Subject: Ackanomic Digest V2 #45
From: [email-masked] (Ackanomic Digest)
To: ackanomic-digest

Ackanomic Digest        Sunday, April 13 1997        Volume 02 : Number 045

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:55:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: CFJ 371 (Calvin N Hobbes)

> How then, you ask, is it possible for the rules to have been broken?
> Well, there are two possibilities.  One is that it is simply a quirk
> of the rules that it is possible for the rules to be broken without
> anyone, individually, performing an illegal action.  This is not as
> farfetched as it may sound, and I urge the judge to consider it.

<sigh> I understand the point that you are coming from. But, to me,
"for the rules to be broken without anyone, individually, performing
an illegal action" is about as good of a definition of "a player
action [that] appears equally legal and illegal" as you're going to
get.

breadbox

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 01:12:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Mailing Lists (was EBS Auction)

Vynd wrote on acka-finance:
> Argh.  I would have bid again if I'd been on the stupid finance mailing
> list.  I see one message about thsi on Ackanomic, never see anymore,
> and forget about it until I think to check the mailing lists I'm on.
> Bingo, I'm no longer on finance, or research, for that matter.  Why did I
> get taken off of them anyways?!?

Majordomo sends me mail whenever anybody joins or leaves any list.
Majordomo also sends a response to whoever sent it commands, with
"Succeeded" or some error message after each command (so if I do a
batch of mailing list changes myself, I get a single message listing
all the changes to the lists, and a bunch of individual messages).

I save all these messages to a rarely-read file kept just to answer
questions like this one, except when I do the adding or removing
myself, in which case I save only the one message which says that
my commands succeeded (or not).

In this case, I see that Vynd was never on acka-finance or acka-research
until he joined today.  By the time Vynd joined Ackanomic, these were
already established as official lists.  Blame snowgod for not signing
you up to these lists and not telling you about them, or blame yourself
if he *did* tell you about them and you never bothered to join them.

(To all:)
If you want to check what lists you are on, send the command:

  which

(or use which [email-masked] if the address you receive mail at
differs from the address majordomo reads from your mail header)
to [email-masked] and it will respond, telling you
which lists you are on.

Currently, the following lists exist.  The main lists which most
players are subscribed to are the first five lists and their
digest versions after them.  At the end are various other more
specialized lists; of those, only the acka-chess list has any
official status -- Party Chess is played there and Party Chess
Pieces can be purchased there.  The church and party lists are
private, and cannot be subscribed to with a simple "subscribe list-name"
command.

  ackanomic            Main mailing list for the game of Ackanomic.
  acka-finance         Mailing list for Ackanomic financial matters.
  acka-games           Mailing list for sub-games within Ackanomic.
  acka-research        Mailing list for discussion about proposals.
  acka-voting          Official list for proposals & vote results.

  ackanomic-digest        ^
  acka-finance-digest     |
  acka-games-digest    Digest versions of some popular lists.
  acka-research-digest    |
  acka-voting-digest      v

  acka-chess           Ackanomic's sub-game of Party Chess.
  internomic           Main mailing list for the game of Internomic.
  yorl                 Ye Olde Rusty Lantern game.
  acka-senate          Mailing list for Ackanomic's Senate.
  acka-vulcan          Mailing list for Ackanomic's Vulcan party.
  acka-markovian       The Church of the Markovian Dream of Ackanomic
  acka-noneyet         Mailing list for the (None Yet) party of Ackanomic
  acka-harf            Mailing list for Ackanomic's HARF party.

/dev/joe

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:10:40 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Duel 

>ThinMan (Malenkai's second) wrote:
>> Tell Bascule, therefore,
>> to prepare for ignominious defeat at Malenkai's hand in a game of Ghost.
>
>Hmm, you're going to need a referee for that Duel, and the referee is going
>to need a Gamesmaster to start the game.  I volunteer for the vacant office
>of Gamesmaster, and I'll also be your referee for the ghost game.

I acknowledge that /dev/joe is now the gamesmaster (and to think I was just
about to volunteer).  In any event, A duel has been set between Bascule and
Malenkai over the matter of Malenkai's gizz casting.  As president, I take
great delight in inviting you to all attend as the best man vanquishes the
other.

snowgod
president

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:20:22 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Mailing Lists (was EBS Auction) 

>In this case, I see that Vynd was never on acka-finance or acka-research
>until he joined today.  By the time Vynd joined Ackanomic, these were
>already established as official lists.  Blame snowgod for not signing
>you up to these lists and not telling you about them, or blame yourself
>if he *did* tell you about them and you never bothered to join them.

Hmm, I was almost possitive that I subscribe Vynd to these lists, but I
just checked my outbox for messages to majordomo and realized that I did
not.  Some of the other new players may also wish to check that you are
subscribed to all the lists you want to be on.  I apologize for any
inconvenience I have caused to anyone.

snowgod

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 03:25:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Mailing Lists (was EBS Auction)

I'm sorry if I upset you /dev/joe, we all know how thankless the job of
Postmaster can be, let alone Demon King.  I was just upset to see that the
auction had ended at a measly $10 over my initial bid, and I responded
right away.  I must asy, however, that I am sure I was on acka-research at
some point, and almost as sure that I was on acka-finance.  Perhaps I just
got a lot of messages that were Cc to ackanomic or ack-discuss as well.  I
really do find the whole postal system confusing at times, but I didn't
really want to imply that you had messed up.  Again, sorry.

                                    - Vynd

[email-masked]

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:28:31 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Two New Observers 

There are two new observers in Ackanomic.  Please welcome Matt Gomes and
Ross Field to the game.  Matt's email address is [email-masked]
and ross can be reached at [email-masked] (Have we had any
observers from S. Africa before?)

Please take a moment to welcome them to the game!

snowgod
Registrar

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 00:48:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Stepping Down

On advice/request from our President, I am hereby tendering my
resignation from my Senate Office.

I hope that seat Sinecure 33 is filled by someone who enjoys it as
much as I have.

breadbox
ex-Senator

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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 23:48:04 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Supreme Court 

I am choosing breadbox as my nominee for Supreme Court Justice.  Also, I
wish to thank Mohammed for the service he has given to Ackanomic during his
time as Justice.

snowgod

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 12:30:21 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Treasure found

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Bollinger, John C. wrote:
> 
> Except for formatting this is the same as the decoded version of the
> clue, save that the sentence "Remember to look up!" was appended to the
> clue.  Malenkai is now the proud owner of Tarzan's Treehouse -- the
> office of a truly great swinger indeed-- and a Capital Swinger's
> Office.
> 
> ThinMan

I'd like to welcome Malenkai to Party Hall.
First Capital Swinger of Ackanomic, and it is fitting, as his was the
loudest voice lobbying for opening up Party Chess to the general populace.

Welcome to Party Hall Malenkai.

Niccolo Flychuck
Chess-Ummpire
Vulcan Swinger

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 12:32:29 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Vulcan Actions

I approve of these actions.

Niccolo Flychuck
member of Vulcan

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:

> I am attempting the following actions on the behalf of Vulcan.
> They will occur after 7 days if no member of Vulcan objects, or
> sooner if all the members of Vulcan approve the actions.  (and in
> the second case, after I accept the transaction)
> 
> Vulcan is building a Vending Machine in its Secret Laboratory.
> Vulcan is transferring its Vending Machine to /dev/joe.
> 
> I, as one of the three members of Vulcan, approve of these actions.
> 
> /dev/joe
> 
> ------------------------------
> 

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 12:40:50 +0300 (EET DST)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Duel 

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997 [email-masked] wrote:

> >Can I call you Betty?
> 
> [Sound of You can call me {insert clever name here} groaning in mock anguish]
> 
> >Pray tell, Alvin, How does Habeous Corpus wish to meet his doom?
> 
> Ha ha ha ha ha!! According to the rules, I need not specify, but I hereby do
Not so. According to the rules, the Challenged player must either specify
the contest, or explicitly waive the privilege. Had HB been a player,
rather than an observer, e would have forfeited this Duel due tot his
oversight.

Niccolo Flychuck

> EXACTLY THAT, to spare one Mr. R. Sevin the ignominy of enduring the public
> humiliation that walks hand-in-leprous-hand with his spouting of
> Harf-related matters!
> 
> It's LIMERICKS AT 40 PACES, my friend! May the best man win!
> 
> You can call me Al (onlymy relatives call me Alvin or Betty) ;)
> 
> Ha ha ha ha ha!!
>                                    __________
>                                   /          \
>                                  /            \
>                                 |   o    o    |
>                                 |    |   |     |
>                            ----------|   |----------
>                            -----------\_/-----------
>                          [email-masked]
>                          -------------------------
> 
> ------------------------------
> 

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 04:49:44 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: Vulcan Actions

> On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
> 
> > I am attempting the following actions on the behalf of Vulcan.
> > They will occur after 7 days if no member of Vulcan objects, or
> > sooner if all the members of Vulcan approve the actions.  (and in
> > the second case, after I accept the transaction)
> > 
> > Vulcan is building a Vending Machine in its Secret Laboratory.
> > Vulcan is transferring its Vending Machine to /dev/joe.
> > 
> > I, as one of the three members of Vulcan, approve of these actions.

All of the members of Vulcan have approved this action, so Vulcan has
built a vending machine and offered it to /dev/joe.

I accept the vending machine from Vulcan.

/dev/joe

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 08:30:45 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Senate

If you would like to volunteer for senate seat 'Sinecure 33', e-mail
me with said intention over the next three days.  

Malenkai
Speaker

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 10:42:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Stepping Down

On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Brian Raiter wrote:

> On advice/request from our President, I am hereby tendering my
> resignation from my Senate Office.
> 
> I hope that seat Sinecure 33 is filled by someone who enjoys it as
> much as I have.
> 
> breadbox
> ex-Senator
> 

It's a sex scandal!  I blame the snowgod administration!

IB
Mad Scientist

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 10:43:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Supreme Court

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Phil Ackley wrote:

> I am choosing breadbox as my nominee for Supreme Court Justice.  Also, I
> wish to thank Mohammed for the service he has given to Ackanomic during his
> time as Justice.
> 
> snowgod
> 
> 

No, no wait!  It's some kind of Presidential nepotism.

IB
Mad Scientist

p.s. Little known fact: breadbox is snowgod's nephew.

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:04:54 -0400
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Did you ever get the feeling... 

...that you shouldn't be messing with the Acka ruleset? I do, every time I
read it. It's FAR from perfect, but I wonder at times what direction to take
it, and if I even have a right to take it anywhere. In speaking with
Malenkai last night, my fears have been assuaged (hoping I used that word
correctly!). And now this group of suggestions I've got here at home can be
put to use. This isn't really an announcement, really - more like me
thinking out loud. But finally I can begin doing things in good faith,
without having to worry about...

...Robert Sevin! Or should I address thy second, the esteemed snowgod? Ha ha
ha ha ha!! (This dueling business is really a blast, isn't it?)

Al
                                     __________
                                    /          \
                                   /            \
                                  |   o     o    |
                                  |    |   |     |
                             ----------|   |----------
                             -----------\_/-----------
                           [email-masked]
                             -------------------------

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 11:08:35 -0400
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Acka: Duel  

>> Ha ha ha ha ha!! According to the rules, I need not specify, but I hereby do
>Not so. According to the rules, the Challenged player must either specify
>the contest, or explicitly waive the privilege. Had HB been a player,
>rather than an observer, e would have forfeited this Duel due tot his
>oversight.

Whoops! Looks like I'm eating crow (again). I guess I read it wrong (hard to
do, but I manage anyway). In any case, I've done so. Let the games begin.

Al

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 08:01:43 +0000
From: "Bascule" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: IRC

Sorry Vynd

dunno what happened there;

My connection failed and I can't reconnect.

Bascule

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 09:55:23 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Supreme Court 

>No, no wait!  It's some kind of Presidential nepotism.
>
>IB
>Mad Scientist
>
>p.s. Little known fact: breadbox is snowgod's nephew.

Rabio Free IB strikes again :)

snowgod

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 09:58:24 -0900
From: Phil Ackley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Vulcan Actions 

>> On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
>>
>> > I am attempting the following actions on the behalf of Vulcan.
>> > They will occur after 7 days if no member of Vulcan objects, or
>> > sooner if all the members of Vulcan approve the actions.  (and in
>> > the second case, after I accept the transaction)
>> >
>> > Vulcan is building a Vending Machine in its Secret Laboratory.
>> > Vulcan is transferring its Vending Machine to /dev/joe.
>> >
>> > I, as one of the three members of Vulcan, approve of these actions.
>
>All of the members of Vulcan have approved this action, so Vulcan has
>built a vending machine and offered it to /dev/joe.
>
>I accept the vending machine from Vulcan.
>
>/dev/joe

I only saw messagfe by two of the three Vulcans.  ThinMan may support the
actions, but near as I can ell he hasn't announced his support yet.

snowgod

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 15:01:55 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Vulcan Actions

snowgod wrote:

> I only saw messagfe by two of the three Vulcans.  ThinMan may support the
> actions, but near as I can ell he hasn't announced his support yet.

ThinMan did post public support of the actions.

Malenkai
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> I am attempting the following actions on the behalf of Vulcan.
> They will occur after 7 days if no member of Vulcan objects, or
> sooner if all the members of Vulcan approve the actions.  (and in
> the second case, after I accept the transaction)
>
> Vulcan is building a Vending Machine in its Secret Laboratory.
> Vulcan is transferring its Vending Machine to /dev/joe.
>
> I, as one of the three members of Vulcan, approve of these actions.
>I approve these actions.

ThinMan
Vulcan

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:33:55 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Supreme Court

On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Phil Ackley wrote:
> I am choosing breadbox as my nominee for Supreme Court Justice.  Also, I
> wish to thank Mohammed for the service he has given to Ackanomic during his
> time as Justice.
	Thank you for your warm thanks.  :o)

- -- Mohammed
BWG

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 15:51:45 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 370 Verdict

CFJ 370 has been judged FALSE.  Narf already has the Chartreuse Goose,
thus a A$60 court fee is transferred from Narf to the Clerk of the
Courts [rule 620, section 1)]

Clerk of the Courts
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Call For Judgement 370
  Subject: Paradoxical Existentialism
Initiator: Narf
    Judge: fnord (selected Apr 06, 1997, 15:08h EST)
Judgement: FALSE

Statement:

Further game play is impossible.

Narf's Reasoning:

I am not required to submit my reasoning, and according to R211,
the judge is required to make eir judgment based solely on my statement
- -- my reasoning is merely decorative.  I could give examples of possible
paradoxes, but since my CFJ has to be judged on its original statement,
not my reasoning, merely proving my reasoning to be false would not
automaticaly prove my statement false. Therefore, in the absence of
proof that our ruleset does NOT contain a heretofore undiscovered paradox,
I maintain that there are paradoxes which, were they discovered, would
make the game unplayable.  I challenge the judge to prove that in fact
no paradoxes exist.

fnord's Reasoning:

I am not required to submit my reasoning, and according to R211,
Acka is required to use the Judgement based solely on the Judgement
I return.  I am glad that I only have to Judge the statement, and
that I do not have to take on the challenge of proving, in fact, that
no paradoxes exist in the Ruleset.

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:09:33 -0800
From: jess <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Portraits

Ackazens,

If you have not checked the Gallery lately, I urge all of you to do so. 
/dev/joe has put up a daring new portrait of himself and an unnamed cat.
Most excellent, if you want my opinion.  Also... New players... I am
still available for portrait making purposes.  Want yourself highlighted
in the gallery?  Just let me know.  i charge A$25 a portrait (more for
special circumstances).

Send me email, let's make a deal.

snowgod
[email-masked] regardless of the email adress on this message.

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 14:24:37 -0800
From: jess <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Sneering

I can't believe it.  I just can't believe it.  How dare CnH lead Mold
and Scold to believe that I, 3 time president of Ackanomic, have
anything to do at all with the aliens.  I mean really, aliens?  Hah. 
Sure they exist, I mean, they abducted the rules didn't they? But to
think that I, i mean me, you know snowgod, the good guy, the president
and registrar and ambassador and all that good stuff, would have
anything, anything at all, a single tiny sliver of a thing even, to do
with the alien abduction.... HA!

I am sneering at CnH and his silly report.  Were I a scientist I would
write a report condeming it, but sigh, my scientist days are over. 
Still, there is no doubt in my mind, or more accurately there weould be
no doubt were i a scientist, that CnH's report no only violates the laws
of science, but is in fact a talking claw, but a claw is a claw and no
one has ever sen a talking claw, no even that guy who has his hand
inside the puppet head.

snowgod
regarless of what the header says

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 17:45:57 -0700
From: [email-masked] (fnord)
Subject: Re: Acka: CFJ 370 Verdict

Arg!

Malenkai writes:
> 
> fnord's Reasoning:
> 
> I am not required to submit my reasoning, and according to R211,
                                                             ^^^^
That should be R214, not R211.   Sorry, folx.

fnord

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Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 22:55:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: The End of the Tour

I am performing a number of actions, in the order described below.

I.
I am changing the price that my Vending Machine sells Rocks to Wind a
String Around for, to be A$2.  Just after doing so, I am buying a
Rock to Wind a String Around from my vending machine.  And then I'm
buying another one, and another, and so on, until I have purchased
500 rocks this way.

- -1000 A$ /dev/joe: 500 rock purchases
+500 rock /dev/joe: 500 rock purchases
+500 A$ /dev/joe: proceeds from Vending Machine

II.
I am turning over my 500 rocks to the treasury to buy 500 prosthetic
foreheads.  The descriptions of these foreheads follow:

#1-26: these foreheads each have a large red letter protruding above the
head of the wearer; one forehead for each capital letter from A to Z, in
that order.

#27-36: these foreheads each have a large green digit protruding above the
head of the wearer; one forehead for each digit from 0 to 9 in that order.

#37-250: these foreheads have full masks that cover the faces of the
wearer; they look like the following people and fictional characters:
(37-55 From _Lord of the Rings_:) Aragorn, Tom Bombadil, Eomer, Eowyn,
Faramir, Galadriel, Gandalf, Sam Gamgee, Gimli, Gollum, Legolas, Farmer
Maggot, Saruman, Sauron, Theoden, Wormtongue, Pippin, Bilbo, and Frodo,
(56-96:) The first 41 Presidents of the United States,
(97-101 from the Hitchhiker series:) Zaphod Beeblebrox's first head,
Zaphod Beeblebrox's second head, Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Trillian
(102-138 from various Star Trek series:) Jean-Luc Picard, Beverly Crusher,
Will Riker, Deanna Troi, Data, O'Brien, Wesley Crusher, Geordi La Forge,
Ro Laren, Picard (as Locutus), Q, Tasha Yar, Guinan, Barclay, James Kirk,
Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty, Chekov, Uhura, Sisko, Odo, Kira, Jadzia Dax,
Bashir, Quark, Janeway, Chakotay, Harry Kim, Paris, Tuvok, Kes, Neelix,
Torres, the Emergency Holographic Doctor, the Borg Queen from First Contact,
Zephram Cochrane,
(139-149 from Star Wars:) Luke Skywalker, Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C3PO,
R2D2 (the entire thing sits on top of the head), Yoda, Obi-Wan,
Darth Vader, the Emperor, generic Stormtrooper,
(150-157 Music Heads:) the 4 Beatles, young Elvis, old Elvis, John Flansburgh
and John Linnell from They Might be Giants.
(158-250 Ackanomic Heads:) the 93 current and former players listed on
the Players' e-mail archive page, in the order they are currently listed.

#251-262: Chess piece heads -- 1 each King, Queen, Rook, Knight, Bishop, Pawn
in each color: Black and White.

#263-486: Sports Heads - these have the team logos embedded in the middle of
what otherwise look like perfectly normal human foreheads for the following:
(263-292) All 30 NFL teams
(293-320) All 28 Major League baseball teams
(321-349) All 29 NBA teams
(350-375) All 26 NHL teams
(376-486) All 111 U.S. colleges that played NCAA division 1-A football
in 1996.
Each of the above groups is ordered in alphabetical order of the team
nicknames, with the city/state/college name in alphabetical order as
a tiebreaker.

#487-499: Crown Heads - these cover the entire top of the head, and look
like the crowns worn by the 12 face cards and the joker in a deck of
Bicycle Rider Back playing cards.

#500: The last forehead has a flashing neon "500" hanging in front of
its wearer's real head.

- -500 rock /dev/joe: forehead purchase
+500 pfh /dev/joe: forehead purchase

III.
I am going to the Museum with these newly created foreheads.

Once there, I am donating these 500 newly-created foreheads to the Museum.
Since the Museum currently has only 2 Prosthetic Foreheads on display,
it will accept prosthetic forehead donations.  All the newly donated
items are placed on display in the mr cwm Wing.

- -500 pfh /dev/joe: museum donation
+500 pfh Museum:

IV.
My benefactor value is now A$5010 (A$10 for each prosthetic forehead
I have donated, including one donated long ago).  Thus, section V
of the Museum rule triggers, renaming the mr cwm Wing to be the
/dev/joe Wing.  Immediately afterward, section VII triggers, renaming
the /dev/joe Wing to be the North Wing and renaming the west Wing to
be the /dev/joe Wing, and /dev/joe wins the cycle.

(all sorts of end-of-cycle stuff happens)

/dev/joe

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Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 00:40:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: The End of the Tour

Doh.

Um, congratulations, I think....  =)

                                  - Vynd

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