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.
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'Potential'
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vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 2:23:50 pm PST #8867 of 10001
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vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 2:24:19 pm PST #8868 of 10001
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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.
Liese S. - Nov 08, 2006 2:27:31 pm PST #8870 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
OMG! Are they completely gorgeous?
vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 2:30:17 pm PST #8871 of 10001
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But I may be misreading what the dummy is.
You've got that down. A dummy is one who's vote doesn't matter.
Allyson - Nov 08, 2006 2:30:46 pm PST #8872 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'm just not sure, it's surreal.
Strega - Nov 08, 2006 2:32:52 pm PST #8873 of 10001
Oh, dur, yes, 'cause it's 71. I think I was still stuck on 58. Yeesh.
Strega - Nov 08, 2006 2:34:20 pm PST #8874 of 10001
Would you believe that's one of the easier ones? I've still got 6 more problems to go.
You can ask us another one, and if you get the same answer I do, you'll know it's wrong.
Scrappy - Nov 08, 2006 2:37:03 pm PST #8875 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I have a math question. What is 6% of 19.065?
vw bug - Nov 08, 2006 2:37:10 pm PST #8876 of 10001
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and if you get the same answer I do, you'll know it's wrong.
Bwah!
Nah...these aren't so bad. They just take a lot of working out. I have to use the Shapley-Shubik Power Index and the Banzhaf Power Index. Both are different types of ratios, and you have to write out most of the permutations of the votes. It's a wee bit crazy.