Subject: ackanomic Digest V4 #148
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ackanomic Digest	Sunday, June 06 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 148

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From: Uri Bruck <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Alas
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 00:03:05 -0400 (EDT)

I support this too!

Niccolo Flychuck

On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, JT wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Thierry Joffrain wrote:
> > >I nominate Fortunato for the hall of elders, and support the nomination,
> > >or do whatever I have to to get him in, presuming the hall still exists
> > >and hasn't been repealed whilst I wasn't looking.
> > 
> > I second.
> 
> I also support Fortunato's nomination into the hall of elders.
> I think this brings the total up about 7 or so.
> 
> --JT
> 
> -- 
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> [ Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.                  ]
> [ It's hard to seize the day when you must first grapple with the morning ]
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From: Alexandre Owen Muniz <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: the duel is joined
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 01:15:18 -0400 (EDT)

Hear yall, I have consented to be the Second of Alfvaen, in his duel
against Trent. Alfvaen wishes the folowing to be known unto yall:

Oh thou benighted fools, to perceive threats where there are none.  Dost
truly not know the nature of Canada?  A nation which would be
overwhelmed
culturally by America and Britain were it not for legislation promoting
our local(and eminently worthy)artistic communities?  And you dare to
say
that _we_ are the aggressors, the invaders?  Is it a crime to defend
one's
cultural identity against invasion?

Okay, enough of that.  Quite frankly, I don't really have time to play
Ackanomic right now.  But I cannot let an innocent nomic like Canada be
slandered and maligned where I am aware of it.  Trent, you have awakened
a
Slumbering Giant with your foul and misguided plans, and you will suffer
the consequences thereof.  Not that Canada has the slightest interest in
your unworthy hides, but you will beg to be flayed and have them sent to
Jean Chretien's house as a peace offering before this is through.

After having assimilated the current Duel rules, I believe I would like
to choose Columns on the Game Grid.

#end alfvaen quote

**two-star

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From: "James McGregor" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Phoebe (Euphrates)
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 06:51:42 -0400 (EDT)

> Euphrates has found Phoebe's matchbox.

Hmm... Now how did it get there?
Not that it's that that important, maybe I was drunk at the time. 
Anyway to business. 
A very strange thing happened when I found Phoebe's matchbox. No 
sooner had I opened the box when I heard a quiet, high pitched 
voice, begin talking to me. "Canadians", it said, "are of great interest 
in Ackanomic just now." I was understandably intrigued to find out 
what Phoebe's opinion on this topic was. "Even more Canadians than 
you realise are currently subverting the world. Nothing, it would 
appear, can stop their quest for global domination."
"True enough", I replied, "but surely everything is not always as it 
appears."
"Indeed", came the wise reply. "Undercover agents, such as the 
supposedly British tennis player, Greg Rusedski, move among us all." 
My God! Fear in its purest form was now coursing through my veins. 
Ottowa could have agents even here in Ackanomic. Rufus, Laa Laa, 
Blest Lax Monk Pal - any of them could be undercover Canadians. 
Yesterday I felt safe in Ackanomic, but no longer. Ordinary lives 
have been disrupted. Unrest dominates our diplomatic relations.
"What should we do?" I asked Phoebe.
"Whatever you do", she said, "don't hurt Leonard Cohen."

Euphrates

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From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Phoebe (/dev/joe)
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 10:49:02 -0400 (EDT)

/dev/joe has found Phoebe's matchbox.

King Felix
(OiCoRT)

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From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Magic Potato (rice)
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 10:49:03 -0400 (EDT)

Potato has received the Magic rice.
Therefore, Robin Hood has received the Great Tuba of Ackanomic.

King Felix
(OiCoRT)

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From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: web-pages
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 10:55:17 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Gavin Logan wrote:

> Rule 6-4-1 states "If any game state information or data needs to be
> tracked, and the rules do not specify who is to track it, the Speaker is
> required to do so, and is required to make it available to any player on
> request or as needed [e.g. player locations and thread splits]."

Interestingly, I keep player locations as part of my job as Map-Harfer -
after all, I should know where everything is located, including the
players.

> I've had a good check about, but everything seems to be being tracked by
> somebody. Does anyone know of something I should be tracking? Or does anyone
> want me to keep track of something they have been maintaining in an acting
> or unofficial capacity?

Given that the Speaker is OiCORT as well, I'd rather see this particular
fallback harfed off to someone else.

Yours,
Slakko the slumbering
-- 
Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
Web-Harfer, Clerk of the Court, Map-Harfer, Justice | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)

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From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Oh thou sinners, beware
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 10:55:21 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> 
> I change my state to voting.

Welcome back, Alfvaen! 

Sorry I haven't been keeping up the changes in Acka since you were away -
I've been rather busy IRL.

Slakko the still slumbering
-- 
Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
Web-Harfer, Clerk of the Court, Map-Harfer, Justice | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)

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From: Thierry Joffrain <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: MTG*: *ping*
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 13:27:32 -0400 (EDT)

Today is Sunday, the 6th day of June, and the Machine That Goes *ping* Has
Gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 3
times.

CnH

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Subject: Acka: Hearings
From: [email-masked] (Aaron V. Humphrey)
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 13:51:37 -0400 (EDT)

The results of the Phoebe crassness Hearings I called seem to be as
follows:

 For the wisdom posted by Taser:

Phoebe said much the same thing to me once: 2
  Trent
  Studge

Phoebe would not say anything so crass: 3
  Dragon Mage
  King Felix
  /dev/joe

Thus, Taser is judged, according to the Rules, to have not accurately
reported what Phoebe said, and is fined 12 points.

 For the wisdom posted by Studge:

Phoebe said much the same thing to me once: 3
  King Felix
  Trent
  Studge

Phoebe would not say anything so crass: 2
  Dragon Mage
  /dev/joe

Thus Studge, despite the obvious facts(and due to the fickleness of
King Felix, and the apathy of the silent pro-Canadian majority, who
are doubtless too fearful of the hatemongering minority to let their
votes be counted), is deemed by the Rules to have accurately reported
the wisdom of Phoebe.

So it appears that Phoebe's wisdom is not without bounds, if she sees
a threat in the peaceable realm of Canada.  And I am saddened by this.

--
--Alfvaen(Web page: http://www.connect.ab.ca/~alfvaen/ )
Song In My Head--Corey Hart:Too Good To Be Enough
Current Book--Stephen King:It
You must serve the goddess of Trivia before you deserve to serve any others.

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From: John Frederic Mc Coy <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: web-pages
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 14:27:17 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Duncan Richer wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Gavin Logan wrote:
> 
> > Rule 6-4-1 states "If any game state information or data needs to be
> > tracked, and the rules do not specify who is to track it, the Speaker is
> > required to do so, and is required to make it available to any player on
> > request or as needed [e.g. player locations and thread splits]."
> 
> Interestingly, I keep player locations as part of my job as Map-Harfer -
> after all, I should know where everything is located, including the
> players.

Chances are this is a left-over from before I reworked our rules on
locations.

> 
> > I've had a good check about, but everything seems to be being tracked by
> > somebody. Does anyone know of something I should be tracking? Or does anyone
> > want me to keep track of something they have been maintaining in an acting
> > or unofficial capacity?
> 
> Given that the Speaker is OiCORT as well, I'd rather see this particular
> fallback harfed off to someone else.
> 

What fallback, exactly? That the Speaker is required to track things that
aren't assigned to anyone else? I think it would be better for that to
remain a part of the Speaker's job, since the Speaker is the one office
that should always be filled in some capacity. Or am I missing the point
here?

Vynd

[email-masked]

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From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: President (draw)
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 16:01:06 -0400 (EDT)

The results of the elections were as follows:

Laa Laa:
King Felix
IdiotBoy
K 2
Laa Laa
Slakko

IdiotBoy:
ThinMan
Dr. Gaga Nome
404 Not Found
/dev/joe
Trent

Blest Lax Monk Pal's Evil Ballot Stuffer #2:
Burn the Witch

There shall be a random determination shortly.

King Felix
(Count Tabula)

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Subject: Acka: presedential election
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 16:01:34 -0400 (EDT)

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From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: presedential election
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 16:03:24 -0400 (EDT)

># 1 - Laa Laa
># 2 - IdiotBoy
>
>No. of sides on every die:      2
>No. of dice for every roll:     1
>No. of dice rolls requested:    1
>No. of rolls per line:          1
>
>      1
>

Therefore, by a flip of the coin, Laa Laa is the new President.

King Felix

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From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: presedential election
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 16:31:18 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Gavin Logan wrote:

> ># 1 - Laa Laa
> ># 2 - IdiotBoy
> >
> >No. of sides on every die:      2
> >No. of dice for every roll:     1
> >No. of dice rolls requested:    1
> >No. of rolls per line:          1
> >
> >      1
> >
> 
> Therefore, by a flip of the coin, Laa Laa is the new President.

I would like to thank the same majority which brought me into office for
bum rushing me right on out.

IB
statesman

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From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: presedential election
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 16:42:33 -0400 (EDT)

Gavin Logan wrote:

> Therefore, by a flip of the coin, Laa Laa is the new President.

Oh my, what *have* you people done? Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Thanks to those who voted for me though. And well done to IB for being a
good president, a close run thing, yada yada.

Laa Laa, president. Apparently.

-- 
Tom "Garbed in Gingham" Walmsley. mailto:[email-masked]  ICQ: 2925739
http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html |Afpevil-twin to Nobby
"Very few cartoons are broadcast live, Homer.     |Afpiancé to Tigger
It's a terrible strain on the animators' wrists." |and to Dell.

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From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Hrmph.
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 18:58:36 -0400 (EDT)

For no other reason than to screw with inertia, I give A$20 to Trent.

IB

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From: Duncan Richer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Alas
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 19:33:58 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Tom Walmsley wrote:

> AARON KEESLER wrote:
> > 
> > I have been watching with great interest the movements of Acka in the past
> > weeks, but I am about to change jobs and lose this e-mail address, so I must
> > regretfully leave Ackanomic.
> > 
> > I hope Ackanomic survives, and if it does, I might be back.
> > 
> > For now, if the postmaster would remove me from the mailing lists (or let me
> > know how to do it myself), I would appreciate it.
> 
> I nominate Fortunato for the hall of elders, and support the nomination,
> or do whatever I have to to get him in, presuming the hall still exists
> and hasn't been repealed whilst I wasn't looking.

I support the nomination of Fortunato to the Hall of Elders

-- 
Duncan C. Richer aka Slakko the Lost Warner Brother | Queens' College
http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~dcr24/    Ackanomic     | U. of Cambridge
Web-Harfer, Clerk of the Court, Map-Harfer, Justice | 2nd Year PhD(PMa)

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