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John H - Mar 13, 2003 4:24:44 pm PST #7492 of 10001

Maybe I now think we shouldn't even suggest to people the range of numbers they should vote for.

I mean, if some goose puts "10,000,000,000" into the box, then we can just ignore it, not let it skew the results to 99999999999, surely?

It might be seen as biased to say "pick a number, but here are some suggestions either side of fifty"...

Wolfram - Mar 13, 2003 4:39:27 pm PST #7493 of 10001

Visilurking

If we allow any number then, to be fair, we need to allow fractions. Like .00000000000001.

John H - Mar 13, 2003 4:42:45 pm PST #7494 of 10001

Any whole number! There's no such thing as Eric the half a Buffista!

Gandalfe - Mar 13, 2003 4:43:21 pm PST #7495 of 10001

The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

I'm voting for -10000000000000000000000i.

John H - Mar 13, 2003 4:44:40 pm PST #7496 of 10001

OK then I'm going to vote for an imaginary number. The number of Buffistas needed is the square root of minus one.

Gandalfe - Mar 13, 2003 4:48:13 pm PST #7497 of 10001

The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

Well, yeah. I voted for a large, negative imaginary number.

§ ita § - Mar 13, 2003 4:52:34 pm PST #7498 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I vote for 6AF3.

I mean, we haven't specified base 10 yet, have we?

John H - Mar 13, 2003 4:53:15 pm PST #7499 of 10001

Sorry. Missed the i on the end.

I now vote for a fractal number of Buffistas.

It wriggles around forever between zero and one, and no matter how much you ask it for more detail, keeps wriggling for ever.

Vote for Fractal MVT! Join the Mandelbrot Set!

§ ita § - Mar 13, 2003 4:54:17 pm PST #7500 of 10001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Give it to us raw and wriggling!

Wolfram - Mar 13, 2003 4:59:14 pm PST #7501 of 10001

Visilurking

I think we need an irrational number. That's all I'm going to say.

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