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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