On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 16:50 -0800, Simmons, Forest wrote:
> There are many uses for election methods besides public election
> proposals. They are used in various sports contexts, pattern
> recognition software, search engines, etc. [...] If you want to stay
> in your tiny little public proposal
As said below, public single winner elections ARE NOT a "tiny little"
world. In fact, they are a big enough topic to not need distraction by
anything else.
Delegable proxy seems worth serious thought, though likely best in a list
of its own, for it is a strange thought to many.
Then there are
"Simmons, Forest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>There are many uses for election methods besides public election
>proposals.
For example:
Corporations, schools, unions, religious groups... various entities that
are not governments but have a lot of political significance, and a lot of
impact. What
>There are many uses for election methods besides public election
>proposals.
Agreed.
>If you want to stay in your tiny little public proposal world, that's
>fine, but don't expect everybody else to limit themselves to your
>provincial point of view.
Whom are you addressing he
There are many uses for election methods besides public election proposals.
They are used in various sports contexts, pattern recognition software, search
engines, etc.Cross fertilization between disciplines is one of the greatest
stimulants of progress. When the Cartesian coordinate syste