Subject: ackanomic digest V3 #359
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ackanomic digest      Wednesday, October 14 1998      Volume 03 : Number 359

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:10:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Auction Em Entities AKA RJftT

On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, K 2 wrote:
>I am starting an auction on the prosthtic forehead which is in the
>treasury which is described at the following llink:
>
>http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/Nomic/Acka/entity/proshead.html#BM028
>
>Next, I purchase a forehead, colored red, white and blue, with yellow
>stars and pink horseshoes. This forehead has a loadspeaker atached to
>the top that constantly blares the Star Spangled Banner and other
>marching tunes, with only short interuptions between songs for a public
>service message. This public message says "Greetings Ackanomians! My
>Name is Uncle Sam and I am running for President. Vote for me, or better
>yet, vote for snowgod! He's good people." to Uncle Sam I transfer this
>forehead.
>
>minimum bid is A$0

I bid A$1

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 02:16:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Phoebe (two-star)

two-star has found Phoebe's Matchbox

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 02:22:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Just some oddness

I suggest that JAM chew the gumball.
Since I am a priest and the doctrine allows any priest to order an action,
this occurs.

I chew the gumball.

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 02:29:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Joseph W. DeVincentis" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Just some oddness

JT wrote:
> I chew the gumball.

I also chew the gumball.  The wrapper tastes funny, though, so I remove it
from the wrapper and then continue chewing.

As the second player to legally chew the gumball today, I then purchase 
A Bottle of Bubble Gum Flavoured Shampoo from my vending machine.  And
then I purchase another Bottle of Bubble Gum Flavoured Shampoo from the
same machine.  Then, I set the price my vending machine sells Bottles of
Bubble Gum Flavoured Shampoo to A$200.

I offer one Bottle of Bubble Gum Flavoured Shampoo to JT for A$6.

/dev/joe

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 02:31:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Thierry Joffrain <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Plynk

>I go to the library and hence to *that* room.

I move my left arm from side to side.

CnH

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 02:43:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: results of JT's Medical Examination

A Mean Hat. wrote:
>I forgot my prescription!  My prescription is that JT should take two scams
>and call me in the morning.  If he swells up to former emperor size, he
>should rush right in to see me before it gets any worse.  Oh, and, mightily
>wise studge, how i praise your powers of healing... If it were not for you,
>this snowgod's disease would surely be uncurable!

Realizing that this is crucial to the cure of my patient I am forced by
pity to magnanimously accept this homage.

Curse this prescription!

Studge :)

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 02:43:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Just some oddness

On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Joseph W. DeVincentis wrote:
>I also chew the gumball.  The wrapper tastes funny, though, so I remove it
>from the wrapper and then continue chewing.
>
>As the second player to legally chew the gumball today, I then purchase 
>A Bottle of Bubble Gum Flavoured Shampoo from my vending machine.  And
>then I purchase another Bottle of Bubble Gum Flavoured Shampoo from the
>same machine.  Then, I set the price my vending machine sells Bottles of
>Bubble Gum Flavoured Shampoo to A$200.
>
>I offer one Bottle of Bubble Gum Flavoured Shampoo to JT for A$6.

I accept this offer and thank /dev/joe for the helpful use of his vending
machine.

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 02:46:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: results of JT's Medical Examination

A Mean Hat. wrote:
>I forgot my prescription!  My prescription is that JT should take two scams
>and call me in the morning.  If he swells up to former emperor size, he
>should rush right in to see me before it gets any worse.  Oh, and, mightily
>wise studge, how i praise your powers of healing... If it were not for you,
>this snowgod's disease would surely be uncurable!

Since it's now morning, I call A Mean Hat and complain that there aren't
any useful scams to take.  I then rant and rave and scream at him for a
while and then hang up.   Fortunately the swelling seems to have gone
down.

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 03:03:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Duel (Vynd)

Fiendish Priest!

Brainiacing in such an unthoughtful manner has incensed the honorable and
forthright A Mean Hat.  Prepare to defend your already dubious honor on the
field of glorious battle.  Consider yourself challenged to a duel, most
sneaky Vynd, if that IS your REAL name!

Down with the religious caste!!  (A caste well known by its penchant for
sloppy, self-serving definitions!)

Studge, Second to A Mean Hat.

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:53:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Auction Em Entities AKA RJftT

I bid A$ 12 in the forehead auction.

Vynd

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:32:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Acka: Tabulator Stuff (First Pass)

Well, just vote again, I suppose.  This probably isn't the most elegant
solution, but we're kind of pressed for time, and I can't think of
anything better.

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Tom Walmsley [SMTP:[email-masked]]
>Sent:	Tuesday, October 13, 1998 3:33 PM
>To:	[email-masked]
>Subject:	Re: Acka: Tabulator Stuff (First Pass)
>
>
>The biggest problem with this is that I haven't a clue how I voted. I'm not
>even sure I voted on all of them. And since I use (or used I supose) the
>voting
>form I can't check my votes.
>
>RMR.
>
>--
>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: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 12:00:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: RBBT

I point my Really Big Blue thing at Altra the FireCat, and hit the button
labelled "energizE" 

I give em the anargram "Leather Artifact"

            
- --A Mean Hat.
  Dungeon Master - Warrior Caste - Crazy French Scotsman - Really Weird

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 13:14:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Auction Em Entities AKA RJftT

John Frederic Mc Coy wrote:

> I bid A$ 12 in the forehead auction.

I bid A$15 on it.

Rambo.

- --
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: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:34:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Head Apollo" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: the time to risE has been engaged

i change my rebelliousness characteristic to "on".

risE

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:34:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Head Apollo" <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: go on, herbert me

i try once more. i go to *that* room. i am inexorably drawn to it, fighting
past my fellow ackans and delivering Rambo R Minuteman a friendly braining
with my newbie wand of awesome power. (this is unregulated so it doesn't
matter.)

risE

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:39:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: go on, herbert me

On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Head Apollo wrote:

>i try once more. i go to *that* room. i am inexorably drawn to it, fighting
>past my fellow ackans and delivering Rambo R Minuteman a friendly braining
>with my newbie wand of awesome power. (this is unregulated so it doesn't
>matter.)

Unless you first go to the library, this doesn't occur.  Anyone else?

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:57:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: acka: go on, herbert me

I sprint over to the library and go to *that* room, you know, the one with
the book.

I then change my rebelliousness characeteristic to "on".

With the help of my Ewok friends, i go home.

IB

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:06:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Ackanomicon Determination

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# Player: IdiotBoy
# Ackanomicon Determination
# based on the following (using a 49 sided die)
#  1 - 15 Arcane Trivia
# 16 - 20 Vile Prophecies
# 21 - 25 Inner Workings
# 26 - 30 Arcane Lore
# 31 - 33 Terrorizing Pages
# 34 - 34 Ancient Artifact
# 35 - 36 Mutation
# 37 - 38 Dark Domain
# 39 - 40 Long Lost Treasure
# 41 - 41 Forbidden Fruit
# 42 - 42 Catastrophe
# 43 - 46 Not so Forbidden Fruit
# 47 - 47 Ancient One
# 48 - 49 Judgement Day

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No. of dice for every roll:     1
No. of dice rolls requested:    1
No. of rolls per line:          1

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> #P [email-masked]
> #S 49
> #D 1
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> #T Acka: Ackanomicon Determination
> 
> #C Player: IdiotBoy
> #C Ackanomicon Determination
> #C based on the following (using a 49 sided die)
> #C
> #C  1 - 15 Arcane Trivia
> #C 16 - 20 Vile Prophecies
> #C 21 - 25 Inner Workings
> #C 26 - 30 Arcane Lore
> #C 31 - 33 Terrorizing Pages
> #C 34 - 34 Ancient Artifact
> #C 35 - 36 Mutation
> #C 37 - 38 Dark Domain
> #C 39 - 40 Long Lost Treasure
> #C 41 - 41 Forbidden Fruit
> #C 42 - 42 Catastrophe
> #C 43 - 46 Not so Forbidden Fruit
> #C 47 - 47 Ancient One
> #C 48 - 49 Judgement Day
> 
> 
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:13:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: [email-masked] (Dice server)
Subject: Acka: Arcane Lore Probablistic Otzma Card determination

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# This is determining the Otzma Card aquired for reading the Arcane
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# The determination is made according to the following table.
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#  4-6     Map Shard            (normal)
#  7-7     Summon Tornado       (rare)          (at max instance)
#  8-10   Share My Expenses     (normal)
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# 38-40   Artic Explorer        (normal)
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# 45-47   Roulette Wheel        (normal)
# 48-50   Training Regime       (normal)
# 51-53   Shield                (normal)
# 54-56   ACME InstaGadget      (normal)
# 57-59   Felicitous Populi     (normal)
# 60-60   Enslavement          (rare)

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No. of dice rolls requested:    1
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> #P [email-masked]
> #T Acka: Arcane Lore Probablistic Otzma Card determination
> #S 60 
> #D 1
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> #L 1
> 
> #C Player: IdiotBoy
> #C This is determining the Otzma Card aquired for reading the Arcane
> #C Lore page from the Ackanomicon.
> #C
> #C The determination is made according to the following table.
> #C
> #C  1-3          Go Fish              (normal)        (at max instance)
> #C  4-6          Map Shard            (normal)
> #C  7-7          Summon Tornado       (rare)          (at max instance)
> #C  8-10   Share My Expenses  (normal)
> #C 11-13   Share Your Income  (normal)
> #C 14-16   Swinging Sale      (normal)        (at max instance)
> #C 17-19   Tactical Retreat   (normal)        
> #C 20-22   Paratroop          (normal)
> #C 23-25   Foul Fowl          (normal)        (at max instance)
> #C 26-28   Truthseeker                (normal)
> #C 29-31   Fix My Gadget      (normal)        (at max instance)
> #C 32-34   Art Thief          (normal)
> #C 35-37   Skeleton Key               (normal)        (at max instance)
> #C 38-40   Artic Explorer     (normal)
> #C 41-43   Lay Off!           (normal)
> #C 44-44   Founder's Boon     (rare)
> #C 45-47   Roulette Wheel     (normal)
> #C 48-50   Training Regime    (normal)
> #C 51-53   Shield             (normal)
> #C 54-56   ACME InstaGadget   (normal)
> #C 57-59   Felicitous Populi  (normal)
> #C 60-60   Enslavement          (rare)
> 
> 
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:16:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: *ping*

Today is Wednesday, the 14th day of October, and the Machine That Goes
*ping* Has Gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has
gone *ping* 16 times.

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:23:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: AARON KEESLER <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Voting players

Is there a place that lists all voting players?  If not, is there a
place that I can cull a list of voting players from?

- ------------------
Aaron Keesler
Lotus Notes Administrator
Intranet Administrator
Adtran, Inc.
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:28:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Voting players

On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, AARON KEESLER wrote:
>Is there a place that lists all voting players?  If not, is there a
>place that I can cull a list of voting players from?

http://www.nausicaa.net/~jtraub/acka/playerlist.html

All players listed there are voting unless otherwise marked.

- --JT

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 16:55:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Seeking fer truff!

I play my OC Truthseeker and throw down A$324.

IB
pauper to be

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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 21:14:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mueller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: RBBT

A Mean Hat. wrote:
>I point my Really Big Blue thing at Altra the FireCat, and hit the button
>labelled "energizE" 
>
>I give em the anargram "Leather Artifact"

And you were so close to a cure....  Now all you've done is helped the
snowgod bacteria to develope resistance.

Doctor Studge

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