One interesting application of voting, social net analysis, and reputations is figuring out who are the bad guys (tm) if they don't wear uniforms. Seems you'd have to isolate each person and ask them about everyone in town they know. In smaller towns the militia [1] would stand out, of course (no privacy in small towns) but in larger ones you'd need to manage large reputation nets.
[1] The psyops folks were not prepared for the Iraqi minutemen, and are now sputtering with "terrorist death squads" as their best namecalling, an irritating mix of Reagan-era latin american and 21st century propoganda. There is also an authentication issue, given that the bad guys (tm) are wearing the same uniform. According to one stream, if you're not wearing some part of your chemical suit, you are suspect. So this extra piece of gear is an authenticator. Boggle ---maybe none of the POWs had that piece of gear? At 12:36 PM 3/28/03 +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote: >If it wasn't for actual people being shredded this war would be one >colossal joke. Are you ready kids? Aye aye George! I can't hear you! Aye aye George! Ooooooooooh.... Who lives in a bunker under the sand? Saddam Squarepants! Despotic and dug in and cunning is he! Saddam Squarepants! If chemical nonsense be something you wish, Saddam Squarepants! Then put on a mask and flub like a fish! Saddam Squarepants! Saddam Squarepants! Saddam Squarepants! Saddam Squarepants! Saddam Squarepants! --- Rumsfeld's daily vitamins: potassium iodide, atropine, sodium thiosulphate.
