On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
> Neither Smith nor Ossipoff are stupid. Both can make mistakes, I'm
> sure. Even math mistakes. However, I would hate to see their
> considerable talents wasted on senseless arguments over personalities.
Well said. I commend you.
-- ?!ng
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Here is an attempt to derive what Mike Ossipoff MAY have had in mind
for his "unbiased method." I have no mindreading ability, so this is only a
guess.
But I believe I now have the right guess.
What is the value y so that
integral(from A to y) 1-A/x dx =integral(from y to B) B/x-1 dx
At 09:20 PM 1/16/2007, Warren Smith wrote:
>Regarding why Mike Ossipoff's "bias free apportionment method" is bogus.
>I am sorry Mike has forced me to explain this. I wished to inform him
>re flaws in private, but Ossipoff has successfully forced me, quite
>against my will, to make a fool of him
Regarding why Mike Ossipoff's "bias free apportionment method" is bogus.
I am sorry Mike has forced me to explain this. I wished to inform him
re flaws in private, but Ossipoff has successfully forced me, quite against my
will, to make a fool of him in public.
Let me quote his original post which
This paper, which was the main reason the USA adopted the Huntington-Hill
apportionment method,
is available as a pdf file here:
http://rangevoting.org/Hunti28.pdf
Regarding Mike Ossipoff, I'd appreciate it if, when you post my private emails
to you
for the purpose of ranting about them, you pre
In a recent posting, the 2nd time I said "a/q -1", I meant "b/q -1".
When I said that between 0 and 1 it's an improper integral, but when
evaluated it's 1/e, I meant that the answer for the rounding point is 1/e.
When the two integration results are added, their sum set eaual to zero, and
the
Warren said:
, but it is obvious
to me that you messed up
for several reasons).
I reply:
...which you are unable to articulate. Apparently some sort of petty spite
is among your reasons.
well, alright. Your formula has
1.plainly wrong asymptotic behavior and
I reply:
BF's rounding point
From: "MIKE OSSIPOFF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Warren EM 2
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:57:31 +
Warren said:
well, you never showed us your math, but it is obvious
to me that you messed up
for several reasons
I reply:
I repeately gave instructions for the derivat
I'm posting some comments from Warren Smith, and my replies. I emphasize
that Warren's angry tone was there from the start, entirely unprovoked. I
had never criticized Warren.
This discussion is on-topic, because it's about the electoral system, even
if it reveals someone's anger. How we di
