Still more on this rather silly topic: (Hey - at least I put "noise" on it) :) below: On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Douglas B. Renner wrote:
Some *very* informative background data may be found at:
http://www.math.harvard.edu/~verbit/scs/cranks/from-Schlomo.html#vulis
Of course the title KOTM may also have been fraudulently obtained (if USENET vote forgery bears any relevance...) see: "Fraudulent votes from bwalk.dm.com cited" in (are we surprised?) news.admin.net-abuse.misc Here's a pointer to one archive:
http://www2.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/news?msg@3945@misc%2enews%2eintern...
Doug
I don't know if anyone ever figured out who was forging votes for whom - the May '96 KOTM award was hotly contested, with forgeries flying every which way. If you have way too much time on your hands, read all about it at: http://www.wetware.com/mlegare/kotm/winnersk96.html#may96 -r.w.