On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 09:55:38PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > This grid is an oversimplification because not all states are equally > likely. Ever taken a class in probability?
Yes I did; what's your excuse? > You want David Welton to vote "Yes" on the first ballot because, while he > is certain to vote "no" on the second since he "doesn't want any mucking > about done with Debian", it is to your tactical advantage if people yes for > AJ's amendment, making the passage of YOUR preferred form of mucking about > more likely (and the passage of John Goerzen's resolution -- which you > oppose -- impossible). All true.. I did in fact recommend my preferred course of action and I've never pretended otherwise. However, I still think it's the course of action with the least chance of change. > Again, proponents of the status quo are better off voting no/no, because > AJ's resolution is statistically more likely to pass than John's. It is, however AJ's resolution is equivalent to no change. Hence, yes/yes, yes/no and no/no all have the same end result. There are, in precise terms, three end results: * no change, * GR with Aj's amendment, * original GR. So for exactly no change, you're quite right. However, there are only two real results: * keep non-free, * remove non-free Anyway, I can't believe we're wasting so much time on a pointless discussion. Three out of four states lead to keeping non-free. Pick one path. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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