New quorum (Was DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: fix unanimity)

2007-01-12 Thread Kerim Aydin
Zefram wrote: > This isn't a bug, it's a feature. What's the advantage? A wider range of voting tactics. Specifically, if a vote is lackluster in turnout, you can sink it by not voting, rather than voting AGAINST, when an AGAINST vote wouldn't be enough to sink it. Turns not voting into an

Re: New quorum (Was DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: fix unanimity)

2007-01-12 Thread Zefram
Kerim Aydin wrote: >This isn't a bug, it's a feature. What's the advantage? -zefram

New quorum (Was DIS: Re: BUS: proposal: fix unanimity)

2007-01-11 Thread Kerim Aydin
Zefram wrote: There is a problem with the usual way quorum works, that there are situations where voting AGAINST a proposal actually makes it more likely to pass. (For example, if there have been four votes FOR and there is a quorum of five.) This isn't a bug, it's a feature. Working with d