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ackanomic digest       Wednesday, August 5 1998       Volume 03 : Number 261

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:09:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3333 accepted

> At 09:42 05/08/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >I've never been particularly fond of Bonus Votes, but right now I
> >think I hate them.
> 
> I've never overly liked bonus votes either, but right now I quite like
> them. I offer a bonus vote to /dev/joe and a bonus vote to Niccolo Flychuck
> as I said I would.
> 
> Mr. Tambourine Man.

I accept this bonus vote, as short-lived as it may be. :-)  I thank
Mr. Tambo for succeeding in repealing anti-voting (and like the fact
that we know his name now).

/dev/joe

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:09:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Deejay Things

> Proposal 3331 - Tue 28 Jul 1998 10:41 EDT
> O Freunde, nicht diese Tone!
> K 2 (Kelly Kelly)

For this proposal, K 2 recieves an ASS token.

- --JT, DeeJay

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> 
> Create a new rule titled "ASS song: Ode to Joy" as a member of the
> "Ackanomic Sound System Rule Suite" (Rule 950) with the text:
> "
> Title: Ode to Joy; Allegro assai, fr Symphony No. 9 in d, Op. 125, Choral
> Artist: Music by Beethoven
> Trigger: Whenever a proposal has been accepted which was authored by a
> player who had never had a proposal accepted before.
> Effect:
> i) Every player that voted yes on the proposal that triggered the song
> gains one point.
> ii) Any player who's score is within 5% of the happy number may change eir
> score to the happy number as a public action.
> iii) Whenever a player has a score which is exactly equal to the sad number
> e gains one point.
> Duration: Three Acka days.
> Explanation: "That way, everyone's happy." [Terry Pratchett, Small Gods]
> "

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:14:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Proposal 3336 accepted (fwd)

With the passage of Proposal 3336 authored by Publius, the Ode To Joy
by Beethoven begins playing on the ASS.

It will play for 3 days with the following effects.

i) Every player that voted yes on the proposal that triggered the song
   gains one point.

ii) Any player who's score is within 5% of the happy number may change eir
    score to the happy number as a public action.

iii) Whenever a player has a score which is exactly equal to the sad
     number e gains one point.

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The following people gain 1 point for voting YES on the proposal.
Vynd                 (Vulcan)
/dev/joe             (Vulcan)
Brie Clump
K 2
else...if            (SPAM)
Rex Mundi            (Klingon)
JT                   (Boomerangs)
Attila the Pun
Tom Walmsley         (Boomerangs)
Publius
Slakko               (SPAM)
Niccolo Flychuck     (MetaMorph)
J. M. Bear           (MetaMorph)
Ethelred

- --JT, Deejay

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:23:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Registrarness

With the passage of proposal 3338
The player with the RL name of Tom Walmsley was renamed to Mr. Tambourine
Man.
The player with the RL name of Eric Plumb was renamed to 867-5309.

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:31:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: action

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, JT wrote:
>On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, David Scheidt wrote:
>>I leave where ever it is I am, and got to the libarry.  I play Theoloneous
>>S. Monk's "'Round Midnight" on the ASS.  ( one of the previously
>>unreleased versions on the complete Riverside recordings).  
>
>This does not occur as we are in a Moment of Silence until Sunday.

I misspoke.  This didn't occur because the Ode to Joy is playing, and I
believe that this overrides the Moment of silence.

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:51:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: First speakerly act

I seem to recall a long time ago, Alfvaen (as Speaker) placing us in a
State of Crisis.  I don't seem to recall it being lifted.  Thefore, I'l
lifting the state of crisis.

- --JT, Speaker

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 15:59:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Scorekeeper

With Alfvaen's resignation as Scorekeeper, K 2 has become the Acting
Scorekeeper (assuming I'm reading the rules correctly).
(I'd thought it was me which is why I went and checked :)

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:01:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Michael Pizolato" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Question about voting

Is it legal by rule 103 for me to vote on proposals that were proposed prior
to my joining the game but which are still within their voting period (e.g.
proposal 3343, proposed Jul 30 - I began the game on Aug 3)? If this is
ambiguous, which would be more appropriate, a CFJ or a clarifying proposal?

Piz

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:02:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Niccolo Flychuck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Pool points and Thralls

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, JT wrote:

> 
> And the thrall system could tie into something I had in mind a while back
> (and which I mailed Alfvaen about at that time) based on the Herald stuff
> and the Honour system I instituted which might be another way to do the
> thralls stuff.  To give a brief and WAY overbroad summary, it would have
> gotten rid of political parties and replaced them with a 'fuedal'
> structure based on Honour whereby a person could 'control/influence'
> people through Honour and Fueds (between Feudalities) and eventually 'win'
> by becoming 'King'.  If enough people think this would actually be
> fun/interesting, I'll try and write up an RFC for it (though I'll probably
> wait until after the scoring system changes).

Funny you should mention this, but I was just considering doing something
like that with Churches, or with Churches & Parties - not actually getting
rid of them, just allowing them to get some power, make "scores" matter on
the Organization level rather than on an individual level.

Niccolo Flychuck
 
> > Iwould appreciate initial comments of 'Hey that sounds good' or 'Man,
> what drug are you smoking, cause that sucks' or whatever.
> 
> - --JT
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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:11:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Question about voting

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Michael Pizolato wrote:
>Is it legal by rule 103 for me to vote on proposals that were proposed prior
>to my joining the game but which are still within their voting period (e.g.
>proposal 3343, proposed Jul 30 - I began the game on Aug 3)? If this is
>ambiguous, which would be more appropriate, a CFJ or a clarifying proposal?

Yes, it is legal.

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:13:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Michael Pizolato" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Can you tell I'm reading through the rules?

I'm reading my way through the rules, and any questions that IMNSHO don't
fall into the category "Ask Your Mentor, Dumbass" I'll lob at the group as I
come up with them. Here's one:

Is there a rigorous definition of "furniture?" Does it really matter if
there is?

Thanks,
Piz

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:16:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Can you tell I'm reading through the rules?

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Michael Pizolato wrote:
>I'm reading my way through the rules, and any questions that IMNSHO don't
>fall into the category "Ask Your Mentor, Dumbass" I'll lob at the group as I
>come up with them. Here's one:
>
>Is there a rigorous definition of "furniture?" Does it really matter if
>there is?

Only that furniture is only that which is currently defined as furniture
by the rules I believe (since it has a meaning within the rules).

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:19:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3333 accepted

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Tom Walmsley wrote:

> At 09:42 05/08/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >I've never been particularly fond of Bonus Votes, but right now I
> >think I hate them.
> 
> I've never overly liked bonus votes either, but right now I quite like
> them. I offer a bonus vote to /dev/joe and a bonus voteto Niccolo Flychuck
> as I said I would.

I accept this offer.

Niccolo Flychuck

> 
> Mr. Tambourine Man.
> 
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> 

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:21:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3333 accepted

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, JT wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Duncan Richer wrote:
> > >> I think this is erroneous, since I know I only used one bonus vote and
> > >> that I cast it for the proposal.   I still have the email records of my
> > >> mail to nomicbot if Breadbox needs to verify this.
> > >
> > >At most 4 Bonus Votes can have an effect on each proposal.  I believe it
> > >is only the last 4 that count (although I could be wrong).
> > >Yours was the 5th Bonus Vote on the list.
> > 
> > What I'm trying to say is that I only used one vote and I cast it for the
> > proposal.. I don't know where that 'abstained' vote came from.  Therefore
> > I believe that only 4 should have been cast, not 5.
> 
> Yes, but your attempt to cast it FOR the proposal failed because of the
> excess, yet the Bonus Vote was still used up.  It had to go somewhere,
> hence it was registered as an abstention (it had to be used, but the rules
> prevented it from counting FOR).

That wounds wrong to me.  The last four bonus votes count, the rest are
unused and shouldn't count as anything. Not as an abstenation.

Niccolo Flyhchuck

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:21:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Ackanomicon Determination

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 17:01:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Tabula Stuff

>I thank those who voted for me as Speaker.  I resign (if the rules didn't
>automatically force me to do so) as Senator (which should give me a Blue
>Cross Bonus and thus at least one more stripe).

Okay then. I am now starting an election for the position of Senator. You
may reply to nominate yourself.

Mr. Tambourine Man, Count Tabula.

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 17:35:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: trinket

I create a trinket named 'Square Tuit' with a value of A$ 3.
It's description is 'This is a square tuit.  It would be a round tuit, but
that is already owned by someone.'

I give the Square Tuit to Mr. Tamborine Man to remind him to do something
we discussed earlier.

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 17:49:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Scorekeeper

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, JT wrote:

> With Alfvaen's resignation as Scorekeeper, K 2 has become the Acting
> Scorekeeper (assuming I'm reading the rules correctly).
> (I'd thought it was me which is why I went and checked :)
> 
> --JT
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Not to speak for Alfvaen on this, but I think he said he was only thinking
of, or planning on retiring.  Or somehting like that.  What I'm trying to
say is I don't think he's quit yet :)

Vynd

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 17:56:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Scorekeeper

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:
>Not to speak for Alfvaen on this, but I think he said he was only thinking
>of, or planning on retiring.  Or somehting like that.  What I'm trying to
>say is I don't think he's quit yet :)

He said 'I announce my intent to resign' or some such.  After rereading
rule 401, I believe he actually hasn't stepped down yet, but has started
the process for an election for that office (perhaps).

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 18:03:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Scorekeeper

At 17:56 05/08/98 -0400, you wrote:
>On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:
>>Not to speak for Alfvaen on this, but I think he said he was only thinking
>>of, or planning on retiring.  Or somehting like that.  What I'm trying to
>>say is I don't think he's quit yet :)
>
>He said 'I announce my intent to resign' or some such.  After rereading
>rule 401, I believe he actually hasn't stepped down yet, but has started
>the process for an election for that office (perhaps).

Just a reminder to K 2 primarily that both scorekeeper and CotC are
functional and so are his responsibility to start the nominations. There
are also, it is worth noting, no elections for these. The President chooses
the new officer.

MTM.

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 19:09:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Question about voting

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Michael Pizolato wrote:

> Is it legal by rule 103 for me to vote on proposals that were proposed prior
> to my joining the game but which are still within their voting period (e.g.
> proposal 3343, proposed Jul 30 - I began the game on Aug 3)? If this is
> ambiguous, which would be more appropriate, a CFJ or a clarifying proposal?

Perfectly legal.  Your vote is not retroactive, as votes are only tallied
at the end of the voting period.

- -- 
Duncan C. "" Richer aka
Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College
Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc
Acka - Web-Harfer,RuneMaker,ChessUmpire,Map-Harfer - www.ackanomic.org

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 19:13:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3333 accepted

On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Uri Bruck wrote:

> That wounds wrong to me.  The last four bonus votes count, the rest are
> unused and shouldn't count as anything. Not as an abstenation.

The "abstention" did nothing, as the Bonus Vote does not count for quorum
purposes.

breadbox had to do something to show that the Bonus Vote had been used.
IMHO abstention was the best way to do that, as it had absolutely no
effect on the proposal.

Note also that Rule 317 says:
"only the last four valid Bonus Votes to have arrived before the end of
the voting are counted, the rest are destroyed. "

Hence the need to make some indication.
- -- 
Duncan C. "" Richer aka
Slakko (Lost) Warner - http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/ - Queens' College
Cambridge, 1st Year PhD(Pure Maths), CUDipSoc, CUSFS, CUSTS, CURS etc
Acka - Web-Harfer,RuneMaker,ChessUmpire,Map-Harfer - www.ackanomic.org

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 21:28:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Awards

I hereby award JT his Blue Cross Bonus, for his time in service as Senator.
I hereby award JT a silver stripe for his newly-increased Blue Cross Rank.

/dev/joe
Senator

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 21:30:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Electroluxes

I believe the electrolux rule (594.22) should have been repealed already
since we had a tornado on the Summer Solstice (June 21st if I recall)
and the rule states

>In addition, if a Tornado should occur, all Electroluxes shall be
>destroyed and this rule shall repeal itself.

I noticed it during a random walk through the rules and thought I should
point this out to the rule harfer and everyone else as well so that they 
don't bother with it in the Great Debunk. :)

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 22:40:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Icing

Ayla has gone On-Ice as of the 3rd of August and will become a Non-Player
on the 30th of October.

- --JT, Registrar

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 23:23:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Scorekeeper

> With Alfvaen's resignation as Scorekeeper, K 2 has become the Acting
> Scorekeeper (assuming I'm reading the rules correctly).
> (I'd thought it was me which is why I went and checked :)

No, I declared my intention to resign as Scorekeeper, so that K 2 still
has to call a Nomination, but I am still serving in the Office until then.
Helps in the transition; if I could've done it for Speaker, I would've.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Moxy Fruvous:The B Album
Current Book--Sheri S. Tepper:Shadow's End
Delete them all and let Norton sort them out.

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 23:41:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 3333 accepted

> >I hereby announce my intention to resign as Scorekeeper.  It won't be
> >nearly as fun anymore.

> I'm sorry to hear that Alfvaen.  I hope you'll reconsider.

Well, I guess I just don't want to have to learn a new scoring system.
I mean, I wrote scripts to do it automatically and everything.  Okay,
it was only a few weeks ago, out of months and months of doing it by
hand...  Also, I'm still trying to free myself of Offices.

> >> > All players who voted on any proposal receive one point.

> >Can anyone give me any reason to believe that this is not a one-time
> >effect?  I've voted on any Proposal, so I should receive one point, but
> >I believe Rule 110 would keep this from happening an infinite number of
> >times, so it only happens once.

> I believe it will trigger, as intended on each proposal.  However, I leave
> that up to a CFJ to decide, and suggest someone fix the wording soon :)

I'll take a look at the wording and the context and see what I think.  :-)

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Moxy Fruvous:The B Album
Current Book--Sheri S. Tepper:Shadow's End
When I hit a block of prose in a book, I just skip right over it.

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 23:51:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Harf?

I'm not one hundred percent sure, but I think I'm the harfmeister.  I've
certainly been feeling awfuly harfy of late. So I'm going to go ahead and
tell you all which proposals I think are harfy, and later on when some of
the webpages get updated (no criticism, just have to make my own excuses
here :)), we can decide if they count for real or not.

I'm sure I don't have to tell you that Proposal 3347 is harfy, but did you
know that Proposal 3360 is as well?  No?  Well thats why I'm the
harfmeister and you're not, you harfless imbicile!  I swear, if it wasn't
for people like you, we wouldn't even need a harfmeister, I could just sit
back here in my house and brick up more of the windows against the
sunlight.  That stuff'll kill you, ya know.  Think about it, won't you?
Tell me one person who hasn't died after going out into the sunlight...

                                - Vynd

[email-masked]

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