[EM] Who are we?

2004-05-27 Thread Kevin Venzke
> I was prodded to be curious about the question of "Who are the people on > the EM list?" Are we academics? Hobbyists? Politicians? I have a BA in Japanese from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. My French is better than my Japanese, though. I have also studied Chinese, Russian, and German,

Re: [EM] Efforts to improve on CR's strategy

2004-05-27 Thread Bart Ingles
Ken Johnson wrote: > > >Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 21:55:40 -0700 > >From: Bart Ingles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >... > >IRNR seems equivalent to repeated runoff elections. In a zero-info > >election with five candidates, where my preferences are A>B>C>D>E, I > >would vote something like: > > > >A(1.0)

Re: [EM] Who Are We?

2004-05-27 Thread James Green-Armytage
>I was prodded to be curious about the question of "Who are the people on >the EM list?" Are we academics? Hobbyists? Politicians? I'm 24 years old. I was born in Manhattan and lived there until I was 19, when I went to college in southern Ohio. I have a BA from Antioch college in "philos

Re: [EM] Who Are We?

2004-05-27 Thread Alex Small
> I was prodded to be curious about the question of "Who are the people on > the EM list?" Are we academics? Hobbyists? Politicians? I'm a Ph.D student in physics at the University of California-Santa Barbara. I work on theoretical and experimental studies of optical materials. On the side I'm s

Re: [EM] Who Are We?

2004-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brian Olsen wrote: > I was prodded to be curious about the question of "Who are the people on > the EM list?" Are we academics? Hobbyists? Politicians? I have a BA in Philosophy from Rutgers University. I have several day jobs, including substitute teaching, tutoring, and technical consulting.

[EM] Efforts to improve on CR's strategy

2004-05-27 Thread Ken Johnson
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 21:55:40 -0700 From: Bart Ingles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... IRNR seems equivalent to repeated runoff elections. In a zero-info election with five candidates, where my preferences are A>B>C>D>E, I would vote something like: A(1.0) > B(0.001) > C(0.01) > D(0.1) > E(0