Subject: Ackanomic Digest V1 #246
From: [email-masked] (Ackanomic Digest)
To: ackanomic-digest

Ackanomic Digest      Thursday, February 7 2036      Volume 01 : Number 246

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 09:29:05 -0600
From: Sam Peterson <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re:  Acka: For Sale ! 

At 09:47 AM 9/18/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Malenkai,
>
>>I offer the following Prosthetic Forehead, from my collection, for sale
>>to the highest bidder.  Minimum bid: A$1.  Maximum bid: A$1000.  Habeous
>>Corpus may be interested, being the owner of a Vending Machine:
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>      It is solid gold; some appraisers have mentioned a value of A$500
>>for the headpiece. It simply has an advertisement etched in the front of it: 
>>
>>            For Sale!! Cheap!! 
>>            Prosthetic Foreheads for only A$4!
>>            The Cheapest anywhere in the land!
>>            There is an endless supply and an endless variety available for 
>>Purchase! 
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------

I bid A$ 4 for the forehead.

UncleSam

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 09:41:27 -0600
From: Sam Peterson <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: PFUncleSam? 

At 11:10 AM 9/18/96 EDT, you wrote:
>I will purchase all remaining PFUncle you have at A$3 each.  Please confirm.
>
>Wayne
>

This is confirmed I am selling my 40 remaining PFUncle to Wayne for 120 A$.

UncleSam

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:44:29 -0500
From: [email-masked] (John Bollinger)
Subject: Re: Acka: PFUncleSam? 

Uncle Sam wrote:
>At 06:44 PM 9/17/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>On Tue, 17 Sep 1996, Sam Peterson wrote:
>>> >I will buy 30 PFUncle for 30 A$.  If you agree to this transaction, state 
>>> >your acceptance and ask the Financier to take note.
>>> >
>>> >Guy Fawkes.
>>> >
>>> 
>>> I agree to the transaction above.  Please transfer 30 A$ from Guy's account
>>> to mine and 30 PFUncle from my account to Guy.
>>> 
>>> Uncle Sam
>>> 
>>I'm a reasonable guy, I'll take 30 PFUncle @ A$30, as well.
>>
>>--
>>IdiotBoy, as always, dumber than a box of hammers.
>>[email-masked]
>>
>
>I agree to both of these transactions.  Thank you Finacier for all the
>transactions you keep track of.

So noted.  You're welcome.

ThinMan
Financier

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:51:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: mr cwm <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re:  Acka: CFJ 291 (Habeous Corpus)

On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, ThinMan wrote:

> 
> >Call For Judgement 291
> >  Subject: Gnomic
> >Initiator: Wayne
> >    Judge: Habeous Corpus (selected Sep 18, 1996, 01:16h EDT)
> >Judgement:
> >
> >Statement:
> >
> >There is no such entity as the Voting Gnome.
> >
> >Wayne's Reasoning:
> >
> >Rule 355 only proposes to create the Gnome.  It does not actually create
> >the Voting Gnome.
> 
> I almost submitted this one myself, but never got around to it.  The rules
> must guide play _as written_, and Wayne is absolutely right.  However, the
> Judge must also consider that months of game custom have established the
> interpretation that R 355 did, in fact, create the Gnome.  There is a
> fairly thin line between the exact wording of the rules and their customary
> interpretation.  If this CFJ had been submitted soon after R355 was enacted
> then I think it should have been judged TRUE.  As it is, I think game
> custom has firmly established an interpretation that requires CFJ 291 to
> be judged FALSE.
> 
> ThinMan
> Bronze Torch Holder
> Acting Justice
> 
> 

I wonder if the text appearing as R355 actually is R355, or if it is,
instead, the result of an error on the part of the promoter.  I usually
preface my submissions with "I wish to submit the following proposal ...",
but that is never part of the rule created when one of my proposals
passes.  Perhaps "I propose to" is just such a preface, and should have
been removed, causing the actual rule to begin with "Create ..."

Just a thought.

- -mr cwm
 wearing a Silly Vacation Hat

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:58:06 -0500
From: [email-masked] (John Bollinger)
Subject: Re:  Ackanomic: Proposal 1249 

>Proposal 1249 - Wed Sep 18 10:51:04 EDT 1996
>Patent Infringement
>mr cwm  (Eric Murray)
>
>When a Player is Guilty of Patent Infringement they shall:
>
>1)  deliver the item described in the preceeding paragraph to the Gaoloer,
>    to be placed in the Gaol's Evidence Room.
>2)  obtain a Prosthetic Forehead in accordance with the Rules, and present
>    it to the Inventor, as a symbolic apology to the intellectual
>    community.
>3)  be said to be Guilty of Patent Infringement until an Appeal For Pardon
>    is GRANTed them by the President.

This section is flawed; it would require the Player in question to
continuously perform these actions until they are pardoned.  It should
be something like "When a Player becomes Guilty of Patent Infringement
[...]."

I have to vote NO on this in its present form, even though I like the
idea.

ThinMan

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:03:44 -0500
From: [email-masked] (John Bollinger)
Subject: Re: Acka: PFUncleSam? 

>At 11:10 AM 9/18/96 EDT, you wrote:
>>I will purchase all remaining PFUncle you have at A$3 each.  Please confirm.
>>
>>Wayne
>>
>
>This is confirmed I am selling my 40 remaining PFUncle to Wayne for 120 A$.
>
>UncleSam

So noted.

ThinMan
Financier

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:04:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: IdiotBoy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: PFBonds Latest quotes.

Buying:
PFHabeous (30 @ A$120)
PFbreadbox (25 @ A$50)
PFThinMan (10 @ A$90)
PFsnowgod (10 @ A$45)
PFNiccolo (10 @ A$50)

Selling:
PFIdiotBoy (30 @ (A$300 || 30 PF Wayne || 45 PFGuy))
PFUncle (30 @ A$150)
PFMalenkai (10 @ A$180)

http://slack.net/~idiot/acka/
IB
- --
IdiotBoy, as always, dumber than a box of hammers.
[email-masked]

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:35:03 -0500 (CDT)
From: robert gene shimmin <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: PFBond Trader's Page

I don't see the 14 Sep 1996 transaction 
Guy Fawkes -25 PFGuy, +25 PFsnowgod
frozenwaterdiety -25 PFsnowgod, +25 PFGuy

Please check your records.
Guy Fawkes

On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, John Bollinger wrote:

> 10 Sep 1996, Transaction
> IdiotBoy -45, +30 PFNiccolo
> Niccolo Flychuck +45, -30 PFNiccolo
> 
> 10 Sep 1996, Transaction
> Guy Fawkes -50, +30 PFHabeous
> Habeous Corpus +50, -30 PFHabeous
> 
> 10 Sep 1996, Transaction
> IdiotBoy +25, +25 PFTechno, -50 PFIdiotBoy
> Techno -25, -25 PFTechno, +50 PFIdiotBoy
> 
> 11 Sep 1996, Transaction
> IdiotBoy +75, -30 PFNiccolo
> Guy Fawkes -75, +30 PFNiccolo
> 
> 11 Sep 1996, Transaction
> IdiotBoy +75, -20 PFIdiotBo
> Niccolo Flychuck -75, +20 PFIdiotBo
> 
> 11 Sep 1996, Transaction
> Techno -150, +25 PFsnowgod
> SnowGod +150, -25 PFsnowgod
> 
> 13 Sep 1996, Transaction
> Niccolo Flychuck -125, +25 PFTechno
> IdiotBoy +125, -25 PFTechno
> 
> 13 Sep 1996, Transaction
> Techno -100, +20 PFNiccolo
> Niccolo Flychuck +100, -20 PFNiccolo
> 
> 16 Sep 1996, Transaction
> Techno -190, +10 PFMalenka
> Malenkai +190, -10 PFMalenka
> 
> 16 Sep 1996, Transaction
> IdiotBoy -120, +20 PFTechno
> Techno +120, -20 PFTechno
> 
> 16 Sep 1996, Transaction
> IdiotBoy -20 PFTechno, +1 prosthetic forehead
> Malenkai +20 PFTechno, -1 prosthetic forehead
> 
> 17 Sep 1996, Transaction
> Guy Fawkes -30, +30 PFUncle
> Uncle Sam +30, -30 PFUncle
> 
> 
> ThinMan
> Financier
> 

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:42:04 -0500 (CDT)
From: robert gene shimmin <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Ackanomic: Proposal 1249

I like the concept, though the loophole could have been fixed much more 
succinctly, but this is a more fun way of doing it.

The whole condition of being Guilty of Patent Infringement until pardoned 
by the President seems a bit excessive to me.  If the entity is safely 
locked away, and they have submitted a Forehead as a means of apology, 
the Guilty etc. thing seems to me a pointless addition.

Guy Fawkes

On Wed, 18 Sep 1996 [email-masked] wrote:

> Proposal 1249 - Wed Sep 18 10:51:04 EDT 1996
> Patent Infringement
> mr cwm  (Eric Murray)
> 
> The following actions shall be taken:
> 
> ---------
> 
> A new Rule shall be created with the title "Patent Infringement" and the
> following text: 
> 
> If there is a type of Ackanomic Entity whose creation or existance is
> specified by a Rule or Rules, and yet a Player possesses an Entity of that
> type whose creation or existance was made possible solely by the Rule
> "Permissibility of the Unprohibited," that Player shall be Guilty of
> Patent Infringement, unless that Entity is any type of Frog.
> 
> When a Player is Guilty of Patent Infringement they shall:
> 
> 1)  deliver the item described in the preceeding paragraph to the Gaoloer,
>     to be placed in the Gaol's Evidence Room.
> 2)  obtain a Prosthetic Forehead in accordance with the Rules, and present
>     it to the Inventor, as a symbolic apology to the intellectual
>     community.
> 3)  be said to be Guilty of Patent Infringement until an Appeal For Pardon
>     is GRANTed them by the President.
> 
> --------
> 
> R711 (Appeal for Pardon) shall be amended in the following ways:
> 
> Clause 2 shall read:  The player has had a verdict of TRUE reached against
> them within the past 3 days on a CFCJ, OR the player is in the Gaol, OR
> the player is Guilty of Patent Infringement.
> 
> The final paragraph shall read:  If the AFP is GRANTed, the penalty from
> the most recent CFCJ against the player is waived, and/or the player is
> immediately released from the Gaol, if they are in the Gaol, or the player
> will no longer be said to be Guilty of Patent Infringement.
> 
> --------
> 
> R709 (Gaol) shall be amended by inserting the following paragraph
> between the the
> current first and second paragraphs:
> 
> The Gaol has an Evidence Room that is a Location unlimited in capacity. 
> The Gaoler shall place items in the Evidence Room as directed by the
> Rules.  Items in the Evidence Room belong to no Player.  Items in the
> Evidence Room may not be manipulated in any way except as explicitly
> permitted by the Rules.  This paragraph takes precedence over R665
> (Treasury and Hard Money) insofar as it is necessary to prevent the
> unowned items from being placed in the Treasury.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:47:03 -0500 (CDT)
From: robert gene shimmin <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: For Sale !

> >>I offer the following Prosthetic Forehead, from my collection, for sale
> >>to the highest bidder.  Minimum bid: A$1.  Maximum bid: A$1000.  Habeous
> >>Corpus may be interested, being the owner of a Vending Machine:
> >>
> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>      It is solid gold; some appraisers have mentioned a value of A$500
> >>for the headpiece. It simply has an advertisement etched in the front of it: 
> >>
> >>            For Sale!! Cheap!! 
> >>            Prosthetic Foreheads for only A$4!
> >>            The Cheapest anywhere in the land!
> >>            There is an endless supply and an endless variety available for 
> >>Purchase! 
> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Guy Fawkes bids 5 A$ 

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:51:16 -0600
From: Sam Peterson <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: For Sale ! 

At 11:47 AM 9/18/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>> >>I offer the following Prosthetic Forehead, from my collection, for sale
>> >>to the highest bidder.  Minimum bid: A$1.  Maximum bid: A$1000.  Habeous
>> >>Corpus may be interested, being the owner of a Vending Machine:
>> >>
>> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >>      It is solid gold; some appraisers have mentioned a value of A$500
>> >>for the headpiece. It simply has an advertisement etched in the front
of it: 
>> >>
>> >>            For Sale!! Cheap!! 
>> >>            Prosthetic Foreheads for only A$4!
>> >>            The Cheapest anywhere in the land!
>> >>            There is an endless supply and an endless variety available
for 
>> >>Purchase! 
>> >>--------------------------------------------------------------------------

UncleSam bids 6 A$

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:52:31 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: retracting P1222

Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
> 
> Since P1208 passed, retracting R1116, my proposal 1222 is not needed so I am
> retracting it.
> 
> /dev/joe

I believed I bribed Tammany on this proposal.  I'll let someone else
figure that one out.

Malenkai
pressed for time

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:58:53 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: For Sale !

robert gene shimmin wrote:

>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >>      It is solid gold; some appraisers have mentioned a value of A$500
> > >>for the headpiece. It simply has an advertisement etched in the front of it:
> > >>
> > >>            For Sale!! Cheap!!
> > >>            Prosthetic Foreheads for only A$4!
> > >>            The Cheapest anywhere in the land!
> > >>            There is an endless supply and an endless variety available for
> > >>Purchase!
> > 
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Guy Fawkes bids 5 A$

I have received a bid via private e-mail of A$6.

Malenkai
in the headwear business
anyone have an SVH they would like me to barter?

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 13:00:12 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: For Sale !

Sam Peterson wrote:
> 
> At 11:47 AM 9/18/96 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >> >>I offer the following Prosthetic Forehead, from my collection, for sale
> >> >>to the highest bidder.  Minimum bid: A$1.  Maximum bid: A$1000.  Habeous
> >> >>Corpus may be interested, being the owner of a Vending Machine:
> >> >>
> >> 
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >>      It is solid gold; some appraisers have mentioned a value of A$500
> >> >>for the headpiece. It simply has an advertisement etched in the front
> of it:
> >> >>
> >> >>            For Sale!! Cheap!!
> >> >>            Prosthetic Foreheads for only A$4!
> >> >>            The Cheapest anywhere in the land!
> >> >>            There is an endless supply and an endless variety available
> for
> >> >>Purchase!
> >> 
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> UncleSam bids 6 A$

This bid has been preceeded by the private e-mail bid of A$6.

Malenkai
wish I had more inventory, and time

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:15:51 -0600
From: Sam Peterson <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: For Sale ! 

At 01:00 PM 9/18/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Sam Peterson wrote:
>> 
>> At 11:47 AM 9/18/96 -0500, you wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> >>I offer the following Prosthetic Forehead, from my collection, for sale
>> >> >>to the highest bidder.  Minimum bid: A$1.  Maximum bid: A$1000.  Habeous
>> >> >>Corpus may be interested, being the owner of a Vending Machine:
>> >> >>
>> >> 
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> >>      It is solid gold; some appraisers have mentioned a value of A$500
>> >> >>for the headpiece. It simply has an advertisement etched in the front
>> of it:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>            For Sale!! Cheap!!
>> >> >>            Prosthetic Foreheads for only A$4!
>> >> >>            The Cheapest anywhere in the land!
>> >> >>            There is an endless supply and an endless variety available
>> for
>> >> >>Purchase!
>> >> 
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Uncle Sam bid A$ 10 for the forehead

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 20:02:42 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Bascule??

I'm not sure whether Bascule is on-ice or on Vacation.

Does a statement extending the Vacation while on Vacation constitute a
legal extension of the Vacation? I don't think so. According to my
interpretation Bascule is on-ice. If I'm wrong, then he is simply on
Vacation, for all practical purposes, it shouldn't matter much.

Niccolo Flychuck

On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Bascule wrote:

> > Did Bascule ever officially remove himself from vacation?  Registrar?
> 
> No, I did not; I was waiting for that verdict on the appeal of the 
> appeal. If mr cwm and ThinMan are close to verdicts on the other SC 
> business then I will stay on vacation fora couple of more days, 
> otherwise I'll return this evening.
> 
> > If not, then ThinMan should be fined A$1 for CFJ 269.
> 
> Is this right? I thought I carried the can whatever.
> 
> > Malenkai
> > randomly losing track of random things
> 
> Bascule
> thinking of changing party from FUN to permanent vacation
> 
> 

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 14:03:39 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Prop 1212 Fails

Here are the voting results for : 1212
  Proposal 1212 - Wed Sep 11 12:04:27 EDT 1996
  #proposal
  Wayne  (Wayne Sheppard)

Quorum met : 19 eligible voters -- 14 players cast votes

7 YES votes   10 NO votes   0 PRESENT votes
Proposal FAILS

Wayne loses 7 points.  10 -> 3

7 YES votes:  3 point each
  Bash                   Underworld            27 -> 30           
  Techno                 Underworld            66 -> 69           
  Guy Fawkes             FUN                   59 -> 62           
  IdiotBoy               Underworld            56 -> 59           
  skinny                                        6 -> 9            
  Underworld Unity vote                        =   0               
  Wayne                  Underworld             3 -> 6            

10 NO votes:  
  Malenkai               FUN                  = 248               
  Robin Hood                                  =  35               
  Brinjal                                     =  22               
  ThinMan                Vulcan               =  11               
  Niccolo Flychuck       Vulcan               =  61               
  Habeous Corpus                              =  94               
  Vulcan Unity vote                           =   0               
  /dev/joe               Vulcan               = 185               
  Uncle Sam                                   =   6               
  mr cwm                 (None Yet)           =  18               

0 PRESENT votes:

5 ABSTENTIONS:
  snowgod                (None Yet)           
  this is not a name     (None Yet)           
  Calvin N Hobbes        FUN                  
  fnord                                       
  breadbox                                    

Players on Vacation who did not vote:
  fon                                         
  Bascule                FUN                  
  Robert Sevin                                
  Pascal                                      
  Geezer                                      

New players who are not active:
  Tim                                         

====================================================
Wayne, your friendly Tabulator
====================================================

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 14:04:07 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Prop 1214 Fails

Here are the voting results for : 1214
  Proposal 1214 - Wed Sep 11 12:06:55 EDT 1996
  #proposal
  Wayne  (Wayne Sheppard)

Quorum met : 19 eligible voters -- 14 players cast votes

6 YES votes   11 NO votes   0 PRESENT votes
Proposal FAILS

Wayne loses 7 points.  6 -> -1

6 YES votes:  3 point each
  Bash                   Underworld            30 -> 33           
  Techno                 Underworld            69 -> 72           
  IdiotBoy               Underworld            59 -> 62           
  skinny                                        9 -> 12           
  Underworld Unity vote                        =   0               
  Wayne                  Underworld            -1 -> 2            

11 NO votes:  
  Malenkai               FUN                  = 248               
  Robin Hood                                  =  35               
  Brinjal                                     =  22               
  ThinMan                Vulcan               =  11               
  Niccolo Flychuck       Vulcan               =  61               
  Habeous Corpus                              =  94               
  Vulcan Unity vote                           =   0               
  /dev/joe               Vulcan               = 185               
  Guy Fawkes             FUN                  =  62               
  Uncle Sam                                   =   6               
  mr cwm                 (None Yet)           =  18               

0 PRESENT votes:

5 ABSTENTIONS:
  Calvin N Hobbes        FUN                  
  this is not a name     (None Yet)           
  snowgod                (None Yet)           
  fnord                                       
  breadbox                                    

Players on Vacation who did not vote:
  fon                                         
  Bascule                FUN                  
  Robert Sevin                                
  Pascal                                      
  Geezer                                      

New players who are not active:
  Tim                                         

====================================================
Wayne, your friendly Tabulator
====================================================

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 14:04:50 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Prop 1215 Passes

Here are the voting results for : 1215
  Proposal 1215 - Wed Sep 11 13:35:09 EDT 1996
  Renaming Houses
  /dev/joe  (Joseph DeVincentis)

Quorum met : 19 eligible voters -- 13 players cast votes

14 YES votes   2 NO votes   0 PRESENT votes
Proposal PASSES

/dev/joe gains 10 points.  185 -> 195

14 YES votes:  
  Malenkai               FUN                  = 248               
  Robin Hood                                  =  35               
  Brinjal                                     =  22               
  ThinMan                Vulcan               =  11               
  Niccolo Flychuck       Vulcan               =  61               
  Bash                   Underworld           =  33               
  Habeous Corpus                              =  94               
  Vulcan Unity vote                           =   0               
  /dev/joe               Vulcan               = 195               
  IdiotBoy               Underworld           =  62               
  Tammany                                     =   0               
  Uncle Sam                                   =   6               
  mr cwm                 (None Yet)           =  18               
  Wayne                  Underworld           =   2               

2 NO votes:  3 points each
  Techno                 Underworld            72 -> 75           
  Guy Fawkes             FUN                   62 -> 65           

0 PRESENT votes:

6 ABSTENTIONS:
  snowgod                (None Yet)           
  this is not a name     (None Yet)           
  Calvin N Hobbes        FUN                  
  fnord                                       
  skinny                                      
  breadbox                                    

Players on Vacation who did not vote:
  fon                                         
  Bascule                FUN                  
  Robert Sevin                                
  Pascal                                      
  Geezer                                      

New players who are not active:
  Tim                                         
===============
Tammany was bribed by /dev/joe for A$5.

====================================================
Wayne, your friendly Tabulator
====================================================
Proposal 1215 - Wed Sep 11 13:35:09 EDT 1996
Renaming Houses
/dev/joe  (Joseph DeVincentis)

This is a modest proposal.

Amend rule 839 by adding the following to the end of the first paragraph
after the list of building sizes:

  Players may rename a building they own which was created by this section
  of this rule by announcing the new name and unambiguously identifying
  the building to be renamed in a public message.

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 14:05:40 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Prop 1216 Passes

Here are the voting results for : 1216
  Proposal 1216 - Wed Sep 11 13:35:11 EDT 1996
  Preambling
  /dev/joe  (Joseph DeVincentis)

Quorum met : 19 eligible voters -- 13 players cast votes

12 YES votes   3 NO votes   1 PRESENT votes
Proposal PASSES

/dev/joe gains 10 points.  195 -> 205

12 YES votes:  
  Malenkai               FUN                  = 248               
  Brinjal                                     =  22               
  ThinMan                Vulcan               =  11               
  Niccolo Flychuck       Vulcan               =  61               
  Bash                   Underworld           =  33               
  Vulcan Unity vote                           =   0               
  /dev/joe               Vulcan               = 205               
  Guy Fawkes             FUN                  =  65               
  IdiotBoy               Underworld           =  62               
  Tammany                                     =   0               
  mr cwm                 (None Yet)           =  18               
  Wayne                  Underworld           =   2               

3 NO votes:  3 points each
  Robin Hood                                   35 -> 38           
  Techno                 Underworld            75 -> 78           
  Uncle Sam                                     6 -> 9            

1 PRESENT votes:
  Habeous Corpus                               =  94

6 ABSTENTIONS:
  Calvin N Hobbes        FUN                  
  this is not a name     (None Yet)           
  snowgod                (None Yet)           
  fnord                                       
  skinny                                      
  breadbox                                    

Players on Vacation who did not vote:
  fon                                         
  Bascule                FUN                  
  Robert Sevin                                
  Pascal                                      
  Geezer                                      

New players who are not active:
  Tim                                         
===========================
/dev/joe bribed the Tammany in the amount of A$5.

====================================================
Wayne, your friendly Tabulator
====================================================
Proposal 1216 - Wed Sep 11 13:35:11 EDT 1996
Preambling
/dev/joe  (Joseph DeVincentis)

{{[ Due to the possible confusion that "preambles" in proposals can cause,
especially if they are not bracketed like this one, I want to add to the
rules what is now game custom, that a proposal to create a new rule does
not need to state this, and limit this effect to proposals which only
create one new rule, so that in a proposal like "Jeremiah, the rather
average looking bullfrog", the preamble doesn't get written into a rule. 

I think this is a reasonable limitation; there's another limit implicit
in what I've written below, which I think is required, to ensure that a
whole proposal which has other effects can't be interpreted as creation
of a new rule which has those effects.  Due to this limit, a proposal
to create one new rule which somehow deals with amending (etc.) rules
will have to explicitly state that it is creating a new rule. ]}}

1. Amend Rule 491, "What Is A Rule Change?", change

 "Otherwise, the rule change is invalid."

to:

 "If an accepted proposal does not refer to amending, repealing,
  transmuting, or creating rules, then it is treated a valid rule change
  to create a new mutable rule with the entire body of the proposal as
  its text; this implicit creation of a new rule is only applied in the
  case defined in this sentence.  Rule changes not defined as valid by the
  rules are invalid."

2. Repeal all rules whose text differs only in spacing, punctuation, and/or
capitalization from "This is a modest proposal".

3. The six lines between the next two quote marks is Section A.

"
Reasoning:

The framers of rule 629 intended to allow the Report of the Convention to
be accepted under circumstances other than an EXACT 7/8 to 1/8 vote.  This
Rule Change would allow unanimous, and >7/8, acceptance to permit the
Report of the Convention to be accepted.
"

Repeal all rules whose entire text is Section A.

Delete Section A wherever it appears within Rule 629.

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 14:06:45 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Prop 1217 Fails

Here are the voting results for : 1217
  Proposal 1217 - Wed Sep 11 13:38:28 EDT 1996
  The Payoff
  Wayne  (Wayne Sheppard)

Quorum met : 19 eligible voters -- 14 players cast votes

7 YES votes   10 NO votes   0 PRESENT votes
Proposal FAILS

Wayne loses 7 points.  2 -> -5

7 YES votes:  3 point each
  Malenkai               FUN                  248 -> 251          
  Bash                   Underworld            33 -> 36           
  Techno                 Underworld            78 -> 81           
  IdiotBoy               Underworld            62 -> 65           
  skinny                                       12 -> 15           
  Underworld Unity vote                        =   0               
  Wayne                  Underworld            -5 -> -2           

10 NO votes:  
  Robin Hood                                  =  38               
  Brinjal                                     =  22               
  ThinMan                Vulcan               =  11               
  Niccolo Flychuck       Vulcan               =  61               
  Habeous Corpus                              =  94               
  Vulcan Unity vote                           =   0               
  /dev/joe               Vulcan               = 205               
  Guy Fawkes             FUN                  =  65               
  Uncle Sam                                   =   9               
  mr cwm                 (None Yet)           =  18               

0 PRESENT votes:

5 ABSTENTIONS:
  snowgod                (None Yet)           
  this is not a name     (None Yet)           
  Calvin N Hobbes        FUN                  
  fnord                                       
  breadbox                                    

Players on Vacation who did not vote:
  fon                                         
  Bascule                FUN                  
  Robert Sevin                                
  Pascal                                      
  Geezer                                      

New players who are not active:
  Tim                                         

====================================================
Wayne, your friendly Tabulator
====================================================

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 14:07:12 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Prop 1218 Fails

Here are the voting results for : 1218
  Proposal 1218 - Wed Sep 11 13:51:02 EDT 1996
  Scroll of Money
  Wayne  (Wayne Sheppard)

Quorum met : 19 eligible voters -- 14 players cast votes

9 YES votes   8 NO votes   0 PRESENT votes
Proposal FAILS

Wayne loses 7 points.  -2 -> -9

9 YES votes:  3 point each
  Malenkai               FUN                  251 -> 254          
  Bash                   Underworld            36 -> 39           
  Techno                 Underworld            81 -> 84           
  Guy Fawkes             FUN                   65 -> 68           
  IdiotBoy               Underworld            65 -> 68           
  skinny                                       15 -> 18           
  Underworld Unity vote                        =   0               
  Uncle Sam                                     9 -> 12           
  Wayne                  Underworld            -9 -> -6           

8 NO votes:  
  Robin Hood                                  =  38               
  Brinjal                                     =  22               
  ThinMan                Vulcan               =  11               
  Niccolo Flychuck       Vulcan               =  61               
  Habeous Corpus                              =  94               
  Vulcan Unity vote                           =   0               
  /dev/joe               Vulcan               = 205               
  mr cwm                 (None Yet)           =  18               

0 PRESENT votes:

5 ABSTENTIONS:
  Calvin N Hobbes        FUN                  
  this is not a name     (None Yet)           
  snowgod                (None Yet)           
  fnord                                       
  breadbox                                    

Players on Vacation who did not vote:
  fon                                         
  Bascule                FUN                  
  Robert Sevin                                
  Pascal                                      
  Geezer                                      

New players who are not active:
  Tim                                         

====================================================
Wayne, your friendly Tabulator
====================================================

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 14:07:32 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Prop 1219 Fails

Here are the voting results for : 1219
  Proposal 1219 - Wed Sep 11 14:18:42 EDT 1996
  Time Zone
  IdiotBoy  (Matt Miller)

Quorum met : 19 eligible voters -- 13 players cast votes

5 YES votes   9 NO votes   0 PRESENT votes
Proposal FAILS

IdiotBoy loses 7 points.  68 -> 61

5 YES votes:  3 point each
  ThinMan                Vulcan                11 -> 14           
  Bash                   Underworld            39 -> 42           
  Techno                 Underworld            84 -> 87           
  IdiotBoy               Underworld            61 -> 64           
  Uncle Sam                                    12 -> 15           

9 NO votes:  
  Malenkai               FUN                  = 254               
  Robin Hood                                  =  38               
  Brinjal                                     =  22               
  Niccolo Flychuck       Vulcan               =  61               
  Habeous Corpus                              =  94               
  /dev/joe               Vulcan               = 205               
  Guy Fawkes             FUN                  =  68               
  mr cwm                 (None Yet)           =  18               
  Wayne                  Underworld           =  -6               

0 PRESENT votes:

6 ABSTENTIONS:
  snowgod                (None Yet)           
  this is not a name     (None Yet)           
  Calvin N Hobbes        FUN                  
  fnord                                       
  skinny                                      
  breadbox                                    

Players on Vacation who did not vote:
  fon                                         
  Bascule                FUN                  
  Robert Sevin                                
  Pascal                                      
  Geezer                                      

New players who are not active:
  Tim                                         

====================================================
Wayne, your friendly Tabulator
====================================================

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 14:08:29 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Prop 1220 Fails

Here are the voting results for : 1220
  Proposal 1220 - Wed Sep 11 14:25:02 EDT 1996
  Inflation
  /dev/joe  (Joseph DeVincentis)

Quorum met : 19 eligible voters -- 13 players cast votes

9 YES votes   8 NO votes   0 PRESENT votes
Proposal FAILS

/dev/joe loses 7 points.  205 -> 198

9 YES votes:  3 point each
  Malenkai               FUN                  254 -> 257          
  Robin Hood                                   38 -> 41           
  ThinMan                Vulcan                14 -> 17           
  Niccolo Flychuck       Vulcan                61 -> 64           
  Vulcan Unity vote                           =   0               
  /dev/joe               Vulcan               198 -> 201          
  Tammany                                     =   0               
  Uncle Sam                                    15 -> 18           
  mr cwm                 (None Yet)            18 -> 21           

8 NO votes:  
  Brinjal                                     =  22               
  Bash                   Underworld           =  42               
  Habeous Corpus                              =  94               
  Techno                 Underworld           =  87               
  Guy Fawkes             FUN                  =  68               
  IdiotBoy               Underworld           =  64               
  Underworld Unity vote                        =   0               
  Wayne                  Underworld           =  -6               

0 PRESENT votes:

6 ABSTENTIONS:
  Calvin N Hobbes        FUN                  
  this is not a name     (None Yet)           
  snowgod                (None Yet)           
  fnord                                       
  skinny                                      
  breadbox                                    

Players on Vacation who did not vote:
  fon                                         
  Bascule                FUN                  
  Robert Sevin                                
  Pascal                                      
  Geezer                                      

New players who are not active:
  Tim                                         
=============================
/dev/joe bribed the Tammany in the amount of A$15

====================================================
Wayne, your friendly Tabulator
====================================================

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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 96 14:09:44 EDT 
From: [email-masked] ()
Subject: Ackanomic: Prop 1221 Fails

Here are the voting results for : 1221
  Proposal 1221 - Wed Sep 11 15:19:53 EDT 1996
  Amend Rule 1219
  Guy Fawkes  (Robert Shimmin)

Quorum met : 19 eligible voters -- 13 players cast votes

4 YES votes   11 NO votes   0 PRESENT votes
Proposal FAILS

Guy Fawkes loses 7 points.  68 -> 61

4 YES votes:  3 point each
  Brinjal                                      22 -> 25           
  Bash                   Underworld            42 -> 45           
  Guy Fawkes             FUN                   61 -> 64           
  Uncle Sam                                    18 -> 21           

11 NO votes:  
  Malenkai               FUN                  = 257               
  Robin Hood                                  =  41               
  ThinMan                Vulcan               =  17               
  Niccolo Flychuck       Vulcan               =  64               
  Habeous Corpus                              =  94               
  Vulcan Unity vote                           =   0               
  /dev/joe               Vulcan               = 201               
  Techno                 Underworld           =  87               
  IdiotBoy               Underworld           =  64               
  mr cwm                 (None Yet)           =  21               
  Wayne                  Underworld           =  -6               

0 PRESENT votes:

6 ABSTENTIONS:
  snowgod                (None Yet)           
  this is not a name     (None Yet)           
  Calvin N Hobbes        FUN                  
  fnord                                       
  skinny                                      
  breadbox                                    

Players on Vacation who did not vote:
  fon                                         
  Bascule                FUN                  
  Robert Sevin                                
  Pascal                                      
  Geezer                                      

New players who are not active:
  Tim                                         

====================================================
Wayne, your friendly Tabulator
====================================================

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