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So, IPv4 exhaustion plays the role of Y2K in this bubble, yes?
Commented Feb 2, 2011 on Lived Fast, Died Young, Left a Tired Corpse at Coding Horror
Lived Fast, Died Young, Left a Tired Corpse
It's easy to forget just how crazy things got during the Web 1.0 bubble in 2000. That was over ten years ago. For context, Mark Zuckerberg was all of sixteen when the original web bubble popped. There's plenty of evidence that we're entering another tech bubble. It's just less visible to pe...
Unequal constituency sizes account for about a third of the difference between Labour and Conservative - if it was equalled out, the Tories would get about 20 more MPs. Not nothing, but not the sixty that they "should" get.
The biggest factor is that turnout in Labour-held seats averages about 10% lower than in Tory-held ones. That's in spite of all the postal-vote fiddles to get more vote out for Labour. Indeed, that's why Labour are so keen on improving turnout.
To take the examples in the article, (the old version of) Liverpool Wavertree had a turnout of 50.8% in 2005; Daventry (the base for the new South Northants seat) had a turnout of 68.1%. That's why, with similar percentages of the votes cast, Tim Boswell got over 31,000 votes and Jane Kennedy got about 18,500.
You can't correct for turnout using boundaries; the only way is to change the electoral system. If we're going to stick with First-Past-The-Post, then we're stuck with that problem. You could have a non-PR multi-member constituency system, like we have for local councils (multi-X) or like Japan has (single-X multiple MPs).
Commented Jan 10, 2010 on Fairer seat size must be a Conservative priority (or re-election will be a tall order) at thetorydiary
Fairer seat size must be a Conservative priority (or re-election will be a tall order)
In the first of a short series highlighting issues which need early and urgent attention from an incoming Conservative Government, ConservativeHome Contributing Editor Paul Goodman considers the need to redraw constituency boundaries to level a playing field which is currently weighted in Labou...
See that rocket? I think Wil should get one. If you do too, then please nominate "Memories of the Future" for Best Related Book in the 2010 Hugos.
Thanks.
Commented Jan 8, 2010 on five quick things I think you'll like at WWdN: In Exile
five quick things I think you'll like
I'm doing something fun and geeky this morning, but I need to close some tabs before I can really get into it, so I'd like to tell you all that John Scalzi's book Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, for which I wrote the introduction, is now available in trade paperback. I genuinely loved this book, ...
I'm just nominating Memories of the Future for a Best Related Book Hugo.
Can I suggest that some other people might wish to do that.
You could also nominated Memories of the Futurecast for Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) but Avatar will run away with that this year.
WWDN is eligible for Best Fanzine, too
Commented Jan 7, 2010 on In which the audio versions of Happiest Days and Just A Geek get a new home at WWdN: In Exile
In which the audio versions of Happiest Days and Just A Geek get a new home
I've had such a great experience using Lulu to sell Sunken Treasure and Memories of the Future, Volume One, I have decided to start out 2010 by moving the audio versions of The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Just A Geek to Lulu. It made a lot of sense to me to keep all of my self-published work ...
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