Comments on: Vote for your favorite name http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/ Adventures with Computers Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:19:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-bleeding By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-126617 Martin Geisler Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:38:38 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-126617 <p>You are right, I ought to implement a secure vote using my system :-)</p> <p>But it's too late now --- the world will have to get used to <a href="http://viff.dk/" rel="nofollow">VIFF</a>, mwahahaha! :-D</p> You are right, I ought to implement a secure vote using my system :-)

But it’s too late now — the world will have to get used to VIFF, mwahahaha! :-D

]]> By: Dina http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-126613 Dina Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:15:56 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-126613 <p>Is it possible to vote without revealing any information? ...and if so, can you prove it safe to do so? /Dina</p> Is it possible to vote without revealing any information? …and if so, can you prove it safe to do so?
/Dina

]]> By: Thomas http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121691 Thomas Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:56:32 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121691 <p>I vote for calling it "john"</p> I vote for calling it “john”

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121643 Martin Geisler Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:33:24 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121643 <p>Hmm, how did you dig that one up? :-) When I <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=VIFF" rel="nofollow">search for "VIFF" in google.com</a>, then I see stuff about a Vancouver and Vietnamese film festival, something about an image format called VIFF, and finally something about vectoring in forward flight...</p> Hmm, how did you dig that one up? :-) When I search for “VIFF” in google.com, then I see stuff about a Vancouver and Vietnamese film festival, something about an image format called VIFF, and finally something about vectoring in forward flight…

]]> By: Chris http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121638 Chris Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:15:51 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121638 <p>http://www.criviff.qc.ca/ Well "Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la violence familiale et la violence faite aux femmes" is already pretty bad...</p> http://www.criviff.qc.ca/
Well “Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire
sur la violence familiale et la violence
faite aux femmes” is already pretty bad…

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121634 Martin Geisler Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:04:09 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121634 <p>I've now bought <a href="http://viff.dk/" rel="nofollow">http://viff.dk/</a> for the project, so unless someone steps forward and explains that "VIFF" means something bad in his/her language, then I'll go with that name.</p> <p>Thanks a lot for the help everybody!</p> I’ve now bought http://viff.dk/ for the project, so unless someone steps forward and explains that “VIFF” means something bad in his/her language, then I’ll go with that name.

Thanks a lot for the help everybody!

]]> By: Mikkel http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121390 Mikkel Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:22:18 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121390 <p>Well Tord, I'll bite. It's the same damn infinity! And as you should know, infinity minus infinity is undefined. Ok apparently, not everyone one knows this. Sorry Martin :)</p> <p>The correct number of votes for VIFF should now be "undefined".</p> Well Tord, I’ll bite. It’s the same damn infinity! And as you should know, infinity minus infinity is undefined. Ok apparently, not everyone one knows this. Sorry Martin :)

The correct number of votes for VIFF should now be “undefined”.

]]> By: Martin Geisler http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121389 Martin Geisler Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:19:19 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121389 <p>I'll count that as a -1 vote for VIFF... your minus infinity cancels his plus infinity, and then we're back on track :-)</p> <p>Don't you think VIFF could work if the page talked lots about how VIFF can be used to implement SMPC? I'm sure Google would find the page just fine.</p> <p>What I don't like about SMPC is that it seems "bare" without anything added to it. I started with PySMCP for that reason, meaning "SMPC in Python", just like the many other PyFoo packages around which all do Foo in Python. I think it should at least be called something like "The SMCP Framework", "libsmpc" or something along those lines.</p> I’ll count that as a -1 vote for VIFF… your minus infinity cancels his plus infinity, and then we’re back on track :-)

Don’t you think VIFF could work if the page talked lots about how VIFF can be used to implement SMPC? I’m sure Google would find the page just fine.

What I don’t like about SMPC is that it seems “bare” without anything added to it. I started with PySMCP for that reason, meaning “SMPC in Python”, just like the many other PyFoo packages around which all do Foo in Python. I think it should at least be called something like “The SMCP Framework”, “libsmpc” or something along those lines.

]]> By: T ordr http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121386 T ordr Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:04:03 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121386 <p>First a comment, I would never look at VIFF if I was searching for Multi-party computation. My vote goes to SMPC.</p> <p>Since Mikkel has started by sabotaging your vote and you have allowed it, I thought I would have some fun. As you have allowed an infinity number of votes to VIFF, there should not be anything wrong with giving minus infinity votes to VIFF. Only that Mikkel was probably using the infinity over natural numbers. I am using the minus infinity over real numbers, thereby adding more to minus infinity than Mikkels infinity, thereby giving so much minus infinity to VIFF that it is removed from the competition. (This comment is an obvious flamebate for an infinity discussion)</p> First a comment, I would never look at VIFF if I was searching for Multi-party computation. My vote goes to SMPC.

Since Mikkel has started by sabotaging your vote and you have allowed it, I thought I would have some fun. As you have allowed an infinity number of votes to VIFF, there should not be anything wrong with giving minus infinity votes to VIFF. Only that Mikkel was probably using the infinity over natural numbers. I am using the minus infinity over real numbers, thereby adding more to minus infinity than Mikkels infinity, thereby giving so much minus infinity to VIFF that it is removed from the competition.
(This comment is an obvious flamebate for an infinity discussion)

]]> By: Mikkel http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121385 Mikkel Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:48:54 +0000 http://mgeisler.net/2007/10/vote-for-your-favorite-name/#comment-121385 <p>No. You told me I could place as many votes as I'd like. You didn't even tell me that it had to be a natural number.</p> No. You told me I could place as many votes as I’d like. You didn’t even tell me that it had to be a natural number.

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