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ackanomic digest      Monday, September 28 1998      Volume 03 : Number 338

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:55:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: New, updated DM page

The Dungeon Master Page is now located at the following address:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Hangar/1290/acka/dm.html

Update your links!

- --Anathema
  Dungeon Master - Religious Caste - Crazy French Scotsman - Really Weird

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 01:39:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Thierry Joffrain <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Puppet Head

memo to m'self: do
the dumb things I gotta do.
touch the puppet head.

Happy as a puppet,
CnH

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 02:39:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 662 (FALSE) (overturning)

TEFKatSC has overturned this to FALSE.
Penalty of 3 points is assessed against marsboy.

Call for Judgement 662 - September 12, 1998
Subject: Illegal Brie Acquisition
Initiator: Weishaupt (sent 12 Sep 1998, 07:59 Acka)
Judge: marsboy (selected 12 Sep 1998, 08:58 Acka)
Judgement: TRUE (promulgated 18 Sep 1998, 18:50 Acka)
Appellant: K 2
Cortex: The Entity Formerly Known as the Supreme Court (breadbox and
saaremaa) (selected 21 Sep 1998, 12:15 Acka)
Judgement: FALSE

Statement: 
Weishaupt has a Brie

Reasoning: 
K 2 awarded me a brie when I joined.
Because how to gain a brie was not defined in the rules at that time, this
was either an illegal or an impossible action.
Therefore by the clause in rule 701 which states
If, however, the illegality or impossibility of a publically knowable
change to the game state goes unreported for at least 14 days, the action
or inaction which caused that change is considered legal, but it is still a
Crime. 
I do in fact have the Brie because it has been publically knowable and it
has gone unreported for 14 days.

Judge's Reasoning:
no brainer, folks.

Appellant's Reasoning:

The financier doesn't have the power to award a Brie only rule 611 has
ever had
that power.

>From rule 701:
[pragmatism clause] ... " The preceding does not apply to the case of
events
which occur automatically, but whose occurrence is not (or erroneously)
reported [e.g., loss of the Great Trombone]."

Brie awards are/were automatic thus the pragmatism clause does not apply.

Cortex's Reasoning:

The Court would agree that Brie awards were automatic under the
then-current ruleset, in the sense that they were impossible. An
erroneous report of an earning of a Brie would not in fact fall under
the province of Rule 701. (Although note that in actuality the
Financier made no such report; he merely added a Brie to the list of
Weishaupt's possessions in his personal records and on his web
pages. Thus the initiator's description that "K 2 awarded me a Brie"
is somewhat misleading.)

The Court also wishes to note that Rule 611 stated that "A player may
gain a cheese only by doing the following." Cheeses, and Bries in
particular, are unusual in that only Rule 611 is permitted to describe
a situation in which they may be awarded. Thus, numerical precedence
would have prevented Rule 701 from having an effect in any case.

Penalty to the original judge: 3 points.

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 02:39:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 670 (FALSE) (overturning)

Amicus Draconis has overturned the ruling to FALSE.  
Eris is penalised 10 points.

Call for Judgement 670 - September 27, 1998
Subject: Evil Usurpation of Power
Initiator: Anathema (sent 27 Sep 1998, 06:01 Acka)
Judge: Eris (selected 27 Sep 1998, 06:01 Acka)
Judgement: TRUE
Appellant: Slakko
Cortex: Amicus Draconis (JT and Vynd) (selected 27 Sep 1998, 10:07 Acka)
Judgement: FALSE

Statement:  

The initiator of this CFJ and any judges who ruled in TRUE have the power
to add, delete, and modify rules by unanimous agreement among themselves.

Reasoning: 

Do you need any?
  
Judge's Reasoning:

I would like to judge this a certain way, I won't tell you which,
because I am aware of certain flaws and of my inevitable disappointment,
but Greed has always been one of my favourite colours.

Appellant's Reasoning:

(none)

Supreme Court's Reasoning:

We find no support for the initiator's statement in the Rules. Those
needing further explanation should refer to Rules 101 and 215. Thus, the
court has decided to overturn the verdict to FALSE. Surprise.

Let the first Judge of this CFJ be penalized 10 points.

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 02:50:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: CFJ 670 (FALSE) (overturning)

HA!  It worked!  Just as we planned, Eris.  Now you can French-Scotsman
this and get a buncha points.

At 02:39 AM 9/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Amicus Draconis has overturned the ruling to FALSE.  
>Eris is penalised 10 points.
>
>Call for Judgement 670 - September 27, 1998
>Subject: Evil Usurpation of Power
>Initiator: Anathema (sent 27 Sep 1998, 06:01 Acka)
>Judge: Eris (selected 27 Sep 1998, 06:01 Acka)
>Judgement: TRUE
>Appellant: Slakko
>Cortex: Amicus Draconis (JT and Vynd) (selected 27 Sep 1998, 10:07 Acka)
>Judgement: FALSE
>
>Statement:  
>
>The initiator of this CFJ and any judges who ruled in TRUE have the power
>to add, delete, and modify rules by unanimous agreement among themselves.
>
>Reasoning: 
>
>Do you need any?
>  
>Judge's Reasoning:
>
>I would like to judge this a certain way, I won't tell you which,
>because I am aware of certain flaws and of my inevitable disappointment,
>but Greed has always been one of my favourite colours.
>
>Appellant's Reasoning:
>
>(none)
>
>Supreme Court's Reasoning:
>
>We find no support for the initiator's statement in the Rules. Those
>needing further explanation should refer to Rules 101 and 215. Thus, the
>court has decided to overturn the verdict to FALSE. Surprise.
>
>Let the first Judge of this CFJ be penalized 10 points.

- --Anathema
  Dungeon Master - Religious Caste - Crazy French Scotsman - Really Weird

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:18:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Sigh.

Memo to myself: do the dumb things, I've gotta do.  Touch the puppethead.

IB

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:34:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (John Bollinger)
Subject: Re:  Acka: Sigh.

Memo to myself: do the dumb things, I've gotta do.  Touch the puppethead.

ThinMan

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:17:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (I am the Water Boatman)
Subject: Acka: so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen...

Well, I've been hanging around in Acka for a few months now, and still the
finer points of life round here are beyond me. Heck, never mind the finer
points, I'm still having trouble with some of the basics. And the sad fact is I
don't think I'm *ever* going to find the time to really get to familiarise
myself with the surroundings.

So, it is with some regret and a wistful tear in my eye that I do the following:

I convert my trinkets (Hope A$17, 100 Dollars A$2) to A$.
I give A$619, 1 OC:Truthseeker, 1 OC:Skeleton Key and 1 Silly Vacation Hat
to the AVPP.
I dance naked on the Town Hall Steps.
I leave Ackanomic.

Ethelred (the Unready for Ackanomic)

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:26:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Website Follies

The current situation is as follows:

I will be moving on Wednesday the 30th.
Therefore, there is no need to switch the site links over until the night
of the 29th.

(Remember, from then the main Acka pages are moving from
http://dcr24.quns.cam.ac.uk/Nomic/Acka/
to
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/Nomic/Acka/

Yours,
Slakko
- -- 
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
Ackanomic - Web-Harfer, CotC, ChessUmpire, Map-Harfer, Senator

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:08:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Puppet Head

memo to m'self: do
the dumb things I gotta do.
touch the puppet head.

Robin Hood

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:08:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked]
Subject: Acka: Puppet Head

memo to m'self: do
the dumb things I gotta do.
touch the puppet head.

Robin Hood

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:54:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Michael Pizolato" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Gotta go

I'm afraid that, with things heating up here at work, I won't be able to
keep up with Acka in any reasonable way any longer. It's been fun; maybe
sometime in the future when I have a job that doesn't require any actual
work I'll give it another shot. :-)

I leave Acka.

Thanks,
Piz

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 14:43:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 672 (Slakko)

Slakko has been selected.

Call for Judgement 672 - September 28, 1998
Subject: Definition of Leaving
Initiator: Rambo R Minuteman (sent 28 Sep 1998, 13:28 Acka)
Judge: Slakko
Judgement:

Statement:

Piz is a player of Ackanomic.

Initiator's Reasoning:

E has emailed Vynd about leaving and myself about being unsubscribed
form the back-up list. I recall a similar case to this when Crackfoo
left and wondered if the will to leave would extend this far when
neither Vynd nor myself is Registrar or Speaker.

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 19:14:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Head Apollo" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: CFJ 670 (FALSE) (overturning)

>HA!  It worked!  Just as we planned, Eris.  Now you can French->Scotsman
this and get a buncha points.

In a mock tribute to my own unharfiness I complain about the penalty of
points imposed by the overturning of CFJ 670 thusly:

"I didn't understand the rules! You keep changing the rules! You never told
me about that rule!"

Eris

(From one extreme to ... the same extreme.)

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:21:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Subject: Acka: Fortnightly Dividends, September 28

As always after a Tornado, the score changes over the past fortnight were
pretty tumultuous:

Rig R. Mortis: 147
saaremaa: 124
Studge: 122
IdiotBoy: 99
marsboy: 77
Eris: 63
K 2: 62
Slakko: 56
Aunt Froot: 51
404 Not Found: 48
Alfvaen: 47
Fortunato: 44
rufus: 43
Anathema: 39
ThinMan: 39
Vynd: 24
Altra the FireCat: 15
Wild Card: 9
J. M. Bear: -4
Robert Sevin: -4
867-5309: -7
Robin Hood: -11
Calvin N Hobbes: -14
two-star: -20
JT: -27
Rex Mundi: -35
/dev/joe: -39
breadbox: -43
Niccolo Flychuck: -53
Rambo R Minuteman: -57

Fortnightly Dividends are, of course, related to these by a simple
arithmetical relationship.

- --
- --Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Current Album--Billie Myers:Growing, Pains
Current Book--William Wharton:Birdy
God knows where the yellow went.

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