You realize you're going to have to report back and explain the answers when you've got them.
Will do. She gives great solution sheets, so...
Anya: Are you stupid or something? Giles: Allow me to answer that question with a firing.
'Sleeper'
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 2:08:08 pm PST #8860 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Strega - Nov 08, 2006 2:09:04 pm PST #8861 of 10001
OH....
Wait, I may have gotten it. Finally.
billytea - Nov 08, 2006 2:11:00 pm PST #8862 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I still don't see how anyone has veto power in the scenario. Although the question states that someone does, which is why I am confused now, I guess. I think the quota is 57; that's the smallest possible winning number.
I think you're assuming 50% of the votes cast is sufficient to pass a measure. It may take a higher amount, as with a Constitutional amendment.
Allyson - Nov 08, 2006 2:17:44 pm PST #8863 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I have cover art options in my email. I'm freaking out.
Strega - Nov 08, 2006 2:19:44 pm PST #8864 of 10001
Well, not exactly, but I thought the quota was just derived from the weights without getting that it was connected to veto power, so that screwed everything up.
Yes. billytea's totally right, of course. And vw was right about the veto the first time. Don't listen to me, I'm crazy! The 30-vote voter has the veto, and the quota is 71.
Oh, but 13 is still a dummy, right? So I was wasn't quite completely and totally wrong before. Just mostly. But I learned things, yay.
Scrappy - Nov 08, 2006 2:19:52 pm PST #8865 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
That's so COOL, Allyson!
Burrell - Nov 08, 2006 2:20:26 pm PST #8866 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
But that's a good kind of freak out.
vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 2:23:50 pm PST #8867 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Oh, but 13 is still a dummy, right?
I don't think so, because 29+28 is < 71. So, it would still need 13 to get 71. I think. Ugh. I hate this stuff.
Would you believe that's one of the easier ones? I've still got 6 more problems to go.
vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 2:24:19 pm PST #8868 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Oh, and Allyson, that's wicked cool. Anything you like?
billytea - Nov 08, 2006 2:25:27 pm PST #8869 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Oh, but 13 is still a dummy, right? So I was wasn't quite completely and totally wrong before. Just mostly. But I learned things, yay.
I'm not 100% sure what a dummy is in this context, but if I'm reading it right, I don't think so. If, say, the 29-voter votes against, and the other two vote for, then whether the measure passes depends on how the 13-voter votes. But I may be misreading what the dummy is.
Or, IOW, what vw said. I think.