Subject: ackanomic Digest V4 #162
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:00 EDT

ackanomic Digest	Sunday, June 20 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 162

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From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Pardon the test
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 02:17:34 -0400 (EDT)

Something went wonky on the ackanomic.org listar installation.  I'm
sending this as a test message to debug it.

--JT

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From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Pardon the test
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 02:20:34 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, JT wrote:
> Something went wonky on the ackanomic.org listar installation.  I'm
> sending this as a test message to debug it.

Cool.. seems to be fixed.   As a note, any message sent during the
downtime (one from alfvaen, and one from ackabot ;) will be sent through
automatically the next time sendmail tries to send the 'deferred'
messages.   One of the changes to listar that we picked up this time
through was that catastrophic failures can now be fixed and sendmail will
then retry to send in the future :)

--JT

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Subject: Acka: Proposal 4200 accepted (repost)
From: [email-masked] (Joe DeVincentis)
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 03:08:43 -0400 (EDT)

Resending this since it seems listar lost the message instead of preserving
it in some failsafe mode. -- /dev/joe

Proposal 4200

Subcommittee vote for: 160   against:0
Subcommittee Acceptance Index: 160.0
Passed subcommittee
Total vote for: 549   Total vote against:-274
Acceptance Index: 138.0: proposal accepted

** This proposal was boring! ** 
6 sub-60 votes out of 9 non-60 votes total.

Votes to accept:
  /dev/joe               17    +20  ==> 2244
  Blest Lax Monk Pal     60    +20  ==> 299
  else...if              60    +20  ==> 323
  rufus                   7    +20  ==> 841
  Ai! Pedrito!          100         ==> 169
  Studge                 60    +20  ==> 600
  ThinMan                50    +20  ==> 616
  King Felix             60    +20  ==> 978
  Dragon Mage            60    +20  ==> 3051
  Slakko                 60    +20  ==> 506
  K 2                    15    +20  ==> 469

Zero Votes:
  IdiotBoy                0    +20  ==> 292

Votes to reject:
  Laa Laa              -155    -55  ==> 207
  Alfvaen               -97    +1   ==> 201
  Pure Haste            -22    +20  ==> 652

Abstainers:
  Calvin N Hobbes      
  404 Not Found        
  Taser                
  Robin Hood           
  Vynd                 
  rice                 
  danke                
  Burn the Witch       
  Niccolo Flychuck     
  two-star             

 Subject: Acka: Proposal 4200
 
 Proposal 4200
 get off your ASS
 Ai! Pedrito!
 Due: Sun Jun 20 01:43:37 1999
 Sphere: Anti-Canada Kamikaze Alliance
 Status: accepted

 repeal rule 7-16-3 (Werewolves of London)
 create rule 7-16-3, entitled Ass Song: Pomp and Circumstance, with the
 following GRAD-delimited text:
 
 GRAD
 Title: Pomp and Circumstance
 
 Artist: Sir Edward Elgar
 
 Trigger: Whenever any player receives a degree.
 
 Duration: Three and a half hours [the length of a graduation]
 
 Cost: A$350
 
 Effect: All citizens of Acka in the City except those in Gaol change
 location to the University to watch the graduation.  If the Speaker posts a
 commencement address while the song is playing, e is paid the SHF for eir
 motivational speech.  If any player other than the Speaker posts a public
 message while the song is playing, e receives A Shushing and is placed in
 Contempt.  Just as the song ends, every player who was present at the
 University receives 10 mannna except the Dean, the Speaker, any players who
 were shushed, and the player receiving eir degree.
 
 Explanation: "We are gathered here today to honour an extraordinary class,
 full of teachers, artists, politicians, and visionaries for the future of
 our world.  The students you see before you today have worked long and hard
 to Yadda Yadda Yadda promising and enthusiastic Blah Blah Blah hopes and
 dreams to help shape tomorrow's Blah Blah Blah pleased to announce our
 commencement speaker, the Speaker of Ackanomic." [The Dean]
 GRAD

 

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From: "Gabe (Ai! Pedrito!) Drummond-Cole" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Twits
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 15:29:57 -0400 (EDT)

I pseudofound an
institution that is called
the twits (deja vu)

-- Ai! Pedrito!
DeeJay * Wrangler

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From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Twits
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 15:40:00 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Gabe (Ai! Pedrito!) Drummond-Cole wrote:

> I pseudofound an
> institution that is called
> the twits (deja vu)
> 
> -- Ai! Pedrito!
> DeeJay * Wrangler
> 

Count my dumb ass in!

IB

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From: Thierry Joffrain <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: MTG*: *ping*
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 16:29:47 -0400 (EDT)

Today is Sunday, the 20th day of June, and the Machine That Goes *ping* Has
Gone *ping* today. Since I have been scholar, the Machine has gone *ping* 11
times.

CnH

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From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: magic potato (rice)
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 17:35:30 -0400 (EDT)

rice has received the magic potato.
Therefore, danke has received the Great Tuba of Ackanomic.

King Felix
(OiCoRT)

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From: K 2 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 4217
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 17:39:33 -0400 (EDT)

#retract P4217
#end
Aaron V. Humphrey wrote:

> Why are you so intent on creating deceased rules?  Why not try
creating
> "descendants" instead?  As a member of this Proposal's subcommittee, I

> request a retraction and resubmittal to fix this non-problem.

Inspiration strikes
ideas come thick and fast
two digits not enough

to inscribe the dream
with fingers blurring up n down
letters come unstuck

The word is wrong
left for later; must plough on
Spelling checker fails

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From: Jonathan David Amery <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Twits
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 19:29:32 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Matt Miller wrote:

> On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Gabe (Ai! Pedrito!) Drummond-Cole wrote:
> 
> > I pseudofound an
> > institution that is called
> > the twits (deja vu)
> > 
> > -- Ai! Pedrito!
> > DeeJay * Wrangler
> > 
> 
> Count my dumb ass in!
> 

 Mee TOoo!!!

 Burn The Witch!

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Wild Card of Acka, member of SPAM, wearing Silly Agenda Hats.     o__#######
Holding the Silver Key to the Vault.                               \'#######
Standing between the light and the dark, the candle and the flame.

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From: Bryan Federico <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: AH im on vacation in lllaa laa land
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 19:35:05 -0400 (EDT)

I return from laa laa land but only to go on vacation with an expected 
return date of july 22 so see you then i will check one more time in a 
couple of days to make sure this transaction worked right\
R-attila the farce

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Subject: Acka: r-attila's vacation
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 20:10:04 -0400 (EDT)

Bryan Federico wrote:
> 
> I return from laa laa land but only to go on vacation with an expected 
> return date of july 22 so see you then i will check one more time in a 
> couple of days to make sure this transaction worked right\
> R-attila the farce

R-attila was On Ice since June 16, after having spent 3 days in Fairy Land.
As far as I can see (if the rules are interpreted to allow On Ice players
to change their states, which has been the interpretation for quite some
time, though I don't see the part which allows it, now), he may change
his state directly to Vacation (though when he returns, if he fails to
state that he wishes to become Voting, he will go On Ice again).

When he went On Ice (as short a stay as it was), these things happened:

He was removed from his offices.
He was treated as declining judgement on CFJs assigned to him.
He was removed from the mentor pool.
All his existing votes were canceled.
His score was set to zero.
He was removed from all organizations in which he was a member
  (not institutions, heh).
He ceased to own mimsy entities.

The harfers should be sure to harf such occurrences if they have not
already done so.  I failed to harf him being On Ice in the voting bot
but did mark him on Vacation 3 days earlier, and now the Vacation status
is correct anyway so I'm not messing with it. :-)

/dev/joe

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From: Thierry Joffrain <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: r-attila's vacation
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:39:57 -0400 (EDT)

>The harfers should be sure to harf such occurrences if they have not
>already done so.  I failed to harf him being On Ice in the voting bot

With 3 casual and natural references to the Holy Word in two meaningful
sentences, I think this calls for some frinking.

CnH

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From: Thierry Joffrain <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: r-attila's vacation
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 22:40:53 -0400 (EDT)

Anyone want to write "Harf: the frinking game"? I'd play it!

CnH

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From: David Scheidt <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: r-attila's vacationXYY
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 23:58:35 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Thierry Joffrain wrote:

> Anyone want to write "Harf: the frinking game"? I'd play it!
> 

I am working at getting "Harfy!" into the lexicon at work.  I don't appear
to be having much luck.  Sigh, I suppose I shall have to frink away 
my sorrows.

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