Subject: Ackanomic Digest V1 #305
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Ackanomic Digest       Monday, October 21 1996       Volume 01 : Number 305

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 08:01:36 EDT 
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Re: P1358

I wish Guy Fawkes had submitted this before that cheesy Restoration
Proposal.  I found myself ROTFL.  I can't wait to get me one of those
pointy ears

Habeous Corpus
overrun with Harf

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 07:04:11 -0500 (CDT)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: *ping*

Today is Sunday, the 20th day of October, in the Year of Our Lord 1996, 
and the Machine That Goes *ping* Has Gone *ping* today.  Since I have 
been scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 2 times.

Guy Fawkes
Scholar of *ping*

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 07:07:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Ackanomic: Proposal 1362

Proposal 1362 -- Sun 20 Oct 7:03 CDT 1996
In Which We May Be Hearing Things
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)

The symbol --- and quote marks are used as delimiters in this
proposal.  The symbols themselves are not part of any body of text the
proposal describes, but merely mark the beginning and end of such texts.
 
[ The current structure for this type of thing is
redundant and a little sloppy.  Standardize! ]
 
1.  A new Rule titled "Hearings" is created, reading:
- ---
A Rule may specify circumstances under which a Hearing is called.  When 
this happens, Count Tabula shall announce in a public message that a 
Hearing has been called, citing the rule that requires it and the 
circumstances that brought it about, and telling the valid responses [and 
other pertinent details].  As of this announcement, the Hearing is in 
session.
 
While the Hearing is in session, each Player may send his or her response 
to that Hearing to Count Tabula privately.  Count Tabula shall record 
each response that matches one of the valid responses for the hearing.  
If a Player who has already responded sends another valid response, the 
Assistant Tabulator shall discard the previous response and record the 
new one. {{[ This last sentence is probably taken for granted, but it 
isn't in any of the "Hearing" rules as they exist now. ]}}
 
The Hearing shall end when it has been in session for three days, or at 
the end of the cycle in which it was announced, whichever comes first.  
When it ends, it ceases to be in session.
 
Once a Hearing has ended, it has a verdict.  The verdict of the Hearing 
is whichever valid response was given by the most Players in response to 
the Hearing, if exactly one valid response holds this distinction.  
Otherwise, if there is a tie among two or more responses, the verdict 
shall be whichever of the tied responses appears first in the Rule 
defining them.  If no responses were received while the Hearing was in 
session, the verdict shall be "Never mind."  The Assistant Tabulator has 
the Duty of announcing the verdicts of Hearings with all due haste.
- ---
 
2.  Amend Rule 400/2 ("Politeness Moon") to read, in full:
- ---
Any Player sending a public message should be as polite as possible.  Any 
Player may call a Hearing on the matter of whether a certain public 
message from another Player was polite.
 
The valid responses to a Politeness Moon Hearing are "Yes, it was 
polite." and "No, it was not polite.". If the verdict of the Hearing 
shows that the message was not polite, the Player who sent it loses 3 
points.  If it shows that it was polite, its author gets the nickname 
Jazz JackRabbit for the next 3 days.
- ---
 
3.  Amend Rule 414/7 ("The Office of the Tabulator") by
substituting "Hearings" for "Politeness Moons" wherever
the latter appears.
 
4.  Rule 729 shall be amended to read, in full:
- ---
The Earth is flat.  Contradiction of this fact is Heresy.
 
If, in a public message, a Player refers to the Earth being round, or 
implies that this may be the case, any other Player may start a Witchhunt 
by sending a public message that names the alleged witch, quotes his or 
her allegedly heretical message, and calls for a Witchhunt.
 
A Witchhunt is a Hearing.  It is also a Very Grave Matter.  The valid 
responses to a Witchhunt are "No! E said the Earth is flat" and "BURN THE 
WITCH!"
 
If the verdict is "BURN THE WITCH!" the alleged witch shall be branded a 
witch and heretic.  He or she shall then be incinerated atop a bonfire 
large enough that it not only reduces the witch to his or her component 
atoms but also inspires righteous terror in all who see it.  When a witch 
is burned, e shall enter the Ackanomic Afterlife, and shall lose 10 
points.
 
Any Player who has been burned as a heretic exactly once is considered 
Enlightened.  Any Player burned more than once, however, is beyond hope 
and may never become Enlightened.  Any Player who is Enlightened is free 
to say what they wish, and may never have a Witchhunt called against 
them, or be burned as a heretic.  This paragraph has precedence over all 
others in this rule.
- ---
 
[current text:
 
The Earth is flat. Contradiction of this fact is Heresy. 
 
If, in a public message, a player refers to the Earth being round, or
implies that this may be the case, any other player may call for a
Witchhunt, by publically posting that they are doing so. 
 
During the Witchhunt, which lasts 3 days, players send their votes
to the Assistant Tabulator (hereafter referred to as the Witchfinder
General) containing the name of the alleged Heretic. Players can
vote either "No! E said the Earth is flat", or "BURN THE
WITCH!"
 
After the Witchhunt is over, a simple majority (50% or more) will
determine whether or not the alleged Heretic has been burned.The
Witchfinder General will publicly announce the outcome. 
 
If the witch has been burned, e shall enter the Ackanomic Afterlife,
and shall lose 10 points.
 
Any player who has been burned as a heretic exactly once is
considered Enlightened. Any player burned more than once,
however, is beyond hope and may never become Enlightened. Any
player who is Enlightened is free to say what they wish, and may
never have a Witchhunt called against them, or be burned as a
heretic. This paragraph has precedence over all others in this rule. 
]
 
5.  Rule 730 ("Steel Flea") shall be amended by
replacing the paragraph that begins "If any other
player believes" with:
- ---
If any other Player believes that this message is obviously fake and not 
clever or witty enough for the nanotech Phoebe, he or she may challenge 
the authenticity of the message by posting to that effect publically.  A 
Hearing is then called, with valid responses of "Phoebe would not say 
anything so crass" and "Phoebe said much the same thing to me once".  If 
the verdict is the former, then obviously the Player did not accurately 
report what Phoebe said, and e will lose the 6 points awarded previously, 
and will be fined another 6 points for selfishly keeping Phoebe's wisdom 
to emself.  Such challenges must be made within 3 days of the wisdom 
being posted, and may only be made once per report.
- ---
 
6.  Rule 1112.3 ("Let those who are without Harf cast
the first stone.") shall be amended to read, in full:
- ---
If any Player feels the Harfmeister is hogging the Harf [that is, sitting 
on the title of Harfmeister with no intent to designate any proposals as 
Harfy], they may start an Inquistition by publically calling for one.
 
An Inquisition is a Hearing.  It is also Strange.  The valid responses to
an Inquisition are "No!  He's going to share the Harf!", or "Yes! He is
Hogging the Harf!"  If the verdict is the latter, the Harfmeister is
guilty of hogging the Harf and must immediately go to his or her home if
he or she may legally do so.  The person who called for the Inquisition
then becomes the Harfmeister.
- ---

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 07:08:45 -0500 (CDT)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 1363

Proposal 1363 -- Sun 20 Oct 7:04 CDT 1996
Public Apologies
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

{{[The idea here is to establish a harfier punishment for players whose 
only crime is being the victim of a hideous scam, like trying to 
copyright commonly used words.  :) ]}}

Insert the following immediately after Rule 710, section 5e)

f) a PUBLIC APOLOGY of 1 or more lines by Player X

- ----

Insert the following immediately after Rule 710, section 7c)

7d) If the penalty includes a PUBLIC APOLOGY, Player X is required to 
post a public message of at least the court-required length apologizing for 
his criminal ways.  This should be done within three days of the 
expiration of his grace period, and it should have "Acka: Public Apology" 
as its subject line.  Failure to comply will result in the 
addition of three days to that player's Gaol sentence, if 
he is in Gaol, or the immediate transfer of that player to 
the Gaol for a three-day incarceration if he is not in 
Gaol.  Self-abasement is especially encouraged in such a message.

- ----

Insert the following into Rule 709, at the end of the list of actions 
explicitly permitted to players in the Gaol:

8) A player in the Gaol may make a Public Apology.  

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 07:10:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 1364

Proposal 1364 -- Sun 20 Oct 7:06 CDT 1996
Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

The Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication exists.  It is housed in a 
cosy laboratory in the south part of Acka.  When required by the rules, 
it will produce a replica of a player.  Such a replica may only take 
actions explicitly allowed it by the rules, and is rather short-lived, 
being destroyed at the end of the occasion which warranted its creation.  
Unless specified otherwise, there is no charge for such replicas.

The Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication also provides customized 
mutations, at a small fee, to any interested player.  If in a public 
message a player announces he is paying the specified fee for a mutation 
described in this rule, the cost is deducted from his account, and he 
receives that mutation and any special attributes associated with it described 
in this rule.  If he later wishes to have the mutation 
removed, he must pay a fee equal to that for receiving the mutation, and he 
shall cease to have both the mutation and any special attributes associated 
with it.

Current available mutations:

Extra head:  Cost -- 50 A$.  Each extra head possessed by a player allows 
him to wear one more piece of headwear than he would otherwise be 
allowed.  This takes precedence over other mutable rules dealing with any 
form of headwear inasmuch as their restrictions on the number of pieces 
of headwear a player may wear are relaxed for those with extra heads.  Players 
with extra heads are encouraged to occasionally get into public arguments 
amongst their heads.

Pointy ears: Cost -- 4 A$ each, or 6 A$ for a pair.  Pointy ears don't do 
much, but players who have them may threaten other players with a Vulcan 
Neck Pinch and be taken seriously.  Players without pointy ears may 
also make this threat, but they are liable to be laughed at upon doing 
so.  Players with only one pointy ear are liable to be laughed at 
regardless of their actions.

Wings: Cost -- 100 A$.  Winged players need not worry about dangling from 
the earth, as they can reattach the suction cups for any player that 
might lose them.  Because of the size of buildings, it requires three winged 
players to reattach a building's suction cups, and after doing so, they 
must rest for three days before reattaching anything else.  Since extra 
heads ruin a player's aerodynamics, a player may not have both wings and 
an extra head.

Other mutations may be developed in the future, and if they are, they 
should be added to this rule.

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 07:11:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Ackanomic: Proposal 1365

Proposal 1365 -- Sun 20 Oct 7:07 CDT 1996
In Which We Crack Down on Crime
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)

1. Rule 710 ("Criminal Justice") is amended by changing
the section which reads:
- ---
    3) Its "statement" shall be "X has broken the Rules", where X is
    replaced with the name of a registered player.
- ---
to
- ---
    3) Its "statement" shall be "X has committed a Crime", where X is
    replaced with the name of a registered player.
- ---
 
2.  A new rule is created, titled "Crime", reading:
- ---
To break the Rules is a Crime, a Felony.
 
To perform an action specified by the Rules to be Illegal is a Crime.
An action specified by the Rules to be "impermissible" is, by contrast,
impossible.  However, an attempt to commit such an action is a Crime
[even though the action itself does not occur].
 
Failure of an Officer to perform a Duty of an Office e holds is a 
Crime.  The act of performing a Duty incorrectly is Malpractice, which 
is also a Crime.
- ---
 
3.  Rule 362 ("No Dead Players Allowed") is amended to read, in full:
- ---
If any player who is not currently on a voluntarily activated vacation 
does not vote or communicate publicly with all of the Ackanomic players
for a time period of one week, and this fact is pointed out to the 
Speaker by any player, then the Speaker has a Duty to send a message 
to the player who has been absent.  In this message the Speaker has a
Duty to ask the player if e wishes to continue playing the game, and to
point out why the message is being sent.  If the player does not reply
within two days, then e is placed on vacation with an expected duration
of two days, unless e never was an active player, in which case e is
removed from the game, and treated as if e never joined the game [and
thus no Undead is created, etc].
- ---
 
[This changes "must" to "has the Duty of".]

4. Rule 414 ("The Office of the Tabulator") is amended by
replacing
- ---
(c) to report the acceptance or rejection of each proposal.
    Proposal results must be reported in the time order in
    which their voting periods ended.
- ---
with
- ---
(c) to report the acceptance or rejection of proposals, in
    the time order in which their voting periods ended.
- ---

5.  Rule 569 ("Overturning Judgements") is amended by replacing
- ---
The Supreme Court must then decide the case and return its
verdict within one week.
- ---
with
- ---
The Supreme Court shall then decide the case, and should
return its verdict within one week.
- ---

6.  Rule 775 ("Church") is amended by replacing
- ---
c.All Church members must abide by Church Policy as long as
they are members of the Church.
- ---
with
- ---
c.  A Player who disobeys the Church Policy of a Church of which he or
she is a member is guilty of Iconoclasm, which is a Crime.  It is
impermissible for a Player to take a game action which constitutes
Iconoclasm if he or she has any legal alternative which would not
constitute Iconoclasm.  [That is, Iconoclasm normally doesn't happen
unless there is no alternative.  It is possible for a player to
commit Iconoclasm by inaction, though.]
- ---
 
and by replacing
- ---
The Church must respond within 4 days with an explanation
it finds suitable.  A Church may provide such an explanation
even if no request was made.
- ---
with
- ---
Members of the Church may respond to this however they like, and any such 
response has the official Ackanomic Seal of Politeness, regardless of how 
brain-stoppingly offensive it is.
- ---
 
and by replacing
- ---
7. a.  When a player wishes to join a Church, e may
communicate this fact to the Church Founder either publically
or privately.
 
b. If Church Policy has nothing to say on accepting new
members, then Church membership will be up to the Founder.
 
c. Whenever a new player joins a Church, the Church Founder
must make a public announcement to that effect. 
 
d. A player may leave a Church at any time. 
- ---
with
- ---
7. a.  Any player may petition the Founder of a Church for
membership in that Church.
 
b. If Church Policy has nothing to say on accepting new
members, then Church membership will be up to the Founder.
However, a Player cannot become a member of a Church until
the Founder of the Church sends a public announcement to
that effect.
 
c.  A player may leave a Church at any time.
- ---
 
and by replacing
- ---
8. a. A Church must always have at least one Priest. 
 
b. A Church must always have at least at four members,
including Priests.
- ---
with
- ---
8. a.  If a Church ever has no Priests or (Heaven forbid) has
fewer than zero Priests, that Church is disbanded.  That is,
it no longer exists as a Church.
 
b.  If a Church ever has fewer than four members, it is
disbanded.
- ---

7.  Rule 779 ("Succession Proceedings") is amended by replacing
- ---
3) Upon SPS being invoked, one of the players invoking them
   must send a message to the current Speaker stating what is
   going on, with the subject line "Ackanomic: Official: SPS".
   If the current Speaker responds to the message in the public
   forum within 3 days, SPS is immediately terminated.
- ---
with
- ---
3) If no one sends a message to the current Speaker within
   a day of SPS being invoked, stating what is going on,
   with the subject line "Ackanomic: Official: SPS",
   SPS are immediately terminated.  If the current Speaker
   responds to the message in the public forum within 3 days,
   SPS is immediately terminated.
- ---

8.  Rule 797 ("Festival of Torkola") is amended by replacing
- ---
The Promoter is strongly encouraged, but not required, to
do this.  He or she must consider the state of the game and
popular opinion when making this decision.
- ---
with
- ---
The Promoter is strongly encouraged, but not required, to do
this, taking into consideration the state of the game and
popular opinion.
- ---

9.  Rule 818 ("Prosthetic Foreheads") is amended by replacing
- ---
A player may wear a Prosthetic Forehead that they own, but e
may wear only one Prosthetic Forehead at a time. A player
must announce publicly whenever it starts or stops wearing a
Prosthetic Forehead, and must also announce what type of
Prosthetic Forehead is involved.
- ---
with
- ---
A Player who is not already wearing a Prosthetic Forehead
may wear any one e owns by announcing publicly that e is
doing so and what type of Prosthetic Forehead is involved.
A Player who is wearing a Prosthetic Forehead may remove it
by announcing the action publicly.
- ---

10.  Rule 832 ("Postmaster") is amended by replacing
- ---
All players, except those who are vacationing, must be
subscribed to the official mailing list at all times.
- ---
with
- ---
For a Player who is not on vacation to unsubscribe
from the official mailing list is a Crime.
- ---

11.  Rule 892 ("Journalistic Integrity") is amended by replacing
- ---
If a newspaper publishes an article containing any statement that
another player considers to be untrue, that player may ask for a
correction to be published in the same newspaper. The player must
voice her objection publically within a week of the article being
published.
 
If a correction is not published by the newspaper within a week of
the complaint being made, or if the complainant is not satisfied
with the correction, then she may make a Call for Criminal Judgement
against the owner of the offending newspaper.
- ---
with
- ---
It is a Crime for a Player to refuse to publish, in a newspaper he or she 
owns, a correction of an untrue statement that previously appeared in 
that newspaper, after a public request for such a correction has been 
made.  Simply neglecting to publish such a correction for a period of 
three days or more after the request shall be taken as refusal to do so.
- ---
 
12.  Rule 924 ("Required Reading") is amended by removing section f).
 
[f) The Web-Harfer may publically request that the Speaker 
help him or her in his or her attempt to comply with
clause a) and b). If such a request is made, the Speaker
must make a bona-fide effort to help the Web-Harfer.]

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 07:18:26 -0500 (CDT)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 1366

Proposal 1366 -- Sun 20 Oct 7:14 CDT 1996
More Time for Campaigning
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

This is a Modest Proposal.

Amend Rule 504 so that its first paragraph reads:

The Presidency of Ackanomia of an Office with one Seat.  The player who 
holds that seat is called the President.  The President's Term of Office 
is 8 weeks.  The President is filled by a process identical to 
Election for Office except that the election period is seven rather than 
three days.

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 10:34:28 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Phoebe (Habeous Corpus)

I rather liked Phoebe's last words as relayed by IdiotBoy.  In
any case, her matchbox has been found by Habeous Corpus.

Malenkai
speaker

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 10:39:13 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 310 (mr cwm)

mr cwm has been chosen, and has 3 days to accept/decline.

Clerk of the Courts
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Call For Judgement 310
  Subject: Illegal Chess
Initiator: Niccolo Flychuck
    Judge: mr cwm (selected Oct 20, 1996, 10:38h EDT)
Judgement:

Statement:

PartyChess move 14 - Place Bishop at f1 (Brinjal, NAP Swinger)- never
occured.

Niccolo Flychuck's Reasoning:

The move is illegal, and therefore it never occured.

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 10:46:33 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 311 (CnH)

Calvin N Hobbes has been chosen, and has 3 days to accept/decline.

Clerk of the Courts
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Call For Judgement 311
  Subject: Illegal Chess
Initiator: Niccolo Flychuck
    Judge: Calvin N Hobbes (selected Oct 20, 1996, 10:45h EDT)
Judgement:

Statement:

PartyChess move 14 - place bishop at f1 (Brinjal, NAP) - never occured,
and neither did any of the events that followed it.

Reasoning:

The move was an illegal move.
The Chess-Umpire was supposed to declare it illegal.
I claim that the play was illegal, and therefore never took place.
Consequently, all other PartyChess events which followed could also not
have taken place.

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 11:19:32 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Duel

Pretty good turnout for the Duel, which is narrowly won by Guy Fawkes.
Does a duel constitute a seperate public gathering (so we can hit
snowgod up for some more drinks), or is it kinda at the same place and
time as the bondfire?

Oct 20 11:16 EDT: +6 Guy Fawkes: Victor in a duel
Oct 20 11:16 EDT: +3 Malenkai: Second of duel victor
Oct 20 11:16 EDT: -6 Robert Sevin: Vanquished in a duel
Oct 20 11:16 EDT: -3 Calvin N Hobbes: Second of duel vanquished

Guy Fawkes (8)
- ----------
   Mohammed
   Guy Fawkes
   /dev/joe
   Bascule
   Malenkai
   Habeous Corpus
   ThinMan
   Brinjal

Robert Sevin (6)
- ------------
   snowgod
   mr cwm
   Calvin N Hobbes
   Niccolo Flychuck
   breadbox
   Robert Sevin

Count Tabula

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 19:20:01 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 308 Verdict

CFJ 308 has been judged TRUE.

Clerk of the Courts
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Call For Judgement 308
  Subject: Quoting the Press
Initiator: ThinMan
    Judge: Mohammed (selected Oct 14, 1996, 22:26h EDT)
Judgement: TRUE
 
Statement:

Simple use of the name of a Newspaper in a public post does not
necessarilly constitute publishing or attempting to publish the text of
the post in the specified Newspaper.

ThinMan's Reasoning:

Rule 891 says, in part:
News articles may be posted by the owner of a newspaper, quoting the of
name of the newspaper in the article. Such an article is said to have
been published in that newspaper.

No player may publish articles in a paper she does not own without the
express permission of the owner.

News articles may be published without reference to a specific
newspaper. Such articles are said to be the work of the Underground
Press, or Samizdat organisations.

What is a "news article"?  What does it mean to "quote the name of the
newspaper"?  Does the criterion of quoting the name of the newspaper
apply to everyone, or just to the owner?  The rule is unclear.

R 891 seems to indicate that news articles are distinct from ordinary
messages when it specifies that they may be published without reference
to a specific newspaper.  Players are, and always have been, permitted
to post almost whatever they wish to the public forum; that special
provision has been provided for news articles suggests that these are
distinct from normal
messages.  That whole argument notwithstanding, I think it a very
straightforward interpretation, based on normal English usage, that the
messages we post to the list are not, for the most part, news articles.

As far as "quoting the name of the newspaper" goes, it seems to be
customary that simply including the words "Steel Flea Gazette" in a
public message does not constitute an attempt to publish that material
in that newspaper.  The text of the rule is poor guidance in this case,
but a contrary interpretation, aside from going against custom, could
make things rather difficult for all players.

Mohammed's Reasoning:

Some rules assign artificial meanings to certain words, meanings that
only apply (or, indeed, make sense) within the scope of the game.
Examples of such words in Ackanomic include "tradeable", "judgement", and
"newspaper".

However, in my best judgement, a word in the Ackanomic language is only
separated from its English meaning to the extent that the Rules (or some
other source of legal authority) provide a clear definition for the word
in its new context.

Some words, such as "Protected" and "Tradeable", have had clear
definitions from the first time they entered the Rules.  Other words,
such as "Article", do not have official definitions strong enough to
separate them from their English meanings.  I interpret an article in
this usage to be a document written in the style of a newspaper article.

Just exactly what constitutes such a "style" is not the issue here.

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Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 16:04:44 -0800 (AKDT)
From: "Phillip R. Ackley" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Voting Results Delayed

Ackanomians,

I just wanted to let you know before I go to work (in about 15 minutes) 
that the voting results for today will be delayed until I get home.  I 
had hoped to have them out before I left, but my computer has crashed 
several times this afternoon, and it appears that it's not going to happen.

Anyhow, I have everything all tabulated.  I just have to plug the 
information into a form and send it out.

snowgod

who didn't want to be tardy on his first day on the job

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