From a comment from by previous post on STV: this is a feel-good proposal that doesn’t really solve any of the underlying problems. >> Which are? There is quantization error transforming the (input signal/citizens’ votes/polygon) to the (output signal/elected representation/pixels). The mathematical forumla used to process (samples/votes/fragments) is your filter kernel. Your (sample/vote/fragment) may contributes [...]
Belinda Stronach announed earlier today that she is defecting to the Liberals and from this day forth she be referred to as Hollywood Belinda Stronach. Peter MacKay was not available for comment as he was attempting to put Jack Layton in the scorpion deathlock. Layton’s flock looked on in bewilderment and provided little to no [...]
Tomorrow is election day here in BC. So go out and vote you dumbasses. Anyway, regarding the Citizen’s Assembly on Electoral Reform, you should really vote no for the Single Transferable Vote system. I’m gonna assume that you are aware of the background, history, and context. If not, start here: http://www.cbc.ca/bcvotes2005/features/stv.html Firstly, opponents of the [...]
Gamespot has a preview of Company of Heroes up. On page three, they even mention the machinima tool that I’ve been working on. That’s pretty cool. We were shown the inner workings of the moviemaker tool, which lets you both freeze-frame an animation at any point and manipulate multiple cameras, which you can attach to [...]
Words are powerful. The word look is used quite often to refocus a conversation. It must be a technique taught by Toastmasters or Carnegie or some authority on communication. For example, politicians use it quite often to avoid questions. Inteviewer: Who is responsible for this problem? Politician: Look. We understand this is a problem and [...]