Principia Entropius Book Two >>The Principia EntroHocusPocus Part Fifteen of 15 ---------------------------------- "I do not have Faith, I have Expereince." ---------------------------------------------------------- "Break, break, break At the foot of thy stones, O Sea! And I would that I could utter The thoughts that arise in me!" ---Tennyson μμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμ Nomic is a game where the basis of the game (and the rules of the game) is to change the rules and collect points. The initial rules set makes it so each turn you get 1-6 points, regardless of events. But that is usually the first thing to be changed. Nomic is a sacred game of MOO... It first got published in Scientific American (which we secretly own and control, being of the progressive and scientifically minded type) in 1982... Basically you begin with a bureaucratic set of rules which allow you to proceed by altering and adding rules each turn. It therefore mutates into whatever seems appropriate. You can check out a copy of the rules in the Book of MOO unless it's been eaten by Woob the Magnificent, or in Douglas Hofstadter's book "Metamagical Themas"... Nomic is a substitute for Mao when nobody can figure out how to play THAT. * note: When the Author of this portion of the book said "We" he did not mean, "You". μμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμμ D'annunzian Motto: I have what I have given. ------------------------------ "If I had a rocket Launcher, Some Sunnanbitch, would Die." ---Bruce Cockburn Hippie Phuck, ------------------------------------------ It was widely beleived that Hari! Om, was translated as "let us meditate profoundly and in peace", but through careful examination of never before seen Upanishads, it was discovered that it meant "hey, pull my finger.." + + + When Writing a Book, I have to give you some guidelines, The first one is to Read other books, and take the ideas from them, and change them a bit, and claim they are your own. That is actually not good advice, but it is still a guideline. Okay, Also a snappy name, something that grabs the reader, right by the throat, like "De Amy Fisher Ala Potty Chunks and Buttafuckios Chrystal Dream Analysys new Age Bullcrapioso", You can see how the Italianizeing the name, lends a certain credibility to it. Then What you write, must be splendid, it must be genuine, it must be a thing of beauty, constantly changing and in flux, (especially if it were to be an Discordian Book). Then you must understand the concept of the MAGDEBURG HEMISPHERES. Two Hemispheres, which when put together and the air is pumped out, create a pnuematic vaccuum inside. Teams of Draft Horses are hitched to them, and they pull in oppissitte directions. The Horses cannot seperate the Information---This is Scientific Information, but its special, picturesque. You must single it out, DRAMATIZE.... ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++