Attila the Pun
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3239 - Thu 18 Jun 1998 19:31 EDT
> One Re-Harfing Is Enough, Thank You Very Much
> Slakko (Duncan Richer)
> 
> [As things stand, I'm still not sure whether Mr. Tambourine Man's message
> through Alfvaen was legitimate, or would be upheld as such on CFJ. However,
> if it is determined that this is not the case, then we have had a period of
> two weeks during which there has been no Clerk of the Courts, no
> Ambassador, and no Count Tabula doing any work (Mr. Tambourine Man having
> continued to fill the roles of these offices). So, to fix the situation, a
> retroactive bit of legislation may well be necessary. This is a
> precautionary proposal, designed to get people thinking about what should
> be done, but in a form such that it should work if accepted.]
> 
> Create a new Rule, numbered 98, with the following RETRO-delimited text:
> 
> RETRO
> {{Mr. Tambourine Man went on vacation, expected duration 30 days, on
> Saturday, 06 Jun 1998, at 00:46:50 Acka time. If the player whose name has
> in the past been Mr. Tambourine Man has, since the date specified in the
> previous sentence, sent a public message removing emself from vacation,
> then eir player state from the time of that message onwards has been
> Active, otherwise eir player state has been Vacationing for the period
> since the time stated in the first paragraph of this rule.
> 
> All game actions since the date mentioned in the first sentence of this
> proposal have been attempted under the state of affairs where Mr.
> Tambourine Man's player state is as described in the preceding paragraph of
> this Rule.
> 
> This Rule takes precedence over Rule 103 where there is a conflict.}}
> RETRO

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:38:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3240

Proposal 3240
Look for Clues
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[this seems fair.  It makes the phoebe selection clause somewhat
general]}}

- -----

Amend rule 230, "Random Things" to add this text to the end of
the rule:

"
III. Whenever the rules call for a unique entity to be given or
transferred to a random player, the player who currently has
that entity (if any), is excluded from the pool from which 
the random selection is made. 
"

- -----

Amend rule 909, "Steel Flea" to remove the following text:

"
The player who last posted Phoebe's wisdom shall never be
selected to find her matchbox.
"

{{[why not?  If phoebe apathy is present, they ought to be allowed
to.  If people are posting wisdom, the amendment to rule 230 should
cover the intent]}}

- -----

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:39:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3241

Proposal 3241
X
Dennis and Edna (Joseph DeVincentis)

Lager, sir, is regal.

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:41:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3242

Proposal 3242
CEIS and Desist
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Fixing up some wierd bugs in the rule's wording.  The CEIS only needs to 
get gadgets - so players shouldn't be allowed to give it other, useless,
junk.]

Replace the penultimate paragraph of Rule 1319.2 with the following
DEFN-delimited text:

DEFN
Any player may donate any gadget that they own to the CEIS, provided that 
the type of Gadget is listed above. Donated Gadgets will be placed in
the Museum (as part of the CEIS's promotional display), but will not
have been donated to the Museum, nor can they be stolen [since the CEIS
security system is impregnable]. This takes precedence over any other
Rule which concerns entities in the Museum. 
DEFN

Replace the first sentence of the final paragraph of Rule 1319.2 with the
following CUBE-delimited text:

CUBE
If at any point the CEIS owns all the Gadgets listed above in this rule,
then the donor who donated the most Gadgets out of those owned by the
CEIS (or one of them if there are more than one) will board the Silver
Spaceship with the other entities (which will no longer be in the Museum,
but will not be in the Treasury either) and go forth to execute the
Cubicalization plan.
CUBE

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:42:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3243

Proposal 3243
Damn yer eyes Slakko
JT (JT Traub)

This is a modest proposal.
Amend rule 1390.2 (Royal Frinks) to make it read in full as delimited
by FIX
FIX
Any player who successfully frinks 5 different Frinks which are defined as
Royal shall be awarded a random Boon of the Ancients.

Right Handed Grapefruit juice is a Royal Frink.
FIX

[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]
[ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.                  ]
[ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ]
[-------------------------------------------------------------------------]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:43:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3244

Proposal 3244
Moon Boon fix
JT (JT Traub)

This is a modest proposal.

{{[The way rule 1351 is worded currently, it could be read as saying that
once a player has recieved a boon via this rule, he may not recieve *any*
other boon of the ancients until he's visited the moons again.  I'm fairly
sure that wasn't the intent, but that is the phrasing, so.. let's fix
it.]}}

Amend rule 1351 (Mooning) to replace the following PHASE delimited text
PHASE
After e has received this boon e may not do so again until e has visited
Ganymede and Titan again.
PHASE
with the following TIDAL delimited text
TIDAL
After e has received this boon, e may not recieve another by means of this
room until after he has visited Ganymede and Titan again.
TIDAL

{{Saaremaa gains 1 point, JT loses 1 point}}
{{[Saaremaa noticed it and pointed it out to me after a discussion we had
   earlier.]}}

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:44:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3245

Proposal 3245
JT's Magnificent Hearing Crisis, and Other Fun Things
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

Amend the first paragraph of Rule 360, "Hearings", to read as delimited by
CITE? below:

CITE?
A Rule may specify circumstances under which a Hearing is called. When
this happens, the Hearing Harfer shall announce in a public message
that a Hearing has been called, naming the type of Hearing, describing the
circumstances that brought it about, and listing the valid responses [and
other pertinent details]. As of this announcement, the Hearing is in
session. 
CITE?

Delete the first word of the second paragraph of Rule 360.
[Replaces "The Count Tabula" with "Count Tabula".]

Amend the third paragraph of Rule 360 to read as delimited by NPE below:

NPE
While a Hearing is in session, each Player may send his or her response
to that Hearing to the Hearing Harfer for that Hearing privately. The
Hearing Harfer shall record each response that matches one of the valid
responses for the Hearing. If a Player who has already responded sends
another valid response, the Hearing Harfer shall discard the previous
response and record the new one.  If a non-player entity is authorised
by the Rules to state one or more responses on a particular Hearing, then
the Hearing Harfer shall also record these responses.  Any response
contained in a post that does not unambiguously identify the Hearing it is
in response to, even if only one Hearing is in progress, is invalid.
Non-voting players may not vote in hearings, unless a rule says otherwise
for a specific type of hearing. 
NPE

[I'm not sure if the current rules require the Hearing Harfer to keep
track of which EBSes voted in a Hearing - nothing in this paragraph
previously mentioned non-player entities.]

Replace the last sentence of Rule 360 with the following WHO? delimited
text:

WHO?
A hearing may be retracted, provided it is in session, by the Hearing
Harfer for that Hearing.  A retracted Hearing has no verdict, and its
conclusion has no effect on the Rules unless the Rules explicitly apply to
retracted hearings.
WHO?

[I. You shouldn't be able to retract a Hearing once voting has ended -
that is far too manipulative.
 II. The old wording was ambiguous regarding who was able to retract
Hearings.
 III. The old wording did not stop people from delivering verdicts on
retracted Hearings.]

Amend Rule 594.7, "Blueprint: Evil Ballot Stuffer", by replacing the
following PUBLIC? delimited text:

PUBLIC?
The small lever is used to have the EBS cast an extra vote in Hearings and
Elections. Whenever the possessor of an EBS casts a vote in a
Hearing or and Election, they may announce along with that vote that they
are flipping the small lever of the EBS, and it will cast another vote
that is identical to the vote they made the announcement with. Only one
such vote will be cast per Hearing or Election in this way per EBS. 
PUBLIC?

with the following SENSIBLE-delimited text:

SENSIBLE
The small lever enables the EBS to affect Hearings and Elections.
The owner of an EBS may flip the small lever in any given Hearing by
privately notifying the Hearing Harfer, and in any Election by
privately notifying the Officer responsible for conducting the Election.
This notification must be in the same private message as a valid response
for the relevant Hearing, or valid vote for the relevant Election.  The
EBS shall then make a response (in a Hearing) or cast a vote (in an
Election) identically to their owner.  If the same EBS is used more than
once in a Hearing, only the last such vote it cast shall count.
SENSIBLE

[Eliminates the difficulty of deciding which EBS vote counted if an EBS is
used twice, and makes it clear that EBS actions are to happen privately.]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:45:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3246

Proposal 3246
Trinket Name Clash Booboo
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Game custom is quite wierd when it comes to trinket creations.  As I read
Rules 500.1 and 506, a Trinket creation still succeeds if the name for the
trinket has already been taken - it simply becomes yet another nameless
thing.  Yet we generally play that Trinkets need to be given a unique name
in order for their creation to succeed.]

Amend the second paragraph of Rule 506, "Trinkets", to read as delimited
by VALID below:

VALID	
A player may transform some or all of his A$ into a Trinket as a public
action. In order to fully specify this action, the player must state the
name, description, and value of the Trinket to be created. The creation
fails if the player does not have at least as many A$ as the stated value
of the Trinket, and/or if the name specified for the Trinket is not a
valid Ackanomic name, or is already the name of a named entity. If the
Trinket creation succeeds then the player who created the Trinket is its
initial owner. 
VALID

Amend the fourth paragraph of Rule 506 to read as delimited by MAXOUT
below:

MAXOUT
Other rules may also create and bestow ownership of Trinkets, so long as
the rule provides for naming, describing, and valuing the Trinket. In
these cases, however, if the value of the Trinket would exceed the number
of A$ in the Treasury directly before it would be created, it is created
with value equal to the number of A$ in the Treasury at that time. 
MAXOUT

[If someone is supposed to get an A$500 Trinket, and there is A$499 in the
Treasury, why can't they get the A$499?]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:47:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3247

Proposal 3247
Still Looks Like a Snake
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Majiks are nearly unbreakable now - they can't even be converted back
into trinkets if someone wants some easy cash.]

Append the following CONV-delimited text to Rule 506.1, "Magik":

CONV
A player may convert a Magik into a Trinket by naming the Majik and saying
that "the world's largest cubic zirconia looks more authentic."  Doing
this does not affect the value, name or description of the entity
converted.
CONV

Renumber rule 506.1 to 507.
[There is a perfectly good free space in the rules.  Decimal points should
be kept for rule suites whenever possible, to avoid confusion.]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:48:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3248

Proposal 3248
But What About Other Cash?
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Replace the last sentence of Rule 510, "Voluntary Debt Prohibited", with
the text delimited by UNLIMIT below:

UNLIMIT
A player in debt still earns A$ from events in the game as if they were
not in debt.  However, they cannot spend any A$ voluntarily until their
net A$ balance is positive.
UNLIMIT

[Previously this specified money was only earned from "jobs, yields,
interests, donations, and selling or auctioning assets for currency."
What if some other event would have given them money?  This event-free
language should avoid any such problems.]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:49:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3249

Proposal 3249
Moo!
Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)

Add the following MIND THE GAP-delimited text to Rule 721 ("Annoyances"):

MIND THE GAP

V. Concealing Public Messages

Attempting through the format of a public message (i.e. excessive whitespace)
to conceal part or all of its text is Annoying.

MIND THE GAP

Quack, quack?

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:50:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3250

Proposal 3250
Justice Rolls On
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[it occurs to me that if alot of CFJs are under appeal in one
cortex for a real long time, and other justices are willing and able
to handle them, then the first cortex should have the option to decline
them in favor of the other, if it wishes.  Also, there should be
a way to break the sitting on appealed CFJs without impeaching the
deadbeat justices (and it is unclear what happens to the CFJs under
appeal if the justices resign or are impeached).]}}

- -----

Amend rule 217, "Overturning Judgements", to add the following text
to the end of the rule:

"
V. Delays

Supreme Cortices should make every effort to return verdicts assigned
to them within a reasonable amount of time in order to keep the game
moving along.  A Supreme Cortex may decline a CFJ assigned to it; 
this action is accomplished and occurs upon all owners of that Cortex 
publically identifying the CFJ they are considering that they wish to
decline.

In addition, if a Cortex has been considering a particular CFJ for more
than 30 days, that Cortex shall automatically decline that CFJ upon this
fact being pointed out publically by any active player.

Upon a Cortex declining a CFJ, that CFJ is reassigned to another Cortex
as if it had just been appealed, except that it will not be assigned to
the declining Cortex unless no other Cortex exists.
"

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:51:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3251

Proposal 3251
In which we fix a Justice appeal loophole
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

- -----

Amend rule 416, "Supreme Court", to replace:

" 
A player impeached from the Office of Justice during the last 90 days
is ineligible for the Office of Justice. 
"

with:

" 
A player impeached from the Office of Justice during the last 90 days,
or a player who resigned from the Office of Justice during the last 30
days, is ineligible for the Office of Justice. 
"

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:52:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3252

Proposal 3252
Judicial Food Chain
saaremaa (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[This tries to define the judicial food chain a little
more strongly, and also gives meaning to the Praetor office.
As its stands now, there is no point to being Praetor, this
would make there be some small point, and will also make sure
a player has paid judicial dues before becoming a justice,
rather than just general dues]}}

- -----

Amend Rule 416, "Supreme Court" to replace:

" 
Only those players eligible to be Praetor are eligible to be Justices
"

with:

" 
Only those players with Bronze Torches are eligible to be Justices
"

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:53:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3253

Proposal 3253
Those Are Strong Winds...
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Append to Rule 1350, "La Luna", the following OZ-delimited text:

OZ
Players on any Moon other than Kansas are Sheltered.
OZ

[Let's face it.  That's one hell of a Tornado if it can affect all our
moons.  Kansas, well we all know that's a special case :-)]

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 05:54:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3254

Proposal 3254
Mass Gadget Repeal
Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)

This is a modest proposal.

Repeal the following rules:

594.7 (Blueprint: Evil Ballot Stuffer )
594.8 (Blueprint: Jukkasjarvi Mind Control Laser)
594.13 (Blueprint: Oscar)
Rule 594.19 (Blueprint: Pyraic Frobnotzer)
Rule 594.21 (Blueprint: Good Ballot Stuffer)

{{[EBSs are really starting to annoy me now. There are so many of them around
that they are effecting the results of hearings to far too great an extent.
If EBSs go then there's no point in keeping GBSs around. The Jukkasjarvi
treasure is for all intents and purposes, dead. No-one is looking for the
pieces any more really. I seem to recall Oscars having already been repealed
but if not then they should be. Frobnotzer's have potential but whenever
someone has tried to use one it has been shot down. I very much doubt this
will pass but just want to use it to gauge opinion. Don't use that as an
excuse to vote against it, though.]}}

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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 06:28:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposals 3215-3227, corrected

Here are the voting results for Proposals 3215 through 3227, corrected
for Niccolo Flychuck's missing votes.

________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3215

15/22 votes: Quorum achieved
6/14 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops                     [Horny Protoceratops is no longer
                                         pending]

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    VACATIONING:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Ayla

    PENDING:
two-star
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3216

16/23 votes: Quorum achieved
10/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
saaremaa
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    VACATIONING:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    PENDING:
two-star
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3217

22/22 votes: Quorum achieved
5010/5013 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Rule 101.1: five thousand votes

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter
Zaknafein Dourden

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3219

16/25 votes: Quorum achieved
12/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3220

16/25 votes: Quorum achieved
3/15 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Fortunato
IdiotBoy
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Tammany                                 [JT bribed Tammany A$30]

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
Attila the Pun

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3222

16/25 votes: Quorum achieved
11/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    NO:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
saaremaa
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3223

16/25 votes: Quorum achieved
10/14 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
saaremaa

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3224

16/25 votes: Quorum achieved
4/12 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
else...if            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3225

16/25 votes: Quorum achieved
12/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    NO:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
IdiotBoy

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3226

16/25 votes: Quorum achieved
12/13 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
else...if            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
saaremaa
Attila the Pun
Fortunato
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
IdiotBoy

    NO:
Wild Card            (SPAM)

    PRESENT:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

    BAA!:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

Results of Proposal 3227

16/25 votes: Quorum achieved
8/12 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
else...if            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Joe Java             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
SPAM Unity Vote
Tammany                                 [JT bribed Tammany A$30]

    NO:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2                  (MetaMorph)
saaremaa
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    PRESENT:
Horny Protoceratops
IdiotBoy

    BAA!:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun
Fortunato

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Koxvolio             (Harf)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
The Mu-Cow Hunter

    INACTIVE:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Klingon)
Ayla

    NEVER VOTED:
Zaknafein Dourden
________________________________________________________________

breadbox

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