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acka-voting-digest    Wednesday, September 23 1998    Volume 03 : Number 160

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:30:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3573 rejected

Results of Proposal 3573

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
14/24 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
marsboy
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
AVPP Unity Vote

    NO:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
breadbox
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3573 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:08 EDT
> He's not harfy, He's my brother
> Eris (Gavin Logan)
> 
> [This may look like anti-voting but it's not.]
> 
> Create a new rule, named "Anti-Harf", numbered 1115, with the following
> double quote delimited text:
> 
> "
> At any given time, there will be, at most, a single player with the title
> of Anti-Harfmeister. The title of Anti-Harfmeister cannot be transferred or
> awarded except as described in the rules. If, at any time, no one has the
> title of Anti-Harfmeister, or the player with the title is On Ice, the
> title is given (or transferred) to the active player who has the least
> points.
> 
> The Anti-Harfmeister is not Harfy, and may not be designated "Funky and
> Stylish". If requested in a public forum to appraise the harfiness of any
> proposal the Anti-Harfmeister may reply "s'alright, I suppose" and look
> shifty or may ignore this request. If the Anti-Harfmeister replies as above
> the Harfmeister is permitted to sneer openly.
> 
> The Anti-Harfmeister may designate any non-Harfy proposal currently under
> voting consideration as Unharfy. This should be the proposal which the
> Anti-Harfmeister feels is most doomed to failure out of all current
> proposals. This action fails if there is already a proposal designated
> Unharfy or if that proposal was authored by the Anti-Harfmeister. A
> proposal designated Unharfy remains so designated as long as it is under
> voting consideration; it ceases to be designated Unharfy as soon as it
> ceases to be under voting consideration.
> 
> When the votes on an Unharfy proposal are publicly knowable, the following
> effects are applied: if that proposal was accepted, all players who voted
> NO on that proposal gain 3 points; if that proposal was rejected, all
> players who voted YES on that proposal gain 3 points; the title of
> Anti-Harfmeister passes from the current Anti-Harfmeister to the author of
> the Unharfy proposal.
> 
> {{A random active member of the Anti-Voting Preservationist Party is given
> the title Anti-Harfmeister. If no such player exists, the title is given to
> a random active player. [Honest, it's not...]}}
> "

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:33:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3574 rejected

Results of Proposal 3574

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
12/23 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Fortunato
Studge               (GOP)
Piz

    NO:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fo                   (SPAM)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
saaremaa
two-star
marsboy
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3574 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:09 EDT
> Down with Censorship!
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal. Repeal Rule 1390.7 ("I Am Not the Only Dust My
> Mother Raised!"). [It was a JOKE, people!]

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:34:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3575 accepted

Results of Proposal 3575

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
18/26 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
SPAM Unity Vote
AVPP Unity Vote

    NO:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
marsboy
Piz

    BAA!:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
two-star
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3575 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:10 EDT
> A Really Cheap Maneuver on My Part. I'm So Ashamed.
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> Create Rule 451 with the title "Nocuous Stimulus" and with the following
> text:
> 
> At most once every calendar month, the Rule-Harfer may, as a privilege of
> eir Office, select one active Voting player to be singled out for abuse
> [typically someone whose proposals have been particularly difficult and/or
> annoying to harf]. The Rule-Harfer exercises this privilege by sending a
> public message that indicates this rule (by name and/or number) and
> contains the sentence "NAME is giving me a real headache", where NAME is
> replaced by the name of the player chosen.
> 
> For seven days following the exercising of this privilege, the Promoter is
> permitted, as a privilege of eir Office, to ignore the titles of all
> proposals submitted to em by the selected player, and replace them with
> (legal) titles of eir own choosing. This paragraph takes precedence over
> Rule 406 with respect to the Promoter's duty to distribute proposals in the
> form that e receives them.

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:34:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3576 accepted

Results of Proposal 3576

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
18/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Eris                 (Klingon)
marsboy
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
JT                   (Boomerangs)

    BAA!:
saaremaa
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
K 2
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3576 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:11 EDT
> Finding the Jukkasjarvi treasure calls for a Parade!
> breadbox (Brian Raiter)
> 
> {{Renumber this rule to 912.}}
> 
> {{For the purposes of Rule 913 ("Parades"), the author of this proposal is
> considered to be JT (or the player legally able to assume JT as eir
> Ackanomic name). This takes precedence over Rule 913 ("Parades").}}
> 
> {{In recognition of years of accomplishment, the Title "Grandmaster
> Treasure-Seeker" is given to /dev/joe (or the player legally able to assume
> /dev/joe as eir Ackanomic name).}}

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:35:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3577 accepted

Results of Proposal 3577

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
23/26 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
marsboy
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Piz
SPAM Unity Vote
MetaMorph Unity Vote

    NO:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
K 2
Tammany                                 [Robert Sevin bribed Tammany A$100]

    BAA!:
saaremaa
breadbox
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3577 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:12 EDT
> Another IRC server
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> {{[
> All this does is make herne.dragoncat.net another official IRC server.
> ]}}
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> In rule 1250.3 (General Equipment), section VI. Ackanomic IRC Servers:
> insert the following text into the list of IRC servers as appropriate.
> 
> b) herne.dragoncat.net, port 9942

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:36:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3579 rejected

Results of Proposal 3579

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
14/26 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
two-star
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
AVPP Unity Vote

    NO:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
breadbox
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Fortunato
Piz

    BAA!:
marsboy
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3579 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:14 EDT
> A Gigantic Nuclear Furnace
> Weishaupt (Gabriel Drummond-Cole)
> 
> Amend rule 207 by adding the following NITROGEN-delimited text to the rule
> at the end of part III
> 
> NITROGEN
> If at least one half of the YES and NO votes a proposal receives are YES,
> and the proposal is rejected, all players who voted YES on it gain 3
> points.
> NITROGEN

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:38:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3580 rejected

Results of Proposal 3580

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
16/29 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Eris                 (Klingon)
marsboy
Studge               (GOP)
Bonus Vote                              [Weishaupt used a Bonus Vote]
Bonus Vote                              [JT used a Bonus Vote]
Tammany                                 [JT bribed Tammany A$50]

    NO:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
saaremaa
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3580 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:15 EDT
> Doom and Despair
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Create a rule numbered 1352 titled Bad Ages with text as delimited by AEONS
> AEONS
> The rules may define an event which starts a Bad Age.
> 
> A Bad Age lasts for exactly 7 days from the event that caused it and any
> events which would normally cause a Bad Age to begin are ignored if they
> occur during a Bad Age.
> 
> When the event which causes a Bad Age to come about occurs, all players
> lose 10 points.
> 
> When a Bad Age ends, all players who have more than 0 points gain 5 points
> because their spirits lift. Any players with 0 or less points become
> Depressed.
> AEONS
> 
> Amend rule 919, Brass Monkey as follows: Replace the second paragraph which
> currently reads as delimited by STREAK
> STREAK
> A Streak begins when a proposal is accepted and there is no Streak already
> underway. The Streak includes the proposal that started it and all the
> accepted proposals that follow, until the next time a proposal is rejected.
> The Streak is then broken.
> STREAK
> 
> with the following text as delimited OTHER_STREAKS
> OTHER_STREAKS
> An Acceptance Streak begins when a proposal is accepted and there is no
> Acceptance Streak already underway. The Acceptance Streak includes the
> proposal which started it and all the accepted proposals that follow until
> the next time a proposal is rejected. The Acceptance Streak is then broken.
> 
> A Rejection Streak begins when a proposal is rejected and there is no
> Rejection Streak already underway. The Rejection Streak includes the
> proposal which started it and all the rejected proposals that follow until
> the next time a proposal is accepted. The Rejection Streak is then broken.
> OTHER_STREAKS
> 
> Amend rule 919, Brass Monkey as follows:
> Replace the following text which reads as delimited by CHROME
> CHROME
> If ten or more proposals are accepted during a single Acceptance Streak, it
> is a Chrome Streak. Chrome Streaks are Strange. When a Chrome Streak is
> broken, the Brass Monkey shall climb to the top of the tallest building in
> Acka Land and proclaim: "The makers of the Chrome Streak shall be awarded 5
> bonus points!" With that, each Player shall receive 5 points for each
> proposal he or she submitted that was accepted during the Streak (including
> those that were accepted before it was Chrome), up to a maximum of 15
> points per Player.
> 
> If ten or more proposals are rejected during a single Rejection Streak, it
> is a Grey Streak. Grey Streaks are Depressing. When a Grey Streak is
> broken, the Brass Monkey shall climb to the top of the Gaol and blow the
> small fluglehorn that is located there, producing a low E note known as the
> Base Tone.
> CHROME
> 
> Create a new rule numbered 1353 titled 'At the Tone' with the following
> text as delimited by LOC
> LOC
> Egad, a Base Tone denotes a Bad Age.
> LOC
> 
> {{[They Might Be Giants, "I palindrome I"]}}

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:38:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3581 rejected

Results of Proposal 3581

26/30 votes: Quorum achieved
7/21 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Eris                 (Klingon)
marsboy
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
saaremaa
breadbox
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3581 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:16 EDT
> rafting help
> Weishaupt (Gabriel Drummond-Cole)
> 
> amend rule 812 by enacting the following changes:
> 
> replace the following OXYGEN-delimited text:
> 
> OXYGEN
> There exists a unique non-tradable entity known as the Great Oars of
> Ackanomic. Every other Saturday it is transferred to a random active
> player.
> 
> A white water rafting team (hereafter "team") must consist of exactly four
> players, all of whom must have expressed their consent to be a member of
> the team in a public forum.
> OXYGEN
> 
> with the following FLUORINE-delimited text
> 
> FLUORINE
> There exists a unique non-tradable entity known as the Great Oars of
> Ackanomic. Every other Saturday it is transferred to a random active
> player.
> 
> There exists a unique non-tradable entity known as the Great Captain Hat of
> Ackanomic. Every Saturday it is transferred to a random active player.
> 
> A white water rafting team (hereafter "team") must consist of exactly four
> players, all of whom must have expressed their consent to be a member of
> the team in a public forum.
> FLUORINE
> 
> and replace the following NEON-delimited text:
> 
> NEON
> 5) The team successfully white water rafts down the Ackanomian River and
> enters a cave at the end. In this cave each member of the team receives one
> random Boon of the Ancients. All members of the team are given the title of
> "Daring Adventurer" and keep the title until another team succeeds in white
> water rafting down the Ackanomian River. All members of the team also gain
> 7 points.
> 
> Any player can make only one attempt per calendar week at white water
> rafting down the Ackanomian River.
> NEON
> 
> with the following SODIUM-delimited text
> 
> SODIUM
> 5) The team successfully white water rafts down the Ackanomian River and
> enters a cave at the end. In this cave each member of the team receives one
> random Boon of the Ancients. All members of the team are given the title of
> "Daring Adventurer" and keep the title until another team succeeds in white
> water rafting down the Ackanomian River. All members of the team also gain
> 7 points.
> 
> If the player with the Great Captain Hat of Ackanomic is on the rafting
> trip, the random determination is made with double the chance of selecting
> result number 5.
> 
> Any player can make only one attempt per calendar week at white water
> rafting down the Ackanomian River.
> SODIUM

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:38:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3583 rejected

Results of Proposal 3583

25/30 votes: Quorum achieved
7/19 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fo                   (SPAM)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
saaremaa
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Fortunato
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Studge               (GOP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3583 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:18 EDT
> You Asked For It, You Got It
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> 1237

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:40:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3584 accepted

Results of Proposal 3584

25/30 votes: Quorum achieved
14/18 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)

    NO:
saaremaa
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
rufus                (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3584 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:19 EDT
> Nameless Thing #-3 (AKA one of these daysI'll get this right)
> Attila the Pun (Micah Smukler)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> I. The author of this proposal loses (N+1) points, where N is the number of
> points e gained though the passage of this proposal. If an active player
> known as breadbox exists, that player gains 3 points. Otherwise, if there
> exists an active player who may legally assume the name breadbox, e gains 3
> points.
> 
> II. One pointy ear is transferred from the author of this proposal to the
> Twits.
> 
> III. The text of section VIIb of Rule 250 is replaced with the text of
> section VIb of Rule 250.
> 
> IV. The text of section VIb of Rule 250 is replaced with that text which
> was the text of section VIb of Rule 250 before the acceptance of Proposal
> 3527.

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:40:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3585 accepted

Results of Proposal 3585

26/30 votes: Quorum achieved
17/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
Rig R. Mortis
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Piz

    BAA!:
saaremaa
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Eris                 (Klingon)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)
Fortunato

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)
marsboy

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3585 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:20 EDT
> Being Strong's Unkind
> Alfvaen (Aaron Humphrey)
> 
> This is a Modest proposal.
> 
> {{[ Pursuant to my recent fixes and my discovery of the flaws still lurking
> therein: some fixes, some rewordings of things from the last Proposal that
> upon further reflection don't mean what I meant them to, etc. ]}}
> 
> Amend Rule 431, "Illuminatus", as follows:
> 
> Replace the following text(delimited by WESTERBERG):
> 
> WESTERBERG
> b) A Nemesis Eggplant with that condition is awarded to the lowest bidder
> on that condition who has less than 3 Nemesis Eggplants. Ties among lowest
> bidders should be broken randomly. (If there are no bidders who have less
> than 3 Nemesis Eggplants, then the Nemesis Eggplant shall be awarded to a
> randomly chosen player who has less than 3 Nemesis Eggplants. If there are
> no such players, then the Nemesis Eggplant is awarded to a randomly chosen
> player.)
> WESTERBERG
> 
> with the following text(delimited by STINSON):
> 
> STINSON
> b) A Nemesis Eggplant with that condition is awarded to the lowest bidder
> on that condition who has less than 3 Nemesis Eggplants. Ties among lowest
> bidders should be broken randomly. (If there are no bidders who have less
> than 3 Nemesis Eggplants, then the Nemesis Eggplant shall be awarded to a
> randomly chosen player who has either one or two Nemesis Eggplants, or zero
> Nemesis Eggplants but one or more Agenda Hats. If there are no such
> players, then the Nemesis Eggplant is awarded to a randomly chosen player.)
> STINSON
> 
> Replace the following text(delimited by WAITRESS)
> 
> WAITRESS
> e) For each newly created Nemesis Eggplant an agenda Hat is created in the
> hidden state, which has:
> 
> i) with the same condition.
> 
> ii) a weight equal to the lowest bid on its condition, that was greater
> than the winning bid. If no bid was greater, the hat is assigned the
> winning bid as a weight. Any Agenda Hats with a condition that was chosen
> by the Illuminatus according to d) are Silly Agenda Hats, and instead are
> created with a weight of (Magic Number / 4) rounded up.
> 
> f) Each player who submitted Agenda Conditions receives a number of agenda
> hats equal to the number of conditions e submitted. The Agenda Hats must be
> distributed randomly among these players, except that no player shall
> receive an Agenda Hat with a condition that e authored or that is the same
> as that of a Nemesis Eggplant e owns.
> WAITRESS
> 
> with the following text(delimited by FEATHER):
> 
> FEATHER
> e) For each newly created Nemesis Eggplant an agenda Hat is created in the
> hidden state, which has:
> 
> i) with the same condition.
> 
> ii) a weight equal to the lowest bid on its condition that was greater than
> the winning bid. If no bid was greater, the hat is assigned the winning bid
> as a weight. If the eggplant was awarded to a player who did not bid on it,
> then the hat is assigned the highest bid on its condition. Any Agenda Hats
> with a condition that was chosen by the Illuminatus according to d) are
> Silly Agenda Hats, and instead are created with a weight of (Magic Number /
> 4) rounded up.
> 
> f) Each player who submitted Agenda Conditions receives a number of agenda
> hats equal to the number of conditions e submitted. The Agenda Hats must be
> distributed randomly among these players, except that no player shall
> receive an Agenda Hat with a condition that e authored or that is the same
> as that of a Nemesis Eggplant e owns. If, after some part of this
> distribution has been done, there is no way to distribute the remaining
> hats as specified above(e.g. all players who submitted Agenda Conditions
> have three Agenda Hats, because of one or more players leaving the game or
> hats being transferred among players), then the remaining Agenda Hats are
> randomly distributed among players with one or two Agenda Hats or no Agenda
> Hats but one or more Nemesis Eggplants. If there are no such players and
> Agenda Hats still remain to be distributed, then they are distributed
> randomly among other players. Any Agenda Hats still remaining are
> transferred to the Mad Hatters.
> FEATHER
> 
> {{ If it is Cycle 24, then an Agenda Hat with the condition
> 
> "It either a crime or impermissible to wear six identical garments."
> 
> and a weight of 126 is given to a random player determined according to the
> modified section f) of Rule 431 as above. This Hat shall be deemed to
> correspond to the Nemesis Eggplant with the same condition, referred to as
> "5" or "E5". }}

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:40:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3586 rejected

Results of Proposal 3586

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
13/25 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Wild Card            (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Studge               (GOP)
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Rig R. Mortis
saaremaa
breadbox
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
rufus                (SPAM)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)

    BAA!:
marsboy
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3586 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:21 EDT
> Let's see if this works...
> Studge (Tom Mueller)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> {{Studge wins the current cycle of Ackanomic.}}

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:41:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3587 rejected

Results of Proposal 3587

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
14/24 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
marsboy
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
saaremaa
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
K 2
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
rufus                (SPAM)

    BAA!:
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3587 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:22 EDT
> Tampering with Evidence
> Fo (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [If you made a lame cheap trinket, and you had a CPPIA called against you
> because of it, transforming the trinket into cash stops you from losing
> more than the SHF. You made the mistake in the first place of giving it a
> stupid description - why shouldn't you take the penalty?]
> 
> Append to the end of Rule 1125 (Committee for the Protection, Preservation,
> and Integrity of the Arts) the following quoted text:
> 
> "It is impossible to destroy, trade or gift away a trinket which is
> currently the subject of a Hearing called according to this Rule, except as
> specified by this Rule."

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

Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:41:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3588 accepted

Results of Proposal 3588

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
13/20 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Fortunato
Studge               (GOP)
Piz
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
rufus                (SPAM)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fo                   (SPAM)

    BAA!:
Rig R. Mortis
saaremaa
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
marsboy
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3588 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:23 EDT
> Fiendishness
> ThinMan (John Bollinger)
> 
> {{[
> If I can't just give a trinket to Saaremaa, I can still try to see that he
> gets it.
> ]}}
> 
> This is a modest proposal.
> 
> A new rule is created, numbered 98, with the following FIENDISH-delimited
> text:
> 
> FIENDISH
> 
> {{ All trinkets owned by ThinMan which have the word "Fiendish" in their
> names are transferred to Saaremaa. }}
> 
> This rule takes precedence over all rules regulating the ownership and
> transferrence of trinkets.
> 
> This rule is repealed five minutes after it becomes a rule.
> 
> FIENDISH

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:42:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3589 rejected

Results of Proposal 3589

27/30 votes: Quorum achieved
9/23 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
two-star
Eris                 (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Piz

    NO:
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
saaremaa
breadbox
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
rufus                (SPAM)
marsboy
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    BAA!:
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
K 2
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3589 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:24 EDT
> More UnCommon Sense
> Mr. Tambourine Man (Tom Walmsley)
> 
> This is a grandiose proposal.
> 
> Amend the literature list by replacing "Nabakov" with "Nabokov"
> 
> Remove each of the following lines from the literature list:
> 
> Artist: Aeschylus ; Greek Playwright
> Artist: Aristotle
> Artist: Confucius
> Artist: Descartes
> Artist: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
> Artist: Karl Marx
> Artist: Leo Tolstoy
> Artist: Plato
> Artist: Sophocles
> Artist: Sigmund Freud
> Work: The Aeneid
> Work: The Art of War ; by Sun-Tzu
> Work: The Bible, Old and New Testaments
> Work: The Prince ; by Machiavelli
> Artist: Albert Einstein
> Artist: Chaucer
> Artist: Boris Pasternak
> Artist: Dante Alighieri ; you know, The Inferno guy
> Work: the Magna Carta
> Artist: Friedrich Nietzsche
> Work: The Decameron ; by Boccacio
> Artist: Hermann Hesse
> Artist: Jean-Paul Sartre
> 
> Add two points to /dev/joe's score.
> Subtract two points from the score of the author of this proposal.
> 
> --
> Tom Walmsley [email-masked]
> http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html
> AIM: TGW666 ICQ 2925739
> Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston, lausajne estas rano en mia bideo.

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:43:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3590 rejected

Results of Proposal 3590

26/30 votes: Quorum achieved
11/24 YES votes: Proposal rejected

    YES:
saaremaa
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
rufus                (SPAM)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Ethelred             (AVPP)
SPAM Unity Vote

    NO:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
breadbox
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
K 2
Weishaupt            (GOP)
marsboy
Studge               (GOP)
Piz

    BAA!:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
two-star
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3590 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:25 EDT
> "I Want My Old Name Back" "No." "Oh yeah?"
> Fo (Duncan Richer)
> 
> This is a Modest Proposal.
> 
> [In theory, I could be prevented from once again becoming Slakko by virtue
> of the Registrar's objection. If a player has used a name, e should be able
> to return to that name without objection.]
> 
> Append the following quoted text to Rule 251:
> 
> "If a player attempts to change their name to a name which they have
> previously held, then no player may object to this name change."

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 08:44:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: nomicbot <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3591 accepted

Results of Proposal 3591

26/30 votes: Quorum achieved
17/21 YES votes: Proposal accepted

    YES:
Rig R. Mortis
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Robin Hood           (AVPP)
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
Mr. Tambourine Man   (Boomerangs)
two-star
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
Weishaupt            (GOP)
Alfvaen              (MetaMorph)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Eris                 (Klingon)
Aunt Froot           (AVPP)
marsboy
Fortunato
Fo                   (SPAM)
Studge               (GOP)
Ethelred             (AVPP)

    NO:
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
K 2
rufus                (SPAM)
Piz

    BAA!:
saaremaa
IdiotBoy             (AVPP)
Robert Sevin         (Harf)
Wild Card            (SPAM)
404 Not Found        (Boomerangs)

    ABSTAINED:
Calvin N Hobbes      (Harf)
ThinMan              (Vulcan)
breadbox
Altra the FireCat    (GOP)

    VACATIONING:
867-5309             (Boomerangs)
Ayla
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Horny Protoceratops

> Proposal 3591 - Sat 12 Sep 1998 11:26 EDT
> Contracts reborn
> JT (JT Traub)
> 
> Create a rule titled 'General Contractor' and numbered 433 with the
> following text as delimited by OSHA
> OSHA
> There exists the functional office of General Contractor which has one
> seat.
> 
> The office of General Contractor has the following priveledges:
> a) Declare any Contract invalid if it doesn't meet the rules for Contracts.
> 
> b) May designate a Contract to be Stale.
> 
> The office of General Contractor has the following duties:
> a) to maintain a list of all public and private contracts, their public
> text if any, and who has signed them.
> 
> b) to make this list available to any player at their request.
> 
> c) to keep the contents of any private contract private except when
> required to reveal it according to the rules.
> OSHA
> 
> Create a rule titled 'Contracts' and numbered 560 with the following text
> as delimited by BEING_OF_SOUND_MIND
> BEING_OF_SOUND_MIND
> A class of named entities known as Contracts exists.
> 
> Any player may create a Contract at any time by paying the Standard Harfer
> Fee, providing a unique name for it, and announcing the fact of its
> creation and whether or not it is a public Contract. If the Contract is a
> public Contract, the creator must also post the text of the Contract at
> this time.
> 
> If it is private, e must mail the text of the Contract to the General
> Contractor privately. The contract does not actually exist until the
> General Contractor publically acknowledges reciept of the text, which e
> must do within three days of recieving it.
> 
> When a Contract is created, the creator is considered to have signed it.
> 
> Any signer of a private contract may request the General Contract to
> forward that contract to another player and the General Contractor must do
> so.
> 
> Once a Contract is created, the text of it may not be altered.
> 
> For the signers of a Contract to destroy it requires an action of the
> entire set of signers of the Contract. Such an action occurs as if that set
> were an Organization and it were an Organizational Action.
> 
> A Contract may specify an expiration date. If a Contract does so, then on
> that date, the Contract is automatically destroyed. Such an expiration date
> may not be less than 1 month from the time of the creation of the Contract.
> 
> A Contract may specify a penalty clause for breaking any of the terms of
> the Contract. This penalty clause may only specify the loss of a positive
> number of points, tradeable entities or some combination thereof. If a
> penalty clause is not specified explicitly, it is considered to specify the
> loss of 5 points. If the clause specifies entities and the player who broke
> the terms of the Contract does not own that number or type of entities then
> that player shall lose 5 points in addition to any points specified by the
> penalty clause.
> 
> When a signer breaks a Contract any player (for a public Contract) or any
> other signer (for a private Contract) may point this fact out publically
> within 1 week of the action or inaction which broke the Contract. At the
> time this is pointed out, the penalty clause of the Contract will take
> effect. In no case may the penalty clause of any Contract be applied to any
> player more than one time in a calendar week for the same action or
> inaction.
> 
> No Contract will have any game effect until it has been signed by at least
> two players (including the creator)
> 
> Any player may sign a public Contract by paying the Standard Harfer Fee and
> signing it as a public action.
> 
> Any player may sign a private Contract by paying the Standard Harfer Fee
> and signing it as a public action. If the creator of the Contract agrees,
> then the Contract is signed by the player.
> 
> In addition to the penalty clause defined above, a Contract may specify a
> number of other clauses which either permit action, restrict action or
> require action. At no point may a Contract require or allow an action which
> would otherwise be prohibited by the rules.
> 
> A Contract is only ever binding upon the players who have signed it.
> 
> If a Contract is deemed Invalid by the General Contractor then it is
> destroyed.
> 
> A Contract may only be declared Stale according to the rules. Stale
> Contracts are intended to be ones which no longer have any effect on the
> game, or which have simply been neglected by the creator and/or signers.
> Any signer of the Contract may object to it being made Stale, at which time
> it ceases to be Stale. Any Contract which is Stale for 1 week is destroyed.
> BEING_OF_SOUND_MIND

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