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'Out Of Gas'


Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job

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Denise - Aug 15, 2007 9:24:02 am PDT #1050 of 6786

I got your vote Denise.

Thanks, Lee.


Denise - Aug 15, 2007 9:26:25 am PDT #1051 of 6786

I guess what I don't get is that if people seriously do want whatever the majority of the yes/no voters want, and vote np in order to pledge their vote that way, why we want to discount that?


Zenkitty - Aug 15, 2007 9:26:25 am PDT #1052 of 6786
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

What I'm trying to say, clumsily, is, are the reasons that we picked "42" still valid? And, we're considering raising the quorum )I think?) to get more yes or no votes so we have a clear majority of active posters/voters; could we get that with 42 if we eliminated the NP vote?

I've re-written this about nine times in a futile attempt to achieve clarity.

eta

there is a difference between a butt wiggle and a lap dance. Usually about $100.

Who's paying $100 for a lapdance? Is that the going rate in DC?

considers moving to DC


Laura - Aug 15, 2007 9:42:03 am PDT #1053 of 6786
Our wings are not tired.

The Vote on the quorum and voting process was a while ago, Laura "Sunnydale Press" Mar 19, 2003 12:06:31 am PST but it did have 94 people voting, so a pretty big turnout. Oh yeah, I am in the 70% that don't think it needs revisiting quite yet.


Kat - Aug 15, 2007 9:44:56 am PDT #1054 of 6786
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

And if the reasons for settling on the number 42 are still valid (I forget what they were), then there'd be no reason to up the quorum. Yes/ No/ I'm a dummy?

If I'm not mistaken, it had to do with wanting a quorum number, not knowing what the number should be, and us being geeky enough to be amused by Hitchhiker's Guide.


Jon B. - Aug 15, 2007 9:46:43 am PDT #1055 of 6786
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

could we get that with 42 if we eliminated the NP vote?

Did you understand my previous comment? In every single thread creation vote we've had, if all the people voting NP had instead not voted, the vote would still have met the quorum of 42 votes.

I guess what I don't get is that if people seriously do want whatever the majority of the yes/no voters want, and vote np in order to pledge their vote that way, why we want to discount that?

I agree.


Zenkitty - Aug 15, 2007 9:51:16 am PDT #1056 of 6786
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I understood your previous comment, Jon. You asked me to clarify what I said, and I tried. I'm posting from work, and in a hurry, and probably making even less sense than usual, so I'll stop posting now.


Jessica - Aug 15, 2007 9:56:59 am PDT #1057 of 6786
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If I'm not mistaken, it had to do with wanting a quorum number, not knowing what the number should be, and us being geeky enough to be amused by Hitchhiker's Guide.

No, there was actual math involved -- people submitted numbers via a poll and the average came out to 42.


Jesse - Aug 15, 2007 10:00:06 am PDT #1058 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Right. The question was "How many Buffistas does it take to make a vote count?" and people could enter whatever number they wanted. Then we took the mean of that, and it was 42.


Nilly - Aug 15, 2007 10:05:08 am PDT #1059 of 6786
Swouncing

I'm still catching up, but:

there was actual math involved

The original proposal that ended up with 42 is Sophia Brooks "Sunnydale Press" Mar 16, 2003 12:01:37 am PST (results in Laura "Sunnydale Press" Mar 19, 2003 12:06:31 am PST ) And there are several arguments in Sophia Brooks "Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier" Mar 15, 2003 10:51:05 pm PST regarding the reasons to vote either way, from that time.

Sophia, by the way, rocks. As is everybody who worked for this poll.

t Back to catching up