Subject: Ackanomic Digest V1 #405
From: [email-masked] (Ackanomic Digest)
To: ackanomic-digest

Ackanomic Digest       Sunday, December 15 1996       Volume 01 : Number 405

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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 22:33:44 -0800 
From: David Thomas Fisher <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: An announcement

Well, the semester is over, and I'm going home, where (ack!) there are no
computers.  Therefore, I am hereby putting myself on vacation, with an expected
duration of 30 days.  I suppose it was simply bad planning that caused me to
join the game so soon before I left, but ques sera, sera.  I'll see you all in
a month, and I expect to see a very Silly Vacation Hat on my head when I get
back.

23 Skidoo
- --
David Fisher ([email-masked])
"Seduced, shaggy Samson snored./ She scissored short.  Sorely shorn,/ Soon
shackled slave, Samson sighed,/ Silently scheming/ Sightlessly seeking/ Some
savage, spectacular suicide."  - Stanislaw Lem, "The Cyberiad"

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 08:56:31 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: acka-priv

The header you quoted below is a result of my replying yes to "reply to
all?" 
Only after I sent it I noticed that this was actually acka-priv, and I
wanted to get it straight.
Niccolo Flychuck

On Sat, 14 Dec 1996, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> Forwarded message:
> > Sender: [email-masked]
> > Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 17:30:45 +0200 (EET)
> > From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
> > To: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
> > cc: [email-masked]
> > Subject: Re: Acka: Presidential Elections vote
> 
> > I can vote now. 
> [...]
> 
> Many mail programs have an option (in addition to a normal reply and
> forwarding) called "group reply" (or something similar).  The group
> reply sends copies of the mail to everyone listed as a recipient,
> except yourself.  Group-replying to a message sent to acka-priv
> defeats the purpose, because your mailer will see the acka-priv on
> the To: line and send a copy there (as shown in the cc: line above).
> 
> In case you missed the announcement or didn't understand it, the
> address [email-masked] sends mail to everybody on the
> ackanomic list (and ackanomic-digest) but does not set the reply-to
> address, so a normal reply will just go back to the author, instead
> of going back to the list.  This address is appropriate for sending
> out announcements for elections, parts of some games, announcements
> of private auctions, and any other public message you might send which
> you want people to reply privately to.
> 
> Digest readers will still get the messages sent to acka-priv, but they
> won't look any different than the messages sent to ackanomic.
> 
> I could make -priv addresses for some of the other lists, but I
> don't see a need -- such messages are already restricted to a
> presumably interested subset of players.
> 

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 09:58:50 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: Niccolo Flychuck for President

snowgod has agreed to be my campaign manager for these election.
I asked because I figured, he's already had two successful campaigns, 
which proved to be a lot of fun, he could probably get another one
rolling.
 
And with snowgod involved the elections are sure to be lots of fun.

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 00:01:14 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Niccolo Flychuck for President! 

Well, that time is upon us again! Time to get a little Harfy.  Time to have
a little fun.  Time to elect a new president!

Now, I hear many of you saying...

"Okay, yeah, but why can't we just keep you, snowgod?"

And to that I say "Get real, you would never ask me that question!"

Of course, you reply to this with the typical "Okay, your right... But why
should we vote for Niccolo Flychuck?"

[[This is where things get good - The fat lady sings "Kiss Me, Son of God"
in the background as the tuba and Great Trombone complete the harmony - and
snowgod wraps himself in the great flag of ackanomic as he tells you...]]

NICCOLO FLYCHUCK WANTS TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT!

As president Niccolo Flychuck will use his executive privlidge to serve
YOU!  Niccolo Flychuck is working on funding for a Bomb Shelter... When the
tornado rolls around on the 21st you won't be unprotected in Niccolo
Flychuck is elected!

Niccolo Flychuck stands for growth!  Niccolo Flychuck has built the gaming
system that we are all enjoying today - from party chess to duels, Niccolo
Flychuck wants you to have FUN!  Did you know that Niccolo Flychuck is even
working on an internomic proposal with yours truly that would allow players
from all the member nomics to participate in Ackanomic's gaming system?

In short, Niccolo Flychuck stands for a dynamic nomic, long range projects
reason, logic, and of course, good hearted FUN.

So, when you go to cast your vote this week, remember that Niccolo Flychuck
is YOUR CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT!

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:06:26 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1511 Fails 

[Note: This was a good first attempt by Clairence.  Let's all work with him
so we can get alot more good stuff in the future!]

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
4 YES votes - 11 NO votes - 1 PRESENT votes - Proposal FAILS

Proposal 1511 - Wed 4 Dec 17:34 CST 1996
Steal
Clairence (Clair Anthony Vigilone)

Clairence loses 7 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Habeous Corpus                             +3

snowgod                      (None Yet)    +3
Clairence                                  +3
Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)    +3

NO Votes:
- --------
Robert Sevin                 Harf
Techno
Malenkai                     Harf
ThinMan                      Vulcan
Mohammed
breadbox
/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
mr cwm                       (None Yet)
fnord

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

Swann

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule (Harf)
Airhead (Harf)

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------
NONE

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:10:17 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1512 Passes 

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:15:14 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1513 Passes 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
10 YES votes - 4 NO votes - 2 PRESENT votes - Proposal PASSES

Proposal 1513 - Wed 4 Dec 17:34 CST 1996
Creation of a PartyChessPiece Bouncy!Ball
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

Guy Fawkes gains 10 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)
Techno
ThinMan                      Vulcan
/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Swann
fnord
Habeous Corpus
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
Mohammed
Airhead                      Harf

NO Votes:
- --------
Malenkai                     Harf                   +3
mr cwm                       (None Yet)             +3
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf                   +3
snowgod                      (None Yet)             +3

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

Robert Sevin                 Harf
breadbox

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule (Harf)
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

     Create a new rule, a member of the Party Chess rule suite, with
     text as follows.

     1. A Bouncy!Ball is represented by the ASCII character !
     2. A Bouncy!Ball may move any number of squares in any single
     direction, and it may and must jump over exactly one other piece
     in doing so. This piece must occupy SQn its direction of motion,
     where the destination square is SQ(2n) in its direction of motion.
     3. A Bouncy!Ball's material value is 5.
     4. The physical appearance of a Bouncy!Ball is that of a large
     rubber sphere, colored primarily in the color associated with its
     controlling Swinger, but featuring several swirls of bright
     fluorescent shades.

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:19:11 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1514 Fails 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 15 Players cast votes
9 YES votes - 5 NO votes - 1 PRESENT votes - Proposal FAILS

Proposal 1514 - Wed 4 Dec 17:35 CST 1996
I Wonder What Would Happen If...
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

Guy Fawkes loses 7 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)
Techno
ThinMan                      Vulcan
/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Swann
fnord
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
Mohammed
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf

NO Votes:
- --------
Malenkai                     Harf
mr cwm                       (None Yet)
Airhead                      Harf
snowgod                      (None Yet)
Habeous Corpus

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

Robert Sevin                 Harf

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence
breadbox

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------
NONE

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:28:53 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1515 Passes 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
12 YES votes - 4 NO votes - 0 PRESENT votes - Proposal PASSES

Proposal 1515 - Thu 5 Dec 7:12 CST 1996
Auntie Em! Auntie Em!
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

Guy Fawkes gains 10 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)
Techno
/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Swann
fnord
Mohammed
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf
snowgod                      (None Yet)
Habeous Corpus
Malenkai                     Harf
mr cwm                       (None Yet)
Robert Sevin                 Harf

NO Votes:
- --------
ThinMan                      Vulcan    +3
Airhead                      Harf      +3
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan    +3
breadbox                               +3

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

NONE

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

     Insert the following text immediatlely before the last clause of
     Rule 1253:

     Whenever a Tornado sweeps through Acka, each player's or haunted
     house that is dangling from its emergency tether stands a separate
     50% chance of losing its tether and being swept off the face of
     Acka. The player or undead shall retain possession or haunt of the
     land the building was sitting on. A player so bereaved of shelter
     may rebuild his house for A$100, and he must name it upon its
     reconstruction. Until such time, he shall be issued a small tent
     for use as his Home.

     If the house belonged to a player who was on vacation, that player
     shall be assumed to be vacationing in a far-off land with a
     two-letter name. Upon his return, he may submit a report
     containing the name of this far-off land and a summary of his
     journeys there. If he does so within seven days of his return, he
     shall receive five points.

     A dangling house may be saved from this chance of being blown away
     if within the five days preceding the tornado, a Priest in good
     standing with the weather gods blessed the house. Such a blessing
     must state that which house is being blessed and contain at least
     two words of at least six syllables. A priest is said to be in
     good standing with the weather gods if he posted a prayer of
     deliverance, as defined by the rules, at the beginning of the
     current calendar month.

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:28:29 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1517 Passes 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
14 YES votes - 1 NO votes - 1 PRESENT votes - Proposal PASSES

Proposal 1517 - Thu 5 Dec 7:13 CST 1996
If a Thousand Years is like a Day in the Eyes of the Lord, Can't We Have a
Few Extra Hours?
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

Guy Fawkes gains 5 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)
Techno
/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Swann
fnord
Mohammed
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf
snowgod                      (None Yet)
ThinMan                      Vulcan
Airhead                      Harf
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
breadbox
Malenkai                     Harf
mr cwm                       (None Yet)

NO Votes:
- --------
Robert Sevin                 Harf

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

Habeous Corpus

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

     This is a Modest proposal.

     Replace the phrase, "on the first of each month," found in Rule
     1349 with "sometime during the first three days of each month"

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:33:53 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1518 Passes 

[Was the wizard on TV?]

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
11 YES votes - 2 NO votes - 3 PRESENT votes - Proposal PASSES

Proposal 1518 - Thu 5 Dec 7:13 CST 1996
More Awards for Malenkai
/dev/joe (Joseph DeVincentis)

/dev/joe gains 10 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)
Techno
/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Swann
fnord
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf
Habeous Corpus
ThinMan                      Vulcan
Airhead                      Harf
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
snowgod                      (None Yet)

NO Votes:
- --------
Mohammed                                       +3
mr cwm                       (None Yet)        +3

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

breadbox
Malenkai                     Harf
Robert Sevin                 Harf

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

     Amend Rule 549, "The Blue Cross" as follows:

     Change the last sentence of section 2 to read:
     "Ruby Slippers, Gold Stripes, Silver Stripes, and Blue Crosses are
     nameless, nontradeable entities, and are medals."

     Change section 4 to read:
     "4. a. A player with a Blue Cross Rank of 20 or more qualifies for
     a Blue Cross.
     b. For each 160 points of Blue Cross Rank above 20 that a player
     has, he qualifies for a Ruby Slipper.
     c. For each 40 points of Blue Cross Rank a player with a Blue
     Cross has above that required for his Blue Cross and all his Ruby
     Slippers, he qualifies for a Gold Stripe.
     d. For each 10 points of Blue Cross Rank a player with a Blue
     Cross has beyond that required for his Blue Cross and all his Ruby
     Slippers and Gold Stripes, he qualifies for a silver stripe."

     In section 5, change "Blue Crosses, Silver Stripes, and/or Gold
     Stripes" to "medals".

     In section 6, change "one Gold Stripe" to "one Gold Stripe or Ruby
     Slipper" and change "four Gold Stripes" to "one Ruby Slipper" and
     add at the end:
     "A player with at least two Ruby Slippers may wear them on his
     feet and may click them together to transport himself to Kansas,
     by publicly announcing the action, but only if he is not wearing
     any other form of footwear, and only if Kansas is a place defined
     in the rules, and only once per calendar month. Ruby Slippers are
     magical, so they adjust to fit left and right feet, and any size
     feet, as needed."

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:41:13 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1519 Passes 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 15 Players cast votes
9 YES votes - 4 NO votes - 2 PRESENT votes - Proposal PASSES

Proposal 1519 - Thu 5 Dec 7:14 CST 1996
The Size of Things
Jammer (John Lotz)

Jammer gains 10 points:
[Note: I believe that this isn't actually a modest proposal]

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)

/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Swann
fnord
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf
Habeous Corpus
Airhead                      Harf
Malenkai                     Harf
snowgod                      (None Yet)

NO Votes:
- --------
ThinMan                      Vulcan             +3
mr cwm                       (None Yet)         +3
Techno                                          +3
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan             +3

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

breadbox
Robert Sevin                 Harf

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence
Mohammed

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

     I wish to make a modest proposal.

     All Items in Acka have a size measured in thingees.

     Negligible 0 Thingees
     Small 1 Thingees
     Medium 2 Thingees
     Large 4 Thingees
     Huge 5 Thingees
     Really Huge 6 Thingees

     The significance of this is that all structures and land have a
     capacity measured in Thingees as well;
     a Space in a structure holds 10 Thingees
     a Kaa of land holds 25 Thingeess
     A Tower holds 6 Thingees

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:48:23 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1520 Passes 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
15 YES votes - 0 NO votes - 1 PRESENT votes - Proposal PASSES

Proposal 1520 - Fri 6 Dec 7:30 CST 1996
Pre-empting a CFJ
ThinMan (John Bollinger)

ThinMan gains 5 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)

/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Swann
fnord
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf
Habeous Corpus
Airhead                      Harf
Malenkai                     Harf
snowgod                      (None Yet)
Mohammed
ThinMan                      Vulcan
mr cwm                       (None Yet)
Techno
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
Robert Sevin                 Harf

NO Votes:
- --------
NONE

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

breadbox

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

     This is a modest proposal.

     Rule 985.2 shall be amended by changing the text "according the
     PartyChessPieceDef rule, defining that piece" in section 3.B.(i)
     to "according to the applicable rules".

     {{[ Aside from just cleaning up the language, this clears the way
     to more complexly-interacting pieces by making it clear that the
     legal moves available to any particular piece may depend on more
     than just that piece's PCPD rule. This may be necessary for P1512
     (should it pass) to work, but it is also useful in its own right.
     ]}}

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:47:57 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1521 Passes 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
14 YES votes - 1 NO votes - 1 PRESENT votes - Proposal PASSES

Proposal 1521 - Fri 6 Dec 7:31 CST 1996
In Which Count Tabula's Alter Ego Gets It
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)

Mohammed gains 5 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)

/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Swann
fnord
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf

breadbox
Malenkai                     Harf
snowgod                      (None Yet)
Mohammed
ThinMan                      Vulcan
mr cwm                       (None Yet)
Techno
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
Robert Sevin                 Harf

NO Votes:
- --------
Habeous Corpus

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

Airhead                      Harf

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------
   This is a Modest Proposal.

     1. Rule 414/12 ("The Office of the Tabulator") is amended by
     removing:
     ---
     The terms "Count Tabula", and "Assistant Tabulator" are
     synonomous, as used in the rules. [this will be removed by CSR,
     hopefull, when no longer needed]
     ---

     2. Rule 818/6 ("Prosthetic Foreheads") is amended by changing:
     ---
     Once a Forehead Tribunal has been summoned, each player may send
     exactly one vote to the Assistant Tabulator during the next three
     days. Votes may take the form of, "Yes, 'is toppy's a copy," or
     "No, 'is peak's unique." If more than half of the votes cast are
     "Yes, 'is toppy's a copy," the offending Prosthetic Forehead is
     destroyed and the player who described it loses two points.
     Otherwise, the player who called the Forehead Tribunal forfeits 5
     A$ to the Treasury.
     ---
     to:
     ---
     A Forehead Tribunal is a Hearing. The valid responses are, "Yes,
     'is toppy's a copy." and "No, 'is peak's unique." If the verdict
     is that "Yes, 'is toppy's a copy.", the offending Prosthetic
     Forehead is destroyed and the player who described it loses two
     points. Otherwise, the player who called the Forehead Tribunal
     forfeits 5 A$ to the Treasury.
     ---

     3. Rule 1396/0 ("Hearings") is amended by changing all occurrences
     of "the Assistant Tabulator" to "Count Tabula".
     [ current text (excerpt):
     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.
     ...
     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.
     ]

     --Mohammed

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:52:23 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1522 Passes 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
12 YES votes - 1 NO votes - 3 PRESENT votes - Proposal PASSES

Proposal 1522 - Fri 6 Dec 7:31 CST 1996
Killing 15 More Blanket Precedence Clauses
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)

Mohammed gains 10 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)

/dev/joe                     Vulcan
fnord
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf
Malenkai                     Harf
snowgod                      (None Yet)
Mohammed
ThinMan                      Vulcan
mr cwm                       (None Yet)
Techno
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
Robert Sevin                 Harf

NO Votes:
- --------
Habeous Corpus                           +3

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

Airhead                      Harf
Swann
breadbox

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

     1. Rule 414 ("The Office of the Tabulator") is amended by
     changing:
     ---
     The Duties of Count Tabula are:

     (a) to handle solicitation, tabulation, and reporting of votes on
     all Ackanomic matters, excluding Proposals. This includes, but is
     not limited to:
     (a.1) Hearings
     (a.2) Impeachment Papers
     (a.3) Witchhunts
     (a.4) All elections, including Senatorial, Presidential, Speaker,
     Delegates, and other elected offices.

     This clause (a) and its subsections (a.x), take precedence over
     any other mutable rule which denies Count Tabula these duties, or
     would define an alternate procedure or officer (including
     Tabulator), to perform them.
     ---
     to:
     ---
     The Duties of Count Tabula are to handle solicitation, tabulation,
     and reporting of votes on all Ackaonimc matters, excluding
     Proposals. This includes, but is not limited to, Hearings [see
     Rule 1396], Impeachment Papers [Rule 613], and all Elections for
     Office [Rule 611].
     ---

     2. Rule 726 ("Party Hall") is amended by changing:
     ---
     Only a Player who is not a Party member may be elected for the NAP
     Seat. The previous sentence takes precedence over all the rules
     governing elections and eligibility for public office.

     All Players may vote for the NAP Seat. There is no NAP Swinger
     seat if there are no non-aligned players. This clause takes
     precedence over all others in this rule, or any other mutable rule
     pertaining to Party Hall or Swingers.
     ---
     to:
     ---
     Only a Player who is not a member of any Political Party is
     elegible to volunteer for the NAP Seat. All Players may vote in
     the Election for the NAP Seat.
     ---

     3. Rule 396 ("Office of Promoter") is amended by changing:
     ---
     The Office of the Promoter is a Functional Office. The Duties of
     the Promoter are:

     (a) to accept proposal submissions from players, and to,
     (b) assign the proposal a number and distribute it for voting.

     A proposal by a Player shall be made by submitting it to the
     Promoter.
     ---
     to:
     ---
     The Office of the Promoter is a Functional Office. The Duties of
     the Promoter are:

     (a) to accept proposal submissions from players;
     (b) to keep a record of each proposal from the time it is
     submitted to the time its voting period ends;
     (c) to assign each proposal a number and distribute it for voting.

     The Promoter has three days to distribute each proposal in
     accordance with part (c) except during a Festival of Torkola.
     Then, the Promoter may not distribute the proposal until the
     Festival is over and is given three days from the end of the
     Festival to do so. [See Rule 797 ("Festival of Torkola").]

     The Promoter has the Privilege of being able to call a Festival of
     Torkola under certain, special circumstances. [See Rule 797.]
     ---

     4. Rule 797 ("Festival of Torkola") is amended by changing:
     ---
     4) During a Festival, it is illegal for the Promoter or anyone
     else to distribute a Proposal for voting. This clause takes
     precedence over any mutable rule which would require or allow the
     Promoter, or anyone else, to do so. This specifically applies to
     Proposals only.
     ---
     to:
     ---
     4) During a Festival, it is illegal for the Promoter or anyone
     else to distribute a Proposal for voting. This applies to
     Proposals only.
     ---
     and by changing:
     ---
     5b) Upon distribution of any proposal whose last 2 digits are
     "00", the Promoter may declare a Festival to start on the day
     following the distribution of the proposal. He or she shall also
     determine the length. The Promoter is strongly encouraged, but not
     required, to do this, taking into consideration the state of the
     game and popular opinion. This clause takes precedence over or
     augments all mutable rules which define the privileges of the
     Promoter, and all mutable rules which would deny the Promoter this
     privilege. This shall be a Privilege of the office of Promoter.
     [ie, a Festival can occur every 100 proposals].
     ---
     to:
     ---
     5b) Upon distribution of any proposal whose last 2 digits are
     "00", the Promoter may declare a Festival to start on the day
     following the distribution of the proposal. He or she shall also
     determine the length. The Promoter is strongly encouraged, but not
     required, to do this, taking into consideration the state of the
     game and popular opinion. [ie, a Festival can occur every 100
     proposals.]
     ---

     5. Rule 1014 ("Taking the Altar by the Horns") is amended by
     changing
     ---
     This rule takes precedence over any rule which contains either of
     the words 'witch', 'round', or 'flat'.
     ---
     to
     ---
     This rule takes precedence over Rule 729 ("Ackanomic Middle
     Ages").
     ---

     6. Rule 1022 ("Spelling Bee") is amended by removing:
     ---
     This rule takes precedence over any mutable rule which would
     prohibit the type of Rule and CFJ changes described here.
     ---

     7. Rule 1067 ("Cow Town Hotel") is amended by changing:
     ---
     Cow Town is a hideout for Gaolbirds. Any player who has been found
     guilty of violating the rules (per CFCJ) can enter Cow Town during
     their "grace period".
     ---
     to:
     ---
     Cow Town is a hideout for Gaolbirds. Any Player who has been found
     guilty of a Crime (per CFCJ) can enter Cow Town during their
     "grace period".
     ---
     and by changing:
     ---
     The fee for staying in Cow Town is A$25 a night. Whoever is
     serving as Gaoler at the time of the passage of this rule shall be
     considered the owner of Cow Town. He may do with the hotel as he
     sees fit, however selling the hotel to another player is
     considered to be bad form, and players are allowed to sneer. The
     only exception to the sneering bit is if a former gaoler wishes to
     sell the hotel to a newly elected gaoler.
     ---
     to:
     ---
     The fee for staying in Cow Town is A$25 a night. {{ As of now, Cow
     Town is owned by whoever is currently serving as Gaoler. }} The
     owner of Cow Town may do with the hotel as he sees fit, however
     selling the hotel to another player is considered to be bad form,
     and players are allowed to sneer. The only exception to the
     sneering bit is if a former gaoler wishes to sell the hotel to a
     newly elected gaoler.
     ---

     8. Rule 1108 ("Locations") is amended by removing the last
     sentence from section 3).
     [ current text:
     3) If a Rule specifies that a player enters a Location, they leave
     their current Location, unless there is some other restriction
     which would prevent them from leaving the current Location [e.g.
     Gaol]. In this case they actually do not enter the destination
     Location; they remain where they are. This section has precedence
     over any mutable rule which specifies that a player be moved to
     another location.
     ]

     9. Rule 207 ("Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are
     Reported") is amended by removing the stray quote mark at the end
     of the first paragraph, and by changing:
     ---
     If a proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it receives 10
     points and every player who voted NO on it receives 3 points.
     Exception: No points are awarded for voting NO on a proposal
     considered to be Modest.
     ---
     to:
     ---
     If a non-Modest proposal is accepted, the player who proposed it
     receives 10 points, and every player who voted NO on it receives 3
     points. If a Modest proposal is accepted, the player who proposed
     it receives half as many points as he or she would have received
     otherwise, and no points are awarded for voting NO.
     ---

     10. Rule 1109 ("Modesty and Pride") is amended by removing:
     ---
     This rule take precedence over whatever other rule or rules
     specify the points to be scored upon the adoption of a proposal.
     ---
     and adding:
     ---
     {{ This Rule is hereby renumbered to 209. [Higher precedence.] }}
     ---

     11. Rule 1112.2 ("And the Harf shall inherit the Earth!") is
     amended by removing:
     ---
     This rule takes precedence over any other mutable rule which would
     deny such a bonus.
     ---

     12. Rule 1155 ("Decks of Playing Cards") is amended by removing:
     ---
     This paragraph takes precedence over all other mutable Rules
     dealing with Playing Cards and Decks of Playing Cards.
     ---
     from the paragraph that says that Cards may not be exchanged
     between Decks.

     13. Rule 1307.1 ("Rule Suites") is amended by removing the last
     sentence from section 4.
     [ current text:
     4) It is a privilege of the Web-Harfer to move rules which are
     members of Rule Suites out of the main rules document into a
     seperate document, and to establish and maintain a link from the
     link phrase (section 1 d)) to this document. If any such member
     rules are moved to a seperate document, then all such member rules
     of that Rule Suite must be moved to that document, and the link
     must be established and maintained. This section takes precedence
     over any other mutable rule which conflicts with it in any way.
     ] [The Web-Harfer is not bound to keep a record of all rules
     anyway.]

     14. Rule 1356/1 ("Synod") is amended by removing the last sentence
     from section 9.

     [ current text:
     9. When the Synod is not in Session it is impermissible for the
     Synod to trade, distribute profits to member Churches, or take any
     other action, except for the duty of contacting Founders of
     Churches with unoccupied Seats, as described in section 5 of this
     rule. This section takes precedence over any other section of this
     rule and takes precedence over any rule which would allow the
     Synod to take any action when it is not in Session.
     ]

     15. Rule 1386 ("Bonus Votes") is amended by removing:
     ---
     8. This rule takes precedence over any rule that concerens
     tradeable entities that can be used as Votes.
     ---

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:53:31 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1524 Passes 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
14 YES votes - 1 NO votes - 1 PRESENT votes - Proposal PASSES

Proposal 1524 - Fri 6 Dec 7:32 CST 1996
Vending Machine Blues
Mohammed (Jason Orendorff)

Mohammed gains 5 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)

/dev/joe                     Vulcan
fnord
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf
Malenkai                     Harf
snowgod                      (None Yet)
Mohammed
ThinMan                      Vulcan
mr cwm                       (None Yet)
Techno
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
Robert Sevin                 Harf
breadbox
Airhead                      Harf

NO Votes:
- --------
Habeous Corpus

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

Swann

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

     This is a Modest Proposal.

     [Synopsis: Rewrite of the Vending Machine Blueprint. Fixes at
     least two potential scams in the current Blueprint. Also makes the
     Vending Machine mechanical....]

     A new rule shall be created, reading:
     =====
     {{ The Blueprint for the Vending Machine is amended to read, in
     full:
     ---
     The Vending Machine is a mechanical Gadget. They can be quite
     lucrative.

     All Vending Machines are equipped to vend Rocks To Wind A String
     Around. The price to buy a Rock To Wind A String Around from a new
     Vending Machine is A$6. A Player can equip eir Vending Machine to
     sell other items, if the technology exists.

     The owner of a Vending Machine may change the price for which the
     Machine sells a certain item, by announcing which price e is
     changing and the new price (an even number of A$). However, no
     price can be changed in this way more than once in 30 days.

     Any player may buy an item from any non-broken Vending Machine by
     announcing which item e wishes to buy and which Vending Machine e
     is buying it from. The Machine checks to make sure the buyer has
     enough currency to buy the item. If e has enough, the Vending
     Machine transfers half the price of that item from the buyer to
     the Machine's owner, and half of the price from the buyer to the
     Treasury. Finally, it creates a new item of the type requested,
     and gives it to the buyer.
     ---
     }}

     =====

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

Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 01:58:19 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1525 Fails 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
7 YES votes - 7 NO votes - 2 PRESENT votes - Proposal FAILS

Proposal 1525 - Fri 6 Dec 7:32 CST 1996
A Plaindromic Rule Palindromic A
Swann (Steven Swinarski)

Swann loses 7 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)

snowgod                      (None Yet)
mr cwm                       (None Yet)
Techno
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
Habeous Corpus
Swann

NO Votes:
- --------
Airhead                      Harf       +3
breadbox                                +3
Robert Sevin                 Harf       +3
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf       +3
Malenkai                     Harf       +3
ThinMan                      Vulcan     +3
/dev/joe                     Vulcan     +3

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

Mohammed
fnord

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------
NONE

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

Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 02:02:35 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1526 Passes 

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 02:25:00 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: My House 

I am looking for volunteers to help re-attach my house before the Tornado.
Failing that, I am loooking for a priest in good standing to bless my house.

snowgod

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 02:11:27 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1527 Fails 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
4 YES votes - 9 NO votes - 3 PRESENT votes - Proposal FAILS

Proposal 1527 - Fri 6 Dec 7:33 CST 1996
Too Honest to be a Successful Politician
Malenkai (Randy Hall)

Malenkai loses [gasp!] 7 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

mr cwm                       (None Yet)    +3
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan        +3
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf          +3
Malenkai                     Harf          +3

NO Votes:
- --------
Techno
Mohammed
/dev/joe                     Vulcan
Habeous Corpus
breadbox
ThinMan                      Vulcan

Robert Sevin                 Harf
Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)

snowgod                      (None Yet)

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

Swann
fnord
Airhead                      Harf

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

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

Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 02:15:43 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P1528 Fails 

Quorum achieved: 18 Eligible voters - 16 Players cast votes
9 YES votes - 6 NO votes - 2 PRESENT votes - Proposal FAILS

Proposal 1528 - Fri 6 Dec 7:33 CST 1996
Cow Town Fix
Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)

Guy Fawkes loses 7 points:

YES Votes:
- ---------

mr cwm                       (None Yet)
Calvin N Hobbes              Harf
ThinMan                      Vulcan

Robert Sevin                 Harf
Guy Fawkes                   (None Yet)

snowgod                      (None Yet)
Swann
Airhead                      Harf
(None Yet) Unity Vote

NO Votes:
- --------
Habeous Corpus
Mohammed
Malenkai                     Harf
Niccolo Flychuck             Vulcan
fnord
Techno

PRESENT Votes:
- -------------

/dev/joe                     Vulcan
breadbox

Abstentions:
- -----------

Bascule
Clairence

New Players Who Are Not Yet Active:
- ----------------------------------
Jammer
23 Skidoo

Text of Passed Proposal:
- -----------------------

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