Subject: Ackanomic Digest V1 #351
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Ackanomic Digest      Saturday, November 16 1996      Volume 01 : Number 351

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 22:39:37 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost (breadbox)

> snowgod played at 20:12 EST Nov 14
> 
> The current Ghost word is:   adhe
> 
> It is now breadbox's turn.
> 

"adhea"

b

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 00:59:21 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Ghost (Malenkai)

breadbox played at Nov 15, 01:39 EST.

The current Ghost word is:   adhea

It is Malenkai's turn.

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:51:05 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka : Official  - RuneMaker

I am hereby anouncing that in three days an Otzma Day will start. During
the Otzma Day I will use my power to create Otzma Cards.
I'm not sure what the LSAP is. I know we had fourteen just now, so it's
sufficient to require the creation of at least one and at most four
Cards. Perhaps someone can tell if there has been a longer string of
proposals so I'd have my records straight.

Niccolo Flychuck
RuneMaker

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 02:24:25 -0900 (AKST)
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Rental requests

> a Whamiol (Don't worry; I'm not snowgod)

Which reminds, I am still waiting for A$500 from Habeous Corpus!  Give me
the money or your whamiol gets it!

snowgod

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 04:00:43 -0900 (AKST)
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1416 Passes

[This oughta keep the Web-Harfer busy for a day or so!]

Quorum achieved on P1416: 15 Eligible voters - 10 Players cast votes
8 YES votes - 3 NO votes - 0 PRESENT votes - Proposal Passes

   Proposal 1416 - Tue 5 Nov 12:52 CST 1996
   Entities
   Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)

Malenkai gains 10 points:                         

YES Votes:
- ---------
Brinjal                                         
/dev/joe                     Vulcan            
ThinMan                      Vulcan           
Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)         
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan              
Vulcan Unity Vote                                   
Mohammed                                            
Malenkai                     FUN                               

NO Votes:                   
- --------                        
Habeous Corpus                                             +3
mr cwm                       (None Yet)                    +3
snowgod                      (None Yet)                    +3

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------                          
NONE                                        
       
Abstentions:
- -----------
Robert Sevin                                    
Calvin N Hobbes                                                                     
Bascule    
breadbox              
fnord 
                                 
Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

Sorry, But it is too big, and my web-client wont allow it!  For the 
complete text visit:

http://wilma.che.utexas.edu/~devjoe/acka/prop1450.html

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 07:50:23 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 1444

Proposal 1444 -- Fri 15 Nov 7:46 CST 1996
Opening up greater access to the Fun of Gadget creation
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

{{[An attempt to spread the fun of Inventor around, and allow Blueprints
and Gadgets to still be produced if an Inventor is too busy to write
them for a period of time.  This should not clash with anything in the
queue.]}}

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

Amend R 593 to change its title to "Ackanomic Research Guild" and its
text to:

"
{{Malenkai loses 2 points, Guy Fawkes gains 2 points [rework of his idea
in response to initial proto-RFC]}}

I. The Ackanomic Research Guild (Guild) consists of the holders of the
following, and only the following, offices on the lettered list below.
A member of the Guild has the title of Scientist:

A. Inventor

The Office of Inventor has one seat and is filled by Election for office.
The Duties of the Inventor are to keep a public record of all existing
Blueprints, to keep a public record of who owns each existing Gadget,
and to take care of all other bookkeeping required to ensure that all
Gadgets behave in accordance with their Blueprints.

B. Wizard

The Office of Wizard has one seat.  This office is Tradebable, and is
held by the player who possesses the seat, if any.  When this seat is
vacant (and not buried), it is auctioned in a public Auction, with a
minimum bid of A$100.

C. Archaeologist

The Office of Archaeologist has one seat.  This seat is filled or
transferred only as follows:  At the end of a Cycle, before player
scores are reset, this seat is transferred to the single player who
has the highest score which is both a prime number and not equivalent
to the Magic Number, and is not already a Scientist.  If no such player
exists, this seat is not transferred (nor filled if vacant).

II.  A player may hold no more than one of the preceeding offices at
any one time.

III.  When a Scientist is removed from their office by impeachment, he
loses 20 points.  If a Scientist resigns from their offcie while an
Impeachment Paper is pending against him, he loses 5 points.  An
Impeachment Paper against a Scientist requires no quorum and a simple
majority of votes in favor to be accepted.  This takes precedence over
Rule 613.
"

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

Amend R 594, "Blueprints", as follows:

1) In section (i), replace "The Inventor" with "A Scientist" and
   replace "the Inventor" with "the Scientist" and
   add the following sentence at the end of the section:

"A Scientist may create no more than 4 Blueprints per calendar month."

2) In section (iii), replace

"If an Inventor leaves office for any reason"

with

"If a Scientist leaves or loses their office for any reason"

and replace the word "Inventor" in the notes brackets with "Scientist".

3) Add the following section immediately before the text which
begins with "[A Blueprint is not a legally binding":

"
(vi) Blueprints are unownable entities.
"

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

Amend R 786, "Gadgets" as follows, in the order specified:

1) In section (iv), replace "the Inventor" with "a Scientist" and
   replace "The Inventor" with "A Scientist".

2) In section (iv)(e), replace "succeeding Inventor" with "succeeding
(or another) Scientist".

3) In section (iv)(a) thru (iv)(e), replace all occurrances of the
character string "Inventor" with the character string "Scientist".

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

Renumber R 786, "Gadgets" to 595.

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

Amend R 1300, "Patent Infringement", to replace "the Inventor" in section
2) with "a Scientist".

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 07:50:46 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 1445

Proposal 1445 -- Fri 15 Nov 7:46 CST 1996
Boo!
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

This is a Modest proposal.

Create a new rule which reads:

{{

[Ethics prevent checking the official dictionary, but it is probably
rather difficult to win this variant of Ghost, if you go first.]

Amend Games and Contest Game 103, "Ghost" to replace all occurrances of

"
 (1) has at any point in the last three days been a word in the official 
dictionary
"

with

"
 (1) is in excess of 2 letters, and has at any point in the last three
days been a word in the official dictionary
"

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 07:51:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 1446

Proposal 1446 -- Fri 15 Nov 7:47 CST 1996
Noise Ordinances
breadbox (Brian Raiter)

This is a Modest proposal.

In Rule 1240, section III, amend the sentence which currently states
[last sentence, second paragraph]:

  "The truth must be such that the Machine shall not fail to go *ping*
  for any seven consecutive calendar days during the current Scholar's
  term."

to read instead:

  "The truth must be such that the Machine shall not fail to go *ping*
  for any seven consecutive calendar days, nor shall it go *ping*
  without fail for any fourteen consecutive calendar days during the
  current Scholar's term."

{{[ With all due respect to Guy Fawkes, the Machine's creator; but a
    Machine that *ping*s every day without fail is just as inscrutable
    as a Machine that is completely silent. ]}}

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 07:51:43 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 1447

Proposal 1447 -- Fri 15 Nov 7:47 CST 1996
High 5
Niccolo Flychuck

This is a Modest proposal.

Ammend R1026 section 9e to read in full:
"If at least 5 Active Players, or 10% of the Active Players, whichever is
greater, not including the author of the description, endorse the
description within 7 days, it is approved, otherwise it is
rejected. This sub-section defers precedence to sub-sections b and d."  

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:00:08 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka : Official  - RuneMaker

Uri Bruck wrote:

> I know we had fourteen just now, so it's
> sufficient to require the creation of at least one and at most four
> Cards.

It seems to me we sort of implicitly agreed that that streak was stopped
at 10 as P 1393 was not accepted, and that it is now game custom that
all non-accepted proposals stop a streak.  Feel free to call a CFJ; I
just assumed that since no one did, there was implicit agreement.

This is not to say that a previous streak was not 14; my memory, however,
is that the longest to date is 12, although /dev/joe just posted all of the
streaks.  I will dig up that old e-mail later today to verify that, if
I have the time, which I may not.

Malenkai

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:48:39 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka : Official  - RuneMaker

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Malenkai wrote:

> Uri Bruck wrote:
> 
> This is not to say that a previous streak was not 14; my memory, however,
> is that the longest to date is 12, although /dev/joe just posted all of the
> streaks.  I will dig up that old e-mail later today to verify that, if
> I have the time, which I may not.

I remember that there was a streak of 12, which is sufficient to create 5
Cards ( a streak of 14 would allow me to create 6, and not 4 as I've
posted before- I'll make do with 5) 
Niccolo Flychuck
RuneMaker

 > 
> Malenkai
> 

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 08:01:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost (Malenkai)

Fellow Ghost players, I am afraid I must resign. I have just now
realized that I cheated. To be specific, I examined the official
dictionary before I submitted my move. I don't know where the hell my
brain was, but it would be grossly unfair of me to keep playing.

b

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 10:59:34 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: P1416 Passes

> [This oughta keep the Web-Harfer busy for a day or so!]
	Yup.  Longest ever passed proposal; is there a five point bonus 
for that?  *grin*

> Malenkai gains 10 points:
	Uh, I worked -hard- on this proposal... :o)  Those are my ten 
points.

	Out of curiosity:  How many of you have telnet access?  (Come to 
think of it, it's somewhat more important whether or not my domain allows 
incoming telnets freely!  I don't know.)
	Those of you interested in network programming shall learn 
Python.

- --Mohammed

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:09:28 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: P1416 Passes

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Jason Orendorff wrote:
> 	Those of you interested in network programming shall learn 
> Python.
> 
> --Mohammed
>
A blessing? A prophecy? A commandment?

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:15:00 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: Hunting for Treasure

In the past week I've managed to post clues about two out of three
conditions for my Treasure Map (I've written the one). If you want any
clues about the third condition, you gonna have to fight it out of me.

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:29:23 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost (Malenkai)

Well, it's not strictly cheating, it's just unethical, so you could keep 
playing if you really want to.  Still, I have no idea what word "adhea" 
might fall into, unless the official dictionary has a large amount of 
slang within.

Guy Fawkes
who was expecting the round to end at dhow or dharma

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Brian Raiter wrote:

> Fellow Ghost players, I am afraid I must resign. I have just now
> realized that I cheated. To be specific, I examined the official
> dictionary before I submitted my move. I don't know where the hell my
> brain was, but it would be grossly unfair of me to keep playing.
> 
> b

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:32:19 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: P1416 Passes

A curse?

GF

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Uri Bruck wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Jason Orendorff wrote:
> > 	Those of you interested in network programming shall learn 
> > Python.
> >
> A blessing? A prophecy? A commandment?

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:47:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Ghost (Malenkai)

> Well, it's not strictly cheating, it's just unethical, so you could keep 
> playing if you really want to.  Still, I have no idea what word "adhea" 
> might fall into, unless the official dictionary has a large amount of 
> slang within.

Exactly why I should resign. I can now name two or three words off the
top of my head containing "adhea."

b

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 13:46:35 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: P1416

Way down in P1416, I found:

>20.  Rule 786 ("Gadgets") is amended by changing
>---	
>	(iii) A Gadget has at most one owner. Gadgets are tradeable.
>---
>to
>---
>	(iii) Gadgets are tradeable entities.
>---
>and by removing
>---
>	(iv) Entites with the same name as a Gadget proposed or
>	introduced by a Blueprint may only be created in accordance with
>	procedures explicitly delineated in the Rules.
>---

The paragraph above numbered (iv) is not, and has never been, a part of
rule 786.  (It is in rule 594.)

>35.  Rule 1329 ("Church Sanctuary") is amended by changing the
>sentence "The W-File Pair is a protected entity." [at the end] to "The
>W-File Pair and Mold and Scold are entities."

This sentence is actually in rule 1330, "Telepathy, Telekinesis, and Side
Effecs".  Proposal 1380 split that part off as a separate rule.

>36.  Rule 1348 ("Trinkets") is amended by changing

This rule is 1348.1, but by the current R451, the proposal is interpreted
as if it used the correct number.

/dev/joe

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:47:05 +0000
From: Matt <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Resignation

I'm sorry to say that due to work etc I have very little time for 
Acka nowadays. I find the game too amusing to leave entirely, but I 
feel I ought to resign as Justice. Besides, it's time someone else 
had a go. 

Bascule
ex-Justice

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 22:09:37 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Resignation

This has far ranging effects.
Bascule quitting means that the FUN party dissolves, which leaves us with
two Parties, which means that Party-Hall is no longer in session, which
means that PartyChess is suspended. (the rules doesn't specify that the
game is ended, or that the board is cleared, just that is only played when
Party-Hall is in session

Since there now exists the potential for
Capital-Swingers, I think this restriction no longer makes sense, it was
my intention to ammend that bit anyway to three, or more Swingers, rather
than Parties (we need some minimum). 
If that is accepted, then we go back to playing in a week
(I'll be away between the 24-28, so may be a bit more, if no one wants to
take over Umpiring during that time - the web page isn't required of the
umpire, just the e-mail part.)
Niccolo Flychuck
Chess-Umpire

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Matt wrote:

> I'm sorry to say that due to work etc I have very little time for 
> Acka nowadays. I find the game too amusing to leave entirely, but I 
> feel I ought to resign as Justice. Besides, it's time someone else 
> had a go. 
> 
> Bascule
> ex-Justice
> 
> 

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 14:10:59 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: Resignation

Niccolo Flychuck wrote:
> This has far ranging effects.
> Bascule quitting means that the FUN party dissolves [...]

> On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Matt wrote:
> 
> > I'm sorry to say that due to work etc I have very little time for 
> > Acka nowadays. I find the game too amusing to leave entirely, but I 
> > feel I ought to resign as Justice. Besides, it's time someone else 
> > had a go. 
> > 
> > Bascule
> > ex-Justice

Re-read what Bascule wrote.  He only resigned from the office of Justice.

/dev/joe

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 22:16:21 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Resignation - Chess correction

BIG OOPS - (is there an embarassed emoticon)

Just disregard eveything I posted on suspension of Chess, etc.
/dev is right. 
Bascule is still with us.
So is chess.

Niccolo Flychuck

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> Niccolo Flychuck wrote:
> > This has far ranging effects.
> > Bascule quitting means that the FUN party dissolves [...]
> 
> > On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Matt wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm sorry to say that due to work etc I have very little time for 
> > > Acka nowadays. I find the game too amusing to leave entirely, but I 
> > > feel I ought to resign as Justice. Besides, it's time someone else 
> > > had a go. 
> > > 
> > > Bascule
> > > ex-Justice
> 
> Re-read what Bascule wrote.  He only resigned from the office of Justice.
> 
> /dev/joe
> 
> 
> 

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:36:45 -0900 (AKST)
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Resignation

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Uri Bruck wrote:

> 
> 
> This has far ranging effects.
> Bascule quitting means that the FUN party dissolves, which leaves us with
> two Parties, which means that Party-Hall is no longer in session, which
> means that PartyChess is suspended. (the rules doesn't specify that the
> game is ended, or that the board is cleared, just that is only played when
> Party-Hall is in session

It is my understanding that bascule did not quit the game, rather he just 
put himself on a lower activity level by resigning as justice. :)
> 
> On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Matt wrote:
> 
> > I'm sorry to say that due to work etc I have very little time for 
> > Acka nowadays. I find the game too amusing to leave entirely, but I 
> > feel I ought to resign as Justice. Besides, it's time someone else 
> > had a go. 
> > 
> > Bascule
> > ex-Justice
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 12:45:29 -0900 (AKST)
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Financier

Near as I can figure, the nomination period for the office of the
Financier has ended.  The nominess were:

Malenkai 
Mohammed

I am hereby appointing Malenkai to the OotF. May God have mercy on his
soul.

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 18:25:39 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Financier

Phil Ackley wrote:
> 
> Near as I can figure, the nomination period for the office of the
> Financier has ended.  The nominess were:
> 
> Malenkai
> Mohammed
> 
> I am hereby appointing Malenkai to the OotF. May God have mercy on his
> soul.

If anyone cares, I believe the nomination ends Nov 16, 01:18 EST.  
Remember, the time of the Holiday is not counted in the 3 day nomination
period.  (Nor is it counted in the 7 days I have to report what Phoebe
said, although I hope to throw that together now).

Also, I shall probably appoint Mohammed as an assistant, if he wants
the post, and we can test his bot, etc, and eventually he can do the
full job. Once that is all working, I shall resign under the
"smooth transition" office rewrite (assuming Mohammed wants to do this).

Malenkai
who regretted he did not handle the last transition smoothly

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 18:07:28 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Church of Python?

me> 	Those of you interested in network programming shall learn 
me> Python.
NF> A blessing? A prophecy? A commandment?
	A blessing, I would say.  In any case--  an incentive:

I hereby create a Trinket worth A$97 called the Staff of the Silicon
Python.  Once the staff of the Head Lumberjack of the long-defunct Church
of Python, this ornately carved rod stands four feet tall and has a core
of pure silicon, surrounded by a thick layer of quartz.  The wavery
surface of the quartz appears uneven, even carelessly designed, but when
exposed to just sunlight at just the right angle, the refraction of the
quartz and reflection of the surface of the silicon within combine to
focus the light on the ground in a tiny, perfect image of a python, just a
few inches long. 

I make another Trinket, worth only A$7, named the Bracelet of Conjuring, a
pretty bracelet of leather depicting two garter snakes interwoven.  When 
the bracelet is worn, the snakes are seen to slither in opposite 
directions around the wearers wrist.

I make a Treasure including the Bracelet of Conjuring and bury it a short 
distance from my home.  I write a map reading:  the Treasure of the 
Bracelet of Conjuring shall be found by the first player who sends me 
something I find interesting, of his or her own composition, written in 
Python.

I make a Treasure including the Staff of the Silicon Python-- and bury it
very deep in-- you know what I just realized?  It seems to me that the
earth must have some depth to it, or one could not bury things.  Anyway, I
write a map reading:  the Treasure of the Staff of the Silicon Python
shall be found by the first person to send me something I find truly
fascinating or delightful, of his or her own composition, written in
Python. 

I am definitely interested in founding a Church of Python and possibly 
converting certain procedures in the rule set from English (which is 
esoteric, complex, verbose, vague, and generally difficult) to Python (which 
anyone can understand).

Information about python is plentiful on their web site at
http://www.python.org  (Text-search their front page for 'full scoop' and
follow that link.)  A C++ programmer can learn a huge, v. useful chunk of
python in 4 hours.  Also on python.org:  Python for DOS (precompiled and
zipped; ready to run) and Unix (precompiled versions are available for
choice platforms; the source is also there.)

- --Mohammed (not wasting bandwidth-- this is a public service announcement)

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 18:14:34 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: P1416

> The paragraph above numbered (iv) is not, and has never been, a part of
> rule 786.  (It is in rule 594.)
	This doesn't really need to be removed, anyway.  Like so much 
other flotsam in the ruleset, it's not hurting anybody (except ph a few
network admins scattered across the globe.)
	And, having the W-File Pair be protected is (come to think of
it) probably good for them, considering the trouble field agents can get
into from time to time.  Nice to know Mold and Scold have someone covering
them.
	Not too bad, all in all.

- --Mohammed (now, bring on the loopholes...)

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 18:16:01 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Financier

> Also, I shall probably appoint Mohammed as an assistant, if he wants
> the post, and we can test his bot, etc, and eventually he can do the
> full job. Once that is all working, I shall resign under the
> "smooth transition" office rewrite (assuming Mohammed wants to do this).
	Sounds perfect to me.

- --Mohammed

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 18:39:40 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Church of Python?

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Jason Orendorff wrote:

> I am definitely interested in founding a Church of Python and possibly 
> converting certain procedures in the rule set from English (which is 
> esoteric, complex, verbose, vague, and generally difficult) to Python (which 
> anyone can understand).

which is why I prefer English to algorithm.  The applications of wordplay 
and ambiguity are nearly infinite; in fact, were natural language 
unambiguous, I do not believe nomic would ever have been invented.  The 
beauty of this game is that the harder we struggle to make sense out of 
it, the more abstruse it becomes.  There are intricacies we've only begun 
to imagine -- formalizing it would strip it of its fun, at least for me.

Guy Fawkes

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:43:26 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Misc: What Phoebe Says

Wasting time around the Castle one day, doing mundane chores like
measuring the east wing for a Tower, and putting a surge protector on
the Electronic Potato, I noticed an unusual object lying in the dust
of a dark, unused room.  I walked over, careful not to drag the 
Purple Robe of Justice in the thick dust, and picked the object up.
It was a blue and red matchbox of some sort.  I opened it, and into
my palm jumped Phoebe, who, to make a short story long, spoke thusly:

It was written in the prophesies of those who created me that a
period of ignorance would blanket the land; all knowledge would
be lost for a great many millenia.

Thus Chorg and the people of Jara created three artifacts to
preserve this knowledge in spoken, written, and visual form,
until such time as some souls became Enlightened and astute
enough to comprehend it once again.  Two of these artifacts
have already been found...

The time is nigh to find the third, as it is marked by the
coming of the 3 P's: an hour long Parade that was three
hours too long, a Prayer written a long time ago, before
it could be known that we would not start at the beginning,
and of course, Yours Truly.

Such is well protected, for we assured that only the
Enlightened were qualified to open it, and the astute able
to find its location and key.  Of course, sometimes the
truly enlightened have trouble becoming recogized as
such; in this unfortunate case, published proof of ones
enlightenment or knowledge of the facts is sufficient
qualification.

Just then Phoebe started to tell me the location of the
Chalice in the Palace as well, but in the haste to transcribe
her words, I dropped her matchbox in the thick layer of dust
on the floor, and I could not find it again.

[note: I have put the clues mentioned above (as well as other known
ones) in the Treasure Archive at http://www.itw.com/~malenkai/ackabta.htm]

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 02:50:30 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Church of Python?

On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Guy Fawkes wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Jason Orendorff wrote:
> 
> > I am definitely interested in founding a Church of Python and possibly 
> > converting certain procedures in the rule set from English (which is 
> > esoteric, complex, verbose, vague, and generally difficult) to Python (which 
> > anyone can understand).
> 
> which is why I prefer English to algorithm.  The applications of wordplay 
> and ambiguity are nearly infinite; in fact, were natural language 
> unambiguous, I do not believe nomic would ever have been invented.  The 
> beauty of this game is that the harder we struggle to make sense out of 
> it, the more abstruse it becomes.  There are intricacies we've only begun 
> to imagine -- formalizing it would strip it of its fun, at least for me.
> 
> Guy Fawkes
>
I believe that some formalization at the foundations, which is one of the
directions we have been taking ever since Ackanomic begun, allows much
more informal growth and expansion at the more visible levels. 
Chess (standard, not party) has very formal rules, yet is a highly
creative game. ( I like to think that PartyChess would prove to be just as
creative).

Niccolo Flychuck

 

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 19:47:31 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Treasure

I have added a guesses and clues section to the bottom of the buried
treasure archive at:

http://www.itw.com/~malenkai/ackabta.htm

These include any attempted guesses, responses, announced clues, etc,
in the order they become knowable to me that they are such (date and
treasure order will not work).

Malenkai
close to finding the Chalice in the Palace

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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 03:11:36 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: Treasure

Three deeds must be done to find the Chalice from the Palace.
The first has half been done by one.
The second has been done by one, and did not go unrecognized.
The third has been attempted by none.

Need less to say, the keeper of this secret does not count, and
would take the road less traveled by to avoid returning to the place where
the Chalice from the Palac has been hidden.

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 21:46:03 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Score Report

In the last five days, there has been so little scoring I can simply
post the entire score log since my last report:

Nov 11 22:33 EST: -1 Habeous Corpus: anxious Whamiol
Nov 13 04:56 EST: +10 Malenkai: P1409 (author)
Nov 13 04:56 EST: +3 Habeous Corpus: P1409 (no)
Nov 13 04:57 EST: +5 Malenkai: P1410 (author,modest)
Nov 13 04:57 EST: -4 ThinMan: P1411 (author,yes)
Nov 13 04:57 EST: +3 Brinjal: P1411 (yes)
Nov 13 04:57 EST: +3 /dev/joe: P1411 (yes)
Nov 13 04:57 EST: +3 Guy Fawkes: P1411 (yes)
Nov 13 04:57 EST: +3 Niccolo Flychuck: P1411 (yes)
Nov 13 04:57 EST: +3 fnord: P1411 (yes)
Nov 13 04:57 EST: +10 Malenkai: P1412 (author)
Nov 13 22:33 EST: -1 Habeous Corpus: anxious Whamiol
Nov 15 08:00 EST: +10 Mohammed: P1416 (author)
Nov 15 08:00 EST: +3 Habeous Corpus: P1416 (no)
Nov 15 08:00 EST: +3 mr cwm: P1416 (no)
Nov 15 08:00 EST: +3 snowgod: P1416 (no)
Nov 15 19:43 EST: +6 Malenkai: posting what phoebe says
Nov 15 22:33 EST: -1 Habeous Corpus: anxious Whamiol

Does the Holiday affect the Whamiol's whamming?  If so the above is
slightly wrong.

Current scores, based on above score log.

Score   Ackanomic Name   Status  Real Name
- -----   --------------      ---  -------------
129     Niccolo Flychuck     A   (Uri Bruck)
123     Malenkai             A   (Randy Hall)
104     Guy Fawkes           Ag  (Robert Shimmin)
45      /dev/joe             A   (Joseph DeVincentis)
42      mr cwm               A   (Eric Murray)
40      Mohammed             A   (Jason Orendorff)
32      ThinMan              A   (John Bollinger)
28      Brinjal              A   (Simon Clarke)
23      Habeous Corpus       A   (Ed Graham)
19      breadbox             A   (Brian Raiter)
18      fnord                A   (Michael Thomas)
1       Calvin N Hobbes      A   (Thierry Joffrain)
- -14     Bascule              Nv  (Matt Black)
- -14     Robert Sevin         Nv  (Mitchell Harding)
- -22     snowgod              A   (Phil Ackley)

/dev/joe
Scorekeeper

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