[EM] Who are we?

2004-06-12 Thread Dave Ketchum
Don't remember doing one of these, so: Retired computer programmer, which makes me pay more attention to details than some do. Born in upstate New York, 50 miles from where I live now, though programming moved me around the country, and to Owego. Ross Perot got me interested in politics in 1992

[EM] Who are we?

2004-06-12 Thread Jobst Heitzig
Sorry, I'm a bit late on this thread because I was on vacation... So, who am I: Jobst Heitzig, born 17 July 1972 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. Graduated from Universität Hannover in 2002 with a PhD in Pure Mathematics. I have also studied some philosophy, physics, and teaching.

Re: [EM] Who are we?

2004-05-30 Thread Stephane Rouillon
Hello bunch, I am just an honest citizen fed up with politicians always bribing their electorate to get elected. I do not know how elections go on in your countries but this pattern of promises and investment toward ambivalent circumscriptions (districts) is the eternal result of FPTP here in Cana

Re: [EM] Who Are We?

2004-05-28 Thread Fan de Condorcet
Brian, When it comes to election methods, I'm a hobbyist. I'm also politically active. Mostly I do volunteer work for various leftist causes. My only support for the two-party system comes in the way of voting for the lesser of two evils on election day. I thought it was interesting that Kevin

Re: [EM] Who Are We? [on election-methods]

2004-05-28 Thread Dr.Ernie Prabhakar
Dear Election Methods list, On May 26, 2004, at 11:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was prodded to be curious about the question of "Who are the people on the EM list?" An excellent question, Brian. Knowing more about each other might also help lubricate the sometimes touchy intellectual disput

[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] 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] Who Are We?

2004-05-26 Thread bql
I was prodded to be curious about the question of "Who are the people on the EM list?" Are we academics? Hobbyists? Politicians? I could start. I have a BS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. Software engineering is my day job. I try to be active in local political meetings and wo