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Paul Bowman <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: Political axes quiz maker
System name: poleaxe
Type: non-GNU

Description:
This application was inspired by following the link from Eric Raymond's site to 
the Libertarian Party website and thus to the World's Smallest Political Quiz 
which they seem to be very pround of and are trying to put forward as the 
definitive, objective solution to the limitations of a one-dimensional 
left-right axis. Sadly its very much "proprietary". Frankly I'm not impressed. 
I was tempted by the thought of "two can play at that game", but that's too 
tedious really. Then I thought if I made an open source app that meant 
_everybody_ could play at that game, that would be lots more fun. Plus a good 
little fun micro-project as a personal learning exercise. Then I had two other 
ideas but that starts getting quite complex (but more interesting too...). 
Three stages then:
1. Stage one an app that allows users to enter two political dimensions, area 
labels and associated Y-M-N questions and produce their own "Smallest Political 
Quiz" (Not 1 but 2, 3, many piss-takes...:)
2. Stage 2 add a 3rd dimension - the graphical representation will be more 
tricky at this stage.
3. Stage 3 - and how on earth this could be done I haven't a clue yet... Add 
wiki-style interactivity (light blue touchpaper and run like f...). 

So far no code - I'll post Stage 1. framework as soon as I get something rougly 
working. Just thought there might be some similarly twisted minds out there who 
found the prospects for a little light-hearted mischief equally appealing... 
plus the LAPP vs LAMP thing is less frivolous.


Other Software Required:
Hopefully no non-standards. (will be based on Linux, Apache, PostgreSQL & Perl 
- let's try and keep the dancer jokes down please guys, we're way too 
vulnerable to the "Boys Toys" stigma as it is...)

Other Comments:
I'm going to need a bit of indulgence here folks as this is a bit of a learning 
project for me. But no I don't want to go down the LAMP route - I'm a DBA by 
trade (no, transactions are _not_ merely a nice-to-have, ditto stored procs) 
plus one of the things I'm trying to learn is how much more awkward my chosen 
"platform" is than the more popular route. Especially as a means of what 
postgreSQL needs to lessen that gap.


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