Re: [EM] To Condorcetists:

2012-05-21 Thread Juho Laatu
On 20.5.2012, at 1.00, Michael Ossipoff wrote: > You asked if I’d answer questions that you say remain unanswered. Of course. > I answer all questions. If there’s a question that I haven’t answered, then > let me know. > > But please be specific. Maybe the number one on the list of the still

Re: [EM] To Condorcetists:

2012-05-21 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
Drive-by comment. At 04:05 AM 5/21/2012, Juho Laatu wrote: On 20.5.2012, at 1.00, Michael Ossipoff wrote: You asked if I'd answer questions that you say remain unanswered. Of course. I answer all questions. If there's a question that I haven't answered, then let me know. But please be speci

Re: [EM] To Condorcetists:

2012-05-21 Thread Juho Laatu
On 21.5.2012, at 18.03, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > Drive-by comment. > > At 04:05 AM 5/21/2012, Juho Laatu wrote: >> On 20.5.2012, at 1.00, Michael Ossipoff wrote: >> >>> You asked if I'd answer questions that you say remain unanswered. Of >>> course. I answer all questions. If there's a ques

[EM] Kristofer, contd.

2012-05-21 Thread Michael Ossipoff
This is my reply to the remainder of Kristofer's post: Enough voters feel like this, and there would be a backlash. [endquote] Approval doesn't have a problem that Plurality doesn't have. You haven't shown one, you know. What you're saying above is just that you want a rank method, and that you

[EM] Typo. Plurality strategy, not Approval strategy, is a difficult problem.

2012-05-21 Thread Michael Ossipoff
When I said "Approval strategy is a difficult problem", I meant "Plurality strategy is a difficult problem." Let me repeat a little of what I said before: It's difficult because of the difficulty of getting an agreement, among those who want something better than the Democrats, regarding where th

Re: [EM] Juho , 5/21/12, roughly 0800 UT

2012-05-21 Thread Juho Laatu
[Note: Michael Ossipof's message was not a reply to a mail on this list but to an offline discussion.] On 21.5.2012, at 23.13, Michael Ossipoff wrote: > I don't know what you mean by "all regular voters". I requested strategy descriptions that would be intended for real life elections and norm

Re: [EM] Juho , 5/21/12, roughly 0800 UT

2012-05-21 Thread Dave Ketchum
Thanks Juho, for working to make this dialog more useful! DWK On May 21, 2012, at 7:36 PM, Juho Laatu wrote: [Note: Michael Ossipof's message was not a reply to a mail on this list but to an offline discussion.] On 21.5.2012, at 23.13, Michael Ossipoff wrote: I don't know what you mean by