Boaty

[Perianne]

A British government agency proposed letting the internet public name a new £200 million research vessel.

The winner? Boaty McBoatface. lol

The government agency rejected the winner and settled instead on RSS Sir David Attenborough.

Drummond, did you vote on this?



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/europe/boaty-mcboatface-what-you-get-when-you-let-the-internet-decide.html

[Drummond]

A British government agency proposed letting the internet public name a new £200 million research vessel.

The winner? Boaty McBoatface. lol

The government agency rejected the winner and settled instead on RSS Sir David Attenborough.

@Drummond (http://www.debatepolicy.com/member.php?u=2287), did you vote on this?



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/world/europe/boaty-mcboatface-what-you-get-when-you-let-the-internet-decide.html

Nope, sorry, I didn't. I was only dimly aware of this happening ...