Glotmorf on 13 Nov 2002 14:36:02 -0000


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Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Proposal: scaled bandwidth


On 11/13/02 at 4:26 AM Rob Speer wrote:

>On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 02:26:42AM -0500, Donald Whytock wrote:
>> If a proposing entity makes a proposal that changes no more than two
>rules, the proposing entity's bandwidth decreases by one.  Otherwise, if
>said proposal changes more than two rules, the proposing entity's
>bandwidth decreases by ((<# of rules changed> - 1) mod 5) + 2.  [[ 3-5: 2,
>6-10: 3, 11-15: 4... ]]
>
>You want integer division, not mod.

Rob's right.  What's the preferred formulaic representation of integer division?  In absence of that, please change the formula above to the following:

(int ((<# of rules changed> - 1) / 5)) + 2

						Glotmorf

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