I know. We are just here to provide positive reinforcement.
Tara: That was funny if you've studied Taglarin mystic rites and... are a total dork... Riley: Then how come Xander didn't laugh?
'Selfless'
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.
sarameg - Nov 08, 2006 4:52:33 pm PST #8908 of 10001
Jesse - Nov 08, 2006 4:55:27 pm PST #8909 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My poor officemate was kind of freaking out. But she got on the phone (instead of email) and everything worked out.
Dudes, I am drunk. Accidentally. I hate that!
Fred Pete - Nov 08, 2006 4:56:51 pm PST #8910 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
sadly, didn't make up for the rest of Virginia, but the big spread did make me happy for the DC area, if nothing else.
See: My tagline.
I was surprised that Prince William and Loudoun Counties both went for Webb. By narrow margins, true, but they're traditionally the most right-wing parts of metro DC.
Hil R. - Nov 08, 2006 5:15:57 pm PST #8911 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think the quota is 57; that's the smallest possible winning number.
This is right. (I've taught weighted voting in a couple times before. When it asks for the quota like that, it means "What's the smallest number of votes that one side can get and still have more than the other side?" And yeah, the dummy is 13, and no one has veto power.)
Cashmere - Nov 08, 2006 5:17:59 pm PST #8912 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
sumi - Nov 08, 2006 5:18:00 pm PST #8913 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
The quickfire challenge on tonight's Top Chef was great.
brenda m - Nov 08, 2006 5:20:56 pm PST #8914 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Just back from sushi with my (soon to be ex) boss. Crazy CEO will be in the office tomorrow. Unscheduled. Should be interesting.
brenda m - Nov 08, 2006 5:26:45 pm PST #8915 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Totally stole this, but still have to share: [link]
billytea - Nov 08, 2006 5:33:04 pm PST #8916 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.
And yeah, the dummy is 13, and no one has veto power.
Hi Hil. I'm not terribly familiar with weighted voting as a subject, but given the problem begins with:
If there are four voters, with voting weights of 30, 29, 28, and 13, and if one, and only one, of the voters has veto power
doesn't someone have to have veto power?
Hil R. - Nov 08, 2006 5:40:25 pm PST #8917 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oh! You're right! I didn't read the question carefully enough.
So then the voter with 30 votes must be the one with veto power. So that means that billytea was right, the quota has to be at least 71 -- if the voter with 30 votes against it, it won't pass, so that means that the quota must be at least 71. But, on the other hand, if the voters with 30, 28, and 13 each vote for it, and the one with 29 votes against it, there will be 71 votes for it, and since only one voter has veto power, and it's not the one with 29, it must pass. So the quota can't be greater than 71. So it must be exactly 71.
And then in this case, there are no dummy voters. For just one example, if 30, 28, and 13 all vote for it, it'll pass, but if just 30 and 28 do, it won't, so 13 can't be a dummy.