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To: DWB who wrote (89562)12/8/2000 4:27:11 PM
From: jmac  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 152472
 
it may be a joke but it just cost all of us longs a very good rally becuase this now goes on throughout all of next week and the market will go down (substantially).



To: DWB who wrote (89562)12/9/2000 3:19:10 AM
From: FaultLine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 152472
 
And pray tell, what screwy basis are they going to use for counting a vote? Dimples, pregnant, a 1,000 points of light? Who gets to be Karnak?
What a joke.


I tabulate 15,000 cards a year in a statewide science competition. About 1500 of those are mismarked or otherwise not machine readable for a number of very creative reasons. I inspect each and every one of the 1500 "undercounts". The vast majority (>90%) are easy to figure out while the remaining 5 or 10% require more work or cannot be rescued.

Concerning the Florida punch cards, I think it is very likely that the number of truly difficult cards is quite small compared to the vast majority of undercount cards exhibiting other easily evaluated defects.

The only joke here is that you and others are jumping up and down making this out to be rocket science - which is most definitely is not.

--FaultLine@easilydiscerninghisbirthdatefromhisvoterid.duh