So...

Are we finally going to give a name to IRC Assistant?

Hannibal? Emperor Palpatine? Zuke? :twisted:

Pieathon, like in Group Adaptive Story a very long time ago

The Pup? :twisted: ;)

Okay, here's some of the names:

Majel
Multivac
Zen
Llandru
Mike
HAL
Q
Zuke
Pieathon
The Pup

I think we should have a poll, then I'll make the final decision.

Here's how you vote in this poll, after all, I wouldn't just have an ordinary poll...

Here's how you vote - you submit to me a rank of what names you like best, from the best to worst.

Any names you don't bother to list will be considered equally worse than the ones you do list.

For example:

Majel
Zuke
Q
HAL
Multivac

The votes are then tallied in pairwise matchups between the names.

In the example ballot, Majel would win against all. Zuke wins against all but Majel, etc. Each win is one vote for the winner in that matchup.

The one who wins the most matchups is the winner.

Understand?

If you don't, go here: Wikipedia: Condorcet Method Voting

Still don't?

Well, you don't have to know exactly how it works to vote, just submit a list of your favorite to least favorite names, and feel free to omit some.

And, if you do understand, congratulations! Yay! :D


These votes can be sent to me by PM, email, IM, or saying it in the IRC works also.

Don't worry, no one will ever know who voted for what, it is a secret ballot.

if we don't care who sees it, can we vote here?

how do i get to: Server: irc.xeroc.hopto.org Channel: #5mv ?

I can't find any of that stuff! Warning: I'm computer illiterate.

Yes, of course!


Have you installed any IRC programs? For example: mIRC, Trillian, etc.

If you haven't, to install mIRC, go here:

mIRC Downloads

Once you've downloaded and installed it, type this in the bottom text bar:

/server irc.xeroc.hopto.org

Then type:

/join #5mv

You should see a message saying "Welcome to Five-Minute Voyager Chat..."

If that doesn't work, post here, PM, or email me.

i would simply like to vote for: Q
It seems appropriate, I think. especially if it makes random comments appear.

also, I had mIRC, but i haven't tried your suggestion yet. will try when i get home.

It worked! Yay!

My vote:

Mike
Q
Zen
Zuke
HAL
Llandru

Majel
Llandru
Pieathon
Multivac
Zen
Mike
The Pup
{Q, HAL, Zuke}



I figure those last three ought to be left open for people to use as they like ;)

Can I make another suggestion? Or will you all throw rotten fruit at me?

*making ready the rotten fruit*

give it a try :wink:

Well, I was thinking, maybe the MCP?

*Pre-emptively ducks*

Emperor Palpatine
Hannibal Lecter
Napoleon
Dr. Frankenstein
George Costanza
Darth Maul



:twisted: :twisted:

Noooooooooooooooo! If we are to name it anything we must name it TRON. BWAAAAHAHAHAHA!!


Nits, you left out "Hitler" in your list! How could you? The poor man would be so insulted.

AND Ming!
AND Hydraxan XXIIIrd! :evil:

I could have sworn I already voted. Anyway, Q.

I vote for Multivac! Whoo Isaac Asimov!

And for second-place, the M.C.P.

What does MCP stand for, anyway? :roll: