On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 May 2009, Quazie wrote: > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> > wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, 14 May 2009, Quazie wrote: > >>> This means that i set up a cron job to make my controversial proposals > >>> distributable just before the week begins. > >> > >> Sure if you want, no-one bothered to do that before (same system) > >> but just like any other rule where time limits matter, a quick > >> hand or cron job can give some advantage. > >> > >> I considered making it "whatever is distributable at distribution > >> time" but that gives far, far too much power to the promotor. > >> > >> -Goethe > > > > "whatever is distributable at the beginning of a week and was > > distributable 24 continuous hours prior?" > > I don't like that, just adds bookkeeping for limited gain. There's > no reason to give those who would make something undistributable > a free day in which to act, tilts the balance too much. Frankly, > the "make undistributable" can only delay and it's expensive to > use, so I suspect it will be of rare use anyway (that's from past > practice). > > Still, we can re-adjust the balance along with the new currency > system when it comes along. > > -Goethe I'm still very much opposed to the flip to undistributable. As much as I like the system, I don't think I can vote in favor so long as that clause remains in.
