Subject: ackanomic Digest V4 #180
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ackanomic Digest	Wednesday, July 07 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 180

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From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Rule Harfer (Emperor Ai! Pedrito)
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 11:48:09 -0400 (EDT)

The nominees for rule harfer were myself, JT, and Emperor Ai! Pedrito!
It is the last of these that gets the job.

Laa Laa, president.

-- 
Tom "I am not a walrus" Walmsley. mailto:[email-masked]
http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html ICQ: 2925739
"Among wizards?" said Ridcully. "Mister Stibbons, unusual behaviour is
perfectly ordinary for wizards." - Terry Pratchet, The Last Continent

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From: Tom Walmsley <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: CFJ 720 (FALSE)
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 11:48:18 -0400 (EDT)

Sorry for the delay. In the end I decided not to call a CFJ onwhether
this actually gotassigned properly to a cortex because it would have
meant I'd have had to download a list of players, the CFJ ineligibility
list, etc.... :-)

Laa Laa, acting CotC
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Call for Judgement 720 - January 17, 1999
Subject: We're all allowed one mistake
Initiator: Studge (sent Jan 17 1999, 11:04 Acka)
Judge: Wild Card
Judgement:FALSE
Appealer: Blest Lax Monk Pal
1st Cortex: Cortez's Courtly Cortege (disbanded)
2nd Cortex: Amicus Draconis (JT and Slakko)
Judgement: FALSE

Statement:
If all rules were repealed then any rule could be created with anyone's
command.

Reasoning:
I'm just wondering, basically....

Judge's Reasoning:
Rules would not exist.  Nor any means of creating them...

Appelant's Reasoning:
While there would be no rules, that does not prevent the creation of
rules. As
an example, consider the foundation of Acka (or any other nomic).

It could be argued that it would be possible to start a new game in this
manner, but not to change the rules of the current game. I would argue
that
just because there are currently no explicitly defined rules, it does
not
follow that the game is over. Some games (e.g. the canonical roleplaying
example, cowboys and indians) can be played with only the vaguest of
rules. If
the game doesn't end with the repeal of all rules then it would be
possible to
create new rules within the game.

This CFJ is FALSE.
Should all of the rules be repealed, the game would cease to exist, as
would the game state defined by the rules.   While anyone could then
create rules, they would be doing so in something that was no longer
Ackanomic, and thus could not create a rule within the Game of Ackanomic
which is the only possible referent for creating a rule in the statement
that is the pretext of this CFJ.

I fine the appealer 1 point (since we have to impose a fine).
-- 
Tom "I am not a walrus" Walmsley. mailto:[email-masked]
http://website.lineone.net/~t.walmsley/index.html ICQ: 2925739
"Among wizards?" said Ridcully. "Mister Stibbons, unusual behaviour is
perfectly ordinary for wizards." - Terry Pratchet, The Last Continent

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From: "Gavin Logan" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: magic potato (404 Not Found)
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 13:17:37 -0400 (EDT)

404 Not Found has received the magic potato.
Therefore, K 2 has received the Great Tuba of Ackanomic.

King Felix
(OiCoRT)

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Subject: Acka: Stuff
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 19:06:07 -0400 (EDT)

I pay A$7 to the Treasury to buy a Prosthetic Forehead with the following
description:

It looks like an enormous brain has made the skull of the wearer of this
forehead bulge to an unbelievable degree.  Written around the widest part
of the enlarged skull are the following words (perhaps related to the
immense contents of the brain?): surroyal tine point purpose use manipulate
control govern rule law statute code label tag price cost expense.

I offer this forehead to Dragon Mage, for choosing such a good ing word.

/dev/joe

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Subject: Re: Acka: Stuff
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 20:43:35 -0400 (EDT)

Joseph DeVincentis wrote:
> I pay A$7 to the Treasury to buy a Prosthetic Forehead with the following
> description:
> 
> It looks like an enormous brain has made the skull of the wearer of this
> forehead bulge to an unbelievable degree.  Written around the widest part
> of the enlarged skull are the following words (perhaps related to the
> immense contents of the brain?): surroyal tine point purpose use manipulate
> control govern rule law statute code label tag price cost expense.

As described by Rule 7-11 I call a Forehead Tribunal on this forehead which
is clearly too similar to the first forehead ever created!  I am the Top Cop.
Send me your votes; vote either:

"Yes, 'is toppy's a copy."

or

"No, 'is peak's unique."

/dev/joe
Top Cop

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From: JT <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Stuff
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 22:47:41 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Joseph DeVincentis wrote:
> I pay A$7 to the Treasury to buy a Prosthetic Forehead with the following
> description:
> 
> It looks like an enormous brain has made the skull of the wearer of this
> forehead bulge to an unbelievable degree.  Written around the widest part
> of the enlarged skull are the following words (perhaps related to the
> immense contents of the brain?): surroyal tine point purpose use manipulate
> control govern rule law statute code label tag price cost expense.
> 
> I offer this forehead to Dragon Mage, for choosing such a good ing word.

I accept this forehead, and thank /dev/joe heartily.

--JT

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Subject: Acka: More Stuff
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:25:40 -0400 (EDT)

While the A.I.o.G.R. is still here
Players may buy themselves a pointy ear.
I pay the fee (just four Ackadollars)
To do just so.  Better to hear hollers.

/dev/joe
--
the sticky tape adheres to my hands and is quite hard to get loose again
people propose eerie terror about creepy cheese server clientele expect a noun 
none except blunt aunt abut upon aloud count solve preserve lung cowl scarves

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Subject: Acka: Even More Stuff
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:31:44 -0400 (EDT)

I submit the following General Equipment submission:

Name: Skat Deck

A Skat Deck is a deck of 32 cards.  There are 4 suits, spades, hearts,
clubs, and diamonds, and in each suit, there are 8 ranks: Ace, 10, King,
Queen, Jack, 9, 8, and 7.

/dev/joe
--
the sticky tape adheres to my hands and is quite hard to get loose again
people propose eerie terror about creepy cheese server clientele expect a noun 
none except blunt aunt abut upon aloud count solve preserve lung cowl scarves

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Subject: Acka: Impeach the Dean!
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:44:16 -0400 (EDT)

This is an impeachment paper to remove King Felix from the office of Dean.
He has been lax in performing his duty of calling an Educational Hearing
on my Thesis!  Vote YES or NO on the matter of removing em from this
office in the public forum in the next three days.

On a related note, none of the feeble official postings by other players
seeking the Perpetual Trophy have been nearly as good as this one, and
also none of them have come out as quickly as mine.

/dev/joe
--
the sticky tape adheres to my hands and is quite hard to get loose again
people propose eerie terror about creepy cheese server clientele expect a noun 
none except blunt aunt abut upon aloud count solve preserve lung cowl scarves

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From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: More Stuff
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:47:32 -0400 (EDT)

I want as many pointy ears as I can get.

On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Joseph DeVincentis wrote:

> While the A.I.o.G.R. is still here
> Players may buy themselves a pointy ear.
> I pay the fee (just four Ackadollars)
> To do just so.  Better to hear hollers.
> 
> /dev/joe
> --
> the sticky tape adheres to my hands and is quite hard to get loose again
> people propose eerie terror about creepy cheese server clientele expect a noun 
> none except blunt aunt abut upon aloud count solve preserve lung cowl scarves
> 
> 
> 

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From: Matt Miller <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Impeach the Dean!
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 23:48:24 -0400 (EDT)

Yessah!

On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Joseph DeVincentis wrote:

> This is an impeachment paper to remove King Felix from the office of Dean.
> He has been lax in performing his duty of calling an Educational Hearing
> on my Thesis!  Vote YES or NO on the matter of removing em from this
> office in the public forum in the next three days.

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