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acka-voting-digest       Monday, August 17 1998       Volume 03 : Number 131

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:43:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3391 rejected

Results of Proposal 3391

20/26 votes: Quorum achieved
11/19 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
else...if
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
breadbox
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Tammany                                 [breadbox bribed Tammany A$25]

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3391 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:51 EDT
> Harf Extension
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
> 
> Amend rule 1112 by appending to it the following HARFALOAF-delimited text:
> 
> HARFALOAF
> 
> Any player other than the Harfmeister and the author of a proposal may
> praise a proposal's harfiness. If five or more players praise the harfiness
> of the same proposal, the Harfmeister does not publically object to the
> harfiness of the proposal, and any active player correctly notes that the
> above conditions are true, the proposal becomes Harfy.
> 
> HARFALOAF

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:45:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3392 accepted

Results of Proposal 3392

19/26 votes: Quorum achieved
11/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
else...if
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
AVPP Unity Vote

    NO:
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Mr. Tambourine Man
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3392 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:52 EDT
> I Come To Praise Your Berries, Not To Seize Them
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
> 
> Create a new rule, numbered 1195 and titled "Honoring The Bard", with the
> following TOBE-delimited text:
> 
> TOBE
> 
> If any public message posted on April 23 is not solely in the form of blank
> verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter), the poster of that message shall be
> fined A$3.
> 
> TOBE

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:46:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3393 rejected

Results of Proposal 3393

20/26 votes: Quorum achieved
7/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
K 2                  (AVPP)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Mr. Tambourine Man
two-star
else...if
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3393 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:53 EDT
> Ruby Slippers
> Publius (Brandon Ray)
> 
> This is a Grandiose Proposal
> {{[I don't really expect this to pass, but with all the chaos and upheaval
> being proposed, it seems worth a shot.]}}
> 
> The Rules of Ackanomic shall immediately revert to their state immediately
> prior to the acceptance of the very first proposal ever made in the game of
> Ackanomic.
> 
> This Rule takes precedence over all other Rules

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:47:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3394 rejected

Results of Proposal 3394

20/26 votes: Quorum achieved
6/17 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
else...if
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3394 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:54 EDT
> Disaster Approacheth
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
> 
> Create a new rule, numbered 1389 and titled "Doom 'n Gloom", with the
> following HELP!-delimited text:
> 
> HELP!
> 
> On October 23, 1998, Ackanomia will experience a vast Cataclysm. The
> following events will occur:
> 
> a) At 3:28 AM, amazingly high winds will sweep up half of all the A$ owned
> by each entity. 16/17 of the A$ swept up in this way will be transferred to
> the Treasury; the remaining 1/17 will be buried as a treasure, with the map
> "On November 6, 1998, a randomly selected entity eligible to do so shall
> find this treasure."
> 
> b) At 5:46 AM, the ground shall open. Five kaas shall be randomly selected
> by the Map-Harfer; all buildings wholly or partially on those kaas shall be
> destroyed. If any rule-mandated buildings are destroyed, they shall be
> rebuilt at 11:59 PM on October 23, 1998. Simultaneously, because of the
> disturbances, there is a 5% chance that any given treasure which is then
> buried shall be found by a randomly selected entity eligible to do so; this
> determination is to be made by the Map-Harfer.
> 
> c) At 8:27 AM, a fire shall sweep through the Library. As a result, no new
> mundane songs will be able to be played on the ASS for the next week, all
> players become nameless [and are then renamed "Nameless Thing #X" for some
> X], and one randomly selected rule from the Miscellaneous Rule Suite will
> be repealed.
> 
> d) At 12:35 PM, there will be a leakage of toxic waste from the sewers of
> Ackanomia. All players of Ackanomic shall gain one randomly selected
> mutation which no other rule prevents them from gaining.
> 
> e) At 3:49 PM, an asteroid shall strike the Lonely Mountain, sending shock
> waves throughout the surrounding area. As a result of these shock waves,
> all trinkets shall be damaged, and their worth shall be only 50% of what it
> was previously.
> 
> f) At 4:59 PM, the President shall make a speech advising everybody to
> remain calm. The ensuing riot shall cause all players to flee to the Wilds
> of Ackanomic.
> 
> g) At 8:27 PM, the pressure on the interior of the planet shall cause the
> earth to become shaped like a truncated icosahedron. All previously defined
> locations shall be located on a hexagonal side of the earth.
> 
> h) At 9:58 PM, the material expelled from the earth when it became a
> truncated icosahedron shall coalesce into a moon. The following LUNA-
> delimited text shall become Rule 999 (entitled "Fred"):
> 
> LUNA
> 
> Fred is a moon of Acka. It was formed during the Cataclysm on October 23,
> 1998. If any four players publically object to the name "Fred", while
> suggesting another name for this moon, and all four suggest the same name,
> this rule shall be amended to read "--name-- is a moon of Acka. It was
> formed during the Cataclysm on October 23, 1998." and renamed to
> "--name--", where --name-- is replaced with the name suggested by the four
> players who objected.
> 
> LUNA
> 
> i) At 12:00 AM, October 24, 1998, this rule amends itself to read "No
> players may play a new Mundane Song on the ASS. This rule repeals itself at
> 8:27 AM on October 31, 1998."

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:48:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3395 rejected

Results of Proposal 3395

20/26 votes: Quorum achieved
8/16 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
Mr. Tambourine Man
else...if
JT                   (Boomerangs)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3395 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:55 EDT
> Removing the vestiges of anti-voting
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Amend rule 207 (Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported) as
> follows.
> Replace the sentence 'All players who voted on any proposal receive one
> point.' in section III with 'Any player who voted YES, NO or BAA on the
> proposal recieve 1 point'
> {{[This fixes the potential problem that Alfvaen pointed out]}}
> 
> Replace Section V (Newbie Author Bonus/Soft Penalty) which currently reads
> as delimited by ANTI-REFERENCE
> ANTI-REFERENCE
> V. Newbie Author Bonus/Soft Penalty
> 
> Newbies shall receive a bonus equivalent to the points which would be
> gained by anti-voting[one point for Modest proposals, five points for
> Grandiose proposals, three points otherwise] whenever one of their
> non-Modest proposals is accepted or any one of their proposals is rejected.
> ANTI-REFERENCE
> with the following KINDER-GENTLER delimited text
> KINDER-GENTLER
> V. Newbie Author Bonus/Soft Penalty
> 
> Newbies shall receive an additional point whenever a proposal they author
> is either accepted or rejected.
> KINDER-GENTLER
> 
> In rule 927 (The Chocolate Frog)
> replace the following ANTI delimited text
> ANTI
> Any players who vote against a proposal made by the First Citizen will
> receive no points for anti-voting. Any player who publicly insults the
> First Citizen will be guilty of the Crime of Disrespect.
> ANTI
> with the following STILL-BAD delimited text
> STILL-BAD
> Any non-newbie players who vote against a proposal made by the First
> Citizen will lose 1 point [countering the point gain for voting]. Any
> player who publically insults the First Citizen will be guilty of the Crime
> of Disrespect.
> STILL-BAD

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:48:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3396 rejected

Results of Proposal 3396

20/26 votes: Quorum achieved
8/18 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
else...if
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3396 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:56 EDT
> Your Powers are Weak Old Man
> Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> Whenever a player wins a cycle by any method other than paradox the rule
> that gave em a winning condition shall be repealed.

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:48:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3397 accepted

Results of Proposal 3397

20/26 votes: Quorum achieved
15/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man
else...if
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz

    NO:
K 2                  (AVPP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
two-star

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3397 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:57 EDT
> Weasel Word Slayer Slayer
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Repeal rule 344. {{[It's been used once, and attempted twice more. It
> doesn't seem to serve any real purpose other than to take up space in the
> rule set and to cause extra CFJ's and Proposals when it's attempted and
> only for 1 extra point. Be done with it.]}}

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:49:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3398 accepted

Results of Proposal 3398

20/26 votes: Quorum achieved
11/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
else...if
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz

    NO:
breadbox
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3398 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:58 EDT
> Removing extraneous gizz
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> {{[
> 
> In a lot of functional offices it contains words which grant the priveledge
> of recieving a certain salary. This is already covered in the functional
> office definition, so need not be repeated. This proposal removes this
> redundancy.
> ]}}
> 
> In rule 407 (Web-Harfer), remove the text ', in addition to receiving the
> customary salary'.
> 
> 
> In rule 412 (Financier) remove the text
> "
> The Privileges of the Financier are:
> 
> a) To receive the usual salary for a Functional Officer.
> "
> 
> In rule 419 (Ambassador) remove the text "2) To receive the standard salary
> for a functional office."
> 
> 
> In rule 422 (Postmaster) remove the text "The Postmaster shall receive the
> usual salary for a Functional Office."
> 
> 
> 
> In rule 427 (Org-Harfer) remove the text
> "
> The Privileges of the Org-Harfer are:
> 
> (a) to receive the normal salary for a Functional Office.
> "

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:50:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3399 accepted

Results of Proposal 3399

18/26 votes: Quorum achieved
11/16 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
K 2                  (AVPP)
else...if
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge
Rig R. Mortis

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3399 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 02:59 EDT
> No more Bombs
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> {{[All this proposal does is remove bomb shelters.]}}
> In rule 415 (Presidential Decisions) remove section II which currently
> reads as delimited by BOMBS
> BOMBS
> II. Bomb Shelter
> 
> The President may build a Bomb Shelter for the community. In addition to
> any other requirements of this rule to do so, however, the President must
> also pay A$850 in construction costs, or it will not be built. Any Bomb
> Shelter is destroyed 7 days after it is built by a rare species of acidic
> mold.
> BOMBS
> 
> In rule 1313 (Tornado) remove the following text delimited by BOMBS
> BOMBS
> If a Bomb Shelter exists, all players are Sheltered, regardless of their
> Location.
> BOMBS
> 
> {{[I also want to repeal the tornados, but that's another proposal :)]}}

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:50:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3401 accepted

Results of Proposal 3401

18/26 votes: Quorum achieved
12/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man
else...if
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
K 2                  (AVPP)
two-star
867-5309             (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge
Rig R. Mortis

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3401 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 03:41 EDT
> Removing the last vestiges of the undead
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> {{[ I submitted the previous version of this and missed some instances of
> undead in the rules. This contains those, so doesn't have exactly the same
> game effect. If this and the previous are distributed on the same day, I
> will be retracting the first one since I don't want to actually use 2
> proposals to get all occurances when one will do. ]}}
> In rule 431 (Illuminatus) remove the text 'the owner of this hat is
> undead,' from the example in d) ii).
> 
> In rule 505 (Treasury and AckaDollars) remove the text ', Undead,' from the
> first sentence of section VI.
> 
> In rule 510 (Voluntary Debt Prohibited), remove the text ', Undead,' from
> the first sentence in the rule.
> 
> In rule 550 (Honour System Rule Suite) remove any occurances of 'or
> undead'.
> 
> In rule 843 (Hall of Elders) remove the following sentence from part 6,
> "Such information should include a replica of any items being haunted by
> the enshrinee's undead (except land and the like)."
> 
> In rule 1313 (Tornado) remove the words 'or haunted', 'or undead', and 'or
> haunt' wherever it occurs.

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:51:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3402 accepted

Results of Proposal 3402

18/26 votes: Quorum achieved
10/15 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man
else...if
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
breadbox
K 2                  (AVPP)
rufus                (SPAM)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
two-star
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge
Rig R. Mortis

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3402 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 03:42 EDT
> A crime is a crime
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> In rule 710 (Criminal Justice) replace section 10 which currently reads as
> delimited by ONE_CRIME
> ONE_CRIME
> 10) No more than one CFCJ may be brought against a single player for a
> single instance of allegedly breaking the Rules. No one may be tried more
> than once for the same alleged instance of violating the Rules (an appeal
> is considered a continuation of the original trial).
> ONE_CRIME
> with the text as delimited by ALL_CRIMES
> ALL_CRIMES
> 10) No more than one CFCJ may be brought against a single player for a
> single instance of committing a given Crime. No one may be tried more than
> once for the same action even if it commits more than one Crime.
> ALL_CRIMES

------------------------------

Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:52:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3403 rejected

Results of Proposal 3403

18/26 votes: Quorum achieved
7/16 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
two-star
else...if
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge
Rig R. Mortis

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3403 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 03:43 EDT
> We're not in Kansas anymore
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Repeal rule 594.22 (Blueprint: Electrolux). {{[Actually, I think it's
> already repealed because a Tornado has in fact occured as recently as June.
> I include it here for completenesses sake]}}
> 
> In rule 910 (Ackanomicon) delete the following text as delimited by WINDY
> WINDY
> Catastrophe (1 page): Reading this page unleashes a Tornado into Acka, as
> described by the Rule Tornado. The reader is considered to be sheltered.
> WINDY
> 
> {{All Otzma Cards of type Summon Tornado are converted into A$5}} Repeal
> rule 1240.4 (Otzma Card of type Summon Tornado).
> 
> Repeal rule 1313 (Tornado).
> 
> {{Any building whose tether has been snapped is given a new tether.}}

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:52:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3404 accepted

Results of Proposal 3404

18/26 votes: Quorum achieved
12/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
two-star
else...if
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Piz

    NO:
breadbox
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge
Rig R. Mortis

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3404 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 03:44 EDT
> Infinity Ain't So Easy
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> Amend Rule 230 ("Random Things") by replacing the following {-delimited
> text with the following }-delimited text:
> 
> {
> Whenever the rules call for a random determination to be made,
> {
> 
> }
> Whenever the rules call for a random determination to be made among a
> finite number of possibilities,
> }

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 06:53:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3405 accepted

Results of Proposal 3405

18/26 votes: Quorum achieved
11/17 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
two-star
else...if
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun       (AVPP)
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Slakko               (SPAM)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man
K 2                  (AVPP)
rufus                (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Fortunato
Publius
Studge
Rig R. Mortis

    VACATIONING:
Wild Card
Ayla
Horny Protoceratops
Zaknafein Dourden

> Proposal 3405 - Mon 10 Aug 1998 03:45 EDT
> Harf The Mail A Little More Gently, Please
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
> 
> Create a rule, numbered 1136 and entitled "Harf the Mail!", with the
> following WINTERCAP-delimited text:
> 
> WINTERCAP
> {{[Personally, I liked the whole harf-the-mail concept, and just thought
> the execution a wee bit unbalanced; hence this proposal.]
> 
> If there exists a player legally able to assume the name Calvin N Hobbes, e
> gains five points and the author of this rule loses five points.
> 
> If there exists a player legally able to assume the name Slakko, e gains
> one point and the author of this rule loses one point.}}
> 
> The President will keep the List-of-Harf. At any time within the first week
> of a President's term, all players, excluding the President, may send a
> private message to the President with two things: the name of a player, who
> is neither emself nor the President, called their target, and a word with
> at least 7 letters, called the target word. No player may send more than
> one such message to any President during a single term of office of that
> President. This target and associated target word will be recorded under
> that player's entry in a new List-of-Harf by the President.
> 
> After having sent their entry to the President, if a player sees a message
> from their target that contains the associated target word and was posted
> more than one week after the most recent assumption of office by the
> President, then they can send a public message claiming this to be the
> case. They must state the message's title and when that message was posted,
> and say "The Harf is back and I want a winter cap."
> 
> The President must then check that the player's claim is correct. There are
> 3 possible replies. If the claim is true and that target word was listed
> only once in the List-of-Harf, the President must say "Indeed the Harf is
> back, here is your cap!" If it is true but the target word appears on the
> List-of-Harf more than once, e must say: "It was Blue, take a straw hat!"
> If it is false, e must reply: "Orange devil, wear sandals!"
> 
> In all cases, the player's entry is then removed from the current
> List-of-Harf. If the President replied "Indeed the Harf is back, here is
> your cap!" then that player will gain one-tenth of the points (rounded
> down) of their target's score, when that target said the claimed target
> word.
> 
> Just before the President's term of office ends, the current List-of-Harf
> is destroyed.
> 
> If a player becomes Active while a player is President but it is illegal to
> submit an entry to the List-of-Harf, that player has 3 days from the time
> at which e becomes active to submit such an entry. No such player may make
> a claim as above unless the message on which e makes the claim was posted
> after this three-day period has expired.
> WINTERCAP

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:50:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3439

Proposal 3439
YAEF (Yet another Eleusis Fix)
JT (JT Traub)

This is a modest proposal.
{{[It should have been to begin with truthfully]}}
Amend rule 1250.23 (Eleusis) as follows.
Replace section 2a which currently reads 'This game is played with 5-8
players and one optional Referee.' with 'This game is played by 4-8
players and one optional Referee.'
{{[This is what it was supposed to be initially]}}

{{
  If there is no game of Eleusis currently in existance known as game
  1 that has as it's players exactly the entities known as (or formerly
  known as) Mr. Tambourine Man, /dev/joe, 867-5309 and else...if, then
  this game now exists with the state of the game being that declared by
  the referee, the position of which is filled by JT
}}

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:51:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3440

Proposal 3440
Recess!!!
Publius (Brandon Ray)

Create a new Rule with number 120 and named <<Recess>>, and consisting
of the following PARTYTIME-delimited text:

PARTYTIME
1.  Any Active player may move that the game enter a state of Recess.

2.  To be valid, the player must post a message as a public action.  The
message must contain the following:

A.  The phrase <<I move that the game enter a state of Recess.>>

B.  The date on which Recess is to begin.  If no time is specified,
Recess will begin at 12:01 a.m. on the date specified.

C.  The date on which Recess is to end.  If no time is specified, Recess
will end at 12:01 a.m. on the date specified, or exactly fourteen days
after Recess began, whichever is sooner.

D.  Optionally, the message may (but is not required) to contain
arguments as to why the game should enter a state of Recess.

3.  No state of Recess may last longer than 14 calendar days.  A motion
proposing a Recess longer than 14 calendar days shall be void, and no
Hearing shall ensue, regardless of how many players have seconded it.

4.  If at least one other player seconds the motion, by posting as a
public action the message, <<I second the motion that the game enter a
state of Recess.>>, then a Hearing is called, and the player who first
moved that the game enter a state of Recess is the Hearing Harfer.  If
no second is made within 72 hours of the original message which moved
that the game enter a state of Recess, then the motion shall be void.

5.  Valid responses to the Hearing shall be <<Play ball!!!>> and <<Get
back to work!>>  If the verdict of the Hearing is <<Play ball!!!>> then
Recess shall occur as specified in the original motion.  If the verdict
of the Hearing is <<Get back to work!>> then the motion is defeated and
there shall be no Recess.  If the verdict is <<Play Ball!!!>>, but the
proposed date to begin Recess has already passed, then Recess shall
begin at the instant the Hearing Harfer declares a verdict of <<Play
ball!!!>>.

6.  A Recess shall have the following effects:

A.  With the exception of paragraph 6B of this Rule, while the game is
in a state of Recess, no action may occur which affects the state of the
game.  All deadlines are automatically extended by adding a period of
time equal to the length of the Recess onto the end of the deadline.

B.  A CFJ (including all legal appeals) challenging the validity of a
Recess or challenging the declared length of a Recess will be processed
and considered as if there were no Recess in effect.

(i)  If a CFJ challenging the validity of a Recess is successful, then
the Recess shall immediately end (if it is still in progress).  The game
shall then proceed as if a valid Recess had just occurred; there shall
be no retroactive adjustments to the state of the game.

(ii)  If a CFJ challenging the declared length of a Recess is
successful, then the length of the Recess shall be immediately adjusted
in accordance with the findings of the Judge.

7.  The game may not enter a state of Recess by any means other than
that described in this Rule.

8.  At the end of the Recess, the Speaker shall declare the Recess to be
over, and the game shall immediately re-commence.
PARTYTIME

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:53:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3441

Proposal 3441
Inflation
Publius (Brandon Ray)

This is a modest proposal.

Rule 505 is amended by adding the following INFLATION-delimited text to
the end of it:

INFLATION
VIII.  On the first Monday of each month, the Financier shall use the
Random Method to select an integer no smaller than negative ten and no
larger than positive ten, with all included integers being weighted so
that they are equally likely to occur.  Paragraph VII of this rule shall
then be immediately amended by setting the Standard Harfer Fee equal to
the sum of the current Standard Harfer Fee and the integer selected by
direction of this paragraph.  The Financier shall post as a public
action the new value of the Standard Harfer Fee.
INFLATION

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:54:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3442

Proposal 3442
Firing One At A Time
Slakko (Duncan Richer)

This is a Modest Proposal.

[Okay, so people didn't want both the Gaoler and the Historian to go in
the same proposal.  That seems fair.  The Historian may have some general
support, so let's try the Gaoler alone.]

Repeal Rule 712, "Gaoler".

Amend Rule 716, "Patent Infringement" to read as delimited by FASTTRACK
below:

FASTTRACK
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.

When a Player becomes Guilty of Patent Infringement they shall also be held
in Contempt.
FASTTRACK
[This eliminates the Gaoler reference, plus it makes Patent Infringement a
slightly more serious crime.]

{{The Office of Gaoler is destroyed.}}

[And, while we are at it, there are some other Offices whose rules have
been repealed, but which have not been destroyed.  Offices being Entities,
by Rule 500 they can only be destroyed as described by the Rules, hence 
even when a rule defining an Office is repealed, the Office survives
unless explicitly destroyed.]

{{The Offices of Caped Crusader, Chair of the Ackan Reserve, Financial
Communitie's Member of the Ackan Reserve, Mad Scientist, People's Member
of the Ackan Reserve and Praetor are all destroyed.}}

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:55:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3443

Proposal 3443
K
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a modest proposal.
DEBUNK The blueprint for the Gravitational Monopole (Rule 594.6)

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:56:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3444

Proposal 3444
2
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a modest proposal.
DEBUNK The blueprint for the Jukkasjarvi Mind Control Laser (Rule 594.8)

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:57:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3445

Proposal 3445
T
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a modest proposal.
DEBUNK The blueprint for the Bonus Vote Add-On (Rule 594.11)

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:58:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3446

Proposal 3446
W
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a modest proposal.
DEBUNK The blueprint for the Gimme Shelter (Rule 594.12)

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 07:59:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3447

Proposal 3447
I
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a modest proposal.
DEBUNK The blueprint for the Cheez-Whiz (Rule 594.14)

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:00:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3448

Proposal 3448
T
K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

This is a modest proposal.
DEBUNK The blueprint for the Pulse Laser (Rule 594.15)

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:01:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3449

Proposal 3449
This Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With Pi, I Think
Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)

Create a new rule, numbered 1240.14, entitled "Otzma Card of type
Training Regime", with the following HEAVEHO-delimited text:

HEAVEHO
A card of this type may only be played in the public forum.  When
it is played, its owner must name one of the following Characteristics:
Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma. The
value of the characteristic named may not be more that 23. The
Dungeonmaster must then randomly determine a second Characteristic
from the above list, except that the Characteristic named by the player,
and any Characteristic with a value of 3, shall not be eligible for
selection; if no Characteristic is eligible for selection, the card
is destroyed and has no effect.

Upon the Dungeonmaster making a random determination as above, the
value of the Characteristic named by the player is increased by 2,
and the value of that determined randomly by the Dungeonmaster
decreased by 1.

HEAVEHO

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:02:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3450

Proposal 3450
New Clear Child
Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)

{{The player currently or formerly known as Mr. Tambourine Man receives
the title of Vile Prophet.}}

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:03:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3451

Proposal 3451
What You'll Find When You Open Up Your Letterbox Tomorrow
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

{{[Rules 370 and 422 have become rather haphazard by now. This
proposal moves all player duties and restrictions into Rule 370, and
all Postmaster duties and privileges into Rule 422. The definitions
regarding the Postal Code are placed into a new Rule 370.1.

In addition, there are three minor changes to the rules here. First,
the minimum requirements for bouncing email before the Postmaster can
exercise one of eir privileges has had its language tightened up.
Second, the Postmaster's privilege of deregistering a player whose
email is steadfastly bouncing is removed. (It's a little harsh, and we
now have better ways of clearing out dead wood.) In its place I have
supplied a privilege of simply unsubscribing players from the lists,
which is a more direct solution to the problem.]}}

    I. Amend Rule 370 ("No E-mail, No Game") to read as follows:

All persons participating in Ackanomic must have a valid e-mail address
reachable from the official mailing list at the time they join, or else
they may not join or participate.

An active player who is not subscribed to at least one form of the
official mailing list is committing the Crime of Disinterest. A voting
player who is not subscribed to at least one form of the official
voting mailing list is committing the Crime of the Vermillion Stripe.

Any person subscribed to any public forum who is not a player is
considered to be an observer.

A message is a public message if and only if it is distributed to all
active Players, or it is sent to any mailing list indicated as a
public forum and the message obeys all restrictions in the Postal Code
for that list.

[It is strongly encouraged that the subject line of public messages
contain either "Ackanomic:" or "Acka:"; see Rule 422.]

A private message qualifies as being "from" a certain Player if and
only if the recipient is satisfied that the sender of the message was
in fact the Player in question. An officer who receives private
messages in the course of his Duties may set a reasonable protocol in
place for verifying the authorship of such messages.

All participants in Ackanomic should configure their e-mail software
to correctly report the current time for the time zone specified.

    II. Create Rule 370.1 with the title "Postal Code" and the text:

The Postal Code is an official document maintained by the Postmaster.

The Postal Code must always define which mailing list is the official
mailing list, and which is the official voting mailing list. The
Postal Code shall also indicate which mailing lists are public fora,
and what actions, if any, are restricted on each. For the purposes of
this rule and the restrictions in the Postal Code, an action is a
statement that the player is doing something regulated by the rules,
or a public post required by the rules. [Only actions are regulated;
discussion can take place anywhere, though players should try to post
to appropriate lists.]

There may be multiple forms of a given mailing list (such as a regular
list and a digest list).

    III. Amend Rule 422 ("Postmaster") to read as follows:

The Postmaster is an optional functional office with one seat.

A duty of the Postmaster shall be to create and maintain an official
mailing list and a separate official voting mailing list for
Ackanomic, so public messages can be sent to one address and forwarded
from there to all players and observers automatically. [The official
list is intended for messages of interest to all Ackanomic, and the
official voting list for messages of interest only to voting players.]
The Postmaster shall create additional, optional lists as e deems it
appropriate.

It is a duty of the Postmaster to keep a publicly available record of
the Postal Code. It is a privilege of the Postmaster to issue CSRs
that consist solely of modifications to the Postal Code.

The following is a list of privileges the Postmaster may exercise as
public actions. In order to full specify the action, the Postmaster
must state the email address of the person affected and the reason for
exercising the privilege.

a) When a person's email [player or observer alike] is bouncing, the
Postmaster may move that person's subscription from a regular list to
the digest version of that list, if such exists.

b) If ten or more of an active player's email messages bounce during a
period of at least three days, then the Postmaster may change that
player's state to Vacationing.

c) If twenty or more of a Vacationing or Non-voting player's email
messages bounce during a period of at least seven days, then the
Postmaster may unsubscribe that player from any and all mailing lists.

It is a privilege of the Postmaster to remove any observer from any
list provided they are given seven days' notice, and they do not
object within that time.

If a player posts a public message with a subject line that does not
contain either "Ackanomic:" or "Acka:", the Postmaster may declare
that player to have Gone Postal. A player who has Gone Postal is
treated as if e is Hosed (as by the BWG Laser) for one day; this
period is extended by another day for each additional message lacking
the aforementioned strings that is posted while e has Gone Postal.

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