Subject: Ackanomic Digest V2 #32
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Ackanomic Digest       Wednesday, April 2 1997       Volume 02 : Number 032

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:53:12 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Newspapers

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Malenkai wrote:

> I do not believe Kolot Ackanomic published anything in the 
> month of March.  I am not sure about 'is'.  All other papers published
> some sort of bandwidth-wasting gizz.  If the publishers of the
> first two could confirm or deny this, we can see if they were destroyed
> or not.
> 
> Malenkai
>

I'm not sure myself, but if Kolot did publish, then it would have been no
later than the first week of March. If it didn't, then it was an act of
protest against the publishing tyranny that forces papers to publish
no news. Should this tyranny be overthrows, Kolot will be re established
and start publishing regularly.

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 01:51:27 -0500 (EST)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: The flow of the Harf

Lo!  I, the reigning Harfmeister, have judged the proposals in the voting
queue and I have found proposals 1772 and 1781 to be worthy of that most
coveted title: Harfy.  By this public message, I invest, empower, imbue,
and otherwise designate them as such.  May glory and acceptance fall upon
them.

                               - Harfmeister Vynd

[email-masked]

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 01:00:30 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: The flow of the Harf

> Lo!  I, the reigning Harfmeister, have judged the proposals in the voting
> queue and I have found proposals 1772 and 1781 to be worthy of that most
> coveted title: Harfy.  By this public message, I invest, empower, imbue,
> and otherwise designate them as such.  May glory and acceptance fall upon
> them.
>                                - Harfmeister Vynd

Proposals 1772 and 1781 are long gone, having both been accepted within
the first two weeks of March.

/dev/joe

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 01:11:27 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: Newspapers

Niccolo Flychuck wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Malenkai wrote:
> 
> > I do not believe Kolot Ackanomic published anything in the 
> > month of March.  I am not sure about 'is'.  All other papers published
> > some sort of bandwidth-wasting gizz.  
> 
> I'm not sure myself, but if Kolot did publish, then it would have been no
> later than the first week of March.

The last I received from Kolot Ackanomic was on Feb 21, with an article
about Malenkai's changes in religious and political affiliations, and
a note about (then) new player Ludwig.  Kolot Ackanomic is destroyed.

mr cwm published an issue of is on Mar 1, commenting on the waste of
having published two issues in February.

/dev/joe

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 01:30:13 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: yesterday's bond dividends

The bond-harfer quit, so somebody needs to do these, and I am the one with
the nifty little program. :-)

Score changes used for bond cycle calculation:
- ----------------------------------------------
Ackers: -1
Bascule: -53
breadbox: 38
Calvin N Hobbes: 30
/dev/joe: 25
fnord: 9
IdiotBoy: 13
Jammer: 0
Malenkai: 107
Mohammed: 44
mr cwm: 3
Narf: 6
Niccolo Flychuck: 7
Red Barn: 5
Robert Sevin: 17
Sarud: 3
Simon Marty Harriman: 0
snowgod: -44
Swann: 21
Techno: -3
ThinMan: 34
Vynd: 29
You can call me Al: -15

Bond Dividends
- --------------
Ackers: 0.245  -->  87*-1/2 + 4*17
Bascule: -26.5  -->  100*-53/2
breadbox: 35.72  -->  94*38
Calvin N Hobbes: 30.0  -->  100*30
/dev/joe: 28.79  -->  93*25 + 10*34 + 2*107
fnord: 8.73  -->  93*9 + 1*38 + 1*3 + 1*-44/2 + 1*17
IdiotBoy: 10.305  -->  5*17 + 10*-3/2 + 5*25 + 5*0 + 5*107 + 2*44 + 5*38 + 5*-1/2 + 5*5
Jammer: 0.0  -->  90*0
Malenkai: 84.53  -->  79*107
Mohammed: 42.49  -->  88*44 + 3*-44/2 + 5*0 + 5*9 + 5*3 + 17*7 + 2*25 + 2*107
mr cwm: 6.3  -->  94*3 + 1*9 + 1*34 + 5*44 + 5*17
Narf: 5.385  -->  86*6 + 5*-1/2 + 5*5
Niccolo Flychuck: 4.625  -->  50*7 + 25*-3/2 + 5*-44/2 + 20*13
Red Barn: 4.5  -->  90*5
Robert Sevin: 14.215  -->  85*17 + 10*-44/2 + 4*6 + 1*9 + 3*-1/2 + 2*29 + 1*107
Sarud: 3.0  -->  100*3
Simon Marty Harriman: 0.0  -->  100*0
snowgod: -2.275  -->  54*-44/2 + 5*44 + 3*7 + 1*107 + 25*-3/2 + 50*13
Swann: 21.0  -->  100*21
Techno: -0.1  -->  40*-3/2 + 30*7 + 25*-44/2 + 30*13
ThinMan: 40.96  -->  89*34 + 10*107
Vynd: 28.42  -->  98*29
You can call me Al: -7.5  -->  100*-15/2

Actual dividend payments:
- -------------------------
Ackers: +1
Bascule: -27
breadbox: +36
Calvin N Hobbes: +30
/dev/joe: +29
fnord: +9
IdiotBoy: +11
Jammer: 0
Malenkai: +85
Mohammed: +43
mr cwm: +7
Narf: +6
Niccolo Flychuck: +5
Red Barn: +5
Robert Sevin: +15
Sarud: +3
Simon Marty Harriman: 0
snowgod: -3
Swann: +21
Techno: -1
ThinMan: +41
Vynd: +29
You can call me Al: -8

/dev/joe

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:59:59 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Newspapers

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> Niccolo Flychuck wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Malenkai wrote:
> > 
> > > I do not believe Kolot Ackanomic published anything in the 
> > > month of March.  I am not sure about 'is'.  All other papers published
> > > some sort of bandwidth-wasting gizz.  
> > 
> > I'm not sure myself, but if Kolot did publish, then it would have been no
> > later than the first week of March.
> 
> The last I received from Kolot Ackanomic was on Feb 21, with an article
> about Malenkai's changes in religious and political affiliations, and
> a note about (then) new player Ludwig.  Kolot Ackanomic is destroyed.

Right. That would have been the last one. In that case:
DOWN WITH PUBLISHING TYRANNY.

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 11:03:17 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: Swingpoints

On Mar. 31, just before midnight, all Swingpoints in existence were
converted into points.

The only active player owning any Swingpoints at that time was Mohammed,
whose 3 Swingpoints convert to 6 points

Mar. 31  midnight  Moahemmd +6  Swingpoint conversion

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 00:05:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Newspapers

>> The last I received from Kolot Ackanomic was on Feb 21, with an article
>> about Malenkai's changes in religious and political affiliations, and
>> a note about (then) new player Ludwig.  Kolot Ackanomic is destroyed.
> 
> Right. That would have been the last one. In that case:
> DOWN WITH PUBLISHING TYRANNY.

R.I.P. Kolot Ackanomia, one of Ackanomic's oldest and
least-frequently-published newspaper.

Vote YES on Proposal 1886!

breadbox

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 02:24:16 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: yesterday's bond dividends

breadbox pointed out some scoring I missed:
> >From Rule 670 "Commission D'Arts":
> 
>      7) The Silver Moon recipient, if a registered player, is required
>      to make an acceptance speech, not to exceed 10,000 words, unless
>      they are in Gaol, in which case they will be represented by a
>      cardboard cutout on wheels, which will lower the whole tone of the
>      occasion, and they will lose 5 points for detracting from the
>      festivities (although they still receive the above awards, of
>      course).

breadbox was in Gaol when the silver moon results were announced, so this
clause, one of the unlikely ones that I had forgotten about, actually
took effect.  As a result, breadbox's score is 5 less than I though it was,
and breadbox's, fnord's, and IdiotBoy's dividends need to be recalculated.

breadbox: 31.02  -->  94*33
fnord: 8.68  -->  93*9 + 1*33 + 1*3 + 1*-44/2 + 1*17
IdiotBoy: 10.055  -->  5*17 + 10*-3/2 + 5*25 + 5*0 + 5*107 + 2*44 + 5*33 + 5*-12 + 5*5

No change in the rounded dividend for fnord and IdiotBoy; breadbox's dividend
is reduced to A$32.

/dev/joe

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:41:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: slack.net crash.

slack.net crashed last night sometime.  I lost all my unread mail which
arrived before 7pm Monday March 31.  If there were any official things for
me which I missed, please forward via private email.

I did not recieve any new monster parts.
I did recieve the debate questions.

Thanks-
IB

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 09:58:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Presidential Debate Questions

> What are you going to do to clean up our growing mafia problem?

Not one thing.
 
> How do you feel about the fact that one of the candidates for this
> office is running the debate?

I like it!  I think we should have *more* conflicts of interest.
 
> Igel urre-ak Euskara hitzegin daiteke?
 
Ummmm, yes.

> Why did you decide to run for president?

To make sure that there was a volunteer.  Last time Strider was the only
volunteer, and it seemed unlikely he'd volunteer again.
 
> How do you feel about the following phrase "Tecno for President"?

I like it.  I even use it sometimes.

> If elected, will you serve t the beck and call of techno?

I'll serve tea to anyone who asks!
 
> Other than yourself, which candidate do you must support?

snowgod.  I voted for him, in fact.
 
> Have you ever been in Gaol?

I believe the CFj established that I have not ever been in Gaol.  It was a
very dizzying time for me, so I may have been in Gaol.  If so, my cell
looked very much like FunkyTown.

> Have you ever been burned as a witch?

Nope.
 
> What will you do to make your term as President as harfy as possible?

Stay out of people's way.
 
> What do you think of the Crystal Chalice?

Very pretty.

> Are you capable of doing (and willing to do) all the Acka work if a
> functional officer should suddenly resign?  Will you appoint replacements
> with astonishing speed?

Yes to your question and the followup, Ms. Thomas.  
 
> What is your position on creeping slime mold?

Molded plastics are the wave of the future.

> If you are walking down a hall of an office building and you find that
> someone's door is open (it's dark in there), do you believe it is ethical to
> go in and what would you do with their computer?

No. I guess I'd look at it from outside the door.
 
> How do you feel about he issue of the sanctity of Harf, and its
> application to the inventor of harf?

Ermmm, I prefer not to be sanctimonious.
 
> Do you see the President as having an active role in Ackanomic, or
> mostly as an exravagant figurehead?
 
I think just plain figurehead would be the best description.

> What should we do with the postal code?

Leave that to the expert Postmaster.
 
> What would you like to see the government of Ackanomia, such as it is, do?
 
Stay out of people's way.

IB

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:38:25 -0500 (EST)
From: mr cwm <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: is (editorial edition)

is
published monthly (at least)
mr cwm, publisher

Editorial #1

It has come to the attention of the Editor that there is some question as
to whether or not is published a March issue.  is would like to state that
is absolutely and unquestionably published a March issue.  is is not
bust, and it's belly is fixed firmly beneath it.  And now it'll stay that
way all through April :)

Editorial #2

is, being the only Ackanomian Newspaper founded, to its knowledge, with
absolutely no intention of ever publishing, would, somewhat ironically,
like to come out in favor of Newspaper Tyrrany.  Or, at least, against
being against Newspaper Tyrrany.  One piece of "bandwidth wasting gizz,"
as it has been rather accurately described, per Newspaper per month is but
a tiny drop in the vast ocean of BWG that laps the shores (do we have
shores?) of Ackanomia. Additionally, the Newspaper rules do not prevent
anyone without a Newspaper from making informational posts, so the
requirement of checking in once per calender month for the priviledge of
describing ones informational posts as a Newspaper is burden both
voluntary and light.

If not for Newspaper Tyrrany, is would have been sold long ago, or reduced
to an inert entry on the Players and Entities page, similar to that
Chalice thing buried somewhere in the publisher's desk - pretty perhaps,
but largely forgotten.

Perserve Newspaper Tyrrany!
Keep the flow of Bandwith Wasting Gizz trickling!

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:41:40 -0500 (EST)
From: mr cwm <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Da Godfather's Morning Line

>
>Da Godfather, who reminds all of Ackanomia that they must join the Narfalone
>family if they wish to gamble.

Really?  What a drag.  You'd think there'd be an opportunity for us
"decent" people to get in on a bit of the fun :)

- -mr cwm

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 13:10:04 -0500 (EST)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: The flow of the Harf

On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> > Lo!  I, the reigning Harfmeister, have judged the proposals in the voting
> > queue and I have found proposals 1772 and 1781 to be worthy of that most
> > coveted title: Harfy.  By this public message, I invest, empower, imbue,
> > and otherwise designate them as such.  May glory and acceptance fall upon
> > them.
> >                                - Harfmeister Vynd
> 
> Proposals 1772 and 1781 are long gone, having both been accepted within
> the first two weeks of March.
> 
> /dev/joe
> 

Err.  Gee, I look kind of silly now.  Ah well.   I of course meant
proposals 1872 and 1881.  Sigh.  They're harfy now anyways.  Huzah!

                              - Vynd

[email-masked]

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 12:11:36 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: is (editorial edition)

> If not for Newspaper Tyrrany, is would have been sold long ago, or reduced
> to an inert entry on the Players and Entities page, similar to that
> Chalice thing buried somewhere in the publisher's desk - pretty perhaps,
> but largely forgotten.
> 
> Perserve Newspaper Tyrrany!
> Keep the flow of Bandwith Wasting Gizz trickling!
	Hear, hear!  *applause*

- -- Mohammed

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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:47:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: is (editorial edition)

> If not for Newspaper Tyrrany, is would have been sold long ago, or
> reduced to an inert entry on the Players and Entities page, similar
> to that Chalice thing buried somewhere in the publisher's desk -
> pretty perhaps, but largely forgotten.

Yes, thanks to Newspaper Tyranny something was actually done with
is. Do we therefore assume that the majority of players who own
newspapers need to be similarly prodded into action?

> Perserve Newspaper Tyrrany!
> Keep the flow of Bandwith Wasting Gizz trickling!

Feh. I have nothing against BWG, especially when it's only once a
month. But newspaper articles empty of anything, save for a note that
this article is necessary so that the paper will be around when
something worth reporting actually comes along, demeans the newspaper.
I'd rather let the players make exactly what they choose with their
creations, so that they can entertain me to the best of their
abilities.

Kill Newspaper Tyranny!
Freedom of the Press!

breadbox

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