Hi

I have made what I call an eigenpoll,
it is a script which try to extract expert knowledge
from a group of people.
I think it works okay for books and I think it could be fun to test,
if it works for something like D features and suggestions as well.

If you think this could be a fun experiment
or if you don't have anything better to do ;-)

Then go to
http://all-technology.com/eigenpolls/dfeatures/
and add one/two good/bad feature/suggestion to the eigenpoll
and then rank them.

If enough people add and rank the features/suggestions we should get a clear picture of the good and bad side of D.

Knud

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Yes, I did by mistake post it to digitalmars.D.gnu you can check the time stamp to see the difference.

Not to be a complete thickie, but how the hell is it supposed to work?

Yours completely sans clue

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"Knud Sørensen" <12tkvvb02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:pan.2005.02.16.17.11.21.715095@sneakemail.com...
> Hi
>
> I have made what I call an eigenpoll,
> it is a script which try to extract expert knowledge
> from a group of people.
> I think it works okay for books and I think it could be fun to test,
> if it works for something like D features and suggestions as well.
>
> If you think this could be a fun experiment
> or if you don't have anything better to do ;-)
>
> Then go to
> http://all-technology.com/eigenpolls/dfeatures/
> and add one/two good/bad feature/suggestion to the eigenpoll
> and then rank them.
>
> If enough people add and rank the features/suggestions we should get a clear picture of the good and bad side of D.
>
> Knud

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 11:28:01 +1100, Matthew wrote:

> Not to be a complete thickie, but how the hell is it supposed to work?

Here is something from the page, I hope it helps.

An Eigenpoll is a new type of poll design to gather knowledge from a community.

The problem with normal polls is that it find the most popular option. But if you are looking for a solution to a problem you don't want the most popular, what you want is the best solution to the problem.

The course is that when not everybody have a equal amount of knowledge about a problem,
then the one man one vote principle don't work.
Eigenpolls try to solve this by letting the voters compare and rank the options,
and then use a algorithm similar to Googles PageRank on the result.

> Yours completely sans clue
> 
> The Dr .....
> 
> "Knud Sørensen" <12tkvvb02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:pan.2005.02.16.17.11.21.715095@sneakemail.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have made what I call an eigenpoll,
>> it is a script which try to extract expert knowledge
>> from a group of people.
>> I think it works okay for books and I think it could be fun to test,
>> if it works for something like D features and suggestions as well.
>>
>> If you think this could be a fun experiment
>> or if you don't have anything better to do ;-)
>>
>> Then go to
>> http://all-technology.com/eigenpolls/dfeatures/
>> and add one/two good/bad feature/suggestion to the eigenpoll
>> and then rank them.
>>
>> If enough people add and rank the features/suggestions we should get a clear picture of the good and bad side of D.
>>
>> Knud

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