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ackanomic digest      Tuesday, September 22 1998      Volume 03 : Number 331

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:51:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: In celebration of my job.

I drop by the Library and play "Never Gonna Be as Big as Jesus" by Audio
Adrenaline on the ASS.

I reckon I should not be so crass as others, so I stand around and sing
along with the first verse before returning home.  In my inimitably bad
tone deaf way, I sing out:

I could move to Hollywood (yeah)
get my teeth capped I know I could
be a big star
on the silver screen
just like James Dean
I could be a star
I could climb the corporate ladder
buy, sell, and liquidate
maybe be just like the beatles
melodic rocking heavyweights
I could learn to sing and dance
if I only had a chance
I could be a big rock star

Chased off and tired of my tour, I go home.

IB

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:55:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Gavin M. Doig" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Evil is Good

>I request membership in the Church of the Evil Ballot Stuffer.
>
>Eris
>
As founder, I grant this request. I then cause the Church to the Evil Ballot
Stuffer to transfer one of its Evil Ballot Stuffers to Eris. I then appoint
Eris to the position of Priest in the Church.

Rex Mundi.

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:01:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Jut testing.

Is it broke, or are we all just sleeping :)

- --JT

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:24:38 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Jut testing.

> Is it broke, or are we all just sleeping :)

Both, apparently - or at least I was asleep when it happened. Things
seem to be back to normal now. We're still looking into the cause.

b

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:27:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Jut testing.

On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Brian Raiter wrote:

>> Is it broke, or are we all just sleeping :)
>
>Both, apparently - or at least I was asleep when it happened. Things
>seem to be back to normal now. We're still looking into the cause.

Glad to see it's back up though :)

- --JT

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 19:30:13 -0400 (EDT)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: RuneMaker

The election for the office of RuneMaker is over, and it appears that JT
had a mandate :)

Votes:

JT - 
JT & EBS & EBS
Weishaupt
/dev/joe
Studge
Rex Mundi & EBS
Mr. Tambourine Man

Eris -
Eris

Fo -
ThinMan & EBS

Altra the FireCat - 
Alfvaen
K 2
Altra the FireCat

Wild Card - 
Fo & EBS
Wild Card & EBS

K 2 -
Atilla the Pun

Oh, and three people voted for JTEris before I could correct it :)

Fortunato
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Aaron Keesler
Lotus Notes Administrator
Intranet Administrator
Adtran, Inc.
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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 19:33:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: DungeonMaster

The election for DungeonMaster is likewise over, and Weishaupt ascends
that lofty mount.

Votes:

Weishaupt -
/dev/joe
Mr. Tambourine Man
Weishaupt
JT & EBS & EBS
Studge
K 2
Vynd & EBS

Fortunato - 
Fortunato
Alfvaen

Altra the FireCat - 
Fo & EBS
Altra the FireCat

K 2 -
Atilla the Pun
ThinMan & EBS

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Aaron Keesler
Lotus Notes Administrator
Intranet Administrator
Adtran, Inc.
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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 19:46:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Burial and offer of trade

I bury the agenda hat I own whose condition containns the word "Lincoln"
as a treasure. The treasure map looks something like this:

"This treasure will be found by whoever accomplishes any of the
following conditions except those players who have at any point been
known as The Gingham Wearer [I don't want the goose] or Slakko [much too
easy for em to accomplish]:

1. To own a building called "The Lincoln Bedroom"

2. To give A$50 to the map writer of this treasure and specify that it
is for the purposes of finding this treasure.

3. To post a public message stating one's desire to find this treasure
in the four days immediately following a CWCFJ being judged true, and
then only if it has not been appealed."

There are a few more ifs and buts but they're much too boring.

I also offer my hat with the condition "The owner of this hat is a
daring adventurer" to anyone who wants it in exchange for a reasonable
price (this is not an explicit offer of a trade so no trinkets called "a
reasonable price" please. If you want it then make me an offer and we'll
talk).

MTM.

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Tom Walmsley [email-masked]
http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html
AIM: TGW666 ICQ 2925739
Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston, lausajne estas rano en mia bideo.

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:16:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Head Apollo" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Jut testing.

>> Is it broke, or are we all just sleeping :)
>
>Both, apparently - or at least I was asleep when it happened. Things
>seem to be back to normal now. We're still looking into the cause.
>
>b
>

The game is crashing! The game is crashing!

Reality itself is tearing asunder! Emails are disappearing into the void of
chaos! So much so, that this message may not even be read! What do you mean
'just as well'?

Eris

(Formenting panic and fear. All the sugar turns to alcohol.)

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:33:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: "404 Not Found" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Jut testing.

> 
> >> Is it broke, or are we all just sleeping :)
> >
> >Both, apparently - or at least I was asleep when it happened. Things
> >seem to be back to normal now. We're still looking into the cause.
> >
> >b
> >
> 
> The game is crashing! The game is crashing!
> 
> Reality itself is tearing asunder! Emails are disappearing into the void of
> chaos! So much so, that this message may not even be read! What do you mean
> 'just as well'?
> 
> Eris

Once again there is no truth in th...

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8]nbU0B4BAn'P4U6A WUB9An3  23094 0V2009 B90723 

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:52:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 665 (Wild Card)

Ethelred has gone deadbeat.  Wild Card has been selected.

Call for Judgement 665 - September 14, 1998
Subject: Weishaupt Agenda CWCFJ
Initiator: Weishaupt (sent 14 Sep 1998, 12:40 Acka)
1st Judge: Robert Sevin (selected 14 Sep 1998, 12:47 Acka) (declined)
2nd Judge: Ethelred (selected 14 Sep 1998, 14:55 Acka) (deadbeat)
3rd Judge: Wild Card
Judgement:

Statement:  
Weishaupt has achieved a winning condition during the current cycle.

Reasoning: 
Weishaupt has three true, visible, agenda hats, with a net weight less than
his point score.

3. The owner of this hat has been in at least 1 duel and has not lost 
more than 2 duels.
Weight: 30

I have been in one duel, which i won

8. The owner of this hat is the Overlord of the owner of this eggplant.
Weight: 110

Studge owns this eggplant. I am the Overlord of Studge

13. The owner of this hat has publically posted the sine of a googleplex 
to a precision of at least three significant digits, and accompanied 
said posting with proof that the value posted is, indeed, the sine 
of a googleplex.
Weight: -200

I did so earlier today.

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:52:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Dein Link wurde geaendert! (fwd)

The German index has got back to us.  Here is their response:

Hallo,

vielen Dank fuer deinen Besuch auf unserer Seite. Wir haben deinen Eintrag
wie gewuenscht modizifiziert.

Hier die geanderten Daten:

Titel: Ackanomic
URL: http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/Nomic/Acka/index.html
Kategorie: eMail
Beschreibung: Englisch. In Nomic kann man die Regeln =E4ndern, normalerweis=
e durch
Abstimmung. Seit Januar 1996 aktiv, z.Zt. ca. 25 Spieler.--- Vielf=E4ltiges
Regelwerk: es gibt Subspiele, Gadgets mit speziellen Eigenschaften,
Organisationen, denen man beitreten kann, und verschiedene Spiel=E4mter,
die teils das Spiel verwalten, teils zum Spa=DF beitragen, und so weiter...
- --- Neue Spieler erhalten einen Mentor, den sie =FCber alles ausfragen
k=F6nnen. --- Das Spiel selbst endet nicht, sondern ist in Zyklen eingeteil=
t,
die gewonnen werden k=F6nnen. Ein Zyklus dauert ca. 1 Woche bis 2
Monate. --- Wenn auch die Regeln sich in einem Bereich manchmal
recht schnell =E4ndern, bleiben viele Bereiche =FCber l=E4ngere Zeit beinah=
e
konstant. --- Mehr Info und die Regeln auf den Ackanomic-Webseiten.
Kontact Name: Duncan Richer
Kontact eMail: [email-masked]

Du kannst deine aktualisierten Eintrag unter

  http://www.iap.de/~taurus/search
 =20
einsehen. Solltest du weitere Fragen haben, so zoegere nicht, eine eMail zu=
 senden.

Mit spielerischen Gruss,

PBM - Links & Infos

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:53:00 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Gretchold.

 I urge everyone to vote for prop 3610.

 I Change my name to "Gretchold the Evil Math Troll", minus the quote
marks.

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Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing a Silly Agenda Hat.   \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:53:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: That Roome.

 Aye Go to That Room.  I think I haven't gone in the l;ast month...

- -- 
Jonathan David Amery, Trinity Hall, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1TJ.             #####
http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/~jda23/home.html                  o__#######
Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing a Silly Agenda Hat.   \'#######
Follower of Banna, the EBS and Odo.  Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 21:58:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Gretchold.

On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Jonathan David Amery wrote:
> I urge everyone to vote for prop 3610.
>
> I Change my name to "Gretchold the Evil Math Troll", minus the quote
>marks.

No.. you do not.  I object to this change since it's a BLATANT attempt to
abuse Malenkai's Loophole.

- --JT

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:24:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brian Raiter <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Tell me it's not almost Wednesday

Apologies to everyone - my sense of time was throw off by several days
of nonstop hacking - I had no idea things were so late. There's going
to be quite a flood of voting results this evening, I'm afraid. Brace
yourselves.

breadbox

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 22:51:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: name change

I attempt to change my name to Anathema

- --Weishaupt
  Dungeon Master
  Crazy French-Scotsman
  Really Weird

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 23:01:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Head Apollo" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: and the ASS saw the angel

I go to the library.

I stare at the ASS blankly for a long time, trying vainly to remember the
name of that song in the Little Shop of Horrors but realising simultaneously
that not remembering it will probably do my reputation good.

I do *not* play 'Electrolite' by REM, because it just doesn't scan, and
people would check.

Instead, I play 'Hard to Make a Stand' by Sheryl Crow and listen as the
opening verse begins:

Old James Dean Monroe
Hands out flowers at the Shop-N-Go
Hopes for money but all he gets is fear.

And the wind blows up his coat
And this he scribbles on a perfume note
"If I'm not here, then you're not here"

...then I go to my home.

Eris

(After many hours, a revelation.)

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 23:58:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: and the ASS saw the angel

> I stare at the ASS blankly for a long time, trying vainly to remember the
> name of that song in the Little Shop of Horrors but realising simultaneously
> that not remembering it will probably do my reputation good.

Hmmm.  I think that was in "Feed Me".

AUDREY II: Wouldn't you like a Cadillac car
           Or a guest spot on Jack Paar
           How about a date with Hedy Lamarr
           You can get it, if you want it baby
SEYMOUR: Gee, I'd like a Harley machine,
         Riding around like I was James Dean
         Making all the guys on the corner turn green

Or something like that.

> I do *not* play 'Electrolite' by REM, because it just doesn't scan, and
> people would check.

Oddly, I was just listening to that yesterday, not that I know right
now whether or not it's got James Dean in it or not.

Anyway, I go to the Library if I am not there, play "Jim Dean of Indiana"
by Phil Ochs, which may or may not be close enough(if we're trying to
satisfy some condition or other...:-), and then go to my home.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Debbie Gibson:Anything Is Possible
Current Book--Terry Pratchett:Men At Arms
29A--Hexadecimal Number of The Beast

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 23:59:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Re: Acka: Gretchold.

>  I urge everyone to vote for prop 3610.

>  I Change my name to "Gretchold the Evil Math Troll", minus the quote
> marks.

I believe this is somewhat longer than the length limit for player names,
so this wouldn't occur in any case.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Debbie Gibson:Anything Is Possible
Current Book--Terry Pratchett:Men At Arms
Smilie-captioned for the alternatively clued.

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