Re: supermajority options

2002-11-23 Thread Raul Miller
What would you think of an implementation of supermajority which has this same general characteristic? [I ask this because Anthony Town's most recent implied draft presents an implementation of supermajority with exactly this property.] On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 11:01:32AM +0100, Jochen

Re: supermajority options

2002-11-23 Thread Jochen Voss
Hello, On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 09:23:42AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 11:01:32AM +0100, Jochen Voss wrote: A = change the scoial contract and remove non-free (Requires supermajority) B = try to nurture and increase non-free (Requires no supermajority)

Re: supermajority options

2002-11-23 Thread Jochen Voss
Hello, On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 09:23:42AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: Cases where the default option defeats another option are never the weakest defeats. Huh? Can you explain this to me? Why could this be true? Confused, Jochen -- Omm

Re: supermajority options

2002-11-23 Thread Jochen Voss
Hi, On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 09:23:42AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: In other words, supermajority options are eliminated only when their weakest defeats against schwartz set options are eliminated, and we have a bias towards the default option in some (but not all)

supermajority and quorum tests and current proposal

2002-11-23 Thread Raul Miller
Currently, I'm considering what I'm thinking of as Anthony Town's proposal. By this, I mean: __ quorum is number of submitted votes supermajority multiplies vote counts for default option when comparing with supermajority vote

Re: supermajority options

2002-11-23 Thread Chris Lawrence
On Nov 24, Branden Robinson wrote: How do we know this would happen at all, let alone ad nauseum? I can't prove that it *would* happen, but it's a definite possibility. A scenario: Assume controversial subject X arises and the developer community is evenly split, pro/con. Vote #1 occurs. 6

Re: supermajority options

2002-11-23 Thread Jochen Voss
Hi, On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 09:23:42AM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: In other words, supermajority options are eliminated only when their weakest defeats against schwartz set options are eliminated, and we have a bias towards the default option in some (but not all)

supermajority and quorum tests and current proposal

2002-11-23 Thread Raul Miller
Currently, I'm considering what I'm thinking of as Anthony Town's proposal. By this, I mean: __ quorum is number of submitted votes supermajority multiplies vote counts for default option when comparing with supermajority vote