June 10, 2011
On 10/06/2011 00:40, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:35:41 -0400, Walter Bright
> <newshound2@digitalmars.com> wrote:
>
>> On 6/9/2011 12:57 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>>> ("If I win I port a D compiler to ARM/iOS" would really make sense, when
>>> the price is an iPad - it's kind of ironic anyway that the price is a
>>> kind of computer that isn't supported by D)
>>
>> I thought a t-shirt as a prize would be awfully lame!
>
> "I wrote this article on D, and all I got was this lousy!T shirt"
>
> -Steve

I would happily accept this as my runners up prize.

-- 
Robert
http://octarineparrot.com/
June 10, 2011
Am 10.06.2011 02:06, schrieb Robert Clipsham:
> On 10/06/2011 00:56, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>> Am 10.06.2011 01:35, schrieb Walter Bright:
>>> On 6/9/2011 12:57 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>>>> ("If I win I port a D compiler to ARM/iOS" would really make sense,
>>>> when
>>>> the price is an iPad - it's kind of ironic anyway that the price is a
>>>> kind of computer that isn't supported by D)
>>>
>>> I thought a t-shirt as a prize would be awfully lame!
>>
>> Hmm D t-shirts would actually be kind of cool (maybe not as first price
>> in an article contest but in general).
>> Ever thought about selling D merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stuff like
>> that)?
> 
> Not hugely complete, but: http://digitalmars.com/gift/index.html
> 

Cool - where is the link to that page hidden?
Couldn't find it in the digitalmars main page, the site map or the D page.
Also black t-shirts and/or shirts with the D logo (
http://d-programming-language.org/images/dlogo.png ) would be nice :)

(Funny fact: the german cafepress page translates Digital Mars to
"Digital März" and "Mars Mousepad" to "März Mousepad" - "März" is german
for the month "March")

Cheers,
- Daniel
June 10, 2011
"Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:op.vwtvot14eav7ka@localhost.localdomain...
> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:27:14 -0400, Brad Anderson <eco@gnuk.net> wrote:
>
>> A lot of technical groups that do voting use the Schulze method < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method>.  Similar to IRV but technically better.  I'm not sure how easy it is to do in practice.
>
> That looks cool, but we need a proven piece of software to do it :)
>
> I'd vote for that method.
>

The problem though is how do vote for the voting system without a voting system having already won the vote? Curse that stupid chicken and her damn egg!


June 10, 2011
"Walter Bright" <newshound2@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:isrlhg$1dle$1@digitalmars.com...
> On 6/9/2011 12:21 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> We're developers, not politicians :) If you allow this, then we'll have
>> to start
>> creating youtube ads showing the other articles' past records of
>> infidelity and
>> such, and it just turns ugly.
>
> I only ask that the sexting stay off this n.g.!
>

If this were a women's modeling agency, I'd strongly disagree. But programmers...ugh, no...


June 10, 2011
Nick Sabalausky:

> The problem though is how do vote for the voting system without a voting system having already won the vote? Curse that stupid chicken and her damn egg!

As C compilers get bootstrapped on a new architecture? :-)

Bye,
bearophile
June 10, 2011
Am 10.06.2011 04:30, schrieb bearophile:
> Nick Sabalausky:
> 
>> The problem though is how do vote for the voting system without a voting system having already won the vote? Curse that stupid chicken and her damn egg!
> 
> As C compilers get bootstrapped on a new architecture? :-)
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile

So we have to let another community that already has a working voting system cross-vote for us? ;)

Cheers,
- Daniel
June 10, 2011
"Daniel Gibson" <metalcaedes@gmail.com> wrote in message news:iss0p0$10ia$3@digitalmars.com...
> Am 10.06.2011 04:30, schrieb bearophile:
>> Nick Sabalausky:
>>
>>> The problem though is how do vote for the voting system without a voting
>>> system having already won the vote? Curse that stupid chicken and her
>>> damn
>>> egg!
>>
>> As C compilers get bootstrapped on a new architecture? :-)
>>
>> Bye,
>> bearophile
>
> So we have to let another community that already has a working voting system cross-vote for us? ;)
>

Perfect!

Now let's vote for which comminity to use...

Shit!


June 10, 2011
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Daniel Gibson <metalcaedes@gmail.com>wrote:

> Am 09.06.2011 21:02, schrieb Walter Bright:
> > On 6/9/2011 11:03 AM, Robert Clipsham wrote:
> >> So there is going to be a next one?
> >
> > Yes, maybe in 6 months or so. I'm very happy with how this one turned
> out.
> >
> > But next time we need to devise a tie-breaking rule. Any suggestions? A runoff?
> >
> > BTW, there's nothing in the rules preventing an author from tooting his own horn and doing a bit of marketing of their article(s) for votes!
>
> "If I win I'll implement $great_feature_everyone_wants" ;-)
>
> ("If I win I port a D compiler to ARM/iOS" would really make sense, when the price is an iPad - it's kind of ironic anyway that the price is a kind of computer that isn't supported by D)
>

I would vote for you :D


June 10, 2011
On 6/9/2011 5:10 PM, Robert Clipsham wrote:
> On 10/06/2011 00:40, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:35:41 -0400, Walter Bright
>> <newshound2@digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/9/2011 12:57 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>>>> ("If I win I port a D compiler to ARM/iOS" would really make sense, when
>>>> the price is an iPad - it's kind of ironic anyway that the price is a
>>>> kind of computer that isn't supported by D)
>>>
>>> I thought a t-shirt as a prize would be awfully lame!
>>
>> "I wrote this article on D, and all I got was this lousy!T shirt"
>>
>> -Steve
>
> I would happily accept this as my runners up prize.

If someone wants to edit up an image for a lousy!T shirt, I can see about getting it produced.

June 10, 2011
On 10/06/2011 01:15, Daniel Gibson wrote:
> Am 10.06.2011 02:06, schrieb Robert Clipsham:
>> On 10/06/2011 00:56, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>>> Am 10.06.2011 01:35, schrieb Walter Bright:
>>>> On 6/9/2011 12:57 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>>>>> ("If I win I port a D compiler to ARM/iOS" would really make sense,
>>>>> when
>>>>> the price is an iPad - it's kind of ironic anyway that the price is a
>>>>> kind of computer that isn't supported by D)
>>>>
>>>> I thought a t-shirt as a prize would be awfully lame!
>>>
>>> Hmm D t-shirts would actually be kind of cool (maybe not as first price
>>> in an article contest but in general).
>>> Ever thought about selling D merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, stuff like
>>> that)?
>>
>> Not hugely complete, but: http://digitalmars.com/gift/index.html
>>
>
> Cool - where is the link to that page hidden?

http://digitalmars.com/sitemap.html - in the bar at the top there's a treasure chest. The sitemap is linked from the DM homepage.

> Couldn't find it in the digitalmars main page, the site map or the D page.
> Also black t-shirts and/or shirts with the D logo (
> http://d-programming-language.org/images/dlogo.png ) would be nice :)
>
> (Funny fact: the german cafepress page translates Digital Mars to
> "Digital März" and "Mars Mousepad" to "März Mousepad" - "März" is german
> for the month "March")
>
> Cheers,
> - Daniel


-- 
Robert
http://octarineparrot.com/