Subject: Ackanomic Digest V2 #186
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Ackanomic Digest        Wednesday, July 9 1997        Volume 02 : Number 186

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Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 18:28:00 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFCJ 137 Verdict

CFCJ 137 has been judged TRUE.  The penalties will be assessed
after a 3 day grace period.

Clerk of the Courts
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Call For Criminal Judgment 137
  Subject: Zuriti'ili
Initiator: Alfvaen
    Judge: Rex Mundi (selected Jul 07, 1997, 23:33h EDT)
Judgement: TRUE

Statement:

/dev/joe has committed a Crime.

Alfvaen's Reasoning:

According to the Zuriti'ili rule, this heinous Crime has been committed at
least once in the history of Ackanomic, and it is furthermore possibly
related to entities which may be owned.  /dev/joe is known as one of the
foremost owners of entities, hence I consider it extremely likely that he
has committed Zuriti'ili with reference to one or more of these entities.
Furthermore, he has been in the game at some point during the history of
Ackanomic.

Suggested Penalty:

A FINE of A$100, or
The TRANSFERENCE of the Shapeshifter, Bronze Horse, Aladdin's Ring, or
Colossus of Sardia to Alfvaen, on the ground that these large trinkets
surely led to the commission of Zuriti'ili, and would be better off in
other hands.

Rex Mundi's Reasoning:

Phoebe told me so.

[And guideline, which I believe I get to nominate]

Any action involving a prime number of named ownable entities is not
Zuriti'ili.

Actual Penalty:

A fine of A$47, and a public apology of at least 3 lines.

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Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 18:29:19 -0400
From: Malenkai <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Phoebe (ThinMan)

ThinMan has found Phoebe.

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 17:37:46 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka:  hubert

Mohammed wrote:
> The best bus trips may fog up.

Mohammed has found the /dev/joe's Legacy treasure.  This was obviously too
easy, probably due to too much acka in the puzzle.

The map was:

  Post "the best bus trips may fog up" publicly.

The solution to the puzzle follows SPOILER space:


This is not the hidden contest.  The treasure may be found by
posting publicly the phrase formed by the first letters of the answer
words.  And by the way, the tromino go treasure isn't all that hard.

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 18:13:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: Thierry Joffrain <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka trinkets 

>> >> begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT
>> >> M>)\^(@0-`0:0" `$```````!``$``0>0!@`(````Y 0```````#H``$(@ <`
>> > 
>> > [It's still here, in some of your messages.]
>> 
>> Some? I get it in every message from Karma.
>	Same here.  I'm getting used to it.

Does that mean there's hope I'll get used to it too?

CbwgH

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 18:13:47 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jason Orendorff <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka:  Proposal 2207

I'm a little concerned with P2207.  It seems to be a nice enough idea
but:

- - it allows G&Cs to come and go without any voter approval.  :oP
- - there's no guarantee the game descriptions on the site will qualify
as Game Descriptions under R1250.1 .  (In fact, it's highly unlikely
that they will qualify.)
- - "Any game described" may count games that are not fully defined by
the Chess Variants page, just mentioned and outlined a little...

Also, least importantly:  the writers of the Chess Variants page are
not (I assume) familiar with Ackanomic game custom and don't write
their rules with us in mind.  So do we interpret their rules in our
game custom or their normal style?

- -- 
Mohammed
She's an ape out of water.  A fish out of furniture.

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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 00:09:10 +0100
From: "Gavin Doig" <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: two heads are more than one

#award Rex Mundi: -A$50 buying an extra head mutation.

I think I do have some money, as my organization creation action failed.

Rex Mundi.

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Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 17:48:57 -0700
From: **Alexandre Muniz <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: tromino-go puzzle

A1

AA
 A

b2

AA
bA
bb

C3

AA
bA
bbC
 CC

a4

AA
bA
bbC
 CC
 aa
  a

B5

AA
bA
bbC
 CC
 aa
BBa
B

c6

 cAA
ccbA
  bbC
   CC
   aa
  BBa
  B

A7

AAcAA
AccbA
   bbC
    CC
    aa
   BBa
   B

b8

AAcAA
AccbA
bb bbC
 b  CC
    aa
   BBa
   B

C9

 AAcAA
 AccbA
Cbb bbC
CCb  CC
     aa
    BBa
    B

a10

 AAcAA
 AccbA
Cbb bbC
CCb  CC
     aa
   aBBa
  aaB

B11

 AAcAA
 AccbA
Cbb bbC
CCb  CC
 B   aa
 BBaBBa
  aaB

c12

 AAcAA
 AccbA
Cbb bbC
CCbc CC
 Bcc aa
 BBaBBa
  aaB

A13

Player 1 must pass.

**two-star

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Date: Tue, 08 Jul 1997 18:01:30 -0700
From: **Alexandre Muniz <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: CFJ 423 (two-star)

Malenkai wrote:
> 
> two-star has been picked.

I accept this CFJ. (I'll try to be impartial)

**two-star

on IRC

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 20:17:22 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Acka: Tromino Go Treasure Found

two-star has found the tromino go treasure, containing the repayment,
1 PF/dev/joe, and 5 PFVoting Gnome.

The map was:
The first player to send /dev/joe a set of plays for a valid Tromino Go
round leading to a situation where a player can legally pass by Tromino
Go's rule 5, or a valid proof that such a pass can never happen in a legal
game, shall find this treasure.  

I constructed a game similar to two-star's solution last week, and
found it not all that difficult to do, so I made that comment in the
crostic puzzle that formed my next treasure. (I needed filler material.)

Below is two-star's solution.

/dev/joe

> A1
> 
> AA
>  A
> 
> b2
> 
> AA
> bA
> bb
> 
> C3
> 
> AA
> bA
> bbC
>  CC
> 
> a4
> 
> AA
> bA
> bbC
>  CC
>  aa
>   a
> 
> B5
> 
> AA
> bA
> bbC
>  CC
>  aa
> BBa
> B
> 
> c6
> 
>  cAA
> ccbA
>   bbC
>    CC
>    aa
>   BBa
>   B
> 
> A7
> 
> AAcAA
> AccbA
>    bbC
>     CC
>     aa
>    BBa
>    B
> 
> b8
> 
> AAcAA
> AccbA
> bb bbC
>  b  CC
>     aa
>    BBa
>    B
> 
> C9
> 
>  AAcAA
>  AccbA
> Cbb bbC
> CCb  CC
>      aa
>     BBa
>     B
> 
> a10
> 
>  AAcAA
>  AccbA
> Cbb bbC
> CCb  CC
>      aa
>    aBBa
>   aaB
> 
> B11
> 
>  AAcAA
>  AccbA
> Cbb bbC
> CCb  CC
>  B   aa
>  BBaBBa
>   aaB
> 
> c12
> 
>  AAcAA
>  AccbA
> Cbb bbC
> CCbc CC
>  Bcc aa
>  BBaBBa
>   aaB
> 
> A13
> 
> Player 1 must pass.
> 
> **two-star
> 

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 21:08:40 -0400
From: jordan james <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: acka trinkets

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Joseph W. DeVincentis [SMTP:[email-masked]]
Sent:	Tuesday, July 08, 1997 10:24 AM
To:	[email-masked]
Subject:	Re: acka trinkets

> "Bascule's vacation lunchbag" isin't listed in the museum nor in the
> trinkets page, it has already been established that beldin's pants didn't 
> eat it. I think it should be restored to these two directories as soon as 
> possible to avoid any confusion
> -karma

Bascule's vacation lunchbag was destroyed yesterday when Malenkai
pointed out that it is a forgery.  (It contains Bascule's name but was
not created by Bascule.)
The description of the trinket was Bascule's name written in his mothers 
handwriting therefore making it part of the family line. Nothing in the 
rules says that any players mother may not write their sons name on a 
lunchbag and the initial trinket was made before the forgery rule was 
passed making the original trinket valid.
- - karma
 Forgeries are transferred to the treasury
(rule 506) where they are immediately converted to A$ (rule 505).

> begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT
> M>)\^(@0-`0:0" `$```````!``$``0>0!@`(````Y 0```````#H``$(@ <`

[It's still here, in some of your messages.]

/dev/joe

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 18:54:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: acka trinkets

>> Bascule's vacation lunchbag was destroyed yesterday when Malenkai
>> pointed out that it is a forgery.  (It contains Bascule's name but was
>> not created by Bascule.)
> 
> The description of the trinket was Bascule's name written in his
> mothers handwriting therefore making it part of the family
> line. Nothing in the rules says that any players mother may not
> write their sons name on a lunchbag and the initial trinket was made
> before the forgery rule was passed making the original trinket
> valid.

Read Rule 506 "Forgeries" again. (Specifically, a trinket's name may
not contain the name of another player.)

breadbox

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:08:01 -0400
From: jordan james <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: acka trinkets

- -----Original Message-----
From:	Bollinger, John C. [SMTP:[email-masked]]
Sent:	Tuesday, July 08, 1997 1:40 PM
To:	[email-masked]'
Subject:	RE: acka trinkets

breadbox wrote:

[/dev/joe wrote:]

[Karma wrote:]
> >> begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT
> >> M>)\^(@0-`0:0" `$```````!``$``0>0!@`(````Y 0```````#H``$(@ <`
> >
> > [It's still here, in some of your messages.]
>
> Some? I get it in every message from Karma.
>
> Karma, I presume this is a Microsoft program you're using. There must
> be a Preference somewhere that turns off the Microsoft-specific
> formatting, since only other people using Microsoft programs can
> decode it usefully. Perhaps you could turn it off just when replying
> to Ackanomic mail. (If not, then perhaps you should also apply for
> Expert status in BWG.)
>
I am using Exchange rather than Outlook, but there are at least two
options that I can recommend looking at.  First, assuming that you
have entered the list address into your address book, check the
properties for that address and make sure that the checkbox about
always sending in rich-text format is _off_.  Second, make sure you
are not adding a digital signiature to your messages (under tools ...
options ... security).

At least, those are what I would check for Exchange, and I imagine that
they are still available in Outlook.

ThinMan
This is some of the info from my mailer it seems to suggest that I am 
better off using mime because if I don't use mime uuencode gets attached to 
it.
Perhaps if you read the following you may be able to suggest something?
- - karma

Message Format Dialog Box

Specifies a character set and message format for outgoing MIME 
(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) " so that's what mime stands for" 
messages, or for incoming and outgoing UUENCODE messages.

Use MIME When Sending Messages

Click (check) the MIME check box to send messages that support extended 
8-bit characters (IS0 8859-1, Swedish, Norwegian, US ASCII) with or without 
embedded objects or inserted files. The structure of the attachments is 
maintained if the recipient of the message is also using MIME.
Clear the MIME check box to send UUENCODE messages that support extended 
8-bit characters (ISO 8859-1, Swedish, Norwegian, US ASCII) with or without 
attachments.

Character Set

Click this option to select the outbound character set for MIME, or the 
incoming and outgoing character set for UUENCODE messages.

Note

The Character Set default selection that appears depends on whether you 
select or clear the Use MIME When Sending Messages check box.

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:29:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka trinkets

On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Brian Raiter wrote:

> >> begin 600 WINMAIL.DAT
> >> M>)\^(@0-`0:0" `$```````!``$``0>0!@`(````Y 0```````#H``$(@ <`
> > 
> > [It's still here, in some of your messages.]
> 
> Some? I get it in every message from Karma.

Me too, I'm afraid.  There was one message, the message where he said he'd
fixed everything, where I didn't get it, all the others since I have...

> 
> Karma, I presume this is a Microsoft program you're using. There must
> be a Preference somewhere that turns off the Microsoft-specific
> formatting, since only other people using Microsoft programs can
> decode it usefully. Perhaps you could turn it off just when replying
> to Ackanomic mail. (If not, then perhaps you should also apply for
> Expert status in BWG.)
> 
> breadbox
> yes, I'm kidding
> 
> 

                                 - Vynd

[email-masked]

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:12:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: Acka: CFCJ 137 Apology

> Actual Penalty:
> 
> A fine of A$47, and a public apology of at least 3 lines.

I apologize most sinceri'ily
for committing Zuriti'ili
and will stop immediati'ily.

/dev/joe

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Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 22:16:23 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <devjoe>
Subject: Re: acka: two heads are more than one

Rex Mundi wrote:
> #award Rex Mundi: -A$50 buying an extra head mutation.
> 
> I think I do have some money, as my organization creation action failed.

Why do you think your organization creation failed?
As far as I know, it worked and it has all your A$ and PFBonds.

/dev/joe

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