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Archive for November 2004

Overview of 6 voting methods

The Creative Math Behind Elections A very interesting overview of 6 voting methods. Approval voting is kind of a cute concept… you just put a mark next to any and all candidates of whom you approve, and whoever has the most approval wins. Brilliant. Funnily, the only one that I found confusing was my favorite [...]

Here is how ignorance works

Excerpt from: Why Americans Hate Democrats—A Dialogue The unteachable ignorance of the red states. By Jane Smiley Here is how ignorance works: First, they put the fear of God into you—if you don’t believe in the literal word of the Bible, you will burn in hell. Of course, the literal word of the Bible is [...]

switched to wordpress

I’ve switched my blog software from blosxom to wordpress. Everything is much happier now.

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