Heh. Earlier I was thinking, "How are we going to analyze that data authentically?" Then I remembered that we have mathy geniuses. Yay.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Pix - Dec 03, 2008 4:16:21 pm PST #273 of 12695
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Trudy Booth - Dec 03, 2008 7:22:29 pm PST #274 of 12695
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Is it crazy to narrow it down and have a run-off?
With so many choices I, for one, was pretty non-committal with my commitments (if that makes any sense).
Typo Boy - Dec 03, 2008 7:24:30 pm PST #275 of 12695
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Run off the Borda count winner against the Cordecet Round Robin winner?
Pix - Dec 03, 2008 7:41:29 pm PST #276 of 12695
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Is it crazy to narrow it down and have a run-off?
I think this is a great idea. Maybe have a top three run-off?
juliana - Dec 05, 2008 12:17:46 pm PST #277 of 12695
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I think this is a great idea. Maybe have a top three run-off?
Sounds good. I'll close the poll on Sunday, ask the mathy-type people to help me determine the top 3 (Hil? Please?), and post the run-off next week?
Hil R. - Dec 05, 2008 12:21:52 pm PST #278 of 12695
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
ask the mathy-type people to help me determine the top 3 (Hil? Please?)
No problem.
juliana - Dec 05, 2008 12:23:59 pm PST #279 of 12695
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Awesomeness. Gracias.
Hil R. - Dec 05, 2008 1:14:11 pm PST #280 of 12695
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Heh. I just played around with the current numbers a bit. I realized that, with the numbers the way they are now, I can make one analysis that puts June 19-21 in first place, and a different analysis that puts it in last place. (The analysis that I think makes the most sense puts it in fifth place. That was a sort of modified Borda count -- give 3 points for each first place vote, 2 points for each second place vote, one point for each "other" vote, and subtract a point for each person who said they couldn't make it.)
juliana - Dec 05, 2008 1:19:22 pm PST #281 of 12695
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
That was a sort of modified Borda count -- give 3 points for each first place vote, 2 points for each second place vote, one point for each "other" vote, and subtract a point for each person who said they couldn't make it.)
Oooh, hey. That's what I wanted to do, but I didn't know if it made mathy sense or not, and then my boss continued on her campaign of insanity and I had to go be her Sancho Panza.
brenda m - Dec 05, 2008 1:31:36 pm PST #282 of 12695
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
I'd like to see the can't comes weighted more heavily. Otherwise that looks great.