Subject: ackanomic Digest V4 #203
From: [email-masked]
To: ackanomic digest users <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 00:00:02 -0400 (EDT)

ackanomic Digest	Friday, July 30 1999	Volume: 04  Issue: 203

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: CFJ 722 (K2, A German Dog)
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 04:40:14 -0400 (EDT)

At 11:13 PM 7/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Henry Towsner wrote:
>> 	A German Dog will fill in for LaaLaa on CFJ 722.
>
>I don't think I can since I believe I had declined to judge this CFJ.
>If I did not decline to judge this CFJ, I do so now feeling that while I
>would render impartial judgment, I am not the best choice to judge this
>one.
>

Because of the size of the Supreme Court, this means that the cortex is
/dev/joe and K 2.  I know that else...if has not officially assigned this
as yet, but I would appreciate it if you guys got a jump on it (K 2, I know
you have some reasoning in some form or another from when Laa Laa was your
partner).  I beg for some sort of resolution of this threadsplit.  Please.

-- Emperor Ai! Pedrito!
 DeeJay * Dungeon Master * Harfmeister * Herald * Rule-Harfer * Wrangler
 Crazy French-Scotsman * Really Weird * Weird

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From: Henry Towsner <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: CFJ 722 (K2, /dev/joe)
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:42:52 -0400 (EDT)

>On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Henry Towsner wrote:
>> 	A German Dog will fill in for LaaLaa on CFJ 722.
>
>I don't think I can since I believe I had declined to judge this CFJ.
>If I did not decline to judge this CFJ, I do so now feeling that while I
>would render impartial judgment, I am not the best choice to judge this
>one.

	My fault.  I forgot to collect the events in my absence from
LaaLaa.  /dev/joe is appointed instead.

--
-Henry Towsner

	<[email-masked]>

	Thank heavens, the sun has gone in, and I don't have to go out and
enjoy it.
		-Logan Pearsall Smith

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From: JT Traub <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: *Ping*
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:15:05 -0400 (EDT)

Today is Friday the 30th day of July, and the Machine That Goes *ping*
has gone *ping* today.  Since I have been scholar, the Machine has
gone *ping* 11 times.

--Dragon Mage

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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: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Cheese
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:34:06 -0400 (EDT)

I destroy each of my three cheeses for a nose-sack of cheesium.

-- Emperor Ai! Pedrito!
 DeeJay * Dungeon Master * Harfmeister * Herald * Rule-Harfer * Wrangler
 Crazy French-Scotsman * Really Weird * Weird

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: oops
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:35:19 -0400 (EDT)

#retract 4282

(I lose no points for this, because the prop was invalid.  I am harfmeister.)
-- Emperor Ai! Pedrito!
 DeeJay * Dungeon Master * Harfmeister * Herald * Rule-Harfer * Wrangler
 Crazy French-Scotsman * Really Weird * Weird

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From: Eric Wald <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: Who needs Mannna?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 14:12:14 -0400 (EDT)

I perform the following 465964262187443-delimited action 100 times:
465964262187443
I convert 1 Mannna into A$2.
465964262187443

I perform the following 770430428774116-delimited action 100 times
or until I do not have a positive score, whichever comes first:
770430428774116
I convert 1 point into A$2.
770430428774116

I lower my Proposal characteristic by 1 in return for A$800.
I lower my Proposal characteristic by 1 in return for A$800.
I lower my Proposal characteristic by 1 in return for A$800.
I lower my Voting Characteristic by 1, and receive A$2000 for doing so.
I lower my Voting Characteristic by 1, and receive A$2000 for doing so.

I Compose all of my Ackadollars into a trinket named "a pile of gold",
with the following 176593622768826-delimited description:
176593622768826
Jumbled together in one massive pile is gold 
in every imaginable shape and condition:
raw ore and 24-karat bars,
coins stamped with unrecognizable faces,
rings and necklaces, boxes and hearts,
skulls and seals, dolphins and calves,
and a golden dragon lying on top.
176593622768826

I bury a pile of gold and the Jocopo Treasure as a treasure,
and reveal the following {{which is almost but not quite
completely unlike my other numerical clue(s)}}:

29 71 83 42 56 58 63 b6 c0 9e 8f e9 e6 07 bb c6 1f 1f 2b 40 45 5a 67
50 6e 7e 97 3b 8c 76 b4 86 72 d1 9b ea fa ec 19 d2 31 e8 34 43 4e 5c
72 81 39 8c 39 9f 75 70 7b 70 df cf c7 06 0f 0d 27 de 3d 48 ff 4b 5a
30 84 91 8e 71 ab 76 b7 c5 98 92 e6 ea fb 07 1a 1c 2b 32 4a 2a 5e 16
25 82 8a 99 97 b0 78 c1 cb 96 d8 f0 02 b4 15 1f 1a 29 30 48 50 61 59
7a 76 8a 47 a6 a2 74 bf 7e 89 e1 ad ff b7 da 10 d6 2f ec 3c 45 5f 67
6f 32 44 8d 98 ab 69 c0 ce 8a d6 c7 b9 d7 c1 1f 2a 27 41 f8 52 53 5d
6d 7c 92 8a a6 a1 ae c4 d2 be df e2 f1 fa e5 21 2d ef 40 48 54 0f 73
29 88 3f 9d 55 a5 ba cd c5 d1 e3 ee f1 03 0f d0 1b e4 44 40 54 59 29
7e 88 82 a4 68 b3 6c c0 c7 db 98 e4 03 fa 19 cf 24 26 35 fb 06 5f 09
7d 7b 86 66 6b 6e c1 c6 d5 d2 ed ec af d4 0a 19 20 34 f1 50 3b 12 07

    Good luck,
       and

PS I double-checked this one and fixed the flaw before releasing it.
Not that you couldn't have figured it out anyway, 
but a backspace in a text file is slightly annoying.

from -> [email-masked]

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Acka: P4258
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 14:28:50 -0400 (EDT)

Again, I protest.

Again, I throw myself before the feet of the citizens of Ackanomic.

Again, I plead.  WHY?  OH WHY?  WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN YOUR NOMIC!?

True, there were holes in the rules as they were.

True, those holes are gone with the passage of vile 4258.

But we have made a grave error.  

Will we again have the strength to fight the Agorans?  I THINK NOT!

Now, NOW we must fight.  

It is a noble sentiment to make one's nomic impervious to attack.

However, to do so at the cost of tHE ENTIRE WAR is pure folly.

Heed my words.

I go to the library, where I spin 'Imagine' by John Lennon
I perform the conversion of 1 mannna to A$2 12 times
I go to the university
I make myself a student of scamology. (Master's, here I come.)
I go to my home.
-- Emperor Ai! Pedrito!
 DeeJay * Dungeon Master * Harfmeister * Herald * Rule-Harfer * Wrangler
 Crazy French-Scotsman * Really Weird * Weird

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 4270 rejected
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:23:53 -0400 (EDT)

At 03:33 PM 7/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Proposal 4270
>
>Subcommittee vote for: 201   against:0
>Subcommittee Acceptance Index: 201.0
>Passed subcommittee
>Total vote for: 726   Total vote against:-520
>Acceptance Index: -54.0: proposal rejected
>
>Votes to accept:
>  /dev/joe               98    +1   ==> 3089
>  else...if             100         ==> 1417
>  A German Dog           80    +10  ==> 3421
>  Alfvaen                87    +6   ==> 551
>  Emperor Ai! Pedrito!  140    -40  ==> 539
>  Studge                 61    +19  ==> 1393
>  ThinMan                60    +20  ==> 1676
>  King Felix            100         ==> 1968
>

I point out that niccolo has gone negative.

>Votes to reject:
>  Calvin N Hobbes       -60    +20  ==> 240
>  Sir Galahad          -100         ==> 1000
>  IdiotBoy             -140    -40  ==> 547
>  rice                  -60    +20  ==> 730
>  Niccolo Flychuck     -100         ==> -60
>  K 2                   -60    +20  ==> 516
>
>Abstainers:
>  Blest Lax Monk Pal   
>  404 Not Found        
>  Vynd                 
>  rufus                
>  Kane                 
>  Pure Haste           
>  danke                
>  Burn the Witch       
>  Slakko               
>  two-star             
>
> Subject: Acka: Proposal 4270
> 
> Proposal 4270
> hit me baby one more time
> Emperor Ai! Pedrito!
> Due: Fri Jul 30 15:29:17 1999
> Sphere: Anti-Canada Kamikaze Alliance
> Status: rejected
> 
> [ni!]
> if this proposal was not boring [yeah right], Emperor Ai! Pedrito! loses 5
> points and else...if gains 5 points
> Convert all chess pieces into A$ equal to eir material value.
> Convert all Benefyts into 9 points each.
> Repeal 12-8 [Party Chess] and all its descendants.
> Repeal 16-3 [Backers]
> 
> 
-- Emperor Ai! Pedrito!
 DeeJay * Dungeon Master * Harfmeister * Herald * Rule-Harfer * Wrangler
 Crazy French-Scotsman * Really Weird * Weird

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From: Gabe Drummond-Cole <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Acka: Proposal 4270 rjected
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:26:13 -0400 (EDT)

>
>I point out that niccolo has gone negative.
>

I thwap myself.  I donate A$1 to the twits.

-- Emperor Ai! Pedrito!
 DeeJay * Dungeon Master * Harfmeister * Herald * Rule-Harfer * Wrangler
 Crazy French-Scotsman * Really Weird * Weird

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From: David Scheidt <[email-masked]>
Subject: acka: resignation
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:38:38 -0400 (EDT)

RL is my bane! 
I resign from all of
my offices now.

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Subject: Acka: Odd Man Out
From: Joseph DeVincentis <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 23:52:25 -0400 (EDT)

Emperor Ai! Pedrito! has raised the bar again with a 10-member list for
the Odd Man Out competition.

1 Ebony Rhino (All others are summon spells) 
2 Arcades Sabboth (All others are black)
3 Riven Turnbull (All others contain an o)
4 Chromium (All others are 2 words)
5 Mold Demon (All others are not one color)
6 Marsh Goblins (All others have colorless mana in their casting cost)
7 Lady Orca (All others have abilities)
8 Discordant Spirit (All others are Ice Age Block or earlier)
9 Skeleton Ship (All others have positive power)
10 Axelrod Gunnarson (All others have at least one word from the enable word
list in their name)

[There's a couple borderline bits here, but they're well within the realm
of reasonableness.  "Ebony Rhino" is not a "black" Magic card, but its name
implies it is black.  Some of the cards (e.g. Mold Demon) are questionable
on whether they have "abilities", but if you read it as "has game-relevant
text in the text box" it works.]

In addition, IdiotBoy submitted his 8-member list that was involved with
his treasure.

/dev/joe

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