Mal: So we run. Nandi: I understand, Captain Reynolds. You have your people to think of, same as me. And this ain't your fight. Mal: Don't believe you do understand, Nandi. I said 'we run'. We.

'Heart Of Gold'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 11:19:43 am PST #8792 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

Because of the quotas?

Yup. I think so.

Thanks, Strega. Do you mean "2" for the quota? I don't think that can be it, because I think the quota is the number of votes necessary to pass a measure. But the other stuff makes sense.

My head's gonna explode.


tommyrot - Nov 08, 2006 11:20:29 am PST #8793 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Now on Amazon: Carl Rove's Math, 98% off....


vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 11:21:01 am PST #8794 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

If only Strega were here when we had the preferential voting kerfuffle of aught-foo.

I actually brought that up in class, and my prof was quite intrigued that a community would seriously discuss that type of voting system.


Jesse - Nov 08, 2006 11:21:52 am PST #8795 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I don't think that can be it, because I think the quota is the number of votes necessary to pass a measure.

That sounds like it is it, then, if each person is one vote (with a varying weight), no?

Don't we have anyone around here who lives in a co-op? This sounds like co-op board voting to me.


vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 11:24:32 am PST #8796 of 10001
Mostly lurking...

This sounds like co-op board voting to me.

It also, apparently, is used with stockholders and the UN Security Council.

Got anyone here that's on the UN Security Council?


amych - Nov 08, 2006 11:24:53 am PST #8797 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Also, I hear math is gay.

Wait, was that on the Gay Agenda? The one that's posted in the Gay Lobby?

I actually brought that up in class, and my prof was quite intrigued that a community would seriously discuss that type of voting system.

Dear Professor. Meet Australia.


Theodosia - Nov 08, 2006 11:25:58 am PST #8798 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Dear Professor. Meet Australia.
Or, for some reason, Cambridge MA.


tommyrot - Nov 08, 2006 11:26:09 am PST #8799 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Got anyone here that's on the UN Security Council?

China?

Actually, I think China just lurks.


Gudanov - Nov 08, 2006 11:26:46 am PST #8800 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping

See my edit. Don't stop the math!

Too late, it's in the public record...

Math is a great thing, it has facilitated technology, science, and essentially improved the life of all humankind.

Ominous music Bruuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmm..... But Jesse wants to stop the math. She "says" she wants to keep the math, but that's not what she told the Natter thread.

STOP IT graphic appears

Call Jesse and tell her that her mathless agenda just doesn't add up.

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Strega - Nov 08, 2006 11:27:38 am PST #8801 of 10001

Do you mean "2" for the quota? I don't think that can be it, because I think the quota is the number of votes necessary to pass a measure. But the other stuff makes sense.

What Jesse said. I think you're confusing the votes with the weights of each vote. The quota is the number of votes (between 1 and 4) it takes to pass something, not the weight of those votes (1-100).