DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Michael Slone
On 6/3/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The quorum for an Agoran decision is NEV^0.55, rounded up, where Quorum should be asymptotically linear. This is too low (in general). -- C. Maud Image (Michael Slone) What is this fixing? -- The Goddess Eris, in agora-discussi

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Roger Hicks
I honestly don't feel that quorum serves much of a purpose other than to slow the pace of the game now and then and make it difficult to pass anything during periods of low activity. What is the benefit? BobTHJ On 6/3/07, Michael Slone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/3/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Ian Kelly
On 6/3/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I honestly don't feel that quorum serves much of a purpose other than to slow the pace of the game now and then and make it difficult to pass anything during periods of low activity. What is the benefit? It prevents scams wherein a small minorit

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Ed Murphy
BobTHJ wrote: I honestly don't feel that quorum serves much of a purpose other than to slow the pace of the game now and then and make it difficult to pass anything during periods of low activity. What is the benefit? It makes it difficult to adopt a proposal that only a few people bothered t

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: power law quorum

2007-06-03 Thread Michael Slone
On 6/4/07, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I honestly don't feel that quorum serves much of a purpose other than to slow the pace of the game now and then and make it difficult to pass anything during periods of low activity. What is the benefit? Steve put it best: Quorum defines the mi