Subject: Ackanomic Digest V1 #505
From: [email-masked] (Ackanomic Digest)
To: ackanomic-digest

Ackanomic Digest      Wednesday, February 5 1997      Volume 01 : Number 505

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 08:04:41 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Wings (was re: monopoles)

On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Brian Raiter wrote:

> I hereby propose that fnord, breadbox, and Niccolo Flychuck fly up, or
> fly down - uh, fly OUT, and rescue the Hall of Elders. What say you
> two?
> 
> b
>

I say  - Let us fly.

To the honor of Acka. (whatever that means)

Niccolo Flychuck
 
> 

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 01:01:32 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Getting the hell out of my house

> (Monopole or monopoles? Your players/entities page shows that
> snowgod has the only one.)

Habeous Corpus (may his soul soon get internet access), had the other
one.  

[Its a shame, but the Internet server I manage at work is accessable
via an 800 number.  I guess the management would be pretty cheesed off
though, if I gave that number to HC :(].

Malenkai

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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 23:32:40 -0800 (PST)
From: fnord <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Wings 

Niccolo Flychuck spake thusly
> 
> On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, breadbox wrote:
> 
> > I hereby propose that fnord, breadbox, and Niccolo Flychuck fly up, or
> > fly down - uh, fly OUT, and rescue the Hall of Elders. What say you
> > two?
> 
> I say  - Let us fly.

And I as well.  I have contemplated the top (bottom) of the Gaol
building long enough.  Let us away to catch the Hall of Elders in
our grasp, and settle it back on terra Ackanomica.

fnord

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 08:28:46 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Wings 

On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, fnord wrote:

> Niccolo Flychuck spake thusly
> > 
> > On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, breadbox wrote:
> > 
> > > I hereby propose that fnord, breadbox, and Niccolo Flychuck fly up, or
> > > fly down - uh, fly OUT, and rescue the Hall of Elders. What say you
> > > two?
> > 
> > I say  - Letus fly.
> 
> And I as well.  I have contemplated the top (bottom) of the Gaol
> building long enough.  Let us away to catch the Hall of Elders in
> our grasp, and settle it back on terra Ackanomica.
> 
> fnord
> 

I am flying to the Hall of Elders.

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 22:36:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Wings 

fnord:

> Niccolo Flychuck spake thusly
> > 
> > On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, breadbox wrote:
> > 
> > > I hereby propose that fnord, breadbox, and Niccolo Flychuck fly up, or
> > > fly down - uh, fly OUT, and rescue the Hall of Elders. What say you
> > > two?
> > 
> > I say  - Let us fly.
> 
> And I as well.  I have contemplated the top (bottom) of the Gaol
> building long enough.  Let us away to catch the Hall of Elders in
> our grasp, and settle it back on terra Ackanomica.

And breadbox makes three....

What a sight we must make. Three pairs of wings glinting in the sun,
as we fall headlong into the sky - and then straining to return, as we
drag the marble building back with us - and finally landing, and
carefully attaching the suction cups once again to acka firma.

Niccolo Flychunk, fnord, I thank you. I look forward to flying with
you again, which according to the rules should be right around the
time that the new gravitational monopole goes up for auction.

I am hereby returning to the Senate building to rest.

breadbox

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 01:49:35 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Financial

I am transferring A$10 to /dev/joe

Malenkai -10 misc
/dev/joe +10 misc

Malenkai

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 01:58:55 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: 'Round the Earth (issue 5)

'Round the Earth, Issue 5 (05-Feb-97):
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
SPECIAL TREASURE ISSUE
malenkai, managing editor

As promised in its inagural issue, 'Round the Earth is committed
to publishing the goings on in the Treasure Hunting arena.  This
rather brief issue is a report on those.

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
RUNESTONE OF JUKKASJARVI EXCAVATED
bruce goose, treasure hunt editor

As reported in the last issue, the Runestone of Jukkasjarvi has been
found.  After excavation, we have now learned that it encodes the 
map to the most sacred of relics, the Golden Frog.  No treasure has
even approached half the value of the one hidden by the Runestone.

All players have been given an opportunity to get a piece of the
Stone.  Shortly after that distribution, all the other pieces will
be distributed to interested players.  Being that it is fairly obvious
that a view of most, if not all, of the Stone will be necessary to
locate the treasure, it will be interesting to see what strategies of
cooperation, or competetion, evolve, if any.  Perhaps the Golden Frog
will remain lost forever, as the Ancients intended.

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
LONG LOST TREASURES DISCOVERED
bruce goose, treasure hunt editor

Two treasures which have been buried forever, the Jade Key of Yara, and
the Chalice in the Palace, have both recently been unearthed by treasure
hunting gurus /dev/joe and Guy Fawkes.

Mr. /joe used a combination of persistance, logic, and cunning in 
unearthing the Key.  The final stroke of brilliance was goading the
buryer into a duel, which enticed him to reveal a boatload of clues.
At least, in that case, /dev/joe showed knowledge of the treasure.
The same cannot be said of the bumbling attempts to find the other
treasures of Jara, and no such goading attemps will be successful,
inside sources have revealed to us.

Mr. Fawkes, in a sophisticated display of research and deduction, sliced
through all the gizz to get to the essential facts of the treasure map
for the Chalice in the Palace, then deftly executed each of the three
points so smoothly that it took even the buryer a while to realise the
treasure had been found.  Others, trying to guess filenames or coax
httpd into coughing up a directory listing, were left in the dust.

Also, kudos to breadbox for excellence at Pythoncross.

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
TREASURE STATISTICS
bruce goose, treasure hunt editor

Treasures buried to date: 25
Treasures found to date: 13

Perhaps the treasure hunts have been too easy.

Also, of the 8 treasures found that 'RtE considers of a puzzle or riddle
nature, /dev/joe has found 5 of them.  

'RtE staff, having deciphered most of ThinMan's Swinger treasure, finds
that one particularly intriguing.  Hopefully this issue of 'RtE won't
get too close to that singularity :)

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MORE GIZZ THAN GIST
malenkai, managing editor

Despite the recent success of some treasure hunters, alot of guff has been
put up in bumbling attempts to find treasures.  For the amusement of
our readers, we thought we'd reprint some of it:

> I am going to Zimbabwe, and playing the Chartreuse Bagpipes while
> doing so.

> snowgod, may I have permission to enter your house?

> While snowgod is on vacation, I dance around a fire and chant at
> his house.

> I am donating A$50 to the treasury on behalf of the Round
> Earth Restoration Society.

> I am also taking a trip around the earth.

> Pending an agreement with Malenkai, enough information to find
> the No Tea will soon be published in 'Round the Earth.

[others, which looked like gizz, actually moved towards solving a
treasure hunt!  We, unfortunately, did not have the space to print those]

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
GOLDEN FROG SLANDERED !!
bruce goose, political correspondant

We have just learned that Her Sacredness, the Golden Frog, has been 
accused of meaningless, misleading babble!  Shocked that we were,
we asked Her Grace for a comment, and she again responded in tongues,
as usual:

"shukdsv sxeolfdooz nqrzdeoh zdv d ehwwhu whup wkdq sxeolvkhg"

We agree, and consider the matter closed.

- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
TREASURE MAP SUBMITTED
staff editors

In response to previous 'RtE advertising, /dev/joe has submitted the
following:

To find the No Tea, solve the puzzle below, and publicly announce the
name of the location marked with a star.  The lack of instructions for
the puzzle is intentional, and part of the puzzle.
                                                     1       1
                                       4             1 1   1 1
                       1           1   1             1 1 1 1 1
                       1 3 1   1 1 2 1 1 1           1 1 1 1 1 1
                       3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 1 1   1 1 3 1 3 1 1
                        10 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 1   1 1 1 6 1 1 1   1 1
                    20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  20 1 1 1 1 1 1  15 1 1
           1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
             1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
               1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                  25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
               1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           1 1 2 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
               4 4 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
         1 1 2 2 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
         1 1 4 3 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       1 1 2 2 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       1 1 2 2 1 5 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           4 3 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
       4 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
           2 1 1 3 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
               1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
                  25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 03:17:27 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Wings (was re: monopoles) 

Hmmmmmm.... What do wings cost?  And just how much money do I start with
again?  And how does one go about purchasing these durned things anyway?  If
I can afford 'em, I'll buy some wings and help out, just to show y'all what a
nice guy I am.

Narf

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 01:43:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: 'Round the Earth (issue 5)

> TREASURE STATISTICS
> bruce goose, treasure hunt editor
> 
> Treasures buried to date: 25
> Treasures found to date: 13
> 
> Perhaps the treasure hunts have been too easy.

*grumble* The next treasure map I make is gonna be a TECO program.

b

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 04:08:33 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Fictionary

If we are in fact playing another round now, the Ing word
for this round is curr.

Submit your definitions privately.

/dev/joe

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 13:15:28 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary - game state

Sorry, I can't figure out what the game state is. There was an incomplete
post a couple of days back.
I tried, really. If someone can fill in the missing information for that
chart that was posted, please let me know.

Niccolo Flychuck

On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> If we are in fact playing another round now, the Ing word
> for this round is curr.
> 
> Submit your definitions privately.
> 
> /dev/joe
> 

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 08:38:50 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Wings (was re: monopoles)

[email-masked] wrote:
> 
> Hmmmmmm.... What do wings cost?  And just how much money do I start
> with again?  And how does one go about purchasing these durned
> things anyway?  If I can afford 'em, I'll buy some wings and help
> out, just to show y'all what a nice guy I am.

You start with at least A$1100 (you're exact amount is on the
player's page).  Wings are A$100.  Since you can afford them, you
just bought them.

Narf -100 wings

Malenkai
Financier

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 09:34:04 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Wings (was re: monopoles)

On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, Malenkai wrote:

> Narf -100 wings

Narf, do be advised that having wings means you can't get a second head.  
(Aerodynamics, you know.)  Of course, I am the only player who's ever 
found value in a second head, so...  someday I might get a third.

Guy Fawkes

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:14:16 -0500 (EST)
From: mr cwm <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: My Home

What's a house naming party without refreshments?

I hereby create 26 trinkets, each valued at A$1.  The first is called
"Little Bag O' Chips A" and consists of a small sealed polymer bag with
the words "Little Bag O' Chips A" printed on the outside, and containing
one ounce of thinly sliced potato that has been fried in oil 'til
crisp, and salted.

The next 25 are remarkably similar, except that the final character of the
name and the printing on each is a succeeding letter of the alphabet, B
through Z.

I hereby go to the Castle on a Cloud, and present "Little Bag O' Chips B"
to Ludwig.  I will give a "Little Bag O' Chips" with successive final
characters to the next 24 players who attend Ludwig's house-naming party,
unless they indicate they don't want one.  (I'm keeping "Little Bag O'
Chips A" for myself.)

Whether or not opening the sealed polymer bags and consuming the enclosed
fried potato slices constitues destruction of a trinket (and is, thus,
impossible), I will leave for others to decide.  (Although if one is
persistant, it will end up on my (and Mohammed's) doorstep, anyway.)

- -mr cwm

- --------

Financier's info:

mr cwm -26 : trinkets (Little Bags O' Chips)

- --------

On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 Ludwig wrote:

>My home, (which is now Ludwig's House) will now be called The Castle on a Cloud
>This title implies nothing about the present state of my home, nor its decor
>it is only a name.
>
>I invite everyone over for a house naming party
>Unfortunately, being a cheapskate at least temporarily, there will be no 
>refreshments served.
>
>P.S.  Crying at all is NOT allowed...not in my Castle on a Cloud
>

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 10:37:33 -0800 (PST)
From: fnord <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: R&R

After fighting the gravity of the situation, and placing
the Hall of Elders gently back upon the ground of Acka proper,
I think it's time for some Rest and Relaxation.  To that end,
I think I'll head on down to the beach, and walk along the
Boardwalk.  Hopefully, I have enough money to pay the rent
if someone owns a Hotel here.

fnord

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:25:11 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: No Tea

I am publically announcing: Boardwalk

/dev/joe, would you please give me my prize?

Guy Fawkes

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:26:24 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:

Congrats, fnord.

Once again, seconds....  *sigh*

GF

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:44:55 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Hubert situation

*Gulp*

Let's hope ThinMan's timing proposal passes soon.
fnord's claim of the No Tea arrived in my mailbox just seconds after I 
sent my claim off, so I knew he must have got it in first and 
congratulated him.

Then, the ghost of Hubert appeared before me and showed me the wretched 
truth:

fnord's timestamp is very much off, because 10:37 PST is 12:37 by wilma's 
time, and she asserts she received it at 11:16.

I believe the disposition of this Treasure depends on the dispostion of 
the Machine That Goes *ping*.  The CFJ determining the Machine's location 
is indeed over an identical situation.

*sigh*

GF

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 12:55:36 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Hubert situation

Guy Fawkes wrote:
 
> fnord's timestamp is very much off, because 10:37 PST is 12:37 by wilma's
> time, and she asserts she received it at 11:16.

fnord publically posted a correction.  Perhaps the postmaster has it
on file.  As I remember, it was somewhere around 75 minutes.

Malenkai

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 11:26:44 -0800 (PST)
From: fnord <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Hubert situation

Guy Fawkes spake thusly
> 
> *Gulp*
> 
> Let's hope ThinMan's timing proposal passes soon.
> fnord's claim of the No Tea arrived in my mailbox just seconds after I 
> sent my claim off, so I knew he must have got it in first and 
> congratulated him.
> 
> Then, the ghost of Hubert appeared before me and showed me the wretched 
> truth:
> 
> fnord's timestamp is very much off, because 10:37 PST is 12:37 by wilma's 
> time, and she asserts she received it at 11:16.

Indeed that is correct, and is not something I can fix on my machine.
If I set it so that it has the correct time, it will not correctly
report the time zone, and vice versa.  I have also, as per the
Rules, posted a public correction of my computer's time.  This 
correction factor is "my computer is running one hour and fifteen
minutes fast".  Apparently my correction is off by a few minutes,
so it looks like you might actually get this one, Guy.  It's up
to /dev/joe to figure out, now.

fnord

> 
> I believe the disposition of this Treasure depends on the dispostion of 
> the Machine That Goes *ping*.  The CFJ determining the Machine's location 
> is indeed over an identical situation.
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> GF
> 
> 

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 11:29:09 -0800
From: Stephen McCulley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: My Home

[email-masked] wrote:
> 
> My home, (which is now Ludwig's House) will now be called The Castle on a Cloud
> This title implies nothing about the present state of my home, nor its decor
> it is only a name.
> 
> I invite everyone over for a house naming party
> Unfortunately, being a cheapskate at least temporarily, there will be no
> refreshments served.
> 
> P.S.  Crying at all is NOT allowed...not in my Castle on a Cloud
	
Salutations!

	I am going to Ludwig's Castle on a Cloud.  Once inside, I pause to grok
the fullness of it.  Though the name has no relevance, my current mental
state perceives it as a floating castle.(completely ignoring, of course,
how I would _get_ to a floating castle)  I wander the house, holding my
Bag O Chips (TM)  and simply enjoying the company of whatever
Ackadenizens happen to be there.

			Yours in altered consciousness,
						Strider

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 13:46:02 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Prayers

I believe the floods were completely avoided!
These are the members of the Church of the Markovian Dream.

     snowgod (Phil Ackley)
     Calvin N Hobbes (Thierry Joffrain)
     Bascule (Matt Black)
     Malenkai (Randy Hall)
     Guy Fawkes (Robert Shimmin)
     BuzzBee (John Bruce Coifman)
     Red Barn (Daniel Knapp)

snowgod, Bascule, and BuzzBee were on vacation.  I don't think Red Barn 
was ever ordained, though I may be mistaken about that.  Calvin, Malenkai 
and I prayed, which amounts to 100% participation.  Hurrah!

Guy Fawkes

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:54:08 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka  : Swingpoints

Here is some stuff that happened on Tue at noon OAT

Swingpoints were converted to points
snowgod +6

I had no Swingpoint left, having converted them all before.

Swingpoints were awarded
I got 4 Swingpoints.

Currently there is no (None Yet) Swinger, and the other two Swingers have
zero Swingscores.

(Why do I have the sudden urge to say:'quick Robin, get into the
Swingmobile and let's get back to the Swingcave. Our arch enemy the
CopyCat is hatching another one of his fiendish plans')

Niccolo Flychuck
Chess-Umpire

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:57:24 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: Swingpoints - Vulcan

I am giving 4 Swingpoints to /dev/joe

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 14:30:48 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: No Tea found

fnord wrote:
> I think I'll head on down to the beach, and walk along the
> Boardwalk.  Hopefully, I have enough money to pay the rent
> if someone owns a Hotel here.

fnord's standing time correction puts this message at 11:22 central
time, although the headers put it at about 5 minutes earlier.
Guy Fawkes's message was marked 11:25 on the Date: line, and received
at wilma at 11:26, so in any case fnord's message is first.

fnord has found the No Tea.

The map was:

To find the No Tea, solve the puzzle below, and publicly announce the
name of the location marked with a star.  (The location marked with a
star is Boardwalk, and the solved puzzle contains the "GO" and
"Boardwalk" spaces from a Monopoly board, and parts of the other
adjacent spaces.)
                                                      1       1         
                                        4             1 1   1 1         
                        1           1   1             1 1 1 1 1         
                        1 3 1   1 1 2 1 1 1           1 1 1 1 1 1       
                        3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 1 1   1 1 3 1 3 1 1       
                         10 3 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 4 2 1   1 1 1 6 1 1 1   1 1 
                     20 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  20 1 1 1 1 1 1  15 1 1 
           1 1 1 1 1 ## .## . . . . . .## .## . .## . . . . . . . . . . 
           1 1 1 1 1 ## .## . . . . . .## .## . .## . . . . . . . . . . 
           1 1 1 1 1 ## .## . . . . . .## .## . .## . . . . . . . . . . 
             1 1 1 1 ## . . . . . . . .## .## . .## . . . . . . . . . . 
               1 1 1 ## . . . . . . . . . .## . .## . . . . . . . . . . 
                  25 ##################################################
               1 1 1 ## . . . . . . . . . . . . .## . . . . . . .## . . 
           1 1 2 1 1 ## .## . . .#### . . . . . .## . . . . . . .## . . 
               4 4 9 ######## .######## . . . . .################## . . 
         1 1 2 2 1 1 ## .## .#### . .#### . . . .## . . . . . . .## . . 
     1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 ## .## .## . .## . .## . . .## .########## .## . . 
         1 1 4 3 1 1 ## .## .######## .###### . .## . . . . . . .## . . 
 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 ## .## . .#### .#### .#### .## .## .## .## .## . . 
       1 1 2 2 1 3 1 ## .## . . . .#### . .#### .## . .###### . .## . . 
       1 1 2 2 1 5 1 ## .## . . . .#### .#### . .## .########## .## . . 
           4 3 1 3 1 ######## . . . .###### . . .## . .###### . .## . . 
       4 1 1 1 1 1 1 ######## . . . . .## . . . .## .## .## .## .## . . 
           2 1 1 3 1 #### .## . . . . . . . . . .## . .###### . .## . . 
               1 1 1 ## . . . . . . . . . . . . .## . . . . . . .## . . 
                  25 ################################################## 

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 14:41:17 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: acka: Swingpoints - Vulcan

Niccolo Flychuck wrote:
> I am giving 4 Swingpoints to /dev/joe

I accept these 4 Swingpoints, and I convert them to a bonus vote.

/dev/joe

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 14:25:12 -0800 (PST)
From: fnord <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: No Tea found

/dev/joe spake thusly
> 
> fnord wrote:
> > I think I'll head on down to the beach, and walk along the
> > Boardwalk.  Hopefully, I have enough money to pay the rent
> > if someone owns a Hotel here.
> 
> fnord's standing time correction puts this message at 11:22 central
> time, although the headers put it at about 5 minutes earlier.
> Guy Fawkes's message was marked 11:25 on the Date: line, and received
> at wilma at 11:26, so in any case fnord's message is first.
> 
> fnord has found the No Tea.

woo-hoo!  Sorry about the time mess-up, Guy.

> The map was:
> 
> To find the No Tea, solve the puzzle below, and publicly announce the
> name of the location marked with a star.  (The location marked with a
> star is Boardwalk, and the solved puzzle contains the "GO" and
> "Boardwalk" spaces from a Monopoly board, and parts of the other
> adjacent spaces.)

In case any were wondering, here's how I solved the map.  The rows and
columns of numbers indicated how the grid row/colum was to be coloured
in (i.e. 1 4 1 indicated a group of 1 dot, at least one space, 4 dots, 
at least one space and then one more dot).  I've seen these puzzles before
in GAMES magazine, a favorite of mine since way back when.

I had figured out the lines of the board, the arrow in the GO square
and the lines indicating the text on the two properties visible.
I had to go out to the web to make sure that it was Broadway and
not Park Place (as I hadn't seen a Monopoly board in ages).  I never
did figure out the dots for the word "GO".

fnord

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:20:27 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: No Tea found 

I managed to "solve" the puzzle sometime around 3:00 this morning (pst) but
couldn't make heads or tails of it once I had.  I must have spent over an
hour staring at the Map Harfers map of Ackanomia, trying to correlate it to
"my" map with no luck.  While my start came out just fine, I couldn't
decipher the bit about the Go and the arrow either, and the idea of a
Monopoly board just never occured to me (sigh).

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:39:44 -0500
From: [email-masked] (Steven A. Swiniarski)
Subject: Re: Acka: My Home

>
>What's a house naming party without refreshments?

Indeed, I create 1 big trinket worth A$5 known as "A Big Bowl of Dip"
Which is a giant ceramic container devided in thirds, containing
salsa, onion dip, and that green stuff I really cant stand. I go to
Castle on a Cloud and present "A Big Bowl of Dip" to Ludwig as a
housewarming present.

Swann -5 Dip

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 16:58:36 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: No Tea found

fnord wrote:
> In case any were wondering, here's how I solved the map.  The rows and
> columns of numbers indicated how the grid row/colum was to be coloured
> in (i.e. 1 4 1 indicated a group of 1 dot, at least one space, 4 dots, 
> at least one space and then one more dot).  I've seen these puzzles before
> in GAMES magazine, a favorite of mine since way back when.

In GAMES they call these puzzles "Paint by Numbers".  As I recall, GAMES
said the puzzles were already a big hit in Japan when GAMES first printed
them a few years ago; they've since gained quite a bit of popularity
in the US, to the point that whole books of just these puzzles have
been produced (at least one by GAMES and one by someone else). 

> I had figured out the lines of the board, the arrow in the GO square
> and the lines indicating the text on the two properties visible.
> I had to go out to the web to make sure that it was Broadway and
> not Park Place (as I hadn't seen a Monopoly board in ages).  I never
> did figure out the dots for the word "GO".

My first attempt at creating this puzzle had skinnier "GO" letters,
and resulted in a puzzle that was either too hard to solve, or, more
likely, had multiple solutions.  In any case, the one I used for the
treasure has only one solution, and I considered it an easy puzzle, on
the scale of the first or second PbN in a typical issue of GAMES World
of Puzzles, where they have 6 of these most issues.

Incidentally, I haven't completed any of the PbN yet in the current issue
of GAMES WoP but I did the battleships -- one of which has multiple
solutions.

/dev/joe

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:09:53 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: game state uncertainty

I don't know whether I should mention this or not.

I'm not sure the Zelda affair shook out exactly according to the rules.  
If CFJ 340's TRUE verdict stands, we could be in a whole pile of 
Platonic dookey, despite "Zelda"'s minimal involvement in the game, since 
Eponimondas did indeed become an active player in the paradigm which 
currently seems to be accepted, and that CFJ asserts Eponimondas was 
never really a player at all.

GF

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 18:31:38 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Wings  

In a message dated 97-02-05 09:28:29 EST, Malenkai is reputed to have said:

<< You start with at least A$1100 (you're exact amount is on the
 player's page).  Wings are A$100.  Since you can afford them, you
 just bought them.
 
 Narf -100 wings >>

Whee!

In that case, I'm currently standing in front of my deluxe length mirror in
my house (which I renamed "Acme Labs" for those who might have missed it) and
am preening about, admiring my genetic mutation.  Anyone got a pin I can
dance upon?

Narf

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 18:47:06 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Swinger

Until snowgod returns from Vacation, Guy Fawkes will be the Acting 
Swinger for (None Yet).

GF

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 19:48:36 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 345 Verdict

CFJ 345 has been judged TRUE.

Clerk of the Courts
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Call For Judgement 345
  Subject: Magic Number
Initiator: Malenkai
    Judge: Lestrade (selected Feb 02, 1997, 11:09h EST)
Judgement: TRUE

Statement:

The magic number for the cycle in which Proposal 1657 was accepted is
257 as of the time this CFJ is distributed.

Malenkai's Reasoning:

Proposal 1657 amended rule 220 to change the magic number from 257 to
541.  However, I'm not sure that would apply to the value of the magic
number for the cycle in which the amendment occurred, as that was
already established at the start of the cycle.  I don't care
either way, and can see the argument either way (although, without thinking
about it a great deal, I believe this CFJ is true), but better to make
sure now than at the end of the cycle.

Lestrade's Reasoning:

Rule 666 states:

k) The game cycle number is incremented, and the Magic Number is reset
to its base value.

This states that the base magic number value, for a cycle, is set at the
beginning of a cycle. Change of the base magic number value would,
unless stated otherwise in a proposal, only have effect on scoring after
the current cycle is completed. Since the proposal in question is not
framed in such a way as to override 666 k), the magic number for the
current cycle victory purposes is 257.

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 19:07:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Guy Fawkes <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Union of Jukkasjarvi

I am founding the Union of Jukkasvarvi.  Anyone wishing to become a member of 
the Union of Jukkasjarvi may do so by emailing me either publically or 
privately.  Members must vote YES on Proposal 1688, and they must share any 
fragment of the Runestone of Jukkasjarvi that should ever come into their 
possession with all other members.

Guy Fawkes

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 17:43:14 -0800
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: My Home

Why thank you Swann, that is touching
Ludwig

On Wed, 5 Feb 1997, [email-masked] (Steven A. Swiniarski) wrote:
>
>
>>
>>What's a house naming party without refreshments?
>
>Indeed, I create 1 big trinket worth A$5 known as "A Big Bowl of Dip"
>Which is a giant ceramic container devided in thirds, containing
>salsa, onion dip, and that green stuff I really cant stand. I go to
>Castle on a Cloud and present "A Big Bowl of Dip" to Ludwig as a
>housewarming present.
>
>Swann -5 Dip
>
>

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 21:19:27 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: My Home

mr cwm wrote:

> I hereby go to the Castle on a Cloud, and present "Little Bag O' Chips B"
> to Ludwig.  I will give a "Little Bag O' Chips" with successive final
> characters to the next 24 players who attend Ludwig's house-naming party,
> unless they indicate they don't want one.  (I'm keeping "Little Bag O'
> Chips A" for myself.)

I am going to the housewarming party as well.  I will have a Little
Bag O' Chips as well (by my count, 'E', if all are acked).

As much as I hate to eat and run, I then go back to Malenkai's Castle
(to save the map-harfer some work).

Malenkai

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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 21:31:26 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Little Lamb

I am paying A$10 to take the little lamb off of snowgod's hands.

Malenkai -10 little lamb

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:03:49 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: My Home

> What's a house naming party without refreshments?
	Now *that's* an invitation!  I go to the Castle on a Cloud and 
congratulate Ludwig on his attractive home.

- --Mohammed

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:08:35 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: No Tea found

> I had figured out the lines of the board, the arrow in the GO square
> and the lines indicating the text on the two properties visible.
> I had to go out to the web to make sure that it was Broadway and
> not Park Place (as I hadn't seen a Monopoly board in ages).
	Fine & good, but how did you obtain the map?

- --Mohammed

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

Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:09:45 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: My Home

> Indeed, I create 1 big trinket worth A$5 known as "A Big Bowl of Dip"
> Which is a giant ceramic container devided in thirds, containing
> salsa, onion dip, and that green stuff I really cant stand. I go to
> Castle on a Cloud and present "A Big Bowl of Dip" to Ludwig as a
> housewarming present.
	You don't like guacamole?  Maaan!  You must be totally
un-hip-with-it! 

- --Mohammed
kidding
guacamole enthusiast

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

Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:13:01 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Union of Jukkasjarvi

> I am founding the Union of Jukkasvarvi.  Anyone wishing to become a member of 
> the Union of Jukkasjarvi may do so by emailing me either publically or 
> privately.
	In.

- --Mohammed

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:22:12 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1716

Proposal 1716
Lot Sale
Malenkai

This is a Modest proposal.

{{[this will allow things like a group of prosthetic foreheads to
be auctioned as a lot, at the option of the player auctioning them,
rather than the current system used for Otzma cards, and the like,
where each high bidder gets one.]}}

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

Amend R 516, "Auction", to replace:

"
a) the item to be Auctioned, which must be unowned if the Rules are calling
(or directing a player to initiate) the Auction, and must be a tradeable
or gift entity owned by the Player calling the Auction if it is being
called by a Player acting on their own.
b) the quantity to be Auctioned (default = 1)
"

with:

"
a) the item or items to be Auctioned, which must be unowned if the Rules
are calling (or directing a player to initiate) the Auction, and must be
tradeable or gift entit(ies) owned by the Player calling the Auction if
it is being called by a Player acting on their own.  Default quantity is
1 item.
b) if more than one item is being auctioned, whether or not the items
should be grouped and auctioned as a lot (default = no).  If yes, then
"item" (and "items") as used in the remainer of this rule shall be
construed to mean the entire lot of items being auctioned, and quantity
shall be 1. 
"

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

Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:42:18 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1718

Proposal 1718
Inflation
Malenkai

This is a Modest proposal.

Amend Rule 415, "Presidential Decisions", to replace

"A$500 in construction costs" with "A$850 in construction costs".

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:42:17 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1717

Proposal 1717
Shubik Auctions
Malenkai

This is a Modest proposal.

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

Amend R 516, "Auction", to append the following text at the end of the
rule:

"
7) When a player acting on their own calls a public auction in which
exactly one item is being auctioned, that player may declare that
auction to be a "Shubik Auction" when it is initiated.  An auction 
may not be so declared under any other circumstances.  At the
conclusion of a Shubik Auction, the player who made the second highest
bid, if such a player exists, forfeits his bid to the treasury as well,
and receives no compensation.

{{All Shubik Auctions hereby lose their Shubik status.

[Shubik auctions are sometimes called "Dollar Bill Auctions".  An
excellent writeup of these sorts of auctions can be found at

http://www.ios.com/~leonf/sd/bargame9.html

]}}
"

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:42:43 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1677 rejected (Short and Sweet)

Proposal 1677
Short and Sweet
breadbox

Votes cast by active players:  11 / 19 = 57.894737%
Yes:  1    No:  8     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	Swann

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Lestrade
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Ludwig
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Strider
	Narf
	Techno
	Habeous Corpus

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Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 21:42:44 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1679 rejected (Wibble)

Proposal 1679
Wibble
breadbox

Votes cast by active players:  11 / 19 = 57.894737%
Yes:  3    No:  6     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	fnord
	Swann
	Mohammed

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	ThinMan
	Lestrade
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	breadbox

Active players who did not vote:
	Ludwig
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Guy Fawkes
	Strider
	Narf
	Techno
	Habeous Corpus

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