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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (37839)11/15/2000 8:24:46 PM
From: chitral  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
Cheryl
I have used punch cards to run programs and tabulate data. All too often I would have to rerun the cards over and over again to get it to run right, be it bad punch cards (chits missed punched or cards that were misshaped) or a bad machine (broken light, alignment errors, or trying to pull two cards at once). The limitation of the machine IS an accuracy problem. Putting too much faith in a machine is courting disaster.

In my view, a hand count is necessary for verification purposes, especially when the the difference between the two counts is far smaller than the normal plus/minus error of the machine.

As for intent, it should not be the job of the machine or the hand-counter to decide intent.

And to Florida Law, I don't know what it really says...I have seen only interpretations of it from both sides. And in any case laws are forever being rewritten and reinterpreted, even the constitution. If they weren't we wouldn't need a court system.

Chitral
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