Subject: Ackanomic Digest V1 #157
From: [email-masked] (Ackanomic Digest)
To: ackanomic-digest

Ackanomic Digest        Monday, August 5 1996        Volume 01 : Number 157

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 00:08:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Magic Potato (Brinjal)

Brinjal has the Magic Potato this week.

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 00:15:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Ackanomic: Proposal 1070

> Proposal 1070 - Sun Aug 04 23:44:10 EDT 1996
> Neuropreservation
> snowgod  (Phil Ackley)
> 
> Upon leaving the game, a player may have his head removed and preserved
> cryogenically.  He may then donate his head to a player of his choosing, or
> announce that his head is currently unowned.
> 
> If a player leaving the game announces that his head is unowned the auction
> process will occur in the same manner as if the head was a recently
> completed gadget.  A preserved head is an asset, and may be traded on the
> free market.
> 
> If a player does not state what is to be done with his head, it shall be
> assumed that it leaves the game with him.
> 
> This rules takes precedence over all rules which would deny a player the
> right to remove, give away, or sell his head.

If a player who has sold his head returns to the game, does he have (another)
head?  This rule clearly would not give him his head back.  Could he give
his head away again if he left again?  /dev/joe's heads for everybody! :-)

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Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 01:16:03 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Proposal 1074 Retract

[email-masked] wrote:
> 
> Proposal 1074 - Sun Aug 04 23:45:22 EDT 1996
> Slowly Augmenting Presidential Power
> Malenkai  (Randy Hall)
> 

I am retracting P 1074.  There is a minor clash with P 1072, which 
occured 1 minute before mine.  It will be resubmitted, clash free,
hopefully.

Malenkai

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Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 01:26:45 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Ackanomic: Proposal 1073

[email-masked] wrote:
> 
> Proposal 1073 - Sun Aug 04 23:44:59 EDT 1996
> Office stuff
> /dev/joe  (Joseph DeVincentis)
> 
> 1. Amend Rule 457 by changing:
>     "The duties of any offices held by the player shall be performed by
>      the Speaker or someone appointed by the Speaker."
>    to:
>     "The duties of any offices held by the player shall be performed by
>      the Speaker or someone appointed by the Speaker, unless some other
>      rule provides for an Acting Officer or some other assignment of these
>      duties."

Doesn't anyone trust me :;)

Malenkai
Speaker - Found a Chess-Umpire as Acting Appointer

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 01:38:29 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Official

Web-Harfer:
I have now updated everything on the web pages.  Some stuff had been
lagging behind, but I think it is now all as up-to-date as is possible.

E-mail me if anything looks wrong.

Registrar:
The Registrar's report on the web page is updated.  A FULL report is attached
at the end of this message.

Scorekeeper:
Just two changes from the scores posted earlier today.  I had forgotten
to credit this is not a name 5 points for his silly proposal 1046, and
I have now deducted 2 points from Malenkai's score for retracting P1074.

Map-Harfer:
Geezer's house was added to the map.

Acting President:
Nothing, but I'm running for President again.  Vote for me!

Postmaster:
Nothing new, but pianoman's mail is still bouncing.

Registrar's Report:
     _________________________________________________________________   

   Offices in limbo:
   
   Pollster, Publicist, Welcomer: rules repealed
   Registrar: filled by an acting officer due to a vacation
   President, Senate Seat C: being elected
   
     _________________________________________________________________
   
Players:

Matt Black ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Bascule (joined Apr 24, 14:59 CDT)
   Justice
   Silly  
   Winner of the 2nd cycle
   Member of The Church of the Markovian Dream
   Member of FUN
   Swinger for FUN

Simon Clarke ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Brinjal (joined Apr 11, 11:14 CDT)
   Gaoler
   NAP Swinger
   Bearer of the Magic Potato  
   Has a Chartreuse Goose Egg  

Thierry Joffrain ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Calvin N Hobbes (joined 4th of existing players)
   On Vacation    (since July 18, 23:50 EDT)
   The Gnome Buddy  
   Will enter Gaol August 5, 18:03 EDT  
   Assistant to the Financier
   Has a Blue Cross  
   Burned as a Heretic on May 20, 1996 and July 28, 1996
   Member of The Church of the Markovian Dream
   Member of FUN

Paul Swan ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: chess piece face (joined 3rd of existing players)
   On Vacation    since May 8, 23:13 CDT
   A Silly Vacation Hat awaits him
   former Registrar (vacated by Rule 612)
   Has a Chartreuse Goose Egg  
   Member of FOOZBALL

John Spickes ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: De'ghew (joined Mar 29, 01:54 CST)
   Mad Hatter for Niccolo Flychuck
   Member of Underworld

Joseph DeVincentis ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: /dev/joe (joined Mar 26, 17:33 CST)
   Has a Blue Cross  
   Map-Harfer
   Postmaster
   Acting President
   Acting Registrar
   Scorekeeper
   Web-Harfer
   May have been Burned as a Heretic on August 2, 1996
   May be Enlightened
   Winner of the Game in the 4th Cycle
   Has a Right-Handed Grapefruit  
   Wearing a Prosthetic Forehead  

Adrian Smith ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: fon (joined 8th of existing players)
   On Vacation    since May 6, 13:32 +0800
   A Silly Vacation Hat awaits him
   Has Phoebe's Matchbox  
   Has a Blue Cross  
   Has a Chartreuse Goose Egg  

Ed Graham ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Habeous Corpus (joined July 13, approx 20:30 EDT)

David Chapman ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Geezer (last joined August 4, 21:02 PDT)

Randy Hall ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Malenkai (joined 9th of existing players)
   Quit the game July 3, 01:14 EDT; rejoined 17:54 EDT.
   Assistant Tabulator
   Clerk of the Court
   Speaker
   Mad Hatter for Calvin N Hobbes
   Has the Great Trombone of Ackanomia  
   Burned as a Heretic on July 26, 1996
   Enlightened
   Wearing a Prosthetic Forehead  
   Winner of the Game in the 3rd Cycle
   Has a Blue Cross and a Silver Stripe     
   Member of The Church of the Markovian Dream
   Member of FUN

Niklas Mellin ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Mellon (joined July 6, 15:19 +0200)
   On Vacation    (since July 18, 23:50 EDT)

Eric Murray ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: mr cwm (joined 7th of existing players)
   CSRR Officer
   Justice
   Mentor for Geezer
   Has two Prosthetic Foreheads       but is not wearing either
   Burned as a Heretic on May 20, 1996
   Enlightened
   Member of (None Yet)

Uri Bruck ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Niccolo Flychuck (joined Mar 28, 11:12 CST)
   Has a Scroll of Crumble
   Has, but is not wearing, a Prosthetic Forehead  
   Has a Chartreuse Goose Egg  

Jason Reed ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Pascal (joined April 1, quit April 4;
       re-joined June 10, 02:25 PDT)
   On Vacation    (since July 18, 23:50 EDT)
   Burned as a Heretic on July 8, 1996
   Enlightened

Mitchell Harding ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Robert Sevin (joined 2nd of existing players)
   Winner of the 1st Cycle
   On Vacation   (since a long time ago)
   A Silly Vacation Hat awaits him
   Has a Blue Cross  
   Has a Chartreuse Goose Egg  
   Member of FOOZBALL
   Swinger for FOOZBALL

Robert Shaw ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Robin Hood (joined Apr 10, 16:12 CDT)

Andy Swan ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Simon Marty Harriman (joined 5th of existing players)
   Senator (Seat D)
   Chess Umpire
   Has a Chartreuse Goose Egg  
   Member of FOOZBALL

Phil Ackley ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: snowgod (joined Mar 31, 20:48 CST)
   Ambassador
   Senator (Seat A)
   Inventor
   Mad Hatter for Pascal
   Burned as a Heretic 4 times: July 1, July 8, July 28, July 28
   Wearing a Prosthetic Forehead  
   Has another Prosthetic Forehead he is not wearing  
   Has an Electronic Potato
   Member of (None Yet)
   Member of The Church of the Markovian Dream
   Founder of The Church of the Markovian Dream

Jerome Herrman ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Techno (joined Mar 31, 20:48 CST)
   On Vacation   (since July 18 23:50 EDT)
   Silly  
   Member of Underworld
   Swinger for Underworld

John Bollinger ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: ThinMan (joined Mar 29, 12:17 CST)
   Financier
   Senator (Seat B)
   Held in Contempt

Mike Epstein ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: this is not a name (joined Apr 3, 02:10 CST)
   File Clerk
   Historian
   Appointer
   Has the Little Lamb
   Has a Wool Sweater
   Burned as a Heretic on August 2, 1996
   Enlightened
   Silly  
   Member of (None Yet)
   Leader of (None Yet)
   Swinger for (None Yet)
   Member of The Church of the Markovian Dream

Wayne Sheppard ([email-masked])
   Ackanomic Name: Wayne (joined 1st of existing players)
   Acting Justice (for Bascule)
   Has a Blue Cross  
   Promoter
   Tabulator
   Member of Underworld
   Party Boss of Underworld

Observers:

Michael J. Thomas ([email-masked])
Bill Ingram ([email-masked])
Harm ([email-masked])
Ben Stanfield ([email-masked])
Klaus Amann ([email-masked])
Brian Raiter ([email-masked])

   Officers:

Ambassador: snowgod
Appointer: this is not a name
Assistant Tabulator: Malenkai
Assistant to the Financier: Calvin N Hobbes
Chess-Umpire: Simon Marty Harriman
Clerk of the Court: Malenkai
CSRR: mr cwm
File Clerk: this is not a name
Financier: ThinMan
Gaoler: Brinjal
Historian: this is not a name
Inventor: snowgod
Justice: Bascule
Justice: mr cwm
Map-Harfer: /dev/joe
Postmaster: /dev/joe
Pollster (rule repealed)
President: /dev/joe (acting)
Promoter: Wayne
Publicist (rule repealed)
Registrar: chess piece face (vacationing), /dev/joe (acting)
Scorekeeper: /dev/joe
Senator (Seat A): snowgod
Senator (Seat B): ThinMan
Senator (Seat C): vacant
Senator (Seat D): Simon Marty Harriman
Speaker: Malenkai
Tabulator: Wayne
Web-Harfer: /dev/joe
Welcomer (rule repealed)

   Entities/Titles:

Blue Crosses: Calvin N Hobbes, Malenkai, Mohammed (lost by leaving the game),
  Robert Sevin, /dev/joe, fon, Wayne
Chartreuse Goose Eggs: Brinjal, chess piece face, fon, Kelly Martin,
  Niccolo Flychuck, Robert Sevin, Simon Marty Harriman, The Great Old One
Electronic Potato: snowgod
Enlightened: mr cwm, Pascal, Malenkai, this is not a name, /dev/joe (maybe)
Gnome Buddy: Calvin N Hobbes
Great Trombone of Ackanomia: Malenkai
Held in Contempt: ThinMan
Heretics: Calvin N Hobbes (twice), mr cwm, snowgod (4 times), Pascal,
  Malenkai, this is not a name, /dev/joe (maybe)
On vacation: fon, chess piece face, Robert Sevin, Techno, Mellon,
  Calvin N Hobbes, Pascal
Mad Hatter: Malenkai, De'ghew, snowgod
Magic Potato: Brinjal
Party Hall: Brinjal (NAP), /dev/joe (Nobs), Robert Sevin (FOOZBALL),
  Techno (Underworld), this is not a name ((None Yet)), Bascule (FUN)
Phoebe's Matchbox: fon
Prosthetic Forehead: /dev/joe, snowgod (has two, wearing one), Malenkai,
  Niccolo Flychuck (not wearing it), mr cwm (has two, not wearing either).
Right-Handed Grapefruit: /dev/joe
Silly: Bascule, Techno, this is not a name
Won a cycle: Bascule, /dev/joe, Malenkai, Robert Sevin

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 01:10:24 -0800
From: [email-masked] (Phil Ackley)
Subject: Re: Ackanomic: Proposal 1070

At 12:15 AM 8/5/96, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
>> Proposal 1070 - Sun Aug 04 23:44:10 EDT 1996
>> Neuropreservation
>> snowgod  (Phil Ackley)
his head.
>
>If a player who has sold his head returns to the game, does he have (another)
>head?  This rule clearly would not give him his head back.  Could he give
>his head away again if he left again?  /dev/joe's heads for everybody! :-)

I left this unclear intentionally, as I was hoping to give someone else a
chance to do things with other players heads.  I imagine a returning player
would return with no head, but I suppose a CFJ could decide otherwise if no
rule is passed defining what happens when a player returns.

I like the idea of a headless returning player having to buy a prosthetic
head, or possibly a hat.  Maybe as inventor I shall create a prosthetic
head add-on for vending machines.

Of course, being a headless player might be a bit difficult... perhaps we
should limit the rights of the headless?

just rambling,
snowgod

still owrking on the better idiot

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 02:08:35 -0800
From: [email-masked] (Phil Ackley)
Subject: Acka: Ambassador: Internomic Proposals 

Attached are the first two proposals from Internomic.  Please send me your
votes.  For a copy of the current ruleset visit the Ambassador's Page at
http://www.alaska.net/~snowgod/acka/ambas.html or Malenkai's internomic
page at http://www.itw.com/~malenkai/zhome.htm.

I am working on a voting form for the Ambassador's Page.  I am hoping to
tally your votes based YES or NO buttons that you may push after reading
each proposal... Just remember, each time you press the button, I get your
IP adress, so I will know who is voting more than once :).

Now for the proposals...

Proposal 301
Proposed by Ackanomic

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Amend Rule 205 by changing it's complete text to:

The voting period for a proposal shall be four weeks, beginning at the time
the moderator distributes the proposal to all nomics, or until all  voting
member nomics have cast votes, whichever comes first.

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

Proposal 302
Proposed by Agora

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Amend rule 211 to read:

In a conflict between an immutable rule and a mutable rule,
the immutable rule takes precedence. If two or more immutable
or to or more mutable rules conflict, the rule with the lower
number takes precedence.

snowgod

Ackanomic Ambassador - Liason to Internomic - Stuck in the Gaol for a Week
Inventor -Senator (seat a) - Heretic (4 times!) - Former CSRR
Founder, Church of the Markovian Dream - Member, None Yet
Wearing a prosthetic forehead - Fighting Forehead Discrimination

"Make it idiot-proof, and someone will make a better idiot"

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 02:39:24 -0800
From: [email-masked] (Phil Ackley)
Subject: Acka: Campaign Promises (tm) 

Hey!

I'm running for President!  Why?  Because.

It sounds like a fun thing to do.

But really, I have convictions... I promise to be tough on crime.  Tough
but fair.  I won't pardon people in exchange for votes.  I'll be tough on
offenders.  Give em to the gaoler, through away the key.  But then again, I
won't hold political prisoners either.  If the supreme court says a player
was in the right, I'll gladly release him, even if I personally feel he was
wrong.

I have ideas and dreams for Ackanomic.  I'd like to see a prosthetic
forehead for everyone, and I would like to see an end to prosthetic forhead
discrimination.  No one should be denied enjoyment of the rules simply
because of their choice in headwear (unless of course, such headwear is in
conflict with another element of clothing).

Most of all, as the next president of Ackanomic, I promise to have Fun!.
So much fun in fact that there will be too much fun for just me.  There
will be so much fun floating around that everyone will have some.
Actually, not just some.  Alot.  If i'm president, everyone will have a lot
of fun.

Free Beer and Spirits at all Festivals and Witch Burnings.

snowgod

Ackanomic Ambassador - Liason to Internomic - Running for President!
Inventor -Senator (seat a) - Heretic (4 times!) - Former CSRR
Founder, Church of the Markovian Dream - Member, None Yet
Wearing a prosthetic forehead - Fighting Forehead Discrimination

"Make it idiot-proof, and someone will make a better idiot"

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 03:18:14 -0800
From: [email-masked] (Phil Ackley)
Subject: Acka: Pascal's SVH 

Pascal's Silly Vacation Hat is shaped remarkably similar to the actual
Pascal, only upside down.  It is attached to Pascal's forehead at an
identical place on the forehead of the Silly Vacation Hat.  To the naked
eye, it appears as if Pascal has sprouted a siamese twin from his forehead.

The hat is animated, and will mimic Pascal's every move.

Except for the high-tech polymer joints, ceramic gears and titanium push
rods (all of wich are inside the SVH and hidden from view), the hat is made
entirely of stryofoam, and has carefully painted with fingerpaints.

snowgod

Ackanomic Ambassador - Liason to Internomic - Running for President!
Inventor -Senator (seat a) - Heretic (4 times!) - Former CSRR
Founder, Church of the Markovian Dream - Member, None Yet
Wearing a prosthetic forehead - Fighting Forehead Discrimination

"Make it idiot-proof, and someone will make a better idiot"

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 09:25:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Spickes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Vacation

	Hi all..

	I've reached the point where I don't have time to do anything, 
and I find myself being increasingly sucked into this popular 
hallucination we call "Real Life."  I'm afraid I must decline to judge 
anything for which I have been selected.  I hereby place myself on 
vacation until September.  About that time school will be starting and 
I'll be able to re-evaluate my time problems.  
	Thanks for your understanding, and see you in a bit.

	SuDo'jaj

	De'ghew

- -- 
  John Spickes - Undergraduate - UMCP - http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jspickes
   PGP encrypted email preferred - finger [email-masked] for key

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 08:38:46 -0500
From: [email-masked] (John Bollinger)
Subject: Re:  Acka: CFJ 250 Verdict 

Habeous Corpus wrote:
>On Sunday 4 Aug 96,  ThinMan Wrote:
>>HC has apparently rejected my argument that R 514 _defines_ "Enforceable"
>>with respect
>>to contracts, as this argument surely renders his argument and verdict
>>invalid.
>
>I did take eir argument as to the "definition" of "Enforcable" into
>account when I made my judgement.  However,  I also did disregard _any_
>definition of the word because in Rule 514,  "Enforcable" is used as a
>Title or label for certain types of contracts,  not as a definition of
>contracts.  Rule 551 then goes on to describe specific penalties related
>to those and only those contracts so labeled. Again,  no explicit or
>implicit _definition_ of the term "Enforcable" applies.

We seem to be talking past each other.  R 514 says "A contract is Enforceable
iff [...]."  This can be taken as a definition.  A mathematician would surely
think so.  After that definition, the word is used as the _adjective_ it is,
according to its definition.  It is not ever a "title," although it is a label
in the sense that every adjective is a label.

>As to eir contention:
>
>>HC's
>>statement, however, also implicitly allows that the player's behavior
>>might not be made
>>to comply (if no-one calls for Enforcement).  How, then, do the Rules
>>_require_ that a
>>player abide by the provisions of the contract?
>
>A contract is,  explicitly,  an agreement between two or more Players. 
>If all parties to the contract are satisfied in the outcome of the
>contract,  regardless of the actual compliance with specific provisions
>of the contract,  then the contract _can_ be said to have been complied
>with by all parties.  This may seem to agree with your statement and
>reasoning ("The rules do not require players to abide by the provisions
>of contracts.");   but since the Rules do allow the provisions to be
>adhered to even when one or more Players attempts to deviate from those
>provisions,  I couldn't agree totally with your argument.

That is a remarkable stretch.  You are attempting to redefine "compliance"
(which, for the moment, I will accept as a synonym for "abiding by the
provisions") so that the statement agrees with your judgement.  Again, I
disagree that player actions can be changed as a result of "enforcement."
Moreover, there is a big difference between what the rules "allow" and what
they "require."

ThinMan

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 11:46:08 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Proposal 1076

Proposal 1076 - Mon Aug 05 11:46:08 EDT 1996
Closing Malenkai's Loophole
/dev/joe  (Joseph DeVincentis)

Amend rule 1033, "Bronze Torch", by adding a new paragraph to the end of the
rule which says:
  "Any time a player who is not eligible to receive a Bronze Torch owns a
   Bronze Torch, that Bronze Torch is destroyed."

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 11:46:38 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Proposal 1077

Proposal 1077 - Mon Aug 05 11:46:38 EDT 1996
Slowly Augmenting Presidential Power
Malenkai  (Randy Hall)

Amend R 973 "Presidential Decisions", to append the following text at the
end of the rule:

      II. Festival

      The President may declare a Festival of Torkola to start on
the day following the declaration, so long as the Festival is in
accordance with R 797.

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

Amend R 797, "Festival of Torkola", in the following ways, numbered
1 thru 4:

1) Replace the string of text which currently reads:

 "5) A Festival is started in one of 3 ways:"

 with:

 "5) A Festival is started in one of the following ways. Other rules may
specify other ways by which a Festival may be started:"

2) In section 4) replace the sentences which reads:

 "This specifically applies to Proposals. Not Resolutions, not CFJs,
not Recall Petitions, etc. Just Proposals."

 with:

 "This specifically applies to Proposals only."

3) In section 5c) to read in full:

"Upon rejection of 3 consecutive proposals due to Quorum not being met, a
Festival of 5 days will automatically start on the day following the
public distribution of the voting results of the third rejection. Any 
rejections which occur during a Festival or before the known start date
of one shall not count. e.g, if 6 proposals are rejected on a Saturday,
the first 3 are sufficient to start a festival on Sunday, and the other
rejections shall be ignored. 

4) Append the following text at the end of the rule:

"6) For the purposes of this rule, and any rule which specifies how a
Festival may be started, "the day following" is defined to start at the
beginning of the calendar day, in the time zone of the Promoter, following
the day the event which started the Festival occurred.

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 11:23:31 -0500
From: [email-masked] (John Bollinger)
Subject: Re:  Acka: CFJ 255 (ThinMan) 

>Call for Criminal Judgement 110
>  Subject:  Unlawful non-receipt of Salary
>Initiator:  snowgod
>    Judge:  De'ghew (selected Mon, Aug 02, 1996, 19:20 New York Time)
>
>Statement:
>
>Player this is not a name has violated R101
>
>snowgod's Reasoning:
>
>By recieving no salary for his duties as acting gaoler, this is not a name
>has violated rule 609 section iv (per rule 712 (gaoler, creation of), and
>in doing so, violated R101.

De'ghew has declined to judge this CFJ.  I advise the next judge that
CFJ 255 has been judged false (pending possible appeal).  Based on that
judgement, CFJ 110 is FALSE.

ThinMan

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 11:25:37 -0500
From: [email-masked] (John Bollinger)
Subject: Re:  Acka: CFCJ 111 (Habeous Corpus) 

>Call for Criminal Judgement 111
>  Subject:  Failing to pay the Gaoler
>Initiator:  snowgod
>    Judge:  Habeous Corpus (selected Mon, Aug 02, 1996, 19:24 New York Time)
>
>Statement:
>
>Player ThinMan has violated R101
>
>snowgod's Reasoning:
>
>ThinMan, acting in his capacity as Financier has transferred no salary to
>this is not a name's account in compensation for his duties as acting
>gaoler. ThinMan has violated rule 609 section iv (per rule 712 (gaoler,
>creation of), and in doing so, violated R101.

I advise Habeous Corpus that CFJ 255 has been judged false (pending
possible appeal).  As such, it is now part of game custom that must
be considered by the judge of CFCJ 111.  In my opinion, the verdict of
CFJ 255 requires that CFCJ 111 be judged false as well.

ThinMan

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 11:45:57 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Proposal 1075

Proposal 1075 - Mon Aug 05 11:45:57 EDT 1996
Syzygy (or, I want a Parade)
Malenkai  (Randy Hall)

Any Gnome Buddy, who is wearing a Prosthetic Forehead, and has a Blue
Cross, Gold Stripe, Silver Stripe, Chartreuse Goose Egg, Bronze Torch,
Magic Potato, Great Trombone of Ackanomia, and is Enlightened and Silly,
wins the cycle the instant he or she chews the Gumball in accordance with
the rules.

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 16:00:43 -0400
From: this is not a name <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Ackanomic: Proposal 1076

>Amend rule 1033, "Bronze Torch", by adding a new paragraph to the end of the
>rule which says:
>  "Any time a player who is not eligible to receive a Bronze Torch owns a
>   Bronze Torch, that Bronze Torch is destroyed."

This could be dangerous. Perhaps rephrase it as "not eligible to have 
received..." because in a scenario when a player receives a BT, e is not 
eligible to receive another, as far as I know, and thus the BT would be 
automatically taken away.

- --      Mike Epstein              I think animal testing is 
      [email-masked]            a terrible idea; they get 
  *                      *        all nervous and give the 
http://www.nyiq.net/~epstein/     wrong answers.

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 96 16:02:34 -0400
From: this is not a name <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Campaign Promises (tm)

I heartily endorse snowgod for President. Sounds like fun. :)

- --      Mike Epstein            
      [email-masked]          Not a single byte of Microsoft software
  *                      *      was used to create this message.
http://www.nyiq.net/~epstein/   

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 15:46:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Spelling Bee 3: Rules

The Spelling Bee is flying!

The Bee has been warming up for quite some time, and made a couple trial
runs a couple days ago, and now is ready for the big flights.

I've intentionally omitted from this list anything that is already handled
by some proposal, even if fixing the changes will not break the proposal,
just so I don't step on any toes.  I am keeping a list of the un-done changes
in case proposals fail.

I read through all the rules, except the party chess ones, as well as
spell-checking all the rules, in preparing this list.  It was during this
reading through the rules that I discovered the problem with Contracts.
CFJ changes will be posted in a separate flight.

The list below contains 49 stingings in 26 different rules.

In Rule 396, change "poosible" to "possible"; change "distibute" to
  "distribute".
In Rule 414, in the sentence which begins "This clause (a) and its
  subsections (a.x), takes precedence over any other mutable rule which deny
  the Assistant Tabulator these duties", change "takes" to "take"; change
  "deny" to "denies".
In Rule 457, change "and" (in 'not considered and "active player"') to "an";
  in the last part change "precdence" to "precedence".
In Rule 463, change "purposes" to "purpose".  [Only one purpose is listed.]
In Rule 482, change "be come" to "become".
In Rule 495, change the first "the" to "The"; change "wednesdays" to
  "Wednesdays"; change "thursdays" to "Thursdays".
In Rule 508, change "decison" to "decision".
In Rule 621, change "adjendas" to "agendas".
In Rule 648, change "call" (in "hereafter call the Period") to "called".
In Rule 665, change "the" (at the beginning of step (e)) to "The".
In Rule 712, section (iii), change "there" to "their".
In Rule 726, change "Swinger" to "Swingers" in the sentence "Swinger are
  political Officers".  Also capitalize "political" in that sentence.
In Rule 775, capitalize the "a" at the beginning of the sentence
  "a Cult has no official status whatsoever." in section 8f.
In Rule 786, section (i), change "synonomous" to "synonymous".
In Rule 826, in the first sentence, change "proposal" to "proposal's".
In Rule 827, change "my" to "may".
In Rule 839, change "that" to "than" in "smaller that as defined".
In Rule 894, change "compatable" to "compatible".
In Rule 924, change "do" to "due" and change "superceeds" to "supersedes",
  both in section (c).
In Rule 970, in "shall cast Ackanomic vote" change "Ackanomic" to
  "Ackanomic's".
In Rule 990, section 1, change "preceeds" to "precedes".
In Rule 991, section 2A, change "begining" to "beginning".
In Rule 991, section 3B, change "anounced" to "announced" 4 times
  (in subsections (ii) through (v) once each).
In Rule 991, section 3D(ii), change "atttacked" to "attacked".
In Rule 991, section 3D(iv), change "anounces" to "announces" twice
  (in subsections (c) and (d) once each).
In Rule 991, section 3D(iv)(e), change "anounce" to "announce".
In Rule 1014, change "anounce" to "announced".
In Rule 1022, section 2, change "privileded" to "privileged".
In Rule 1022, change "equivelent" to "equivalent" 3 times (once each in
  sections 5a-a, 5b-b, and 5b-c).
In Rule 1022, section 5a, item b, change "capitilization" to "capitalization".
In Rule 1022, section 8, change "corrent" to "correct".
In Rule 1033, change "transferrence" to "transference".
In Rule 1051, change "dayor" to "day or"; change "privlidge" to "privilege";
  change "recieve" to "receive"; change "arguements" to "arguments".

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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 15:58:09 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Spelling Bee 4: CFJs

The Spelling Bee is flying!

Except for the first 20 or so, I have only spell-checked the CFJ's.
There are probably many more errors yet to be corrected.

If I counted correctly, there are 216 stingings here in 89 different CFJ's.

In CFJ 101's initiator's reasoning, change "agressive" to "aggressive".
In CFJ 101's judge's comments, change "deamed" to "deemed".
In CFJ 102's initiator's comments, change "deamed" to "deemed".
In CFJ 102's judge's comments, change "deamed" to "deemed".
In CFJ 108's judge's comments, change "ammend" to "amend" twice.
In CFJ 108's judge's comments, change "attemtping" to "attempting".
In CFJ 111's judge's comments, change "ammend" to "amend" twice.
In CFJ 111's judge's comments, change "ammended" to "amended".
In CFJ 113's judge's comments, change "relavant" to "relevant".
In CFJ 113's judge's comments, change "intiator" to "initiator".
In CFJ 113's statement, change "ammend" to "amend" twice.
In CFJ 118's 1st judge's comments, change "admendment" to "amendment".
In CFJ 118's 3rd judge's comments, change "hang" to "hangs" (in the 1st
  sentence).
In CFJ 118's 3rd judge's comments, change "acceed" to "accede".
In CFJ 119's statement, towards the end, change "dissatifaction" to
  "dissatisfaction".
In CFJ 124's judge's comments, change "manouver" to "maneuver".
In CFJ 124's judge's comments, change "too" to "to" (in "in order too
  rectify this").
In CFJ 125's judge's comments, change "beyong" to "beyond".
In CFJ 131's judge's comments, change "seeked" to "sought".
In CFJ 131's judge's comments, change "disbarring" to "barring".
In CFJ 134's judge's comments, change "CalvinNHobbes" to "Calvin N Hobbes"
  twice.
In CFJ 138's initiator's name, change "Malenaki" to "Malenkai".
In CFJ 139's judge's comments, change "existance" to "existence".
In CFJ 139's judge's comments, change "primarilly" to "primarily".
In CFJ 140's statement, change "Mohammad" to "Mohammed".
In CFJ 141's 2nd judge's comments, change "ammend" to "amend".
In CFJ 142's 2nd judge's comments, change "ennumerated" to "enumerated".
In CFJ 151's judge's comments, change "seperate" to "separate".
In CFJ 153's initiator's comments, change "pluaral" to "plural".
In CFJ 153's 3rd judge's comments, change "superceeds" to "supersedes".
In CFJ 153, in Justice Malenkai's comments before the appeal, change
  "relavent" to "relevant" 4 times; change "withdrawl" to "withdraw";
  change "disregareded" to "disregarded"; change "cleary" to "clearly";
  change "commom" to "common"; change "combersome" to "cumbersome";
  change "disregared" to "disregarded"; change "belives" to "believes".
In CFJ 154's initiator's comments, change "rediculous" to "ridiculous".
In CFJ 154's 1st judge's comments, change "concensus" to "consensus".
In CFJ 155's statement, change "satified" to "satisfied".
In CFJ 157's initiator's comments, change "voluntarilly" to "voluntarily".
In CFJ 157's 2nd judge's comments, change "intrepretation" to "interpretation".
In CFJ 157's supreme court's comments, change "irrelavent" to "irrelevant";
  change "anwser" to "answer"; change "irrelevent" to "irrelevant";
  change "interpetation" to "interpretation"; change "relavent" to "relevant".
In CFJ 159's initiator's comments, change "Reasoniong" to "Reasoning".
In CFJ 159's judge's comments, change "ammends" to "amends".
In CFJ 161's statement, change "disregareded" to "disregarded".
In CFJ 161's initiator's comments, change "referrant" to "referent" twice.
In CFJ 162's header, change "Initaitor" to "Initiator".
In CFJ 162's appealer's comments, change "acceed" to "accede".
In CFJ 162's appealer's comments, change "disreguarding" to "disregarding".
In CFJ 162's supreme court's comments, change "serveral" to "several";
  change "recommmends" to "recommends"; change "relavent" to "relevant" twice;
  change "completly" to "completely"; change "referrant" to "referent" twice;
  change "non-existant" to "non-existent".
In CFJ 163's judge's comments, change "intrepretation" to "interpretation".
In CFJ 164's penalty to original judge, change "assesed" to "assessed".
In CFJ 167's judge's comments, change "existance" to "existence"; change
  "maintanence" to "maintenance"; change "possiblility" to "possibility";
  change "Acakanomia" to "Ackanomia".
In CFJ 168's initiator's comments, change "preceeding" (the occurrence not
  in quotes) to "preceding".
In CFJ 170's appealer's comments, change "Propsal" to "Proposal".
In CFJ 170's appealer's comments, change "occurrances" to "occurrences".
In CFJ 170's penalty to original judge, change "Brinjil" to "Brinjal".
In CFJ 171's judge's comments, change "messsage" to "message".
In CFJ 173's judge's comments, change "necesarily" to "necessarily".
In CFJ 174's initiator's comments, change "deined" to "defined".
In CFJ 175's appealer's comments, change "Resoluations" to "Resolutions".
In CFJ 175's supreme court's comments, change "guarentees" to "guarantees";
  change "guarentee" to "guarantee"; change "impermissable" to "impermissible".
In CFJ 176's 2nd judge's comments, change "otbe" to "to be".
In CFJ 177's judge's comments, change "Reaoning" to "Reasoning";
  change "Converntion" to "Convention"; change "ins" to "in"; change
  "udsed" to "used"; change "spcify" to "specify"; change "referrence" to
  "reference"; change "reffer" to "refer"; change "refferences" to
  "references"; change "refference" to "reference".
In CFJ 178's statement, change "permissable" to "permissible".
In CFJ 178's initiator's comments, change "permissable" to "permissible".
In CFJ 178's supreme court's (Malenkai's) comments, change "Therfore" to
  "Therefore"; change "relavent" to "relevant".
In CFJ 180's initiator's comments, change "arbitrarilly" to "arbitrarily".
In CFJ 180's judge's comments, change "Judgeing" to "Judging".
In CFJ 92.9 + 2.718i's initiator's comments, change "persistance" to
  "persistence".
In CFJ 92.9 + 2.718i's judge's comments, change "anouncement" to
  "announcement"; change "own's" to "own", change "anouncing" to
  "announcing"; change "Thig" to "This"; change "no" to "not" (these
  last two in "Thig is no a name"); change "simultanesouly" to
  "simultaneously"; change "Judegment" to "Judgement"; change "judeged"
  to "judged".
In CFJ 184's initiator's comments, change "appliction" to "application" twice;
  change "interdeterminate" to "indeterminate".
In CFJ 186's judge's comments, change "infinitessimal" to "infinitesimal".
In CFJ 187's supreme court's comments, change "occured" to "occurred";
  change "solidifiying" to "solidifying"; change "codifed" to "codified".
In CFJ 187's penalty to appealer, change "friviously" to "frivolously".
In CFJ 188's initiator's comments, change "invokation" to "invocation".
In CFJ 188's judge's comments, change "paradoxal" to "paradoxical".
In CFJ 189's judge's comments, change "temorarily" to "temporarily".
In CFJ 190's appealer's comments, change "Frobnatzer's" to "Frobnotzer's".
In CFJ 191's initiator's comments, change "referrant" to "referent";
  change "relavent" to "relevant"; change "paradoxicial" to "paradoxical".
In CFJ 191's judge's comments, change "definately" to "definitely".
In CFJ 193's initiator's comments, change "descision" to "decision";
  change "consistantly" to "consistently".
In CFJ 193's judge's comments, change "reffer" to "refer"; change "alegged"
  to "alleged".
In CFJ 194's subject, change "Immutabilty" to "Immutability".
In CFJ 194's initiator's name, change "hobbes" to "Hobbes".
In CFJ 194's initiator's comments, change "explicitely" to "explicitly".
In CFJ 198's initiator's comments, change "changd" to "changed".
In CFJ 198's judge's comments, change "interpereted" to "interpreted".
In CFJ 199's initiator's comments, change "relevent" to "relevant".
In CFJ 200's 3rd judge's comments, change "immediatly" to "immediately".
In CFJ 201's CotC's comment, change "UNDECIDECD" to "UNDECIDED".
In CFJ 202's judge's comments, change "recusiveness" to "recursiveness";
  change "Grapefuit" to "Grapefruit"; change "ammend" to "amend".
In CFJ 204's judge's comments, change "inconsistant" to "inconsistent"; change
  "irrelevent" to "irrelevant"; change "inconsistancy" to "inconsistency".
In CFJ 205's judge's comments, change "sentances" to "sentences"; change
  "sentance" to "sentence", change "neccessarily" to "necessarily".
In CFJ 206's judge's comments, change "overrrules" to "overrules".
In CFJ 208's initiator's comments, change "Tabultor" to "Tabulator".
In CFJ 208's judge's comments, change "tommorow" to "tomorrow".
In CFJ 210's initiator's comments, change "Fon_Amimnorsty" to "Fon_Ahimnorsty".
In CFJ 211's judge's comments, change "consistuted" to "constituted".
In CFJ 211's appealer's comments, change "absense" to "absence".
In CFJ 214's judge's comments, change "ammending" to "amending";
  change "stat" to "state".
In CFJ 217's initiator's comments, change "decribed" to "described".
In CFJ 219's initiator's comments, change "inconsistensies" to
  "inconsistencies".
In CFJ 221's judge's comments, change "anyother" to "any other".
In CFJ 222's initiator's comments, change "nowehere" to "nowhere".
In CFJ 222's judge's comments, change "appliciability" to "applicability".
In CFJ 223's judge's comments, change "priviledge" to "privilege" 5 times.
In CFJ 225's judge's comments, change "give's" to "gives"; change "contary"
  to "contrary"; change "tammany" to "Tammany".
In CFJ 226's judge's comments, change "eligable" to "eligible".
In CFJ 227's 1st judge's comments, change "necessarilly" to "necessarily".
In CFJ 228's initiator's comments, change "alledges" to "alleges" twice;
In CFJ 228's judge's comments, change "sentance" to "sentence"; change
  "mey" to "may".
In CFJ 228's appealer's comments, change "belive" to "believe".
In CFJ 232's initiator's comments, change "statment" to "statement".
In CFJ 232's judge's comments, change "arguement" to "argument.
In CFJ 232's supreme court's comments, change "explicity" to "explicitly";
  change "submision" to "submission".
In CFJ 233's initiator's comments, change "relavant" to "relevant".
In CFJ 233's judge's comments, change "acceptence" to "acceptance".
In CFJ 234's initiator's comments, change "inconsistancy" to
  "inconsistency".
In CFJ 234's judge's comments, change "addtional" to "additional";
  change "anounce" to "announce".
In CFJ 234's supreme court's comments, change "inconsistancy" to
  "inconsistency".
In CFJ 235's initiator's comments, change "argee" to "agree"; change
  "seperate" to "separate".
In CFJ 236's initiator's comments, change "onSat" to "on Sat".
In CFJ 237's initiator's comments, change "suprisingly" to "surprisingly";
  change "relavent" to "relevant".
In CFJ 238's initiator's comments, change "alledgedly" to "allegedly".
In CFJ 239's initiator's comments, change "disregared" to "disregarded".
In CFJ 239's appealer's comments, change "contingincy" to "contingency".
In CFJ 240's judge's comments, change "particulalry" to "particularly";
  change "preferrable" to "preferable"; change "self-referrential" to
  "self-referential".
In CFJ 242's initiator's comments, change "indeterminite" to "indeterminate"
  twice.
In CFJ 242's judge's comments, change "necessarilly" to "necessarily".
In CFJ 244's judge's comments, change "unsatisfiying" to "unsatisfying";
  change "transferrence" to "transference"; change "absense" to "absence";
  change "interpetation" to "interpretation".
In CFJ 245's initiator's comments, change "simultaniously" to "simultaneously".
In CFJ 246's initiator's comments, change "resovle" to "resolve".
In CFJ 250's judge's comments, change "occured" to "occurred".
In CFJ 252's 2nd judge's name, change "Malekai" to "Malenkai".
In CFJ 253's statement, change "non-Enforcable" to "non-Enforceable".
In CFJ 254's statement, change "fromthe" to "from the".
In CFJ 255's initiator's comments, change "servesin" to "serves in";
  change "privlidge" to "privilege"; change "privlidges" to "privileges".
In CFJ 256's initiator's comments, change "superceeds" to "supersedes" twice;
  change "Enforcable" to "Enforceable".
In CFJ 257's initiator's comments, change "seperate" to "separate".

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