Subject: Ackanomic Digest V1 #515
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Ackanomic Digest     Wednesday, February 12 1997     Volume 01 : Number 515

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 04:23:42 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Long Pre-RFC - Non-voting players

Pre-RFC: Non-voting Players

[This is a synopsis of the changes I want to make; some of these are not
set in stone, so I may change them if there is some objection.]

In Rule 252, Joining the game, have players default to joining as
voting players, but allow them to join as non-voting players if they
specify so.  Also allow players to switch between being voting and
non-voting players, being careful to properly handle the case of
going from voting to non-voting, and restricting such changes to
like vacationing - can't change if you've changed, voluntarily
or not, within the last two days.

Rule 422 (postmaster) - add in a separate "official voting list"; things
only relevant to voting players go here, and voting players are
required to subscribe to it.  Also fix the postal code appropriately,
and add acka-research as a public forum with no actions allowed while
we're at it.

Proposed mailing list structure:

ackanomic - official list, anything is allowed except subgame actions.
  miscellaneous official posts relevant to non-voting players go here.
ackanomic-digest, acka-priv - alternate
replies from this list to acka-discuss

acka-games - G&C games, grab-a-donkey, Machine - same as now.
  add to the list "or anything else defined as a subgame in the rules"
acka-games-digest, acka-priv - alternate

acka-voting - official voting list, proposals and vote results go here
acka-voting-digest
replies to acka-research

acka-chess - party chess stuff

acka-research, acka-discuss - public lists with no official actions allowed
These would have digests too.

Comments: 
In general, new non-voting players would be subscribed to
ackanomic, acka-games, and acka-discuss.  New voting players
would in addition be subscribed to acka-voting, acka-research.

This distributed nature will result in fewer digests being created
per day on the main list -- perhaps many days just the one automatically
generated digest at midnight would be created for any list.  It would
make things easier on wilma if most players subscribed to the voting
list in digest form; sometimes things get backed up for a bit when
50 messages come in to the main list all at once.  (Perhaps I could
give the tabulator a password for this list so he could force a
digest to be created at the end of sending a batch of props/results?)
I'm not worried about trying to set this up right now, but it's an
idea.

[General - Non-voting players can't vote, make proposals, judge CFJ's,
(possibly submit CFJs), hold offices, be mentors, or win the cycle. 
Non-voting players can play games and contests, find and hide treasures,
play Grab-a-Donkey and the Machine that Goes *ping*, although they may
sometimes be at a disadvantage, or unable to find some treasures, etc.;
however, if, for instance, a treasure decodes to require them to make
a proposal, they can temporarily become a voting player, or team up
with a voting player to find it.]

In Rule 101 (and other places) - allow only voting players to win
cycles of Ackanomic.  In Rule 101 specifically add "Non-voting players
may not win Cycles of Ackanomic."

In rules 104 and 106, allow only voting players to vote and make
proposals; in 104, only require that proposals are distributed to
voting players.

Rule 107 (quorum) - change "players" to "voting players"
We either need a way for non-voting players to become active, or
should eliminate the concept for non-voting players.  Perhaps joining
a G&C game, or participating in the Machine, grab-a-donkey, etc.
would make a non-voting player active.  Should we allow the Whamiol
to work on non-voting players?

Rule 207, when a proposal fails on quorum, only penalize abstaining
voting players, and possibly change the penalty from vacation to
becoming non-voting.

Rules 211-217 - only voting players should be able to judge CFJ's;
maybe allow only voting players to submit CFJ's.

Rule 219-222 only voting players can win.  Only voting players should
be involved in any way with Rule 222.

Rule 253 (mentors) - only voting players may be mentors; do we want to
give non-voting players mentors? or allow non-voting players to be mentors
of new non-voting players?  Simplest to make this entirely voting players
only.

Rule 257 (no dead players) - this should be limited to voting players,
and the bit on sending messages to all the ackanomic players should be
changed to voting players.

Rule 317 (bonus votes) - only voting players may use them.  Other
players can possess them, though

Rule 319 (new unanimity rule) - should the "player with the lowest score"
be limited to voting players?

Rule 360 (hearings) - only voting players may vote; defers to hearings
that allow non-voting players to vote (maybe none of the current types,
though)

Rule 362 (crisis resolution) - only voting players may challenge

Rule 401 (office commonalities) - only voting players may hold
offices; defers to offices that allow non-voting players

Rule 402 (offices, related def) - only voting players may vote unless
non-voting players are eligible to hold the office

Rule 404 (impeachment) - only voting players may call for or vote on
impeachment, except for offices that non-voting players may hold

Rule 405 (speaker) - ensure only voting players are listed on the
succession list

Rule 421 (csrr) - only voting players may challenge a csr

Rule 593 (research guild) - in section C (archaeologist) only voting
players are eligible

Rule 597 (frankenstein monsters) - should this be limited to voting players?
(the winning a cycle must be)

Rule 709 (gaol) change "player" to "voting player" in the list of actions
for making a CFJ or CFCJ.

Rules 722-723 (parties and party unity) - allow non-voting players to
join/form parties; in 723, compute the number of unity votes and determine
unity based on the number of voting members of the party; a party with
fewer than 3 voting members gets no unity vote.

Rule 726 (party hall/swingers) - allow non-voting players to be swingers

Rule 843 (hall of elders) - should this be limited to voting players?

Rule 850 (museum) - make "players" be "voting players" in the segment on
winning the cycle

Rule 901 (magic potato) - only voting players can be selected

Rule 909 (phoebe) - limit to voting players?

Rule 927 (silly vacation hat) - limit to voting players for receiving hats?
for being mad hatter?

Rule 1112.3 (hogging the harf) - only voting players may call the hearing

Rule 1213 (grab-a-donkey) - allow a non-voting player to be wrangler.

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 07:39:21 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Long Pre-RFC - Non-voting players

Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> ackanomic - official list, anything is allowed except subgame actions.

> acka-games - G&C games, grab-a-donkey, Machine - same as now.

I want to make sure that nothing involving or finding or dropping clues
in a treasure hunt is defined as a "subgame action".  The ambiguity
surrounding when a clue is dropped, or when a particular action is
getting a player closer to a treasure is part of the charm.  I would
prefer to leave that alone basically -- anything goes.  Treasure hunts
really aren't much of a bandwidth drain, are they ?

> It would
> make things easier on wilma if most players subscribed to the voting
> list in digest form; sometimes things get backed up for a bit when
> 50 messages come in to the main list all at once.  (Perhaps I could
> give the tabulator a password for this list so he could force a
> digest to be created at the end of sending a batch of props/results?)

As long as one was not *required* to subscribe to this in digest form.
As I pointed out when those "docket" proposals were up for vote,
combining proposal distribution, and especially voting results into
one e-mail would add alot of extra work for me.  If you wanted to do
this, perhaps a way to cc me on the e-mails individually could be
implemented.

> Rule 107 (quorum) - change "players" to "voting players"
> We either need a way for non-voting players to become active, or
> should eliminate the concept for non-voting players.

Eliminate the concept for non-voting players.  Make the Whamiol work
only for voting players.  Perhaps just adding another player state of
"non-voting", and leaving the Whamiol wording to work on "active"?

> Rule 207, when a proposal fails on quorum, only penalize abstaining
> voting players, and possibly change the penalty from vacation to
> becoming non-voting.

This is reasonable (I've changed my mind), but a point penalty is still
appropriate too.  If you are not going to require them to remain a 
non-voting player for some period like 2 days, then consider adding
a presidential power to reduce the quorum requirement temporarily.  I
would prefer, however, that if they are forced to non-voting status due
to quorum failure, that they must remain so for 2 days, and make it 
apply in the publically knowable sense so the p1701-06 bug doesn't occur.

> Rules 211-217 - only voting players should be able to judge CFJ's;
> maybe allow only voting players to submit CFJ's.

I might allow non-voting players to submit CFJs.

Malenkai

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 08:10:01 -0500
From: "Bollinger, John C." <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: pedestal

I hereby transfer the Pedestal of *ping* to Strider, and hope that
he will use it in accordance with its intended purpose.

ThinMan

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 08:16:01 -0500
From: "Bollinger, John C." <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: Fictionary Definitions

>
>Here is the list of votes for the Ing word, curr:

I vote for:
>
>4. to make a murmuring sound (as of doves)

ThinMan
Bluffer

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 05:31:37 -0800
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Gravitational Monopole activation attempt

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# the ackaphysicist, then a roll of 8 or less should be construed as
# a failure.  In any case, perhaps breadbox can describe what happens
# Malenkai

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 06:12:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Gravitational Monopole activation attempt

> Dice rolls requested by: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
> 
> # This is for breadbox's attempt to reattach Cow Town via the GM
> # Any roll of 4 or less is a failure.  If it is somehow judged that the
> # acting ackaphysicist does not have the same knowledge of the GM as
> # the ackaphysicist, then a roll of 8 or less should be construed as
> # a failure.  In any case, perhaps breadbox can describe what happens
> # Malenkai
> 
> [...]
> 
>      20

I don't think I can describe what happens - not accurately, anyway.
There is a queasy churning in my stomach and cochlea as local gravity
bends and distorts, and suddenly a classy puddle of water is coming
directly at me.

"Beneath the waves, the waves, and that's where I will be..."

I detach and pocket the Gravitational Monopole, and then quickly swim
to the surface and out of the crater. I am soaked to the bone. ("Our
only home is bone...")

Not quite the effect I was hoping for, though no doubt just as
entertaining for the onlookers.

Next time I will remember to stand aside.

breadbox
"The yellow roosevelt avenue leaf overturned..."

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 06:32:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Suction Cup Reattachment Squad Continues

By now we have reattached all the public buildings that were dangling.
If any player would like me to reattach their house with the
Gravitational Monopole, ask now. (As acting Ackaphysicist, I have less
to lose than CnH if I get deemed a quack by this thing.)

Also, I note that us winged players are once again ready to move
buildings. Somebody pick a house and let's go after it.

In the meantime, I am going to my house. First, I am flying up to
where my building is dangling, and grabbing all of my possessions.
Then, I am attaching the Gravitational Monopole.

I pause, and then loudly announce to no one in particular, "Uh,
regardless of my immediately preceding actions, I have every bit of
confidence in my ability to wield this terrifyingly complex piece of
gadgetry! Despite how it may look, I unequivocally assert that I
*know* what I'm doing!"

With a reddening face, I turn back to the Monopole and push the
button.

breadbox

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:09:33 -0800
From: Stephen McCulley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: pedestal

Bollinger, John C. wrote:
> 
> I hereby transfer the Pedestal of *ping* to Strider, and hope that
> he will use it in accordance with its intended purpose.
> 
> ThinMan
I place the Pedestal of *ping* under the Machine.  It really doesn;t
_need_ it, but it was getting a little disconcerting having it floating
in the middle of the room. :)

Strider

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 18:25:53 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Party Change

It is with much regret that I announce I am leaving the Harf Party
and joining (None Yet).  I have nothing against the Harf Party, in fact
I agree with their adjenda and will support it where ever possible.

However, I do not want to see Acka's oldest party fold.

Malenkai

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 18:27:01 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Hall of Elders

Guy Fawkes Hall of Elder's nomination can now begin.  Construe this
as both a nomination and support of that nomination.

Malenkai

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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 01:38:35 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Hall of Elders

On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Malenkai wrote:

> Guy Fawkes Hall of Elder's nomination can now begin.  Construe this
> as both a nomination and support of that nomination.
> 
> Malenkai
> 
As I've stated before
I support this
Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:41:54 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: Hall of Elders

> Guy Fawkes Hall of Elder's nomination can now begin.  Construe this
> as both a nomination and support of that nomination.

I support this.

/dev/joe

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 16:03:56 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Hall of Elders

> Guy Fawkes Hall of Elder's nomination can now begin.  Construe this
> as both a nomination and support of that nomination.

I support this as well. (Though it scares me a little - Guy Fawkes
will be the first elder who has been in the game less time than I....)

b

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 19:13:24 -0500 (EST)
From: mr cwm <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Hall of Elders

On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Malenkai wrote:

>Guy Fawkes Hall of Elder's nomination can now begin.

I support this nomination.

- -mr cwm

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 19:21:45 -0500 (EST)
From: mr cwm <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: is classified

is

Help Wanted

Professional Party Chess Player wanted to play for Ackanomia's Oldest
Political Party.  Experience a plus, but not necessary.  Short-term
contract, may be extended.  Salary negotiable.  Contact mr cwm at
[email-masked].

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 19:46:27 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Undead Harfing

In order to help the Undead-Harfer, I have placed all player records
I have as of the time the player left the game at:

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

Note that these still have offices and things like chartreuse goose
eggs that would have been destroyed by now.  Also, I have excluded players
who never became active -- they should either have no undead, or it will
be ok to destroy their undead anyway.

I believe either /dev/joe or Niccolo Flychuck has older undead records.

I will not be maintaining this page, or provide a link off of my main
page, and it will come down when the Undead-Harfer rule self-deletes.  
Good luck to the new Undead-Harfer, whoever that may be.  It should not
be that difficult a job, once the initial setup is done.

Malenkai

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:11:32 -0800
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Party Change

Malenkai, I will join (None Yet) so you may stick to your old party.
Ludwig

On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Malenkai <[email-masked]> wrote:
>It is with much regret that I announce I am leaving the Harf Party
>and joining (None Yet).  I have nothing against the Harf Party, in fact
>I agree with their adjenda and will support it where ever possible.
>
>However, I do not want to see Acka's oldest party fold.
>
>Malenkai
>
>

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 19:13:59 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: GAMES magazine contest every good Ackanomian should try

There's a contest in the April 1997 issue of Games (just released) that
I think every good Ackanomian should try to solve.  Aside from the minimal
instructions outside the box (like where to send your entry), the contest
consists of 27 sentences written in four different colors (some sentences
use more than one color), in various directions, with various instructions.
Some of the instructions conflict and other sentences tell how to resolve
the conflicts.

I will try to write up all the necessary information and post it later for
those without access to the magazine.  I'm still trying to solve it now.

/dev/joe

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:13:03 -0800
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: is classified

I will do that for you guys, as I have an interest in your Party as well
Ludwig

On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, mr cwm <[email-masked]> wrote:
>is
>
>Help Wanted
>
>Professional Party Chess Player wanted to play for Ackanomia's Oldest
>Political Party.  Experience a plus, but not necessary.  Short-term
>contract, may be extended.  Salary negotiable.  Contact mr cwm at
>[email-masked].
>
>
>

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:09:59 -0800
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Hall of Elders

i support this.
Ludwig

On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Malenkai <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Guy Fawkes Hall of Elder's nomination can now begin.  Construe this
>as both a nomination and support of that nomination.
>
>Malenkai
>
>

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:59:04 -0800
From: [email-masked] (John Martin Lotz)
Subject: ACKA:  Guy Fawkes ==>> Hall of Elders

I support this.

John-Martin Lotz
[email-masked]

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:09:12 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Party Change

[email-masked] wrote:
 
> Malenkai, I will join (None Yet) so you may stick to your old party.

This is the second offer of this nature I have had and I appreciate
it.  I am going to stay in (None Yet), however, as long as they keep
me :).

Malenkai

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 23:22:24 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Fictionary Definitions

Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> 6. A bead of molten glass, prior to its shaping by a glassblower

Malenkai

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 23:32:40 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Runestone Fragments

I will be distributing the remaining runestone fragments as follows.
If there are still some at the end of the month, I will auction them,
or, as the month progresses, think of other ways to get rid of them.
I will only give one out per player per condition, and in all cases
you must indicate that you want one, if you want one:

1) Did not get one as a result of P 1688, and voted on a proposal
with number greater than 1688 (this was already published in a different
form).  So far Narf has indicated e wants one based on this condition.

2) Has frinked from the Onyx Vase (coke will do, qv treasure 107).

3) Has won a subgame involving 3 or more players (no teams, and not
the current game of Fictionary of YORL).

4) Has won a duel.

Malenkai

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:58:54 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1721

Proposal 1721
Proposal 1704 resubmit
Malenkai

This is a Modest proposal.

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Amend R 254, "Player States", to replace:

"
A Pending player becomes Active when it becomes publically knowable
that he has voted or made a proposal.
"

with:

"
A Pending player becomes Active when it becomes publically knowable
that he has voted on a proposal.
"

{{[first of all, this was snuck (?) into the player reorg despite acka's
opposition to the idea (qv P 1549), but the players reorg was worth it.
Remember, active player was defined the way it was because of the Quorum
Crisis, therefore voting is the appropriate criteria.  Also, voting
seems more of an indication that your feet are on the ground than
submitting a proposal.  This also fixes the case where votes on other
things such as elections and subgames do not count.]}}

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:58:55 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1722

Proposal 1722
Reducing the ruleset size by a factor of 0.0006137
Malenkai

(resubmit)

This is a Modest proposal.

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Amend Rule 412, "Financier and Free Market", to replace the following text:

"
      The Privileges of the Financier are:

      a) To appoint up to 2 assistants, to help in gathering,
maintaining, and publishing information pertaining to the above. These
assistants may resign. These assistants are not Officers.

      b) To receive the usual salary for a Functional Officer.
"

with:

"
{{the title of assistant to the financier is removed from anyone who
has it.  [deleting the clauses above does not change the way the
game is played in any way.]}}
"

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:58:55 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1723

Proposal 1723
If We're Going to Do This to Ourselves, We Should Do It Right
breadbox

This is a Modest Proposal.
________

I. Add the following paragraph to Rule 1309 "We don't need Gravity":

If a building is dangling by its emergency tether, players may still
enter and leave the building, by climbing up and down the tether. If a
building has its emergency tether break and floats free, no one may
enter or leave that building unless they have wings, or are given a
ride by a winged player. Objects that reside in a floating building
cannot be accessed or used by anyone who is not also inside that
building.
________

II. Replace the second to last paragraph ["Wings"] in Rule 854
"Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication" with the following:

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

{{[This change simply adds information that is currently only
specified in the Blueprint for the Gravitation Monopole. That is,
it doesn't change anything; it simply puts the information in
with the rest of the rules.]}}
________

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:58:53 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1720

Proposal 1720
*pinging* the Machine (resubmit)
Malenkai

This is a Modest proposal.

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Amend Rule 1209, "The Machine That Goes *ping*", to replace:

"
      VIII. If the Machine has gone *ping* thirty times during the
current Scholar's term, the Scholar must, within three days of the
30th *ping*, publically post the Machine's truth in its undisguised
form.

      When the Scholar posts the undisguised truth, any active player
may, within the next three days, submit a CFCJ that the Scholar violated
the rules of his duties during the current Scholar's term. If no player
does so in that time, or if the returned verdict is FALSE, the Scholar
receives 50 A$ for his services, and the Machine randomly teleports
itself to another active player's Home.
"

with:

"
      VIII. If the Machine has gone *ping* thirty times during the
current Scholar's term, the Scholar must, within three days of the
30th *ping*, publically post the Machine's truth in its undisguised
form.

      When the Scholar posts the undisguised truth as directed by this
section, the Machine randomly teleports itself to another active
player's Home.
"

{{[the CFCJ business is extraneous; the clause about the money appears
to scope beyond section VIII, which was not intended, I would guess.
Also, the scholar has most likely already received a boon, making this
subgame payoff structure well out of line with other subgames to
start with.  That's ok, but there is no reason to throw twice what
the web-harfer makes in a month on top of that :)]}}

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 22:58:56 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1724

Proposal 1724
Table of Contents
Jammer

Title  Table of Contents
Author:  Jammer AKA John-Martin Lotz

This is neither a modest nor a grandiose proposal

{Renumber this rule as 99}

Part 1:

Rule 101/1 - The Game of Ackanomic
Rule 102/5 - Resolving Conflicts
Rule 103/10 - Proposals and Rule Changes
Rule 104/4 - Adopting Proposals
Rule 106/5 - Voting on Proposals
Rule 107/5 - Quorum and Active Players
Rule 205/4 - When Score Changes Take Effect
Rule 207/10 - Scoring When A Proposal's Voting Results are Reported
Rule 207.1/3 - That's just silly
Rule 207.2/2 - Keep 'Em In The Game
Rule 209/2 - Modesty and Pride
Rule 211/12 - Invoking Judgement
Rule 212/7 - Selecting A Judge
Rule 213/1 - Delivering Judgement
Rule 214/1 - Possible Judgements
Rule 215/1 - Judgements Must Accord With The Rules
Rule 216/0 - Judgements Are Not Rules
Rule 217/14 - Overturning Judgements
Rule 219/3 - Winning By Paradox
Rule 220/9 - Winning by Points
Rule 221/7 - Winnin is Inherently Amusing (or Winning by Palindrome)
Rule 222/1 - Winning by Finding the Crystal Chalice
Rule 235/11 - Chartreuse Goose
Rule 250/5 - Registered Players
Rule 251/11 - Player Names
Rule 252/1 - Joining the Game
Rule 253/2 - Mentors
Rule 254/1 - Player States
Rule 255/16 - Vacationing
Rule 256/6 - Leaving the Game
Rule 257/7 - No Dead Players Allowed
Rule 258/4 - Undead
Rule 259/0 - Evil Twins
Rule 301/7 - Proposal and Rule Titles
Rule 303/10 - Proposal and Rule Numbering
Rule 305/6 - For Personal Glory...
Rule 307/3 - Revision Numbers
Rule 309/1 - Substantially Similar Proposals
Rule 311/2 - Rule Suites
Rule 313/8 - Proposal Bribery
Rule 315/10 - Tammany
Rule 317/3 - Bonus Votes
Rule 319/2 - Unanimity Is Lovely (although not so lovely as it used to be)
Rule 330/6 - Retractions
Rule 340/2 - Spelling Errors
Rule 342/7 - Spelling Bee
Rule 344/5 - Notes and Comments
Rule 346/5 - Self Deleting Text
Rule 348/6 - " "
Rule 360/5 - Hearings
Rule 362/9 - Crisis Resolution
Rule 370/3 - No E-mail, No Game
Rule 374/5 - Politeness Moon
Rule 380/2 - Time Zone
Rule 401/12 - Offices, Commonalities
Rule 402/7 - Offices, Related Definitions
Rule 403/10 - Functional Offices, Commonalities
Rule 404/5 - Offices, Impeachment
Rule 405/11 - Speaker
Rule 406/5 - Promoter
Rule 407/6 - Web-Harfer
Rule 408/17 - Tabulator and Count Tabula
Rule 409/7 - Registrar
Rule 410/4 - Scorekeeper
Rule 411/3 - Senate
Rule 412/4 - Financier and Free Market
Rule 413/2 - Clerk of the Court
Rule 414/7 - President
Rule 415/5 - Presidential Decisions
Rule 416/4 - Supreme Court
Rule 417/5 - Justices Rock
Rule 418/3 - Justices Are Keeper Of The Sacred Laws
Rule 419.1/6 - Ambassador
Rule 419.2/7 - Ackanomic/Internomic Interface
Rule 420.1/5 - Historian
Rule 420.2/0 - Ackanomic History Guild
Rule 421/6 - Office of Common Sense, Redundancy, and Redundancy
Rule 422/5 - Postmaster
Rule 423/5 - Map-Harfer
Rule 424/3 - Poet Laureate
Rule 425/3 - Praetor
Rule 426/0 - Undead-Harfer
Rule 427.1/0 - Bond-Harfer Meta Rule
Rule 500/0 - Entities
Rule 500.1/0 - Entity Names
Rule 500.2/0 - Entity Ownership
Rule 500.3/0 - Entity Uniqueness
Rule 501/4 - ExtraNomic Entities
Rule 505/10 - Treasury and AckaDollars
Rule 506/2 - Trinkets
Rule 507/5 - PF Bonds
Rule 508/3 - Bond Yields
Rule 510/2 - Voluntary Debt Prohibited
Rule 511/1 - In Debt
Rule 512/2 - Bond Options
Rule 513/3 - Rental
Rule 515/2 - Trading and Gifts
Rule 516/10 - Auction
Rule 593/8 - Ackanomic Research Guild
Rule 594/8 - Blueprints
Rule 595/12 - Gadgets
Rule 596/1 - The Mad Scientist
Rule 597/1 - The Frankenstein Monster(s)
Rule 666/16 - End of Cycle
Rule 667/7 - Fat Lady
Rule 668/3 - Eggs and Fruit
Rule 669/3 - Marks of the Champion
Rule 670/5 - Commission d'Arts
Rule 709/11 - Gaol
Rule 710/10 - Criminal Justice
Rule 711/2 - Appeal for Pardon
Rule 712/7 - Gaoler
Rule 713/1 - Crime
Rule 714/3 - Cow Town Hotel
Rule 715/3 - in Contempt
Rule 716/3 - Patent Infringement
Rule 720/5 - Institutions
Rule 721/10 - Organizations
Rule 722/7 - Political Parties
Rule 723/4 - Rewarding Party Unity
Rule 726/16 - Party Hall
Rule 727/2 - Party Hall party
Rule 728/4 - Swingpoints
Rule 729/1 - Another Truly Deplorable Pun
Rule 835/2 - Locations
Rule 836/3 - Hotels
Rule 837/4 - Nothing Important
Rule 839/7 - Buildings
Rule 840/4 - Library
Rule 841/2 - Towers
Rule 843/4 - Hall of Elders
Rule 844/3 - Land Baroncy
Rule 845/5 - Map
Rule 846/1 - Constructions and Architectural Aesthetic
Rule 850/0 - Museum
Rule 852/2 - Portrait Gallery
Rule 854/1 - Ackanomic Institute of Genetic Replication
Rule 901/9 - The Magic Potato
Rule 903/5 - Gumball
Rule 905/8 - The Blue Cross
Rule 907/2 - Bronze Torch
Rule 909/7 - Steel Flea
Rule 911/6 - The Great Trombone of Ackanomia
Rule 913/4 - Parades
Rule 915/8 - Prosthetic Foreheads
Rule 917/3 - Rock
Rule 919/5 - Brass Monkey
Rule 921/4 - Acid Rain Dance
Rule 923/5 - The Amber Banana
Rule 925/5 - The Press
Rule 927/4 - Silly Vacation Hat
Rule 929/5 - Baaa
Rule 931/3 - Garments
Rule 933/2 - Purple Robe of Justice
Rule 935/4 - Processing Chips
Rule 939/2 - Beldin's Tailor
Rule 940/1 - Beldin's Pants
Rule 1112.1/2 - Let there be Harf!
Rule 1112.2/1 - And the Harf shall inherit the Earth!
Rule 1112.3/2 - Let those who are without Harf cast the first stone.
Rule 1115/4 - Fulfilling Campaign Promises
Rule 1117/3 - Telepathy, Telekinesis, and Side Effects
Rule 1119/1 - Undead (aka I didn't come back as a bag of groceries)
Rule 1121/1 - This Is Where The Party Ends
Rule 1123/1 - snowgod's Disease
Rule 1125/1 - Bartender
Rule 1127/1 - Sanctity of Harf
Rule 1129/1 - Crazy French-Scotsmen
Rule 1201/7 - Games & Contests
Rule 1203/4 - Decks of Playing Cards
Rule 1205/2 - Description of a Legacy Deck
Rule 1207/1 - Description of a Eleusis Deck
Rule 1209/9 - The Machine That Goes *ping*
Rule 1211/2 - Boons of the Ancients
Rule 1213/5 - Grab-a-Donkey
Rule 1215/4 - Duels
Rule 1217/5 - Buried Treasure!
Rule 1230/1 - Party Chess Rule Suite
Rule 1240/0 - Otzma Cards Rule Suite
Rule 1301/11 - Church
Rule 1303/3 - Synod 
Rule 1305/3 - Taking the Altar by the Horns
Rule 1307/9 - Ackanomic Middle Ages
Rule 1309/1 - We don't need Gravity
Rule 1311/1 - If we don't need Gravity, we'd better have Pressure
Rule 1313/5 - Tornado
Rule 1315/3 - Church Sanctuary
Rule 1317/2 - Codex of Kra
Rule 1319/1 - Round Earth Restoration Society
Rule 1321/4 - Rama-lama-ding-dong
Rule 1502/1 - Experts
Rule 1519/1 - The Size of Things

Part 2:  Amending this rule
The contents of part 1 of this rule shall at all times reflect the numbers
and titles of all rules in the current rule set.  Thus, if a proposal
creates 
new rule, changes the number of a rule, or changes the title of a rule
it shall be reflected in the contents of part 1 of this rule.

Part 3
It is legal, though not required, for the Web Harfer to link the contents
of elements of Part 1 to the rule it titles or numbers.

[I got the text for this off the Rules page, so It shouldn't take much work
to impliment this]

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Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 00:03:58 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Runestone Fragments

Malenkai wrote:
> 
> I will be distributing the remaining runestone fragments as follows.

I meant to say all conditions on the list must occur after the date
of [that] post.  In any case I mean that now.  Sorry for the confusion.

I am giving /dev/joe fragment 23.

Malenkai

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 23:09:11 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Sunday brunch

> >         I am offering a Scroll of Crumble to Malenkai.

> I am declining this trade.  While I found the transfer of the trinkets
> artifical, as the way I see it I really don't have them except as an
> artifact of the simulation, the Scroll of Crumble that was transferred
> could have been done so in the absense of the subgame, and was a
> legitimate use of the OMCL, although I don't have to like it :)
	Well.  *awkward grin*  I guess I'll slip this into the sleeve of 
my Champion's Cloak for use later... and get to work on some Blueprints 
to make it more valuable.

- --Mohammed
...just as soon as I get finished with this CG assignment...
...and some other stuff too embarrassing to discuss...

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 23:25:49 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Church of Seleya

I am joining the Church of Seleya.

I am running to the Church, the Church of Seleya.

As I run, I am taking off my Champion's Cloak so as not to get it 
sweaty.

- --Mohammed

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 23:28:46 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: CFJ 346 Verdict

> I'm sorry!!!!!
> 
> I really, really, really, REALLY screwed this up.
	No, I screwed up.  :o(  I didn't mean to sound so hostile.
	I'm sorry I was so rude-- your verdict is right, even though the
reasoning is off.

- --Mohammed
guilty

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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 23:46:03 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka:  Proposal 1724

> Proposal 1724
> Table of Contents
> Jammer

> {Renumber this rule as 99}
> 
> Part 1:
> 
> Rule 101/1 - The Game of Ackanomic
> Rule 102/5 - Resolving Conflicts
 [190 other rules deleted]

> Part 3
> It is legal, though not required, for the Web Harfer to link the contents
> of elements of Part 1 to the rule it titles or numbers.

Jammer, there's already such a list in the "List of Rules by Categories"
web page, which is updated when I update the rules, and it even has links
to the rules.  I see no need to put a duplicate of this list in the actual
rules.

There's some possible use if the contents just lists the general
categories the rules are grouped into, but the "rules by hundreds"
page has a list of links like that too.

/dev/joe

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