Subject: Ackanomic Digest V1 #537
From: [email-masked] (Ackanomic Digest)
To: ackanomic-digest

Ackanomic Digest       Monday, February 24 1997       Volume 01 : Number 537

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 00:11:22 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: retract P1744

I retract P1744; it has served its purpose.

/dev/joe

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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 22:34:05 -0800
From: [email-masked] (John Martin Lotz)
Subject: Acka:  Treasure

I am buying a Prosthetic Forehead to serve as 
the prize of my treasure hunt.

It is call the Great Treasure Finder as it has 
those words inscribed into in in large letters
around it.  It is covered with miniatures of 
all treasure yet found as well as maps with
notes and X's and arrows and 8X10 color 
clossies of Schiermann excavating Troy
and well as a handy secret pocket to hide
your treasure.

Jammer
Having Fun

Jammer -7

I am burying it.

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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 22:36:52 -0800
From: [email-masked] (John Martin Lotz)
Subject: Acka:  Clue the First

xxx xxx XXXX xxxxxxx, xx xxx xxxx xx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx.

Jammer

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 00:52:45 -0600
From: Mitchell Harding <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Polish nomic (translation) 

>X-Authentication-Warning: kimbark.uchicago.edu: mjhardin owned process
doing -bs
>Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 19:50:12 -0600 (CST)
>From: Harvey Harfblah <[email-masked]>
>X-Sender: [email-masked]
>Reply-To: Harvey Harfblah <[email-masked]>
>To: [email-masked]
>Subject: nomic
>
>Mitch-
>	I expect you can forward this to the appropriate party. If this is
>their idea of a message which is easy to translate, all I can say to the
>writer of this message is "Jestes curva". This is not something I would
>have you include in anything you sent back, of course, because I
>understand it's highly insulting. Harf.
>
>					Matt
>
>
>>| do Labiryntu 
>>
>>TO THE LABIRYNTH. 
>>        [Image]Gre Nomic wymyslil i zaprojektowal amerykanski prawnik
>>Peter
>>        Suber i po raz pierwszy opublikowal w pismie Scientific American
>>w
>>        1982 roku.
>>THE GAME "NOMIC" WAS THOUGHT OUT AND DESIGNED BY AN AMERICAN LAWYER PETER
>SUBER AND IT WAS PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN IN 1982. 
>>     Nomic jest gra niezwykla. Jej reguly w przeciwienstwie do
>>        wiekszosci gier nie sa wyryte w kamieniu.Tak naprawde trescia
>>gry
>>        jest ciagla zmiana tych regul. Grajacy zaczynaja gre z pewnym
>>        zestawem regul, ktory okresla takze sposob ich zmiany. Reguly
>>        zmieniania regul takze moga byc zmieniane. W rezulatcie gra ,w
>>        ktorej bierzesz udzial ciagle sie zmienia.
>>        [Image]Wiekszosc entuzjastow tej gry widzi w niej zabawe w
>>proces
>>        stanowienia prawa, a takze wynajdywania "dziur" w tym prawie, co
>>        czesto prowadzi do zupelnie nieoczekiwanych przez "prawodawcow"
>>        rezultatow. Wielu dostrzega w niej wazne aspekty filozoficzne.
>>
>>     NOMIC IS AN UNUSUAL GAME. ITS RULES, CONTRARY TO OTHER GAMES, ARE NOT
>WRITTEN IN STONE. IN REALITY, THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS THE CONSTANT
>CHANGING OF THESE RULES. THE PLAYERS BEGIN THE GAME WITH A CERTAIN SET OF
>RULES, WHICH ALSO DEFINES THE METHODS OF THEIR CHANGE. THE RULES OF
>CHANGING THE RULES CAN ALSO BE CHANGED. IN RESULT, THE GAME YOU'RE PLAYING
>KEEPS CHANGING CONSTANTLY. MOST ENTHUSIASTS OF THIS GAME SEE IN IT A PLAY
>IN ESTABLISHING LAW, AS WELL AS FINDING HOLES IN THIS LAW, WHICH OFTEN
>LEADS TO RESULTS COMPLETELY UNANTICIPATED BY "THE LAWMAKERS". MANY NOTICE
>IN IT VAROUS PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS.  
>>
>>         Dla nas istotne jest to ze gra Nomic posiada bardzo
>>bogata
>> historie. Posiada swoja grupe dyskusyjna w Usenecie, wiele list
>>        adresowych, periodyki jej poswiecone,wieloletnie archiwa.
>>Obecnie
>>        rozgrywana jest czesto za pomoca poczty elektronicznej i wtedy
>>        nazywana ENomic.
>>
>>FOR US THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE GAME NOMIC HAS A RICH HISTORY. IT
>HAS ITS OWN DISCUSSION GROUP IN THE USNET, MANY ADDRES LISTS, PERIODICALS
>DEVOTED TO IT,  SEVERAL-YEAR OLD ARCHIVES. PRESENTLY IT IS OFTEN PLAYED VIA
>EMAIL AND IT IS THEN CALLED ENOMIC. 
>>        
>>
>>         Labirynt, miejsce graczy [w Ternecie], jest miejscem
>>        rozgrywania polskojezycznej wersji tej gry za pomoca poczty
>>        elektronicznej.
>>        Poczatkowy zestaw regul nie jest w tej wersji dokladnym
>>        tlumaczeniem regul pierwotnych, poniewaz przyjelismy sposob
>>        rozgrywania gry z jej wersji australijskiej Thring , ktory to
>>        sposob zaproponowal zreszta sam autor gry.
>>
>>THE LABIRYNTH, THE PLACE OF THE GAME [ON THE INTERNET]?? IS THE PLACE FOR
>PLAYING THE POLISH LANGUAGE VERSION VIA EMAIL. 
>>THE INITIAL SET OF RULES IS NOT AN EXACT TRANSLATION OF THE TRUE INITIAL
>RULES IN THIS VERSION, BECAUSE WE ADOPTED A WAY OF PLAYING THIS GAME FROM
>THE AUSTRALIAN VERSION "THRING", WHICH IS THE WAY PROPOSED BY THE AUTHOR OF
>THE GAME HIMSELF. 
>> 
>>                         Inne informacje na temat gry Nomic
>>
>>OTHER INFO REGARDING THE GAME: 
>>
>>           * The Nomic FAQ list
>>           * Miejsce niemieckojezycznej wersji GNOMIC
>>PLACE OF THE GERMAN VERSION "GNOMIC"
>>           * Miejsce australijskiej wersji THRING
>>PLACE OF THE AUSTRALIAN VERSION "THRING"
>>           * Miejsce faszystowskiej odmiany THE FASCIST GAME
>>PLACE OF THE FASCIST VERSION "TFG"
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Polskojezyczna
>>wersja gry
>>Nomic
>>PNOMIC
>>THE POLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION - PNOMIC
>>        -------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>        Informacja dla zainteresowanych udzialem w grze PNomic
>>INFO FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING: 
>>               -------------------------------------------------------
>>        Oficjalna dokumentacja gry
>>        PNomic
>>OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION OF THE GAME:
>>           * Reguly aktualnie obowiazujace
>>CURRENT RULES THAT APPLY
>>           * Aktualne propozycje zmiany regul
>>CURRENT PROPOSITIONS FOR CHANGING THE RULES
>>           * Wyniki glosowania z ubieglego tygodnia
>>RESULTS OF THE VOTE FROM LAST WEEK
>>           * Najnowsze reguly ( przyjete w glosowaniu z ubieglego
>>tygodnia)
>>NEWEST RULES (ADOPTED IN RESULT OF LAST WEEK'S VOTE)
>>           * Lista uczestnikow gry i ich wyniki
>>LIST OF THE PLAYERS AND THEIR SCORES
>>        Oficjalna dokumentacja gry jest zawsze datowana i okresla stan
>>gry
>>        w momencie oznaczonym data
>>OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION OF THE GAME IS ALWAYS DATED AND DEFINES THE STATE
>OF THE GAME IN THE MOMENT OF THE DATE GIVEN   FUCK, THIS TRANSLATION IS LONG!
>>               -------------------------------------------------------
>> Historia gry (archiwum zawierajace dokumentacje gry od jej
>>        rozpoczecia)
>>HISTORY OF THE GAME (ARCHIVE CONTAINING DOCUMENTATION OF THE GAME FROM ITS
>BEGINNING)
>>           * Poczatkowy zestaw regul
>>INITIAL SET OF RULES
>>           * Lista propozycji zmian regul
>> od momentu rozpoczecia gry
>>LIST OF PROPOSITIONS FOR CHANGING THE RULES FROM THE MOMENT THE GAME BEGINS
>>           * Historia glosowan
>>HISTORY OF VOTES
>>           * Lista adresowa gry
>>THE ADDRESS LIST OF THE GAME
>>               -------------------------------------------------------
>>        Formularze pomocnicze
>>HELPFUL FORMS:
>>
>>           * Formularz glosowania nad zmiana regul
>>FORM FOR VOTING TO CHANGE THE RULES
>>           * Formularz propozycji zmiany regul
>>FORM FOR PROPOSING CHANGES TO RULES
>>           * Formularz zgloszenia udzialu w grze
>>FORM TO PARTICIPATE IN GAME
>>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>| do Labiryntu |
>>TO THE LABIRYNTH. 
>
>

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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 22:55:51 -0800
From: [email-masked] (John Martin Lotz)
Subject: Acka:  How to Solve thiis Treasure hunt

the xxxx clues are designed to provide hints and assistance 
in solving the Main Puzzle.  which I'll announce
in a day or so.  The big puzzle wins all.

Jammer

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 00:43:58 -0800
From: [email-masked] (fnord)
Subject: Re: Acka: More travel...

Malenkai writes:
> fnord wrote:
> 
> > Woo-hoo!  I am donating this lovel Statue of snowgod made entirely
> > of blue jello to the Museum.  I also make sure to specify to keep it
> > in a well-air-conditioned room, so it doesn't melt.
> 
> You must actually go to the museum for this to happen.  Since I have
> already updated all the web pages, please go there, don't change your
> mind :)

Hmm... you mean they don't have nice strong young fellows come out
and cart this thing away for me?  *sigh*  Oh well.  I'm gonna go to the
Museum and bring the statue with me, then donate the statue.

fnord

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 03:44:04 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re:  Acka:  empty message

On Mon, 17 Feb 1997, John Martin Lotz wrote:

	Was this in fact a null message, or did my bot screw something 
up?

- --Mohammed
should have known better than to let the bot run in "lurker" mode all night

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:09:58 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Presidential

The Presidential nomination ended last evening.  Strider was the only
volunteer for the office.  No election is necessary.

Malenkai
Speaker

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 09:02:30 -0800
From: [email-masked] (John Martin Lotz)
Subject: Acka:  Clue the Second

xxxxxx xxx xxxxxx, xx xxx xxx xx xxx xxxx xxx xxxx xx xxxxx.

Jammer

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 19:33:51 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Presidential - Congratulations

On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Malenkai wrote:

> The Presidential nomination ended last evening.  Strider was the only
> volunteer for the office.  No election is necessary.
> 
> Malenkai
> Speaker
>
 
Congratulations Strider, yet another Swinging President.
(Does anyone else see a pattern here?)

Niccolo Flychuck
ex-President

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:45:56 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: More Bond Trades

The following is a list of all bond trades since yesterday's report.
Please verify for errors and omissions.  The players/entities page
should be up-to-date with cash and bond holdings and other stuff.

Watch your cash.  You know who you are :)

Malenkai
Financier
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
IdiotBoy -15, +5 PFNarf Bond trade
Narf     +15, -5 PFNarf Bond trade

/dev/joe +10, -5 PFfnord
Mohammed -10, +5 PFfnord

snowgod -15 +thring
Mohammed +15 -thring

narf, -50 +5pfTechno
IdiotBoy +50 -5PFTechno

IdiotBoy +5 PFTechno
Narf     -5 PFTechno

IdiotBoy +2 PFMohammed
snowgod  -2 PFMohammed

[an illegal attempt at this trade was made, but it was legally made
again after IdiotBoy acquired A$50 in the PFTechno trade:]

IdiotBoy -160 +5PFMalenkai
snwogod +160 -5PFMalenkai

[this was from earlier yesterday, but reconfirmed:]

> > Mohammed -20 +5PFJammer
> > Jammer +20 -5PFJammer

Jammer -7 prosthetic forehead

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:29:22 -0800
From: [email-masked] (fnord)
Subject: Re: Acka: Mad Hatter (fnord)

Malenkai writes:
> fnord has been chosen as Bascule's mad hatter.

Oh, I've worked up a wonderful little chapeau for Bascule.

The hat has a very wide, very flat (just like the earth) brim,
on which miniature grass is growing.  Miniature mechanized cows
are munching on the foliage contentedly, as cows eat grass.

In the center of this miniature meadow rises a pyramid, with
an all-seeing eye rotating on the peak.  Looking closely at
the pyramid, (ignoring the disquieting gaze of the all-seeing
eye), one can read the entire known wisdom of Phoebe, the
Steel Flea, as it is printed on all four sides of the pyramid.

Bascule's head will fit inside the concave side of the pyramid,
so it needs no straps to stay on his head.

fnord

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 13:25:20 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1750

Proposal 1750
Frobozz Magic Company Factory Outlet
Jammer

This is neither a modest not a grandiose proposal.

The Frobozz Magic Company Factory Outlet is a cozy building located near =
the museum.  It contains a Frobozz virtual imaging widget and a Frobozz =
creation dohikkey.  All awards given are manufactured there and as =
result of corporate restructuring all deliveries are made at the store =
front.  Whenever anyone receives a reward such as  a cloak, a Silver =
moon and the like e must travel to the Frobozz Magic Company Factory =
Outlet location and publicly post a description of eir journey. =20

{[Please, I wanna have something pass <Grin>]}

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 13:29:02 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1728 accepted (Adopting Capital Swingers)

Proposal 1728
Adopting Capital Swingers
Niccolo Flychuck

Votes cast by active players:  14 / 16 = 87.500000%
Yes:  8    No:  2     Present:  7   ...Proposal accepted.

Niccolo Flychuck +2 : EP P1728

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Strider
	fnord
	snowgod
	ThinMan
	Vulcan Unity vote

NO votes:
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	mr cwm
	Robert Sevin
	Narf
	breadbox
	Ludwig
	Jammer
	Lestrade

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Techno

Text of accepted proposal:

Proposal 1728
Adopting Capital Swingers
Niccolo Flychuck

This is a Modest Proposal.

Append the following text to R726 "Party Hall" as section V

"When a Party's Swinger's Office is vacant, it is permissible for the
Party to  Adopt a member of the Party who is also a Capital Swinger as the
Party's Swinger. The Adoption is performeed by posting a public message to
that effect, and notifying the Chess-Umpire. When a Capital Swinger is
Adopted by a Party, e retains eir pieces, board position and Swingscore,
and any other PartyChess related entity or property e posseses. However he
ceases to be a Capital Swinger and becomes a Party Swinger. Eir Office is
renamed to reflect that change, in keeping with section III.A of this
rule."

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 13:29:02 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1729 rejected (BIG GAME RESERVE)

Proposal 1729
BIG GAME RESERVE
Ludwig

Votes cast by active players:  14 / 16 = 87.500000%
Yes:  6    No:  9     Present:  1   ...Proposal rejected.

YES votes:
	mr cwm
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Strider
	Ludwig
	snowgod
	Lestrade

NO votes:
	IdiotBoy
	/dev/joe
	Narf
	breadbox
	fnord
	Jammer
	ThinMan
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin

Active players who did not vote:
	Calvin N Hobbes
	Techno

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 13:29:02 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1730 rejected (Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two)

Proposal 1730
Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two
snowgod

Votes cast by active players:  15 / 16 = 93.750000%
Yes:  8    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

snowgod bribed Tammany A$ 25 to vote NO.
Malenkai bribed Tammany A$ 5 to remain SILENT.

YES votes:
	IdiotBoy
	Niccolo Flychuck
	Narf
	Strider
	Calvin N Hobbes
	snowgod
	Mohammed
	Malenkai

NO votes:
	mr cwm
	/dev/joe
	breadbox
	Ludwig
	fnord
	ThinMan
	Lestrade

PRESENT votes:
	Robert Sevin
	Jammer

Active players who did not vote:
	Techno

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 13:34:29 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: P1730 rejected

> Proposal 1730
> Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two
> snowgod
> 
> Votes cast by active players:  15 / 16 = 93.750000%
> Yes:  8    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.
	This should be 8 No votes because Tammany voted NO on this 
proposal, unless I missed something somewhere.  Null effect.

- --Mohammed (debugging)

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 14:41:30 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka:  P1730 rejected (Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two)

> Proposal 1730
> Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two

> snowgod bribed Tammany A$ 25 to vote NO.
> Malenkai bribed Tammany A$ 5 to remain SILENT.

Although It doesn't appear to matter, I bribed Tammany to vote NO.

Malenkai

>         IdiotBoy
>         Niccolo Flychuck
>         Narf
>         Strider
>         Calvin N Hobbes
>         snowgod
>         Mohammed
>         Malenkai

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 13:49:55 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  P1730 rejected (correction)

	Okay, this is the last correction on this matter.  :o)

> Proposal 1730
> Votes cast by active players:  15 / 16 = 93.750000%
> Yes:  8    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.
	This should have been 9 YES, 7 NO, 2 PRESENT.

> snowgod bribed Tammany A$ 25 to vote NO.
> Malenkai bribed Tammany A$ 5 to remain SILENT.
	This is wrong.  snowgod bribed Tammany A$25 to vote YES; Malenkai 
bribed Tammany A$5 to vote NO.

- --Mohammed
done debugging =)

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 15:13:59 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 348 (CnH)

CnH has been chosen.

Clerk of the Courts
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Call For Judgement 348
  Subject: Haunted Houses
Initiator: breadbox
    Judge: Calvin N Hobbes (selected Feb 23, 1997, 15:15h EST)
Judgement:

Statement:

Robin Hood's house is dangling.

breadbox's Reasoning:

I myself don't think that it is, and this seems to be the general
consensus, but I just want to make it official.

Robin Hood's house was originally deemed to be dangling by an
application of Rule 1321, "Rama-lama-ding-dong". Depending upon the
(in)actions of certain players, the relevant sentence says: "5
buildings chosen at random will lose their suctions cups." Then, Rule
1309 states: "In the event that any item loses it's [sic] suction
cups, which may only happen in accordance with the rules, it shall
fall off of the earth and dangle from it's [sic] surface by the
attached emergency tether."

Whether or not this can apply to undead houses is called into question
by this passage in Rule 258: "Entities that are haunted by Undead
cannot be manipulated in any way except by an action of the
Undead. This clause takes precedence over any Rule that would
otherwise allow haunted entities to be manipulated."

Rule 258 seems to say that even Rules are powerless to manipulate a
Haunted entity, a category which certainly includes Robin Hood's
house.

A verdict of TRUE would indicate that the houses of De'ghew and Mellon
were never dangling either, and that the supposed actions of myself
and others to reattach them did not actually occur.

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 15:20:40 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Undead

The self-deleting portion of R 426 self-deleted a few days ago.  A
partial list of undead was produced, so the other undead are toast.
However, due to the discovery that it is nearly impossible for haunted
entities to be manipulated, there are a few entities hanging out there
that are no longer being haunted, due to the order of the steps in R
426, but were not destroyed.  I do not believe it can be determined
with finality what these are, in toto, but we know from R 426 that they,
and only they, have the attribute of ZZimsy currently.  I will sumbit a
proposal (with some other cleanup stuff), to clean these up, since they
are no longer haunted.

Malenkai
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
From R 426 as of the other night:

      4) All entities which are not on the list, but are being haunted by 
Undead on the list, are given the
      attribute of ZZimsy as well. 

      5) All ZZimsy entites are destroyed. This clause has precedence over 
all rules. [this clause fails]. 

      6) All Lost Souls are destroyed. This clause has precedence over all 
rules. [this succeeds, now ZZimsy stuff can be blown away]

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:11:03 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Polish nomic (translation) 

>
>>>Mitch-
>>>	I expect you can forward this to the appropriate party. If this is
>>>their idea of a message which is easy to translate, all I can say to the
>>>writer of this message is "Jestes curva". This is not something I would
>>>have you include in anything you sent back, of course, because I
>>>understand it's highly insulting. Harf.

Robert Sevin,

Thank You and Thank your borther.  I'm sorry the translation was so
difficult.  I wasn't expecting a literal translation: Just the gist of what
the page said, but I appreciate it nonetheless.

I'll get to contacting them shortly.

Thanks a million,
snowgod

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:13:58 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Presidential - Congratulations 

>
>Congratulations Strider, yet another Swinging President.
>(Does anyone else see a pattern here?)
>
>Niccolo Flychuck
>ex-President

From an Ex-President to a new one... Congratulations Strider!

snowgod

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 15:13:57 -0600
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 1751

Proposal 1751
Bringing Reality into accordance with Perception
Malenkai

This is a Modest proposal.  Create a new rule which reads:

{{

This rule has precedence over all rules, including, but not limited to,
any rule which would prevent retroactive effects.

1.  All entities given the attribute of ZZimsy by rule 426 are destroyed.

2.  Proposals 644, 645, and 646 are removed from voting consideration.
All officers are absolved of any malpractice or wrongdoing associated
with failure to report their voting results.  [This has bothered me
for a long time.  Given that the legality of AOJ 101 was upheld by
CFJ 153, these proposals were never retracted.]

3.  CFJ 149 is judged Invalid.  All officers are absolved of any
malpractice or wrongdoing associated with failure to administer this
CFJ.

4.  The game state is adjusted as if the "revelation" referred to in
CFJ 340 is not true.  This fact is annotated in the record of that
CFJ.  [We've been playing that thread (CFJ 340 false thread).  If we
go with CFJ 340 as true, and that information as true, I believe we have
some *big* problems.  This allows the CFJ to remain judged true, but for
that judgement not to have a devestating effect.  This is another thing
that has bothered me, and creation of this rule will validate this thread.]
 
5.  All dangling buildings that have, as of the time of submission of
the proposal which created this rule, been dangling but have not been 
reported as dangling, are reattached.  All officers are absolved of any
malpractice or wrongdoing associated with failure to report that these
buildings were dangling. [This allows a judgement of true on
CFJ 348 without retroactivly reporting which *other* buildings are
dangling.]

6.  Renumber R 1726, "The Widget of Yendor" to 942. [while were here]

[at some point, we need a general solution to the Platonic/perception of
the game state issue.]

}}

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:19:29 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka:  P1730 rejected (Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two) 

>> Proposal 1730
>> Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two
>
>> snowgod bribed Tammany A$ 25 to vote NO.
>> Malenkai bribed Tammany A$ 5 to remain SILENT.
>
>Although It doesn't appear to matter, I bribed Tammany to vote NO.

I coulda sworn I bribed him to vote YES.  Let me check

Yep, I sure did

>I am bribing Tammany with A$25 to produce a vote of YES on P1730

snowgod

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:20:05 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Church Stuff 

I think I may have forgotten to annnounce this earlier.

Lestrade has joined the Church of the Markovian Dream.

snowgod

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:26:22 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka:  P1730 rejected (Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two) 

>Proposal 1730
>Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two
>snowgod
>
>Votes cast by active players:  15 / 16 = 93.750000%
>Yes:  8    No:  7     Present:  2   ...Proposal rejected.

Looks like we're all free to speak our minds for a little it longer :)

snowgod
will think of something else to ban... again

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:36:46 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka:  P1730 rejected (Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two) 

>
>YES votes:
>	IdiotBoy
>	Niccolo Flychuck
>	Narf
>	Strider
>	Calvin N Hobbes
>	snowgod
>	Mohammed
>	Malenkai

Are bribes automatic, or do I have to announce their payment?

snowgod -350, P1730 Bribes

IdiotBoy +50, P1730 Bribe
Niccolo Flychuck +50, P1730 Bribe
Narf +50, P1730 Bribe
Strider +50, P1730 Bribe
Calvin N Hobbes +50, P1730 Bribe
Mohammed +50, P1730 Bribe
Malenkai +50, P1730 Bribe

and just to be n strictest compliance

snowgod -50, P1730 Bribe
snowgod +50, P1730 Bribe

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:36:46 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka:  P1730 rejected (Seditious Libel: Ackanomic Middle Ages Part Two) 

>
>YES votes:
>	IdiotBoy
>	Niccolo Flychuck
>	Narf
>	Strider
>	Calvin N Hobbes
>	snowgod
>	Mohammed
>	Malenkai

Are bribes automatic, or do I have to announce their payment?

snowgod -350, P1730 Bribes

IdiotBoy +50, P1730 Bribe
Niccolo Flychuck +50, P1730 Bribe
Narf +50, P1730 Bribe
Strider +50, P1730 Bribe
Calvin N Hobbes +50, P1730 Bribe
Mohammed +50, P1730 Bribe
Malenkai +50, P1730 Bribe

and just to be n strictest compliance

snowgod -50, P1730 Bribe
snowgod +50, P1730 Bribe

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 17:07:03 -0600
From: Mitchell Harding <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Spades 

At 12:00 AM 2/23/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I will endorse spades.  It needs one endorsement to be accepted.
>Also, Diplomacy has received 5 endorsements.  I do not know if it
>exists now, or when the GamesMaster reports its acceptance.
>
>Malenkai

I endorse both spades and Diplomacy (in case they need any, which it doesn't
sound as though they do).

Robert Sevin

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 17:10:39 -0600
From: Mitchell Harding <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Polish nomic (translation) 

>>>>Mitch-
>>>>	I expect you can forward this to the appropriate party. If this is
>>>>their idea of a message which is easy to translate, all I can say to the
>>>>writer of this message is "Jestes curva". This is not something I would
>>>>have you include in anything you sent back, of course, because I
>>>>understand it's highly insulting. Harf.
>
>Robert Sevin,
>
>Thank You and Thank your borther.  I'm sorry the translation was so
>difficult.  I wasn't expecting a literal translation: Just the gist of what
>the page said, but I appreciate it nonetheless.
>
>I'll get to contacting them shortly.
>
>Thanks a million,
>snowgod

It's no problem -- he isn't upset or anything. I expect he enjoyed doing it.
If you need to send them a message, I'm sure he'll translate it into Polish
for you, but clearly the more complex it is the more difficult the
translation will be, which might introduce some errors.

He would have told me if he didn't want to translate anything else -- he
enjoys this sort of thing...

Robert Sevin

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 01:24:51 +0200 (EET)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka : G&C 108,109 accepted

G&C 108 Diplomacy by Malenkai was endorsed by the following players:

snowgod
mr cwm
Malenkai
Narf
Strider
Robert Sevin

G&C 109 Spades by /dev/joe was endorsed by the following players:

/dev/joe
Niccolo Flychuck
snowgod
Malenkai
Narf
Robert Sevin

They have been accepted for the G&C page.

Niccolo Flychuck
GamesMaster

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:14:58 -0800
From: Stephen McCulley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Presidential

Malenkai wrote:
> 
> The Presidential nomination ended last evening.  Strider was the only
> volunteer for the office.  No election is necessary.
> 
> Malenkai
> Speaker
Not that I mind, or anything, but what happened to Techno for President?

Strider

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:39:33 -0800
From: Stephen McCulley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:Treasure

Salutations!

	I am creating a treasure called Strider's Presidential Vision. It is
worth A$100. It is a set of electrodes that attaches to the owners head
at the temples.  When the switch (did I mention the switch?:) is
flipped, the wearer sees a ghostly miniature image of Acka floating in
front of em with my head floating over it and smiling beatifically.

Strider-A$100

I am burying Strider's Presidential Vision as a treasure.

It will be found by the first person to e-mail me privately with a
suggestion as to what the &@#$ I should do as President that I agree
with. (Yeah, yeah, it sucks as a map, but what the hell.)  

Regards, Strider

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:41:05 -0800
From: Stephen McCulley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:Presidency

Salutations!!

	Greetings to all citizens of Acka.  I'd like to thank everyone who
voted for me, but unfortunately there wasn't an election.  Instead, I
would like to thank Techno for not running, as he had tremendous support
and probably would have won.  Next, (assuming I follow standard format
for this sort of codswalloping drivel) I'd like to unveil to you my
vision for Ackanomic during my term of office.  Unfortunately, again, I
seem to have left it somewhere.  If anyone finds it, let me know.  Uh,
that seems to be about it, other than that if anyone knows of any
presidential business I need to take care of immediately, please let me
know.

			Yours in service, 
					Strider
President
Bond-Harfer
NAP Swinger
My, its nice having a list here, isn't it?

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:51:58 -0800
From: Stephen McCulley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Treasure

Salutations!!

Malenkai has found Strider's Presidential Vision.  Malenkai wrote:

> Be yourself and have fun.
> 
> Malenkai

May the Great Frog help you all. :):):):):):)

Strider

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 22:12:54 -0500 (EST)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: IRC

Dang, I'm on IRC, ran into Mohammed and didn't even get a chance to try to
scam 3 PFMohammed out of him.

IB

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 22:13:35 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: IRC

A couple of us are on IRC currently.

Malenkai

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 22:36:52 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Beldin's Pants

Amend Beldin's Pants to replace the first occurance of  "in" with "by":

- ---old text---

      Beldin's Pants are a Garment, initially Somewhere Else. Beldin's
Pants may only be removed as described in the rules. Beldin's Pants
are unique. 

      The wearer of Beldin's Pants loses 1 Ackadollar every Thursday at noon. 

- ---new text---

      Beldin's Pants are a Garment, initially Somewhere Else. Beldin's
Pants may only be removed as described by the rules. Beldin's Pants
are unique. 

      The wearer of Beldin's Pants loses 1 Ackadollar every Thursday at noon. 

- ---

Malenkai
Beldin's Tailor

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 20:02:08 -0800
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Harfiness

Why Not?  I don't believe that one from my own party would be base enough to 
abuse his powers as dictator...
Ludwig

On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Phil Ackley <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>What can I say? Proposal 1748 ("Bond Devaluation", authored by
>>snowgod) made me laugh out loud. I am declaring it harfy.
>>
>>breadbox
>>Harfmeister (for now)
>
>Cool. Now lets all vote for it :)
>
>snowgod
>notbeing sneaky :)
>
>
>

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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 20:02:14 -0800
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Techno for President

I ponder the words "Techno for President" silently, and then in an unusual 
display of fervor and emotion, run out the door to the castle on a cloud and 
yell at the top of my lungs "TECHNO FOR PRESIDENT!"
Embarrassed that the election is over, I return inside.
Ludwig

On Sat, 22 Feb 1997, Phil Ackley <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
>I am here on behalf of myself to urge each and everyone of you to consider,
>just for a moment, Techno.  What a swell guy!
>
>Techno for President!
>
>snowgod
>
>
>

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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 00:08:29 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Potato

Lestrade has found the Potato and is beldin's tailor, Malenkai
has the tuba.

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