On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 15:49 +0000, Alex Smith wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 11:44 -0400, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Ed Murphy <emurph...@socal.rr.com> wrote: > > > Even with multiple contestants capable of gaming it? I considered > > > withdrawing my agreement and re-posting with a AAA-style "contestants > > > SHALL NOT submit spam proposals / cases", but let's see how it plays > > > out as is. > > > > How about "contestants SHALL NOT mess with PerlNomic to have it > > distribute exactly how many proposals they predicted?" > > Wouldn't work, you'd have non-contestants bribed to mess with it. (I > recall ehird spamming CFJs to influence the AAA whilst believing emself > not a party to it.) > Also, I have a much better idea. Get the PNP to join the contest and make a guess that's the amount it's distributing, immediately before the distribution (maybe in the same message?) The CotC could pull of a similar trick if e wasn't the contestmaster.
-- ais523