On 01/30/2012 06:14 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: > > > On Mon, 30 Jan 2012, Pavitra wrote: >> On 01/30/2012 05:00 PM, omd wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 4:31 AM, 441344 <441...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> #################################ELECTIONS################################# >>> >>> On each election I vote conditionally for the candidate whose name is >>> closest to the first word of the primary headline on >>> http://www.nytimes.com/ immediately before the end of the voting >>> period, using ASCII. >> >> As I interpret this algorithm, if the election ended now, the first word >> is "Syrian", and the asciibetically closest candidate would be G. for >> Herald (4 < G < S), Murphy for IADop (4 < M < S), and Yally for >> Registrar (Sy-Mu=6:4; Ya-Sy=6:-24). > > As the headline's changed a couple times since you sent this, the real > question is whether the scrolling datestamps are reasonably available to > the Assessor; we shouldn't require em to check in a narrow window of > a few hours, so we'd need to consider whether it's available to someone > within the generally-reasonable time-frame (4 days?) later. > > Of course, if someone publishes the headline here immediately after the > voting period ends, this point is probably moot. > > -G.
Doesn't the voting period only end at the instant that someone sends a particular message?
