Would I be a proper rab if I had?

Heh, actually -- I've read most of the foundation of SF, Asimov/Heinlein/Bradbury/Clarke/Dick/Norton (in fact, I own every book published for heinlein and bradbury, and several first editions of 'Andrew North') and I've tried to read other important books from that era (like the fantastic "A Canticle For Liebowitz"). But I'll admit that it's been a while since I read any new fiction; all of my reading time is taken up with programming books.

I feel like an old man -- most of the SF I've read was published prior to 1975. Gibson is the newest SF writer I've dipped into.

My Dad is a huge SF buff. I've seen those books on his shelves, just never given them a shot.

Anyways . . . yes, this is indeed a popular movement. I think that a key point often overlooked in this kind of project is the power of controversy. I swear -- it's fine to have a Team America and a Team Canada, but you know what would guarantee a HIGHER turnout?

Team Republican and Team Democrat.

Holy shatsicles, the turnout you would see, oy vey . . .

Typical Swede post ;)

Well, you said it yourself.

The conservative forces would just say "We don't support baby-killing!" or whatever, and turn their loss into a PR-win or something. No, we don't need that. And yes, my point was that everyone here is a progressive libertarian in some way. If you think UK and US conservatives are different from one another - you must have totally forgotten the differences between US "republicans" and "democrats" vs the rest of the world.

Collectivism / authoritarianism vs individualism / liberalism just might work though. I wonder where IBM would line up.

I knew that. :) I have the 365-day data for most of the teams in the top 20 saved into SQL, so I know when it went live.

I was saying, hypothetically -- imagine the intense turnout if WCG had been able to take advantage of the months leading up to the election. Obviously, this would have required the WCG to exist at that time.