Subject: Ackanomic Digest V2 #35
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Ackanomic Digest        Saturday, April 5 1997        Volume 02 : Number 035

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Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 01:05:41 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Wizard

I am building an evil ballot stuffer.  It will be done in 3 days.

Malenkai
Wizard

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 03:45:48 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Live from Gaol 

I have reached a decision on the CFJ that was assigned to me.
Unfortuneatly, I'm in Gaol (Hey, who's posting my description?) and can't
and cannot release it.  Sorry to deadbeat.

snowgod

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 04:00:07 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Live, from Gaol, part II 

I am using my second message of the day to apologize to anyone who I
promised to meet tonight on IRC.  I got caught up at work (boss decided to
call me at elecen and to tell me the carpets were being cleaned at
twelve!).  Ended up working a 13 hour shift. Also, this message should
inform malenkai that I didn't forget.  He'll know what I'm talking about.

Finally, this message is to encourage everyone to do something silly today.
Seems like as good a day for it as any.

snowgod

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 07:00:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Internomic Proposals 330 & 331

breadbox leaves the Senate and walks over to the Gaol. After standing
for a while around the East side of the Gaol, looking around the
deserted street and nonchalantly whistling, he takes a piece of canary
legal paper from his briefcase and scribbles upon it:

"The Senate has unanimously voted YES on IN Proposals 330 and 331."

... and then rapidly folds it into a paper airplane, which he then
launches through the bars of an tiny window on the second story.
Making sure he hasn't been observed, he quickly gathers together his
things and unsuspiciously resumes his walk home.

breadbox
senator, seat sinecure something-or-other

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 12:19:47 -0500
From: "Bollinger, John C." <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Name Change

I hereby announce that I am changing my Ackanomic name.

My current name is ThinMan.

My new name will be FiBOnacCi.

Although I am no longer required to provide them, my real name is John
Bollinger and my reason for the change is fun -- or maybe even FUN.

ThinMan
soon to be FiBOnacCi (when the Registrar Acks)

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 12:19:33 -0500 (EST)
From: "A.K.A. TheWiz" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Live from Gaol

>I have reached a decision on the CFJ that was assigned to me.
>Unfortuneatly, I'm in Gaol (Hey, who's posting my description?) and can't
>and cannot release it.  Sorry to deadbeat.
>
>snowgod

  Just what offices *are* occupied? :)
  Isn't this four public messages?  I note that if you'd posted to
acka-discuss, it doesn't count as a public forum.  So if anything needs to
get said that doesn't require a game action...

- -Red Barn

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Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 12:55:19 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Name Change

ThinMan wrote:

> soon to be FiBOnacCi (when the Registrar Acks)

Which, being a game action, cannot occur until he is
de-Gaoled.

Malenkai

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Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 13:25:55 -0500
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Travel

I am going near the Gaol, then I am going near the Gaol, then I
am going to the Hall of Elders, then going near the Gaol.

After all, snowgod must be getting lonely.  I am then going back to
my Castle.

In real life, I will be travelling this weekend, so will be out of
touch until sunday nite.  BTW, did the Phillies win that game I bet
on?

Malenkai

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 13:52:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Zees Monster Ez Zee Greatest!

Keep your seely monster parts!  I shall add zem all meself!

IB
Mad Scientist.

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 11:01:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Live from Gaol

>   Isn't this four public messages?  I note that if you'd posted to
> acka-discuss, it doesn't count as a public forum.  So if anything
> needs to get said that doesn't require a game action...

I'm not entirely sure that is true. Rule 709 says:

"A player in the Gaol may post up to 3 public messages a day."

Whether or not this only means posting to lists specifically marked as
a public forum might be debatable. However, the Postal Code says, at
the top:

"All mailing lists mentioned below are public forums unless otherwise
specified."

And none of the lists are specifically marked as not being public
forums (though they all have restrictions of one kind or another
placed upon them).

This may require a CFJ to nail it down, but I would tend to the
interpretation that a message sent to any list mentioned in the Postal
Code would be considered a public message.

breadbox

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:59:14 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Vending machine 

I will trade my vending machine for the following collection of items.

10 pfIdiot
1 pfMalenkai
5 pfMohammed
1 pfNiccolo
5 pfSnowgod
and a Whamiol

should anyone be interested in making this trade, they may do so.

In the mean time, I am buying a rock to wind a piece of string around from my
own vending machine.

Narf -A$6, rock
Narf +A$3, vending machine proceeds.

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 17:06:16 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Amber bananan 

I am buying an Amber banana.

Narf -A$10 banana purchase
Techno +A$10 banana purchase

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:11:31 -0600 (CST)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: Amber bananan

> I am buying an Amber banana.
> 
> Narf -A$10 banana purchase
> Techno +A$10 banana purchase

This is apparently for P1893; oddly enough, the rule doesn't say you have
to state what proposal number you are buying the banana for.

/dev/joe

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 17:19:06 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Going home 

Having stayed for far too long at Mohammeds Winter Mosque (thank you for the
hospitality, Mo) I casualy saunter home.  On my way (well... more like outta
my way...) I stop of at the altar at the Church of Seleya to say a few
prayers and meditate on the great land of Ackanomia.  I can't help but wonder
if other nomics are lucky enough to be located on such a beautiful flat peice
of land as we are.

Narf

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 17:32:46 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Amber bananan 

In a message dated 97-04-04 17:31:05 EST, you write:

> This is apparently for P1893; oddly enough, the rule doesn't say you have
>  to state what proposal number you are buying the banana for

That is correct, it does not :)  Hmmm... makes me wonder what would happen if
I started doing an acid rain dance.....

Narf

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Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 01:58:33 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka : getting the President out of Gaol

I am going to the Gaol. 
Walking back and forth outside the Gaol I can hear snowgod whistling.

I follow the sound and find the door to snowgod's Gaol Cell.
I take the Purple Key and use to open the Gaol Cell.

I call out :"snowgod, I've opened your cell, you can come out now."

Niccolo Flychuck

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 18:12:38 -0500 (EST)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Travel

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Malenkai wrote:

> I am going near the Gaol, then I am going near the Gaol, then I
> am going to the Hall of Elders, then going near the Gaol.
> 
> After all, snowgod must be getting lonely.  I am then going back to
> my Castle.
> 
> In real life, I will be travelling this weekend, so will be out of
> touch until sunday nite.  BTW, did the Phillies win that game I bet
> on?

Yes.  :)

> 
> Malenkai
> 

                           - Vynd

Go Tigers!

[email-masked]

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 15:17:49 -0800
From: Nicole Bell <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: New Observer

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Well, (hmmm...) I guess I'm flattered, although to be honest, I have =
really have no clue to the structure of this game, and I consider myself =
to be a fairly intelligent person. I'm still "testing the waters" at =
this point...=20

 =20

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Mitchell Harding [SMTP:[email-masked]]
Sent:	Thursday, April 03, 1997 7:45 PM
To:	[email-masked]
Subject:	Re: Acka: New Observer

>I, for one, am in shock that there's a female observer. And I offer $50 =
for
>3PFNicole (why not?)

I'll offer A$40 for 2 PFNicole, if and when she joins.

Robert Sevin

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 18:54:40 -0500 (EST)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Travel 

In a message dated 97-04-04 18:42:15 EST, you write:

> > In real life, I will be travelling this weekend, so will be out of
>  > touch until sunday nite.  BTW, did the Phillies win that game I bet
>  > on?
>  
>  Yes.  :)
>  
>  > 
>  > Malenka

Yup, and I posted as such... saying that the money is yours, barring anyone
submitting a CJF to the contrary.  Personaly, I'm happy playing it such that
I can post odds on extra nomic activities.... so *I* won't be submitting such
a cfj

Da Godfather

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 18:02:16 -0600
From: Mitchell Harding <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: New Observer 

>Well, (hmmm...) I guess I'm flattered, although to be honest, I have really
have no clue to the structure of this game, and I consider myself to be a
fairly intelligent person. I'm still "testing the waters" at this point... 

Trust me, Ackanomic is impossible to grasp quickly. Patience and a good
sense of humor help immensely. Have fun exploring!

Robert Sevin

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:03:05 -0800
From: Nicole Bell <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: New Observer

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- -----Original Message-----
From:	Nicole Bell=20
Sent:	Friday, April 04, 1997 3:18 PM
To:	[email-masked]'
Subject:	RE: Acka: New Observer

Well, (hmmm...) I guess I'm flattered, although to be honest, I have =
really have no clue to the structure of this game, and I consider myself =
to be a fairly intelligent person. I'm still "testing the waters" at =
this point...=20

 =20

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Mitchell Harding [SMTP:[email-masked]]
Sent:	Thursday, April 03, 1997 7:45 PM
To:	[email-masked]
Subject:	Re: Acka: New Observer

>I, for one, am in shock that there's a female observer. And I offer $50 =
for
>3PFNicole (why not?)

I'll offer A$40 for 2 PFNicole, if and when she joins.

Robert Sevin

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 19:13:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: New Observer

Ermmm, I guess I get to be the jerkyboy this time around.  Is there anyway
you could get your mailer to throw in some carriage returns, Nicole? And
maybe not MIME encode everything?  It makes it hard for me to read and
respond to your emails.

IB
begging forgiveness for being mean to the new people 

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Nicole Bell wrote:

> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Nicole Bell 
> Sent:	Friday, April 04, 1997 3:18 PM
> To:	[email-masked]'
> Subject:	RE: Acka: New Observer
> 
> Well, (hmmm...) I guess I'm flattered, although to be honest, I have really have no clue to the structure of this game, and I consider myself to be a fairly intelligent person. I'm still "testing the waters" at this point... 
> 
> 
>   
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mitchell Harding [SMTP:[email-masked]]
> Sent:	Thursday, April 03, 1997 7:45 PM
> To:	[email-masked]
> Subject:	Re: Acka: New Observer
> 
> >I, for one, am in shock that there's a female observer. And I offer $50 for
> >3PFNicole (why not?)
> 
> I'll offer A$40 for 2 PFNicole, if and when she joins.
> 
> Robert Sevin
> 
> 

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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:02:33 -0500 (EST)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: New Observer

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Mitchell Harding wrote:

> >Well, (hmmm...) I guess I'm flattered, although to be honest, I have really
> have no clue to the structure of this game, and I consider myself to be a
> fairly intelligent person. I'm still "testing the waters" at this point... 
> 
> Trust me, Ackanomic is impossible to grasp quickly. Patience and a good
> sense of humor help immensely. Have fun exploring!
> 
> Robert Sevin

Yeah, the rules are more or less impossible to understand.  For example,
you'll have a very hard time finding the part where it says you can win
the cycle by joining the game and then voting in favor of my next ten
proposals.  I only just found it yesterday, after more than amonth in the
game, and these guys seem to think that I was a quick study.....

                              - Vynd

[email-masked]

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