[EM] To James re: ATLO

[Dave Ketchum]

On Sun, 30 May 2004 00:39:39 +0000 MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:

> 
> Mike wrote:
> 
>> I already said this, but it was buried in a long posting, and I wanted 
>> to say it with its own subject-line.
>> If the A & B voters apply ATLO below their favorite, and rank sincerely,
>> the co-operation/defection dilemma in James' example doesn't happen.
>> Defection is foiled. In particular, when the A voters use ATLO and 
>> vote sincerely,
>> the B voters, if they truncate or order-reverse against A, can't 
>> accomplish anything but the election of C. They'd know that, and they 
>> wouldh't try
>> it.
>> Mike Ossipoff
> 
> 
> James replied:
> 
> Sorry, Mike, but I don't know what ATLO is. Please don't expect me to keep
> track of all your acronyms... there are just too many.
> 
> I reply:
> 
> James, I couldn't care less what you keep track of. I've defined AERLO & 
> ATLO on EM in recent months. The intially posted definitions were in 
> postings that had the unabbreviated names of the options as their 
> subject line, so it can't be that they're difficult to find.  But  I 
> repeated their definition for you recently on EM.
> 
> The posting "ATLO foils defection in James' example" wasn't posted just 
> for you. It was posted to the list. It doesn't matter if there's someone 
> (you) who doesn't bother looking up the definition of the term used in 
> the posting that you were replying to. Nor does it matter what opinions 
> are held by one person (you) who's more inclined toward arrogant 
> posturing than finding out about the subject that he expounds on.
> 
> The world is full of jackasses, and one more or less doesn't make any 
> difference.
> 
No, we have too many and they get in the way of progress.


James posts a LOT of words, but he makes sense as to accessibility of 
definitions.  I do not know how to do a search and thus find the agreed on 
definition of an acronym.

Perhaps someone could accept responsibility for maintaining a dictionary;
      Someone else sort out resolution when there is disagreement as to 
definitions.
      The rest of us honor a written procedure that keeps the dictionary 
current with minimum effort by the above.

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