4/3: Buttons, Buttons, Who Got a Button Several years ago GEC thought it would be a novel idea to randomly drop a button (or pin as some call them), into tubes.  The buttons are made up specifically for the pattern being produced.  In the beginning it felt like the odds were about 1 in 3;

The general “why” of the Early Reservation System (ERS) has been discussed previously.  But I would like to take a few minutes to talk about some of the underlying policies and functions of the ERS.  If you do not actually wonder how the system works or have questions about how it makes decisions – this