[OT] Retreating from Iraq

[BCS]

Reply to Andrei,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> Reply to Benji,
>> 
>>> BCS wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> Sort everyone under you (directly or indirectly)         <<<<<
>>>>> by the number of
>>>>> subordinates they have. Pick the subordinate with the most
>>>>> subordinates and call the next man in line to them. remove every
>>>>> subordinate down that chain of command and repeat.
>>>>> This assumes that the depth of command is more or less the same
>>>>> across the board.
>>>>> 
>>>> This is based on the ssumption that the people with the most
>>>> subordinates need to get started first.
>>>> 
>>> But consider this case...
>>> 
>>> I have two subordinates: Dirk and Deek. Dirk has only one
>>> subordinate of his own, but Deek has three. It seems like I should
>>> call Deek first.
>>> 
>>> But what if Dirk's single subordinate has twenty subordinates of his
>>> own, which Deek's subordinates are leaf-nodes? In that case, it
>>> makes a whole lot more sense to call Dirk first.
>>> 
>> my solution does exactly that. It first calls the commander, however
>> removed, from whoever has the most subordinates. Assuming that each
>> call take the same amount of time, the man with the most subordinates
>> will be the first man at his rank to get the order.
>> 
> Define subordinate.
> 
> Andrei
> 

1 step down