From: chanzhaiming@gmail.com   
      
   Abraham-Ada's Method   
      
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   Hi, folks.   
      
   Do you know how to vote when you DON'T like either   
   candidates, Richard and Thomas?   
      
   Yes, you are right.  Pick Richard when you don't like   
   either because 'R' < 'T'.   
      
   If we don't go to vote, they will believe that we are   
   vanished.   
      
   If we pick one randomly, they will believe that we will   
   cancel each other and our opinion is mere a noise.   
      
   We, the people who don't like either candidates, should   
   agree the voting strategy that all of us will pick the   
   bad bird according to the given name in alphabetical   
   order from A to Z.   
      
   The idea is to tell them "Give us at least one candidate   
   we like or whose name is Abraham".   
      
   If the USA still have 10 votes remain and we insist this   
   voting strategy, I guarantee that we will have a   
   president we like before the USA die out.   
      
   I don't know if my English skill is good enough to   
   explain this great idea clearly.  But I believe you can   
   understand it because you are electrical engineers.   
      
   If you think this great idea will help the USA, please   
   share it with your family, your friends, your enemies   
   and anyone you know.   
      
   Have fun.   
      
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   /*the Abraham-Ada's Method expressed in C style pseudocode*/   
      
   /*01*/  /* code_001*/   
   /*02*/  char* vote((char*) candidate[])   
   /*03*/  {   
   /*04*/      if (there_is_a_candidate_i_like == TRUE)   
   /*05*/          return candidate[i_like];   
   /*06*/      else   
   /*07*/      {   
   /*08*/          sort_by_name(candidate);   
   /*09*/          return candidate[0];   
   /*10*/      }   
   /*11*/  }   
      
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   /* The code_001 still has a problem.  If they set up a dummy   
   or so call 'third party' whose name is Abraham to absorb our   
   arrows and to defend the Richard and Thomas, our votes will   
   have no effect because according to code_001 we will pick this   
   dummy.  And we are still vanished just as we do not go to vote.   
      
   Hence I give the code_002 as a revise.  I think if they want   
   to sale Richard and Thomas to us, Richard and Thomas will   
   become the two most well-known candidates. */   
      
   /*01*/  /* code_002 */   
   /*02*/  char* vote((char*) candidate[])   
   /*03*/  {   
   /*04*/      (char*) most_well_known_candidate[2];   
   /*05*/   
   /*06*/      if (there_is_a_candidate_i_like == TRUE)   
   /*07*/          return candidate[i_like];   
   /*08*/      else   
   /*09*/      {   
   /*10*/          most_well_known_candidate[0] =   
   /*11*/                  the_1st_most_well_known(candidate);   
   /*12*/          most_well_known_candidate[1] =   
   /*13*/                  the_2nd_most_well_known(candidate);   
   /*14*/   
   /*15*/          sort_by_name(most_well_known_candidate);   
   /*16*/          return most_well_known_candidate[0];   
   /*17*/      }   
   /*18*/  }   
      
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   Example:   
      
   Suppose there are 10,000 voters.  60% or 6000 do not   
   like Richard or Thomas.  And in the remaining 40% or   
   4000, 55% like Thomas, 45% like Richard.   
      
   (1) If this 6000 does not go to vote, then Thomas gets   
   4000*55%=2200, Richard gets 4000*45%=1800, Thomas wins.   
      
   (2) If 15% of this 6000, that is 900, goes to vote.  But   
   they pick one randomly.  Usually according to the normal   
   distribution law, Richard or Thomas will get approximately   
   same points.  Let's assume Richard gets 467 and Thomas   
   gets 433.  Then Richard, 1800+467=2267, Thomas,   
   2200+433=2633. Thomas wins.   
      
   Even 6000 is a large number, but they will not affect   
   the result because they cancel each other.  They do not   
   matter.   
      
   (3) If 15% of this 6000, that is 900, goes to vote.  They   
   all pick Richard according to code_002 when they do not   
   like either.  Then Richard gets 1800+900=2700, and Thomas   
   still gets 2200, Richard wins and Thomas loses.   
      
   After the boss of the election game in the background   
   knows the code_002, next time he/she will give you a   
   bird you like or a bird whose name is Abraham and no   
   one want to be the second bird whose losing can be   
   predicted.  And this election game can not fool people   
   again.   
      
   We just push the boat according to the flow.  That is   
   the point.   
      
   YES, WE HAVE BEEN FOOLED FOR MORE THAN 200 YEARS.   
      
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