Re: Why the default option is special

2002-10-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:39:37PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:31:41PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > > When the majority of voters agree that something should be done, it's > > pretty clear that [1] is better than [2]. > > When the majority of voters do not agree that som

Re: Why the default option is special

2002-10-23 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 02:39:37PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:31:41PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > > When the majority of voters agree that something should be done, it's > > pretty clear that [1] is better than [2]. > > When the majority of voters do not agree that som

Re: Why the default option is special

2002-10-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:31:41PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > When the majority of voters agree that something should be done, it's > pretty clear that [1] is better than [2]. > When the majority of voters do not agree that something should be done > it's pretty clear that [2] is better than [1].

Re: Why the default option is special

2002-10-22 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 01:31:41PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > When the majority of voters agree that something should be done, it's > pretty clear that [1] is better than [2]. > When the majority of voters do not agree that something should be done > it's pretty clear that [2] is better than [1].

Why the default option is special

2002-10-22 Thread Raul Miller
[There's an irony here which is probably worth noting. In past discussions, Anthony Towns had been in favor of eliminating all options which don't beat the default option early on in vote resolution, rather than including any special treatment of the default option in any iterative part of the vot

Why the default option is special

2002-10-22 Thread Raul Miller
[There's an irony here which is probably worth noting. In past discussions, Anthony Towns had been in favor of eliminating all options which don't beat the default option early on in vote resolution, rather than including any special treatment of the default option in any iterative part of the vot